About: Ryan Bollenbach
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Interface Design with jQuery
There are a ton of different ways to enhance the UX of an interface with jQuery through its massive array of features and functionality. It’s important to have a solid understanding of its capabilities in order to implement it in your design process. Unlike with HTML and CSS, jQuery is a lot more complex and Continue Reading »
Written on May 16, 2012 at 3:44 am
Categories: jQuery
Tags: Animation, Image Gallery, jQuery, Navigation, Plugins, Responsive Web Design
Is Crowdsourcing the Right Move for Your Brand?
If you’re unfamiliar with the term crowdsourcing, it’s defined as the process of outsourcing tasks to a distributed group of people. It’s commonly used for things like design contests at fixed rates with a group of designers that submit ideas for logos, interfaces, landing pages, etc. There are many different types of crowdsourcing available, this article will focus on Continue Reading »
Written on May 4, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Categories: Crowdsourcing
Tags: 99designs, Crowdsourcing, crowdSPRING, Prizes.org, UserTesting.com, uTEST
Web Design Music 002 – The Fantastic Voyage Edition
Photo by James Vaughan - Fonts: Wisdom Script and ONRAMP by Lost Type For those of you that checked out Web Design Music 001, this track list is quite different. There’s a pretty big variance in the track types which makes for a perfect Fantastic Voyage tribute. If you haven’t heard of or seen the movie, check it out Continue Reading »
Written on May 2, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Categories: Web Design Music
Tags: Archetek, Burial, Dragonette, Flux Pavilion, Four Tet, Joris Voorn, Lana Del Rey, Music, Nite Jewel, Purity Ring, Radiohead, Worlds End Press
How to Create Better Blog Post Graphics
There are so many brilliant blogs that look like boring text files because they aren’t taking advantage of graphic design in their articles. Post graphics can add a massive impact to the UX of a blog and provide similar characteristics to a magazine. Imagery allows you to create contextual strategies for your content with business objectives and creativity in Continue Reading »
Written on May 1, 2012 at 4:57 pm
Categories: Visual Design
Tags: Blog Post Graphics, Blogging Tips, Content Strategy, contextual content, Fonts, Graphic Design, Typography
Your Blog is Your Resume
Font used: Hagin by Fontfabric One of the most difficult problems people face in life is figuring out what to do as a career. I’ve heard countless stories about students spending a ton of money on university or college and then land up doing nothing with it. They take a course because they think they’ll enjoy a certain Continue Reading »
Written on April 9, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Categories: Inspiration
Tags: blogging, contextual content, marketing, motivation, personal brand, SEO
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