Worry -- But Don't Worry -- About Squarespace

Anyone Can Cook brought the art of cooking to the masses who didn't grow up with the privilege of having a skillful mentor to teach them to cook. In that same way, many new websites and services are cropping up to give regular web users the power to create their own websites, fully-featured, with little-to-no web background and for very cheap. see the article

Using Thickbox with an Embedded PDF

This weekend, I finally worked out a solution to embed a PDF file into a Thickbox. This was challenging because cross-browser support for the Adobe Acrobat Reader format is iffy at best, and Thickbox' iFrame is really designed to open web pages.  see the article

Where the Magic Happens

There's something majestic about seeing a huge body of machinery that's built to do one thing. In this case, it's about pulling, printing, folding and cutting. No HDR, no tricks. Just a high-res admiration of the sublimely complex. see the article

Carpe Diem: Selling Marketing in a Down Economy

Right now, nobody's spending money on anything extraneous. In turn, business owners are doing the same thing. The problem is, what is perceived as "extraneous spending" isn't always. Here are some points to remind your potential clients about the value of marketing in a down economy. see the article

5 New Web Design Trends to Avoid

New sites can look great, be colorful and attract your attention, but sometimes they just have a hard time doing what they need to do: directing you toward where you want to be. These are some sites that I feel look really great, and appear at the top of "Best Website" lists, but are just plain lacking when it comes to usability, and I feel they represent larger trend misses when it comes to web design. see the article

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