A lot of talk in the web industry at various times has gone into a debate over the issue of “above the fold” and “below the fold” or more commonly just “the fold”. This debate seems to pop up now and then and the general discussion always circulates around the importance of what falls above [...]
Tags: content aggregation, information architecture, the fold, user interface designIf anyone is keeping up with my progress on this site in the trial/soft-launch period of the new davidsiegfried.com here is what I have learned this evening. typekit.com I have been having some problems with typekit and the problems were two-fold. First, in case you are unaware of typekit, it is a web application that [...]
Tags: @font-face, css3, typekit, typography, upcoming site workI am super, phenomenally excited to announce that Creature Works Labs, my current employer, has decided to send me to An Event Apart Minneapolis. As someone who is more or less addicted to learning all there is to know about how to create great web experiences this is something that will really bring a year [...]
Tags: an event apart, Career, learningAbout a year ago I decided the internet was the way for me. Though I had spent four years of college dancing around the subjects not altogether unrelated to the web (which further blog posts will discuss) and my entire life from about the age of 12 enjoying working with computers, the web and other [...]
Tags: Career, education, growthOver the last three or four months I have been stealing away a few hours a night to work on this new design. Finally, the last week I spent some late hours WordPressing the theme and getting it ready to finally go up. Tonight marks the soft launch of the site considering I have a [...]