Our view of truth is the Rosetta Stone for how we interpret life, relationships, ethics, vocation, and even design. It's the foundation of our worldview. Without a firm grasp on the popular views of truth we encounter, we will find ourselves in situations where our speech is lost in translation. The question extends out to eve

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Building a three or four column layout on the web without the help of a table can be a difficult task. The CSS3 spec proposes a perfectly tailored solution; but, unfortunately, CSS3 support is spotty at best even in modern browsers. We're stuck with CSS2 until that changes, so we might as well make the best of it. There are a

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In Christianity we find a unique and inspiring worldview grid through which we may create and understand design. Other worldviews have assimilated pieces of truth from the Christian worldview; but none can account for reality so satisfactorily or liberate our creativty so completely. This article gives a brief overview of the C

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Postmodernism is a dominant force in the world of design. Alongside modernism, it's the most influential worldview affecting design today. As such, it deserves serious consideration by designers of all disciplines. Since this blog is specific to web design, however, most points are cast in that direction. Postmodernism can be

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Whether we like it or not, people are still printing information from the web. For years now the big question for newsletters, newspapers, and magazines has been, how do we get our printed product on the web? But as these mediums have gradually adapted to become more webcentric, the opposite question is becoming more appropriat

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In this article the modernist worldview is analyzed—what it is, where it came from, and its practical consequences in design. The purpose of this critique is to demystify the ideas we encounter every day in web design. When we know how to extract worldview from high-sounding design philosophies, they lose their mystique. We can

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This article is the first in a six part series explaining and developing the concept of worldview as it informs the practice of web design. Most of us don't even consider worldview when we're making design decisions or analyzing a work. This article will help you begin to recognize various worldviews in design. The last two a

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5 for Friday is a weekly link list offered by Bits O' NewMedia. Every week the best web design and new media related articles are rounded up here. This week's list covers topics from online invoicing solutions to principles of effective web design. The social media article from the new blog, Traffikd by Steven Snell, is on th

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Ok guys it's time for another article from my flagship blogging series. One of the most cruicial aspects of flagship blogging is being able to come up with the right topic. This lesson will talk to you about several of the factors that you should consider before making this decision.

If you have always wanted to start

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When you spend most of your day to designing and coding, you don't have a lot of extra time to mess with server configuration. But neglecting this aspect of web design can cost you big time in the end. Your server shouldn't be bending you to its will—it should be the other way around. .htaccess is the key. You probably

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This article discusses the current mass exodus of our local information into the so-called data cloud. Many of us don't even realize it's happening. With all the enticing benefits of the tools in the cloud, the move seems inevitible. But who should we trust? Should we even make the move into the cloud or keep our data to ours

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5 for Friday is a weekly link list offered by Bits O' NewMedia. Every week the best web design and new media related articles are rounded up here. This week topics range from practical client communication to what Digg would be like without the Digg "elite". Limited to five articles, 5 for Friday leaves the nonessent

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This article takes a critical look at the new BloggingZoom redesign. If you were here for the transition, you probably know why—the new design is quite shocking. BloggingZoom recently claimed that it's a major contender in the social news arena, poised to overtake Digg in fact. They have a long way to go but if that's g

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Using forums can help a blogger in many ways - traffic generation, creating exposure, getting help on certain topics, learning more - AND ideas for new posts and articles.

 By reading forums in your niche and the questions people are asking, you can figure out what kind of things people need to know and want to le

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As web designers, we know the essential ingredients to website success. We spend hours every week blogging, networking, and studying keywords to produce our income. But our clients aren't always—in fact almost never—where we are when it comes engaging the online world. It's our tendency, though, to build sites for

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