Web Design & Development

As I hinted in an earlier post about my move to WordPress, one of the reasons for that decision was to help me learn PHP. I am well on my way and I have now created one client site with PHP (simple stuff server-side so it was…

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, or you are not a Web designer or working in a related field, you cannot have missed the announcement of Adobe's new Creative Suite 5 a few weeks ago. I have been using two products in the suite for a while now, including…

I just read a very interesting review of Dreamweaver CS5 written by David Powers. David is someone I have known for many years and he has written many books related to PHP. He is someone who's opinion I trust.

So his review of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/" target="_blank"…

Over a year ago, I posted an article describing my Font Management Woes and my search for the perfect font management application on the Windows platform. For many years, that market has been dominated on the Mac side mostly by Extensis Suitcase Fusion and…

I could not imagine my creative process without Adobe Fireworks. I have been using that application since version 2.0 sometime in 1999. 10 years ago, Fireworks was not an obvious choice but the workflow advantages over Photoshop were immediately evident to me and my creative process never was the same.…

Dan Harrelson from Adaptive Path has written a very interesting blog post titled Rapid Prototyping Tools and what makes good prototypes. My long time favorite Adobe Fireworks is mentionned along with Axure RP Pro (which is a newer tool in my arsenal) but also several others including online…

The new version 5.5 of Axure RP Pro has been released a couple days ago after being in public beta for a few months. It's a very significant upgrade in terms of new features and is free for existing customers with a current license.

Noteworthy features include the…

The upcoming 5.5 version of Axure RP Pro has been made public and is available for download. For anyone who's been interested by Axure and wanted to try it, now is a great time to do so. The beta is rock solid and, if I understand the following blog post…

As I mentioned in my recent "My Top 10 Web Design Tools" post, I have started using Axure RP Pro for creating highly interactive prototypes, wireframes, site maps , flow charts and specifications. It is a fantastic application with a lot of depth that can create very…

There is a meme popping on Twitter and the blogosphere where some Web professionals are wondering if it is a good thing to listen to music while working or not. I had been reflecting on that very thing recently so this comes at a timely moment for me.

Of course,…