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- User Experience Consulting
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Jan 13
Recently, someone emailed me asking for advice about how to start a career as a web designer. After taking some time to organize my thoughts on the subject, I thought I’d share them here.
What I love about the web design field is that it doesn’t require any special certifications, formal education or any other traditional qualifiers. Everyone who has ever decided to start a career as a web designer has probably taken a different path to get there. The route I followed to get where I am today is unique to my life choices and circumstances. So it would be ridiculous to say that there is a preferred path or that one way will work better than another.
The great thing about it all is this: you get to choose the path! However you get there, here are some tips that might help along the way. Continue reading this entry …
"​Modern browsers for modern applications" - Maybe everyone will finally get on the ship since Google is steering it.
A good collection of free icons. I think most of these are intended for use in iphone apps, but they could be used anywhere.
Easier said than done, but still - great advice from Andy Budd.
Simple, straightforward tips on how to design a good call to action. Great stuff.
Good resource for grasping some basics of jQuery. Will be reading this in detail shortly.
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