Every email designer knows that resolving compatibility issues is a biyatch. But testing doesn’t have to be, if you have the right tool. Until all email clients act the same and fully support standards based HTML and CSS, the folks at the Email Standards Project will have a mission and we designers will need robust [...]
Some days (like today) I get terribly frustrated working in a field where anyone with a copy of Dreamweaver can call himself a professional Web designer. I’ve had too many clients whose sites needed to be rebuilt from the ground up thanks to shoddy work. Some of these clients hired not one but a series [...]
Accessibility testing is a big job. Our major accessibility standards, Section 508 of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act and the international protocol Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, include criteria that can be checked by machine, but much of the testing requires human judgment. For instance, a machine can check that every image has an ALT [...]
With Access U right around the corner, I feel inspired to revisit one of the most important, yet most often overlooked, considerations of Web site design—accessibility.
The federal government acknowledged through the 1998 amending of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 508) that access to information is a civil right. I would like for this to be the [...]
I’m pleased to announce the launch of my latest Web site project: The Forever Trinity Dream Foundation. The Forever Trinity Dream Foundation was organized in 2009 in memory of Trinity Rhyan Bright, who at the age of six was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor called a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Their mission is to [...]
I’ve been sitting at my laptop working on a design for my new, forthcoming Hidden Mickey photo blog. I got nothin’. My throat is tightening up and my heart is starting to pound. How can I, the Infinitely Talented Designer, not come up with something brilliant in four days? No idea; it’s a freaky world. [...]
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation, Online Portfolios for Photographers. You can view the presentation slides at gelfanddesign.com/feb8presentation. I had a great time getting to know some of Austin’s most fabulous photographers and seeing their work. I hope that the information I provided, along with the following resources, will help you get started with [...]
I will be giving a presentation on creating and maintaining an online portfolio for promotional and commercial purposes at the next Austin Photography Group meeting on February 8 at 7:00 PM. The meeting is located on the third floor of Book People in downtown Austin. I’ll be talking about the benefits of an online portfolio, [...]
