Redesigned-ish

Tools on the floor of our unfinished apartment in Astoria.
Tools on the floor of our unfinished apartment in Astoria.

Been having the itch since the beginning of the year to make some changes to my year-old site design. So I worked on it on-and-off for several days, and launched it last week. In addition to some small clean-up, I’ve changed some fonts and colors. I’d barely want to call it a “redesign” at all, but there are some fun details I want to note.

Trust In Styleguide

The styleguide for HowAboutWe for Couples.
The styleguide for HowAboutWe for Couples.

Increasingly, web designers of today also are developers — which is awesome. However, in my experience, most I’ve worked with have never touched code, and none expect to as a part of their day-to-day. For this and many other reasons, coded styleguides are a must.

Futzing Around with Icon Fonts and SVG

Minefold logo being created in Inkscape
Minefold logo being created in Inkscape

Vector graphics are great. They deserve more of a place on websites than they get — certainly compared to their rasterized cousins. Nowhere is this more true than with icon UI. I decided to dip my toes into two leading solutions to bringing vectors to webpages: icon fonts, and SVG.

Regressive Enhancement at SXSWi 2011!

Just a quick one here, urging you to vote for the Regressive Enhancement, or Use HTML5 Today! panel for SXSWi 2011. Because I can find no better reason to go than to see a couple of friends of mine on stage. (Maybe the BBQ.) Also congrats to Mike Taylor, one of the speakers, for his brand spanking new gig at Opera!