Android UI Design Patterns Free PSDs & Resources for Web Designers by Orman Clark Ah, Push It. The Push Music Behind 19 Startups. Lately we’ve found ourselves pushing a lot of code here at News.me, which of course, means we’ve been listening to a lot of push music. For those “normals” reading this blog post (how did you find us and what do you want???), push music is a song or video played at the moment when new code is pushed to production. It’s a moment of celebration that is usually accompanied by someone saying: Fuck it. Ship it. Push music is one of those things that all internet startups have in common (also on that list is beer, coffee, and challenges finding engineers). News.me’s push music of choice, which we share with Venmo, is a little out of the ordinary. Here’s what they had to say: Sean Cook informs us that “in the good ‘ole days” the mobile team at Twitter enjoyed the uplifting theme from ‘Miami Vice’ or Kid CuDi’s ‘Simple As.’ Derek Gottfrid, CTO and VP of Product at Tumblr favors ‘You Dropped A Bomb On Me,’ by The Gap Band. OnSwipe CEO Jason Baptiste is also a fan of electronic music.
The Designer Fund Highlights Is being a designer co-founder of a tech company the biggest opportunity in the design field today? by Enrique Allen The aha For the last few years I’ve experimented a great deal with how to provide scalable design resources to startups in early stage venture capital funds. This was an ‘aha’ moment for me because it challenged the long term effectiveness of my work. Assertions behind a community movement First, as the the consumer tech market becomes more crowded, differentiated brand and experience design is becoming critical to both short-term and long-term success. This is not about hype; it’s about impact The point is not to get caught up in buzzword titles nor to challenge the role of design consultants or founders with engineering backgrounds, but to highlight the emerging opportunity for founders with design expertise from trained to self-taught backgrounds. The skills to ship Studying the paths of designer founders Types of designer founders The future of designer founders
CSS, HTML, jQuery, CSS3, HTML5, Web Design Tips, Tutorials and Resources | The Web Design and Development Blog - Design Woop. (Build 20120312181643) Hacking is Important Back in the early 90s, Borland International was the place to be an engineer. Coming off the purchase of Ashton-Tate, Borland was the third largest software company, but, more importantly, it was a legitimate competitor to Microsoft. Philippe Kahn, the CEO at the time, was fond of motorcycles, saxophones, and brash statements at all-hands meetings: “We’re barbarians, not bureaucrats!” At the time, Kahn was not only navigating the integration of Ashton-Tate, he was in the midst of moving the product suite from DOS to Windows. … Kahn was reading a dense history of Central Asia a few years ago when it struck him that many of the nomadic tribes of the steppes were actually far more ethical and disciplined than the European “civilizations” they were confronting.They were austere and ambitious, eager for victory but not given to celebrating it. Kahn’s thinking regarding “barbarians” was prescient. “Hackers Believe Something Can Always Be Better” Facebook doesn’t want to be a big company.
Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com Free web design resources & layered PSD files on Freebies Booth (Build 20120312181643) The Elements of a Clean Web Design Clean, simple web designs have become a popular trend. This article will cover the subject through a two-part discussion. First, we’ll talk about a few traits that clean designs tend to have in common. Secondly, I’ll share some tricks and techniques that can be helpful when trying to achieve a clean design. Common Traits of a Clean Web Design Let’s start by looking at some fundamental characteristics of clean web designs. Solid Web Page Layout Structure If you take a few minutes to browse sites that might fall into the "clean" category, I’d be willing to bet they all have one thing in common: a well-thought-out grid that the designer is really putting to work. For anyone not familiar with designing with a grid, just imagine that each comp starts with an invisible structure of columns and rows, and that structure drives the scale and placement of the elements in the composition. Pixel Dreams is designed in a grid using the popular 960 Grid System. Good Typography The New York Times The Mavenist
Icon sets & stock icons (Build 20120312181643) Creating Effective Landing Pages Imagine you walked into a car dealership to look at a brand new Hyundai. You’ve wondered if they have the leg room you need. You approach a sales rep and ask if the Hyundai Sonatas have adequate leg room for a big galoot like yourself. I imagine you’d feel a bit confused. You walked into the dealership to find information. While that situation seems absurd in the context of a car dealership, it is surprising how many business people aren’t bothered that their website is doing that every day. When a visitor comes to your website the very first page they land on is the “landing page.” In this article series, we are going to analyze: What makes a great landing page? What makes a great landing page? When we think about building a landing page, the parts that come to mind immediately are things like a compelling headline, scannable copy, interesting images and perhaps even streaming video or other multimedia. What is a Call To Action? Parts Of A Landing Page
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