When designing websites, there are a number of design principles and conventions by which most web designers abide and follow. These guidelines not only help the design process flow smoothly, but they tend to result in a much nicer user interface and general design for your web traffic. So without further ado, I shall dive into a few of these concepts and guidelines.
Welcome.
I am a computer engineering major at Oregon State University, a web designer, and a rock-climber based in Portland, OR (going to school in Corvallis). I have huge interests in embedded systems, programming, and web security. I use Linux for development and OS X for design, and I design websites and hack electronics at 2:00 a.m. so I don't look like a computer addict during the day. I hand-coded this website using strict XHTML, CSS, Javascript, and a tidbit of PHP. The CMS in use on this website is Wordpress.
When I'm not on the computer, I enjoy the daily cup of tea and climbing whenever I get the chance. I also love learning about the Human brain, and how its interactions with technology can be further unified.
Check out my About page to learn more about me!
Conventions of Web Design
March 9th, 2010
Photoshop: adding age
February 11th, 2010
I made this tutorial video a while ago, but it’s still a great resource for a fun Photoshop project. In the video, I’ll show you how to take a photo of a non-elder and add wrinkles, change hair color, and more to make the person in the photo look a few decades older. Here’s an example of the technique used on a photo of myself.
Web Clarifications
February 11th, 2010
So I’ve been asked a lot of questions about some terms and concepts in web design and development. Most of which have been “what’s the difference between HTML and XHTML?”, “Is XHTML a programming language?”, “What’s CSS for?”, and “What is XML?”. I’d like to go over a few of these, as well as whatever happens to pop into my head as I’m writing this.