For those who want to experiment with upcoming CSS3 properties, check out CSS3, Please!
Remember, CSS3 is not fully supported yet, and works best in the newest versions of Firefox, Safari, and Chrome.
In Brief: CSS3 Rule Generator
March 9th, 2010 by BrianAbout the Northeastern University Graphic Design Program
March 9th, 2010 by BrianI’ve made it no secret in the past that I’m extremely proud of the Graphic Design education I received at Northeastern. I had great professors like John Kane, Tom Starr, Isabel Meirelles, and Ann McDonald. I feel like the quality of the faculty in the program at NEU could stand up to many of the high-tier “design schools” in the US. Regardless, I recently received an email from a prospective design student asking about the program there. Here are my somewhat candid responses.
Note: Most of these responses are NEU-specific, but many apply to design school in general, so read on.
Check the time of day with jQuery
March 1st, 2010 by BrianI have been working on a redesign of my friend Kyle Daigle’s blog (currently under construction). The homepage has a large typographical feature which welcomes visitors to the site.
As we were going back and forth on design iterations, Kyle suggested having a customized welcome message based on the time of day. Time is a pretty easy function to grab in PHP (the language WordPress is built on), but this will always return the time of the server, not the client. Luckily, Javascript offers us the perfect solution.
The UND website, a case study
February 11th, 2010 by BrianDisclaimer: These are the opinions of Brian Nelson, an independent web professional that happens to work at UND. Please consider this letter as constructive criticism of the current web page. Also, I am writing this from the viewpoint of a local web designer, not a University employee.
To the University of North Dakota Web Team:
My name is Brian Nelson. I am a graphic designer working in the Housing Office here on campus. I also run a freelance web/graphic design business. I have over 5 years of experience in the design field and have spent much of the past 2 years focusing on creating websites that are usable and standards-compliant.
As we approach September, UND has an incredible opportunity to realign the UND website to better suit the University’s needs. I humbly submit this short essay of my concerns with the current site, as a reference of things to consider for the future.