The truth is global warming is a fact. Beyond driving less, recycling, etc can web design and its designers do more to be green?

BlueFur.com says yes. Rising Phoenix Design has a lot of information on how dark web colors optimize computer screen power usage. Altiustutasarim.com has some tips on how web designers can be more green. Eirbyte in Ireland goes so far as to use wind and solar power to juice their design studio, which is pretty neat. And renourish is a site dedicated to providing designers with information on sustainable and more environmentally conscious design craft.

At some point in every creative person’s career, the question of taking on spec work is contemplated. Creative industries from photography to design all seem to agree that generally it’s not a great idea. For most students “real world experience” is the hook used to lure folks towards it along with a (usually hallow) carrot of “I’ve got more work that I’ll pay you for later, this is just a trial”, and other such fluff.

NO!SPEC aims to unite those who support the notion that spec work devalues the potential of design and ultimately does a disservice to the client. They have great articles and a useful 10 reasons spec is a problem and Why Speculation Hurts. (more…)

In the past, I’ve worked on a few projects where there were quite a few layers between myself as copywriter, and the designer(s) of a site. For some reason, many think that as long as the site structure or copy inventory is passed along to the writer everything will be fine. But there are problems that ensue when a project is structured in such a manner. (more…)