Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.
There is a snapshot in every designer’s life that captures all emotions: excitement, fear, anticipation, dread, confidence, and hesitance. All of these gut-wrenching feelings stem from one single act, an act in which designers will perform several times throughout their careers: the anxiety-inducing portfolio submission. Unlike many other occupations, designers must open themselves up for instantaneous judgment and critique before ever having the chance to meet in person those casting a critical eye.
We are passing a very difficult period for the worldwide economy and the near future seems to be troublesome, not offering any pleasant moments. All people around the world are paying double attention to each dollar spent and the transactions are significantly dropping. As a result of these problems, the demand for web services is lower than the offer so any web designer really has to “fight” for a project. Many freelance web designers are lacking clients, but a serious [...]
A digital portfolio is the introduction to a designer’s premier skill set. Along with a well-crafted resume and cover letter, a killer digital portfolio can be the winning combo to landing your dream design position. When creating a digital portfolio, be mindful of what to include and the effort it will take to showcase your design skills. I have collected information throughout my career to produce these five rules to follow during any digital portfolio creation process.
Youtube has been known for some time as one of the biggest and most popular time wasters on the web. But there are also many practical, educational and marketing values that have been found as it has expanded, especially since Google took it over a few years ago. This has led many companies to turn to the social media site to share commercials, contests, ideas and, best of all, get plenty of feedback from consumers and fans.
What is great usability for a website? Usability means being able to find exactly what one is looking for while spending the least amount of time doing so. It can also mean accomplishing something through a web site, but still while spending the least amount of time doing so. The keywords are find and accomplish, as that is what the end user of a web site aims to do by visiting a web site. There are key elements in helping [...]
Mike Davidson, CEO of Newsvine a user-updated news blog, remarked that, “Because the competitive landscape of the web is such that the site which looks and works best gets the most traffic, developers and designers put a premium on the presentation of that content and let structural markup take a back seat.” Although thought provoking ideas and well written articles are important, a great deal of your success as a site has to do with design and performance. In the [...]
We often think in terms of art imitating life and most of the time our web design is intended to reflect real-world advertising. But for businesses that spend more time online than in other mediums, it can be a challenge to make life match their art. It’s easy to forget that in spite of this digital world we live in, it’s important to make sure that we are engaging in off-line work that supports everything we do on the web. [...]
Typeface is a term we generally think of for a set of fonts—a combination of the type, style, and size for professional computerized lettering. When considering a typeface for your custom or business card template design at businesscards, it is important to understand some common attributes associated with type and some common categories of type.
If your website is meant to draw users to search for and share videos, images, people, or data, then keep the design as simple as possible. This will increase the likelihood of revisits and promote the notion that you’re an established source that doesn’t rely on gimmicks to get visits.There’s a reason why Internet powerhouses like Google, its subsidiary YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, 4chan, and Flickr have the means to develop and design state-of-the-art homepages teeming with the latest in interactive [...]
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