Balsamiq UX Template | Konigi

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This template is made for UI designers using Balsamiq Mockups that want to create polished, client-ready presentation decks. It includes a few example pages for basic UX document needs (journey maps, personas, wireframe pages), a Symbol Library for controls crafted in Konigi-style, and grid Symbols to keep your layout tight. via Balsamiq UX Template | Konigi.

2014 Logo Trends on LogoLounge.com

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If home is our first place, and work is our second place, then mobile screens have definitely become our third place. Smart phone use has increased from 21 percent in 2010 to more than 63 percent today, and with 83 percent of all Americans online regularly, that percentage of mobile users is bound to keep edging up. via 2014 Logo …

Build A Blog With Jekyll And GitHub Pages | Smashing Magazine

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I recently migrated my blog from WordPress to Jekyll, a fantastic website generator that’s designed for building minimal, static blogs to be hosted on GitHub Pages. The simplicity of Jekyll’s theming layer and writing workflow is fantastic; however, setting up my website took a lot longer than expected. via Build A Blog With Jekyll And GitHub Pages | Smashing Magazine.

On Our Radar This Week: Responsive Web Design, CSS Specificity, and SVG Knowledge

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Welcome to this week’s On Our Radar, a weekly round-up of trends and themes that have come to our attention in the ever-changing world of web development. Every week, we’ll put together a collection of articles and resources that will make your lives as designers and developers easier, and help you you stay up-to-date in this fast-paced industry. via On …

5 Sites For Fantastic Creative Commons Design Resources

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You might recognise this question from the compulsory anti-piracy video on many movies and other digital media. The irony? In 2014, I very well might download a car! 3D printing makes this very achievable — even trivial — if you have the necessary hardware and resources. via 5 Sites For Fantastic Creative Commons Design Resources.

Obvious Design Always Wins

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If you’re like me, you are curious about how changing the interface of a mobile application or website may influence the engagement and the earnings of your product. The idea for this article came to me after reading a tweet posted on the 11th of April by Luke Wroblewski. His statement Obvious always wins and the image associated with it …

Pure CSS Off-screen Navigation Menu

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Hamburger menu, drawer menu, off-canvas menu: Whatever you call it, hiding a website’s primary navigation just off screen is becoming a ubiquitous pattern in responsive web design. More and more sites feature a fixed-position icon that, when tapped, pushes the entire site to the side to reveal a hidden navigation menu. While there are plenty of jQuery plugins that will …

3 Types Of Employees To Fire – Business Insider

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As a business owner, your time is limited; you hired a team of capable professionals because there’s no way you can do it all. Even if your organization runs like a well-oiled machine, there’s usually at least one team member who causes you more stress than the others. You may not even realize it, but these “time-suckers” hurt your business …