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If you enjoy the almost ultra-minimal then this COLT + RANE themed WordPress theme may just be one to try.


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A fair few blogs of late have completey turned off comments following in the footsteps of more well-known blogs to never have had them in the first place.


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Anna Debenham points out over on 24Ways.org that many websites may require, or would benefit from, a detailed front-end style guide.


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Now these letterpressed Code PHP Cards by Matt Raw on ETSY are pretty fabulous if you are, or know of, someone who appreciates the PHP way of life.


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Given my recent adventures with the new responsive web site redesign for imjustcreative; this collection of books by A Book Apart seems quite a wonderful deal.


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Time has come to dust off the old website—which I have been tinkering with for a good 3 years now—to bring in the new. The new being a fully responsive WordPress website, blog and portfolio based on the Foundation/Boilerplate Framework …


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Various Logos Created Entirely with CSS is rather neat which I found via Dan Cederholm on Twitter. I am not at all proficient at web design so the idea of creating these logos purely out of CSS seems quite remarkable, but also given …


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Sadly no pretty pictures to look at in this Apple Web Design Guide, but there is an interesting insight into Apple and a nostalgic trip down memory lane.


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This is inspired by a post by Ian P. Hines who was inspired by a post by Naz Hamid. A personal ‘about me’ page, a few lines about me with some strategic links.


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Short tutorial on how to install and configure the Google Code API Map to your Wordpress website and blog.


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Four minimal Wordpress themes from Justin Marcus who also runs the Siiimple minimal CSS gallery. All the following themes are available for free, but a donation if you use any of course would be appreciate by Justin.


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I have always had a fondness for neat and clean WordPress themes, but either I am too fussy, or really, there not that many truly worthy ‘minimal’ themes. They all seem to suffer from something that I can’t quite put my finger on. One Wordpress theme from Modula really appeals to me.


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Just a head’s up on the latest web site design tinkerings. Not being a web designer or seasoned CSS coder, I have to stick with what I know. This knowledge limitation actually helps me keep my site looking clean and simple. This is the cleanest it has been and am happy to see it evolve like this.


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As mentioned on Twitter, here is a huge list of books that I have procured over the last two years that I am selling off. Before I decided to focus on Logo Design, I had planned to get my fingers dirty with web design and development. Throw myself into it, bought stupid quantities of books and did learn a lot and was very interested in it all.


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This is Part 1 of the Logo Design Round-Up series. This ongoing series showcases a collection of logos and brand marks, self submitted by a bunch of freelance designers and creative folk in many creative areas. These designers use the …


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It was inevitable, frankly.

I felt so pressured into launching WAJC way before it was ready, just self imposed pressure, nothing more. So rather than spend longer and being more patient, I ended up with a theme that at the time seemed perfect, but quickly realised it was far from it.



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