Why freelancers should avoid job boards

Freelancing and sharing economy. What other terms would have a better chance to win the prize for “Buzzword of this year”. Today, we will focus on the first one. More and more people are willing to quit their job or try a side projects in the form of freelancing. On-line job boards are platforms meant… Continue reading Why freelancers should avoid job boards

HTML rapid prototyping – All you need to know

Times when designers were condemned to working in graphic editors are long gone. In today’s world, you have the ability and options to build your designs much faster and easier by using technologies like HTML and CSS along with rapid prototyping. You can know this approach of design as designing in the browser and this… Continue reading HTML rapid prototyping – All you need to know

UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt10-Errors

Welcome in the last part of UI design series. Previously you learned a lot of things about minimalism and how you can achieve more with less. In this part you are going to explore one area many don’t like to talk about. It is eliminating errors from both, user and designer or developer side. As in… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt10-Errors

UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt9-Minimalism

In previous part of UI design series you learned bunch of stuff about images and how to optimize their use to get maximum boost. In short, to pump up your design with visual steroids. Today, you are going to explore another current big trend and that is minimalism. It is a bit of paradox, but minimalism,… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt9-Minimalism

UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt8-Images

Images are the cutting-edge trend of today’s web. You can see them almost everywhere. It is such a big trend that when I stepped from development to design, I have no idea how to create a website without BIG hero image. Seriously, I was not able to put together a good design without this element.… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt8-Images

UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt7-Font Families

Welcome in part 7 of UI design series, today focused on font families. If you didn’t read the part 6, here is a quick summary … You learned to always create the color palette before going deeper and to prefer vibrant colors. Contrast is the one thing that brings clarity to your UI design and that… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt7-Font Families