development
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
November 24, 2011
Arting up the office with Susan Kare
It turns out my interior design sense is as clean and simple as my graphic design style. I prefer design that is modern and…
November 17, 2011
Faux Crop any size image with CSS
Here's a quick tip on how to crop any sized image through CSS and an extra div. This technique comes in very handy when…
November 10, 2011
Widget Logic is_active_sidebar fix
Dec 29, 2011 Update - Installing Widget Logic version 0.51 fixes the previous is_active_sidebar issue. Thanks to Alan Trewartha for continued development on this…
August 31, 2010
Why we use WordPress
Not much has been written on this site about WordPress, but over the last few years we've pretty much become a WordPress only shop…
June 5, 2009
Fontin Sans on spigotdesign.com
Web designers have long desired to be able to use more fonts than the standard list of web-safe fonts. When Apple introduced Safari 3.1…
March 25, 2009
Drop down menus are good?
While I've designed a few in my day, it's standard protocol around the studio to swat drop down menus like the annoying, dysfunctional bugs they…
March 24, 2009
YUI Grids vs Blueprint (CSS Frameworks)
CSS Frameworks have been around for a while now, and while there are many detractors, the benefits they provide make them an attractive option…