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lil_lisa · 12-12-2013 6:43pm

This is pretty cool: http://middle-earth.thehobbit.com/thranduils-hall

KonFusion · 13-12-2013 12:49am

lil_lisa wrote: »

This is pretty cool: http://middle-earth.thehobbit.com/thranduils-hall

That is so frickin cool!!

KonFusion · 19-12-2013 1:46pm

Just got unexpectedly paid (via cheque in post) for a job I did 3 years ago....

What a nice, unexpected, Christmas surprise

miralize · 24-12-2013 6:03am

tricky D · 24-12-2013 5:19pm

Doing some work for a start up.

'Good that you are doing this properly ie. paying properly for the work as opposed to offering equity.'

'You can have equity if you want , you'll just have to invest like the rest of us shareholders.'

Knowing smiles all around.:)

KonFusion · 17-01-2014 8:00pm

http://whatthe****ismywearablestrategy.com/ :pac:

Link messed up by swear filter, so use http://goo.gl/NJkIBM

Graham · 23-01-2014 1:46pm

A great blog post 'Why Designers Leave'

https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/d0aa3b8af9b7

I'm sure many designers here have come across their own clients capybara before.

miralize · 08-02-2014 9:02pm

Gulp is so handy. So easy to get started too, compared to grunt at least. If you do try it, use browser-sync. It is crazy powerful.

I'm also liking Craft CMS, rebuilding my site with it at the moment. Fairly expensive to get some extensibility but I think it might be worth it (for me at least).

Beekay · 08-02-2014 11:30pm

Only getting into Web design. What does gulp do?

miralize · 08-02-2014 11:51pm

It's hard to put into words what a task-runner can do, because it can do a lot.

But for example, if you use SASS it can compile it to CSS, add all the browser prefixes to selectors (-moz, -webkit), minify it, all whenever you save the sass file.

It can compress images to a small size, concatenate Javascript files so that you have as few HTTP requests as possible, check thew Javascript for syntax errors, reload the browser whenever it detects a file change etc...

Browser-sync is actually indispensable for me now, and I've only used it for a few hours. For multi-device testing it can sync actions across devices, whether that is scrolling, clicking a link which will load that URL for all browsers that is running the site, refreshing the html or injecting newly created css.

Its actually pretty crazy. Also, hugely overwhelming at first I'm not going to lie (Grunt was way worse though).If you want a nice intro, have a read of this.

http://markgoodyear.com/2014/01/getting-started-with-gulp/

KonFusion · 09-02-2014 4:29pm

Browser sync? Do you mean live reload with gulp or the stand alone browaer sync app?

If the latter, link plz

miralize · 09-02-2014 5:42pm

No it's with Gulp. Powerful. Works with grunt though https://github.com/shakyShane/browser-sync

tricky D · 12-02-2014 3:04pm

Not sure if this is best for this thread but here's a mini rant:

Last night I was told I am a spoofer and that my almost 20 years of involvement in many and various web sites/ops is worthless and means I should not get employment in the industry, as I do not have any pieces of paper, just a mere shedload of experience. This was from a person who did a degree (404 not found) in Web Accessibility, no less, and which has a Fetac level that goes up to, wait for it, 11! and who has not even produced a single website outside of the classroom. Oh and as a bonus titbit, there's no situation where an alt attribute should have an empty, blank or null value (whatever you want to call it).

I have truly been found out, told off and put in my place.:rolleyes::rolleyes::pac:

Banta · 12-02-2014 3:22pm

I liked that rant for the Spinal Tap reference alone.

"who has not even produced a single website outside of the classroom" - it's this bit where everything comes together. Just simply regurgitating everything they've recently heard in a lecture or read in a book. So based on what you do compared to what the books say, you're wrong.

My guess is though that this kind of thing is the same for every industry. It's like the rant in the bar in "Good Will Hunting" where he says next year you'll be telling me that you now believe this because blah blah blah.

In keeping with the thread, I've recently started using the "Redux Framework" with WordPress. Was recommended to me by a friend. I have to say, it's pretty damn good based on what I've learned in the little time I've had to look at it.
http://reduxframework.com/
Here's a link to the plugin page on WP. Bit easier to learn about from this page, I think anyway: http://wordpress.org/plugins/redux-framework/

miralize · 17-02-2014 2:27pm

Anyone else using Sketch? I think I've become too reliant on Photoshop & definitely have more than a few bad habits as a result of it. Sketch is fantastic so far, only used it this weekend.

Bit iffy with the type alignment tools, but besides that I think it may be where I make mockups from now on.

miralize · 25-02-2014 12:12am

Not a proponent of pixel perfection, but a free ebook is a free ebook...

http://ustwo.com/ppp/

KonFusion · 25-02-2014 1:54am

miralize wrote: »

Not a proponent of pixel perfection, but a free ebook is a free ebook...

http://ustwo.com/ppp/

Have you had a read? It's very meh imo. Looks pretty, but it's very basic. The only value I could see in it is if you had a new staff member, and TBH what's outlined in the book is so standard I'd be surprised they got hired without knowing it in the first place.

Might be handy for students/interns/juniors I guess.

Screams a bit of usTwo having too much time and money, which I guess is appropriate, considering those are also the traits of pixel perfection :pac:

miralize · 25-02-2014 2:21am

KonFusion wrote: »

Have you had a read? It's very meh imo. Looks pretty, but it's very basic. The only value I could see in it is if you had a new staff member, and TBH what's outlined in the book is so standard I'd be surprised they got hired without knowing it in the first place.

Might be handy for students/interns/juniors I guess.

Screams a bit of usTwo having too much time and money, which I guess is appropriate, considering those are also the traits of pixel perfection :pac:

It is, but again, its free! Handy for a quick read through, can never drill the fundamentals in enough.

tramoreman · 09-03-2014 2:16am

was doing a bit of research and came across a few websites that were designed on the left hand side where i know websites should be designed in the centre.

miralize · 01-04-2014 10:16am

Cash 4 Websites!

http://cash4websites.co.uk/

KonFusion · 01-04-2014 6:07pm

http://beardswipe.me/

...is it...bad that I want it?

miralize · 16-04-2014 11:53am

Sketch 3 cam out Monday. I'm loving the speed boost so far. Not the best at photo manipulation, but I think eventually a Pixelmator and Sketch combo may be what I need to cut the cord on Adobe finally!

Sketch 3 is on an introductory sale price or €45.

bohemiancoding.com/sketch/

KonFusion · 24-06-2014 3:00pm

Looks like IQ Content are to be liquidated.

http://www.vision-net.ie/Company-Info/Iq-Content-Limited-329994

KonFusion · 10-07-2014 5:53pm

Magento Go are shutting down on Feb 1st 2015

http://go.magento.com/

cormee · 14-07-2014 10:39am

KonFusion wrote: »

Looks like IQ Content are to be liquidated.

http://www.vision-net.ie/Company-Info/Iq-Content-Limited-329994

They always seemed to be more of a r&d entity, than a commercial web/ui/ux company. I don't think Ireland was big enough for them.

Trojan · 15-07-2014 1:56pm

IQ Content are back up and running as www.eachandother.com

KonFusion · 15-07-2014 6:26pm

Trojan wrote: »

IQ Content are back up and running as www.eachandother.com

Well...from talking to staff, back up and running minus a few bits here and there

Also weird - that site has no navigation?

KonFusion · 15-07-2014 11:45pm

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ie/2014/07/promoting-modern-websites-for-modern.html

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