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10 Tech Blogs Web Designers Should Be Reading

Henry Jones — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:46:42 +0000

In the past, we’ve recommended various design blogs for you to read. From learning new techniques to free resources and tools, design blogs can be a great asset. But there’s more to a web designer’s job than just designing. Web designers work in a field that is immersed in technology, and since technology is ever changing, it’s important to stay up-to-date on what’s going on.

For this post, we’re recommending 10 Tech Blogs Web Designers Should Be Reading. From emerging technologies that will change the web, to the best hardware for getting your work done, these blogs will keep you informed.

TECHi

Techi is an exciting platform that serves fresh daily technology news, funky new design stuff, in-depth editorial articles, and reviews. It’s maintained by a passionate collective of geeks from different backgrounds and as such we bring diversity and insight to our articles.

Mashable

Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

Engadget

Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics.

Ars Technica

Ars Technica specializes in original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice on topics ranging from the most fundamental aspects of technology to the many ways technology is helping us enjoy our world.

ReadWriteWeb

ReadWriteWeb is one of the most popular technology blogs in the world, known for offering insightful analysis about each day’s Internet industry news.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) is your source for tips, reviews, news, analysis and opinion on everything Apple.

GigaOM

TechCrunch

TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

CrunchGear

CrunchGear is a blog covering gadgets, gear and computer hardware. It is a part of Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch Network.

The Next Web

The Next Web launched as a spin off to The Next Web Conference. It’s focus is on delivering technology news with an international focus.

40 Inspiring Blog Designs

Gisele Muller — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:01:52 +0000

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It’s a fact that the blogosphere is getting bigger and bigger, which I think is great, since we can find some really interesting content if we look in the right place. With the increase of blogs also comes an increase of talented designers pushing blog design to the limits. Most people already understood that good content is the key to a successful blog, but a great design can really help capture our attention. So for this post, we’ve gathered 40 blog designs that are guaranteed to inspire you.

site inspire

onetwentysix

neusblog

Belvoir Blog

burciaga

Demain J’arrete

Hicksdesign

Sid Lee

Kaleida

Sanctuary T

Thomas Bishop

Bixal

Hugs for Monsters

Designzillas

The Rockstar Foundation

Dan Wiersema

Drexler

Studio Breakfast

Design Disease

Futurising

Andrew Greig

simonfosterdesign.com

The Import

milrayas

Yaron Schoen

morphix

vunkyblog

fubiz

oroza

spinz

I am Garth

the May Blog

bewebdriven

kevadamson.com

freelanceswitch.com

Darren Hoyt

The Design Cubicle

204beech.com

Converse Blog

decor8blog.com

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30 Creative and Inspiring Blog Designs

Gisele Muller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:33:44 +0000

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These days, blogs are all over the place and they cover almost all areas you may think of. A really great thing about the ‘proliferation’ of blogs is that we can always find great design inspiration while browsing around them. They don’t need to be famous to have an amazing look, and we can notice that more and more people are designing great blogs! So here we will show you 30 creative blog designs to inspire you and also to give you several different perspectives from a common idea: deliver content to the web. I hope you like the selection, and leave a link showing us your blog design.

SimpleBits

Jeff Finley

Adii Rockstar

The Official Squarespace Blog

Matthew Buchanan

Biggest Apple

idsgn.org

Ecoki

The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely

Gates Notes

Surfstation

CreativeDepart

Jeff Sarmiento

Mulletized

The Pixel

Jordi Romkema

Workawesome

Mike Matas

ISO50

N.Design Studio

One by Four: Blog

daus.trala.la

Another Blog About Stuff

Duiwaigh

Sam Brown

New to York

Kimberly Colles Illustration Blog

Natalie Jost

m1k3.net

The Swish Life

A Showcase of Fantastic Footer Designs

Henry Jones — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:49:58 +0000

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Website footers have become more than just a place to put the copyright information and a few links. Now web designers are making full use of the footer as way to keep the visitor on the site longer. You will see from the examples below that this can be achieved by using clever placement of graphics and design elements along side links to additional content.

Story Pixel

The Photo Argus

RedVelvetart

Carsonified

Ecoki

Sprocket House

Media140 London

Edgepoint Church

Blog Amuki

Biola Undergrad

Brad Candullo

CSS Tricks

Branded07

Jason Santa Maria

Sam Rayner

Orman Clark

Revive Africa

Psdtuts

R.U.4 Children

15 Impressive and Beautiful Uses of WordPress

Henry Jones — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:51 +0000

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WordPress is no longer just used to power blogs. It has become the CMS of choice for many web designers. It’s always interesting to see how it’s flexibility provides web designers with the freedom to design sites with no limitations. Here are 15 beautiful web sites all powered by WordPress.

Creative Depart

Big Spaceship

Ecoki

20 jours pour la retrouver par Kevin Polof

Search Inside Video

UGSMAG

App Storm

IconDock

ANidea

45royale

Alpha Multimedia Solutions

the Art of Catalin Bridinel

EightHourDay

ESPIRA

StopDesign

20 Excellent Blogs for Those Who Love Design

Henry Jones — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:13:22 +0000

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Whether you’re a web designer, a print designer, or a photographer, you probably share a common trait with me and other creative types – a love for all things design related. I’m a web designer, but I love reading blogs that cover anything about design. I think there is much to be learned from exploring and learning about various mediums.

Here are some of my favorite blogs that cover various topics from web design to package design.

ISO50 Blog

Swiss Miss

Web Designer Wall

Colour Lovers Blog

I Love Typography

The Dieline

Smashing Magazine

Blog.SpoonGraphics

Toxel

The FontFeed

Vandelay Design Blog

Fuel Your Creativity

Webdesigner Depot

WellMedicated

fubiz

Tutorial9

Typesites

Six Revisions

GoMediaZine

Lovely Package

10 Blog Designs with Innovative Layouts

Henry Jones — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:51:38 +0000

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It seems that the majority of blogs all follow a standard layout: a long list of posts on the left and a sidebar on the right containing such things as recent comments, popular posts, etc. For this reason, when designing a blog, it is so important to do something innovative with the layout to help it stand out from the crowd.

Here are are 10 well designed blogs that all possess smart and innovative layouts. These should help inspire you to be different.

SpaceCollective

NEWTOYORK

ANidea

Jason Santa Maria

GOOD

Alpha Multimedia Solutions

Alex Buga

UX Magazine

Information Architects

Wilson Miner

12 Blogs To Help Designers Learn Web Development

Henry Jones — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:14:56 +0000

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It is rare to find a talented web designer that is just as proficient at web development. Obviously, one can be successful at specializing in design only, but a web designer can only benefit from having a better understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. If you want to take steps in learning some code, here are twelve great blogs that can get you on your way.

Viget – Extend

Extend is the web development blog of Viget’s blog family.

NetTuts

NutTuts, part of the popular “Tuts” family of blogs by Envato, is a great place to find easy to follow tutorials on HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails.

456 Berea St

456 Berea St is written by Roger Johansson, a Swedish web professional. The content is mainly made up of articles on web standards, accessibility, or usability.

Woork

Antonio Lupetti is the web developer behind Woork. The blog contains posts about web applications, programming, and resources for web designers. It is also full of tutorials on topics such as PHP, Coldfusion, MySQL, JavaScript, Ajax, and CSS.

Vitamin

Vitamin is a multi-author blog with tons of useful articles. It won the SXSW Award for Best Educational Resource in 2007.

Snook.ca

Jonathan Snook has been writing articles on Snook.ca since 2001. The blog focuses on web development, design and freelance.

Signal vs. Noise

Signal vs. Noise is a blog by 37Signals, the people behind Ruby On Rails and numerous successful Web Apps. Although you won’t find many tutorials on the site, it does provide great insight into the thought process of web development.

Ajaxian

With Ajax being a technology that is so closely connected to the UI and front end design of a web site, it is something that designers want to know how to do. Ajaxian is a great blog to read to stay on top of all things Ajax.

StyleGrind

StyleGrind is written by Peter Dorsi and is full of great tips and tutorials on jQuery, Ajax, CSS, and more.

Boxes And Arrows

Boxes and Arrows is full of informative articles on interaction design, information architecture, and the business side of things.

CSS Globe

CSS Globe is a community driven blog on web standards.

Six Revisions

As I mentioned in 12 Blogs That Can Expand Your Web Design Repertoire, Six Revisions is the perfect blend of Web Design and Web Development content. So I didn’t have a choice to include it here as well.

12 Blogs That Can Expand Your Web Design Repertoire

Henry Jones — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:46:42 +0000

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Web design, much like any technology related field, requires those who make their living in it to stay on top of it’s ever evolving nature. To maintain a high level of work, a web designer must always be looking for ways to expand his or her repertoire. This can involve learning new techniques, finding new software to increase productivity, or staying up to date on the latest design trends. All of this can take a lot of time and effort, but the web design community if full of generous people who offer up their knowledge for free in the form of a blog.

Here are some of the best out there that are loaded with things you can add to your web design repertoire.