Technology talk from behind the scenes
The next generation is alive and well. They are blogging, emailing, carrying mobile phones, text messaging, listening on iPods, networking and chatting with friends through social apps and messenger programs, and playing complex massive multi-player games online.
They are about 5 years old.
They are your target customer if you are in new technology development.
Today is a new day in design for Beyond Caffeine. I am finally moving on from the old ‘Cleaker’ theme that has run this site for a good while now. I need something fresh and clean, and I found what I was looking for in a new theme called ‘Amazing Grace’ by Vladimir Prelovac. Amazing Grace is now the default theme for the blog.
After months of tossing around ideas on how I wanted to redesign my main site, WebsiteStyle.com, I finally came up with what I’m calling Version 1.0 of the redesign. It was not intended to take quite so long, but ah well. Not only was it…
( Note: If you read the article, it will give the massive amount of images time to load for you. Unless I’m really boring the life out of you, in which case, please feel free to scroll down. ) So I was browsing around looking…
This is a ‘Back to Basics’ sort of article, talking about techniques that we know are good to use, but sometimes forget to implement. I browse the web on a very fast connection. One might assume that sites load super fast for me. Not really.…
There are two new WordPress themes that I like online today, each one definitely in a different category. Todays winner in the minimal category, sporting a very Web2.0 color scheme, goes to Prisa from NofieIman.com. The only thing lacking in this one is an online…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I have no problem conceptualizing site designs for my clients, but when it comes to my own sites, I tend to let design take a backseat and just leave them functional. It’s kind of like the…
I have no problem doing design for clients – because I always have an outside perspective. Designing for your own site is kind of like… giving advice. You can give advice to other people but often not to yourself. It’s all about perspective. For a…
Here are a couple of nice themes from the web community today: Ambient Glo 1.5 Fixed (Demo, Download). Fluid (Demo, Download). A very nice 3 column theme that has the option to be either fixed or fluid width. Good use of color and white space.…
The judging is over, the results are in, and now every WordPress/Sandbox fan has new designs to play with! I enjoyed being a judge for this competition, though it was definitely not easy to pick which my favorites were out of 46 submitted designs. Huge…