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Like any talent, you don’t find a good designer by asking for the one who’ll do it the cheapest or the one who will do it in two weeks instead of four. You find the designer that you trust enough to call an ‘expert.’ A designer makes only the amount of impact as the confidence they are given.

(Source: idsgn.org)

Me gusta. Recently purchased some desert boots, reckon my next purchase is a pair of grey or purple Vans,

Me gusta. Recently purchased some desert boots, reckon my next purchase is a pair of grey or purple Vans,

(via ithinkshetookmysoul)

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Teach me to fish? Otherwise I will teach you how to fish (in my own special way, of course!) I like this quote. Instead of repeatedly doing something for someone, show them how to do it.

Take the time to watch some of these if you enjoy cartoons. This is a cartoon I really dug for the cute music, stories and art style.

I think it would be a good idea to continue the boycott of GoDaddy. The best hope is that the boycott would ruin them and set an example for other companies that believe that the opinion of the internet community does not matter. I mean, does it matter? Clearly GoDaddy does not think so.
Helvetica is like a good screwdriver; a reliable, efficient, easy-to-use tool. But put it in the wrong hands, and it’s potentially lethal.
– Tom Geismar

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The hard fact is that they just don’t care.

Or more precisely, they don’t care yet. They’re interested, but they do not know enough to care. We have not given them enough of a reason to care. They are not ready to take that step.

A good read on “why you should bury your sign up button”. I’ve considered similar things as of recent. When someone tells me to “make it pop so it stands out and people will click it” I think, the user isn’t stupid (well, mostly) and making things “pop” more is just not going to make them click it. They know it’s there. They will click it if you make them want the product, not because the call-to-action button is fire-engine-read (as the article puts it).

You don’t need to “bury” the sign up button exactly, but you certainly don’t need to pull out every visual cue under the sun to try get people clicking.

“A map of emotions.”

“A realistic portrait.”

Check it out.

assorted-goodness:

Give Me A Hand - by Derek Eads
Prints available at Society6 for $15 USD

assorted-goodness:

Give Me A Hand - by Derek Eads

Prints available at Society6 for $15 USD

(via geek-art)

Rules, guidelines, whatever.

Guidelines: you should probably follow them.

Rules: you can break them if you know them.

Don’t listen to me though!

What.

Like any talent, you don’t find a good designer by asking for the one who’ll do it the cheapest or the one who will do it in two weeks instead of four. You find the designer that you trust enough to call an ‘expert.’ A designer makes only the amount of impact as the confidence they are given.

(Source: idsgn.org)

Me gusta. Recently purchased some desert boots, reckon my next purchase is a pair of grey or purple Vans,

Me gusta. Recently purchased some desert boots, reckon my next purchase is a pair of grey or purple Vans,

(via ithinkshetookmysoul)

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Teach me to fish? Otherwise I will teach you how to fish (in my own special way, of course!) I like this quote. Instead of repeatedly doing something for someone, show them how to do it.

Take the time to watch some of these if you enjoy cartoons. This is a cartoon I really dug for the cute music, stories and art style.

I think it would be a good idea to continue the boycott of GoDaddy. The best hope is that the boycott would ruin them and set an example for other companies that believe that the opinion of the internet community does not matter. I mean, does it matter? Clearly GoDaddy does not think so.
Helvetica is like a good screwdriver; a reliable, efficient, easy-to-use tool. But put it in the wrong hands, and it’s potentially lethal.
– Tom Geismar

Calls-to-action

The hard fact is that they just don’t care.

Or more precisely, they don’t care yet. They’re interested, but they do not know enough to care. We have not given them enough of a reason to care. They are not ready to take that step.

A good read on “why you should bury your sign up button”. I’ve considered similar things as of recent. When someone tells me to “make it pop so it stands out and people will click it” I think, the user isn’t stupid (well, mostly) and making things “pop” more is just not going to make them click it. They know it’s there. They will click it if you make them want the product, not because the call-to-action button is fire-engine-read (as the article puts it).

You don’t need to “bury” the sign up button exactly, but you certainly don’t need to pull out every visual cue under the sun to try get people clicking.

Take my money.

Take my money.

“A map of emotions.”

“A realistic portrait.”

Check it out.

assorted-goodness:

Give Me A Hand - by Derek Eads
Prints available at Society6 for $15 USD

assorted-goodness:

Give Me A Hand - by Derek Eads

Prints available at Society6 for $15 USD

(via geek-art)

Rules, guidelines, whatever.

Guidelines: you should probably follow them.

Rules: you can break them if you know them.

Don’t listen to me though!

What.

"Like any talent, you don’t find a good designer by asking for the one who’ll do it the cheapest or the one who will do it in two weeks instead of four. You find the designer that you trust enough to call an ‘expert.’ A designer makes only the amount of impact as the confidence they are given."
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
"I think it would be a good idea to continue the boycott of GoDaddy. The best hope is that the boycott would ruin them and set an example for other companies that believe that the opinion of the internet community does not matter. I mean, does it matter? Clearly GoDaddy does not think so."
"Helvetica is like a good screwdriver; a reliable, efficient, easy-to-use tool. But put it in the wrong hands, and it’s potentially lethal."
Calls-to-action
Rules, guidelines, whatever.

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Ramblings and miscellaneous rubbish from Eli Burford, 21-year-old web designer person from South Australia.