Out in the woods or in the city It’s all the same to me When I’m drivin’ free the world’s my home When I’m mobile Hee-hoo, beep beep Pete Townshend called it 40 years ago. And in 2011, the stats are clear–more and more users are accessing the web from a mobile device. In fact, [...]

The WordPress Edition Time again to share my fav new web dev tools. First off, my love of HTML5 Boilerplate continues. Though I still don’t understand how to use it all (I’m still confused about the Build Script!). Boilerplate is now standard in all my site builds. And seriously, is there any simpler way to [...]

A few months ago, I wrote a post covering some wonderful new web tools that I had begun to use with this project, now live and it’s time for an update. HTML5 Boilerplate HTML5 Boilerplate has gathered a strong following in the web dev community. And for good reason—it is awesome! The authors also released an [...]

…or how I spent my sick days. A couple weeks ago (before the Thanksgiving cooking flurry) I was felled by an awful virus. Thankfully, I had a light project load and could indulge myself for a few days of tea, DayQuil and sleeping on the sofa. Back when I was a kid, such a sick [...]

I’ve just wrapped up my portion of a site overhaul (design, HTML, CSS, jQuery) and am quite pleased with all the new tools at my disposal for this project. Sure, it took a little extra time to get the hang of them, but the learning curve was well worth the investment. Note: my ratings are [...]

I was in the shower and just thinking…“gosh, I DO enjoy a good long hot shower…too bad it makes me feel GUILTY!…gotta conserve resources…but I had a great idea for an article…and I really think creatively while hot water beats on the back of my neck…but I REALLY should make this shower short, sweet and [...]

Just launched my latest project. This was a redesign of 2-page realtor site. At first glance, the project was simple enough: 2 static pages with clean new look, better content organization and access to FranklyMLS, blog & videos. This site was to be tighter and more ‘businesslike’ than the client’s blog I redesigned last year. The only [...]

Hello! If you’ve arrived directly here, you may not have noticed some major changes in the home page. Go ahead, visit Azzcat Design. I’ll wait!… Woa! What was that movin’ and a changin’ going on? Did you play with it? Don’t forget to resize the browser to enjoy the effects Pretty nifty, huh? Kind of makes this [...]

I find myself explaining the process of website design & development repeatedly, so it’s time to write a show-and-tell post. First off, let me say that this is my process. Other designers & developers may differ somewhat, especially if they work within larger team environments. Yet, every site does go through a similar creative to [...]

W3C Validators We know about the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Validation Service. Submit a site’s URL and get graded on valid HTML and/or CSS mark-up: pass, and you get to put a W3C validation banner on the site. (Not dissimilar to gold star stickers on a kindergartener’s bumblebee.) fail, and you get not only [...]

It’s year end and time to take stock of the biz. Did I accomplish my goals? What is in store for 2010? Are my clients happy? Am I happy? Overall, it’s been a good year. Though I didn’t reach my income goal, 2009 was better than 2008. In this economy, that’s a win! Plus, as [...]

PNG files (Portable Network Graphics) are one of the image file formats used by web designers for modern browsers. See 10 Best Browsers in 2009. It’s a wonderful format, because it allows the designer to place an image w/o the “box” of JPG or the single color limitations of GIF. It’s classy, high end, the [...]