I don't usually just write about a web site without getting into bits of its UI design, but I came across Pattern Tap while cruising around for inspiration on FeedMyApp today and immediately fell in love with it. It's too great an idea not to share and I wish I had built it first.
Basically, the co…
If time really equals money, then I've spent a decent amount of money purchasing awkward silence with strangers over the years. What I'm talking about is the minor panic evoked by a sudden realization that I'm sitting across the table from a total stranger and neither of us has anything more to say,…
Fellow designers and friends Rus Yusupov and Dominik Hofmann have created a beautiful and functional little web app called Big Human that's perfect for this series I'm writing on inspirational user interface design. Prepare to be inspired.
In an effort to easily share music with one anoth…
Originally, like my last post, I was going to write one article with a bunch of links to great UI design examples, but as I got into it the article became huge.
In order to sate my appetite for inspiring UI designers, this will be the first post in a series called "UI design examples to inspire you"…
Most freelance web designers would agree; one of the greatest discomforts of freelancing is the lack of a regular paycheck. I was recently hired as a user interface designer for Wesabe, a site that helps people track their finances, and an interesting side effect of that has been me spending a lot o…
Before I took the plunge and went freelance full time in March of 2007, I was a little nervous. How would I survive without a cushy agency job? Could I sell myself to potential clients as easily as I could sell an entire agency of talent? How would I find work? What about stability?
I've learned a f…
Shawn is a 27 year old freelance graphic and web application designer near Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Here are some links to people I work with and respect:
Geek For Brains
Niklas Industries
Null Creations
Soapbox Confessional
Overmind Productions
Discotank
Mike Haugland
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