A Mix of Design + Code

Two potentially better ways to accomplish a long-term goal (i.e., new years resolution) and integrate a new habit into your daily rituals. I plan on trying the following two challenges.

Design Something Every Day!
"what if we spent less time surfing the Web looking for inspiration and more time creating and designing things?"

example - http://dailydropcap.com/

52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion
"52 Weeks will give you the tools you need to journal your creative journey..."

example - http://52weeksofux.com

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It's that time of year where we try to make sense of the past and predict the future. The following are a few web related examples.

10 Web trends to watch in 2010

Top Digital Trends for 2010

Google’s 2009: A Glimpse of the Web’s Next Decade

A Year In Review: 2009 Social Marketing Trends

.net magazine 2009 Web Awards

The Decade's 14 Biggest Design Moments

Picturing the Past 10 Years

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Over the past month I've stepped back from posting to this blog for the following two reasons.

First, at the end of the year I will be leaving my full-time Web Design position, after 9+ years, to seek new opportunities. All of my free time has gone towards completing work before I leave as well as preparing my portfolio, resume, etc.

Second, I wanted to look back at my original goals for this blog and assess what has and has not been accomplished and what needs to change. A big influence on my thinking has been recent debate in the web design world over the value of new "list" style blogs versus traditional "content" style blogs. Overall more time is required on my part to create content worthy of reading.

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Khoi Vinh shares the results of his search for "an alternative to the typeface Klavika... something similarly contemporary and similarly strong in its forms, a real workhorse of a typeface that I can call to duty during those times when Helvetica won’t do."

Read the full article - Font Hunt.

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Jens Meiert outlines web development practices from 1990 through 2009 and projects what the future may hold in 2019.

Read HTML, CSS, and Web Development Practices: Past, Present, and Future (via @smashingmag)

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by Tracy Brady of Modernista! and Matt FaJohn of FL2

“The Goal... the National Park Foundation needed a digital experience that could drive action and involvement—primarily in the form of email submissions and donations.”

Read Case Study: National Park Foundation micro site

View “This Is Your Land” micro site

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