Extensis, which provides a webfont service called WebINK, has launched the coolest tool yet for experimenting with web fonts: the FontDropper.
Yesterday, we presented a DesignCast for HOW Magazine about how designers can create great sites without getting buried in technology. Apparently we struck a cord, because we set an all-time attendance record for one of HOW's webinars, maxing out the GoToWebinar system when it hit 1,000 attendees.
We've launched a new series of talks for the North Bay web design community, which we'll be hosting at the Webvanta offices in downtown Sebastopol. And we're even providing lunch.
If you’ve been reading this blog, you already know that we’re big fans of An Event Apart. The world of the web is moving quickly, and attending a conference like this is a great way to make sure you’re on top of the trends and current with the latest techniques, as well as to meet like-minded folks.
The last of the interviews we did at An Event Apart in Seattle was with Jeffrey Zeldman, the cofounder of the event. Jeffrey has been a prominent figure in the web design world since its earliest days.
Jeremy Keith gave a great talk at An Event Apart about design principles. In the talk, he shows how everything should start with goals, which then lead to principles that reflect those goals, and finally result in design patterns to implement them.
Content strategy is one of the hot buzzwords in the web design world today. We caught up with Kristina Halvorson, perhaps the best-known person in the field, after her talk at An Event Apart, and recorded this interview.
If you have paid any attention at all to CSS (and if you haven't, what are you doing here?), the name Eric Meyer is no doubt familiar to you.
Jason Santa Maria spoke with Webvanta at An Event Apart Seattle about web typography, web fonts, Typekit, and more.
At An Event Apart in Seattle this week, we spent a few minutes with Luke Wroblewski to dicuss how designers can tackle the challenge of designing for the mobile web.