Back in February I posted a article with 5 Unfair Facts About Web Design. Guess what? Nothing has changed *shocker*. This time I am going to focus more on clients, and what you should expect (if not already). Now don't get me wrong. Not all clients will have some of the tendencies that I am going to list. The good will out-weigh the bad I promise!

Most of my clients are new, or small business owners from the States and Canada. Some of them have an idea of what they are looking for their website to do, and some don't. 99.9% of them don't know anything about designing a website. Which is fine, this is why they came to you! Before I go any further keep in mind I am not trying to bash anyone or anything here. I am simply trying to give you an idea of what you should prepare your business for.

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This is a rather easy Adobe Photoshop tutorial that produces a nice overhead perspective shadow effect. One of the best features is it's very customizable, easy to change the angle and depth of the shadow. To get started you will need to find an image that you would want to apply the effect too. Remember that this image must be taken with a overhead perspective view. It also must be rendered off it's original background perfectly, no white edges!

Ok, so if you are reading this tutorial you must be somewhat new to Photoshop. With that said if you don't know how to render a image you can use this one I used for the tutorial. But for the future you should polish up on your Pen tools, the Pen tool is great for cutting out images.

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Hello everyone! First off I am really sorry for the major lack of article posting in the last 2-3 months. Sean and I have been extremely busy with freelance work (which is a good thing I'm thinking!). I will be working on changing this problem by setting aside more time for this website. Also if you would like to write for us please check this out for more info.

In this article, as the title suggests I will be talking about the major mistakes that can be easily made with web design and development for clients. I became very inspired after reading a article about this over at boagworld and wanted to take the idea a little bit further. I think sharing our mistakes is a great way to become a much better web developer, why? Well we all learn from our mistakes and can share what we learned from that mistake with others so they do not make it themselves.

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When it comes to web design and development staying on track with deliverables, time-lines, email, tasks, communication with the client, requested changes, etc (the list goes on and on...), can be extremely difficult and a little bit overwhelming at times. But all is not lost! Thank goodness there are many so many useful applications and tools that can be a very helpful solution to many of these problems.

Ok, so there are literary tons of applications and tools that you can get to help, some free and others not. But which ones are actually worth using? Which ones are actually going to save you time and  a whole lot of frustration? And which ones are just distractions and are only going to waste your time! Being a good web developer isn't always all about a kick-butt design, usability, etc. It is also about being efficient at all of the above.

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Speculative design may seem like a good idea to many people when they are in the market for a new website design. Some of them even go down the path of holding design contests, which is probably one of the worst things you could do.

What people don't realize is that speculative design is both bad for the design firm, and yes the person looking for the best design for their website. But why? Why are so many design firms, including the two I work for refusing to do any work without getting sign-off and a down payment first? Is it because they are worried about loosing money and design time?

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Move complete. Find any bugs please post them in the comments!

Sunday March 22nd we will be down anywhere from 4-24 hours. 

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