Web app Reel lets you embed your presentations on your website

If you have got a PowerPoint or PDF presentation that you want to share with everyone else, or even if you just want to quickly make one with a bunch of images, ZURB’s new lightweight Web applicationReellets you do that.And more. We’ve seen some great Web apps come out of the ZURB stable over the past year, from the online annotation appBounceand its big brotherNotableto the to-do list appStrike, the company has been producing well-designed apps consistently....

2 min · 411 words · Debbie Torres

Web design gets physical with Poland’s UXPin

As the digitized world becomes increasingly encompassing, it’s unusual and refreshing to see a company bring it back to the drawing board, literally. UXPin‘s portable kit is the first ever complete tool to prototype website ideas on paper. At first, I thought it was backwards to start one’s web design on paper. After all, aren’t there a myriad of expensive wireframing computer programs that could do something similar and save you time in the end?...

4 min · 744 words · Tyler Rivers

Web design, with the world in mind: a guide to website internationalization

Almost a third of the world’s population is now wired up to the World Wide Web. With over 800m users, Asia is home to the largest Internet-enabled contingent, where42%of cyberspace resides. Bycomparison, North America constitutes a mere 13.5% (266m) of Earth’s online populace, whilst Europe is home to a slightly chunkier 24.4% (475m). The remaining 20% is spread across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Oceania/Australia. If this tells you anything, it tells you this: the Internet knows no boundaries....

10 min · 2128 words · David Drake

Web designers, here’s how to build a great portfolio and land your dream job

Web designers, here’s how to build a great portfolio and land your dream job Creative thinking You don’t always have to design a traditional-looking website. Sometimes it’s better to think out of the box and use your web designing skills for creative innovation. For example, let’s have a look at thisDeep Sea project by Neal Agarwal. Unlike most business websites, it has no monetary value. But, this kind of project will definitely attract a massive audience....

5 min · 884 words · Anthony Houston

Web font services overview makes choosing a provider easy

With so many web font providers available, choosing a service can be a difficult task. Sylvia Egger has made that job a bit easier with thiscomprehensive overviewof all the major players and their offerings. It would be good to have some sort of pricing comparison.Fonts.comlooks like a real winner in this overview, and it’s a pretty great service — but when you compare the pricing model to runner-upTypekit, it’s clear that you don’t get the same bang for buck despite Fonts....

1 min · 210 words · John Robles
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