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“How to create a great web design CV & Resume” as featured in Smashing Magazine

I have been featured in Smashing Magazine’s latest article “How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Resume” by Kat Neville of safetygoat. Kat devised a CV design challenge/ competition in which ten Web designers had to design the same resume in only a few hours. Each designer had to translate a fictional character, Steve [...]

Posted on 1 April 2009 | 11:48 am

Susan Kare, a pioneer in the field of interface design | Ada Lovelace Day

My contribution for Ada Lovelace Day is dedicated to Susan Kare. Susan Kare, the “Mother of GUI”: Have you ever used a Macintosh computer? If yes, do you know the key on the bottom left of your keyboard that says “command”. Can you picture the cloverleaf-like “infinite loop” symbol beside that? Or how about the the [...]

Posted on 27 March 2009 | 4:14 am

Ada Lovelace Day | Write about a woman in technology that you admire

Photo by Aristocrat (cc) Today, 24th March 2009 is the first Ada Lovelace Day. Bloggers around the globe are invited to write a blog post about  a women in technology that they admire. The aim is to highlight female role models and encourage women to become leaders in technology. What does "in technology" mean? It’s up to you how [...]

Posted on 24 March 2009 | 4:47 pm

How not to create a flash advertisement

While checking my personal e-mail on Yahoo! today (another) flash overlay advertisement disrupted the simple task that I was trying to do. Sure, this happens now and again but what was different about this one? Well, when I clicked on the ‘close’ button it opened the link to the product that was being advertised in [...]

Posted on 5 March 2009 | 10:02 am

“I Love New York” logo by Milton Glaser | Logo Watch

I have been meaning for a while to write a regular feature about logo design. These posts are intended to provide a place for designers to come to for inspiration and to find out more about a variety of different logos. Please feel free to discuss these logo designs. And by all means, please recommend [...]

Posted on 13 February 2009 | 11:44 am

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