5 for Friday | The Week's Best Blogs (1/18/08 Edition)
January 18th, 2008 in Friday Blog Clips
by: Matthew Griffin
From pointers about relieving eye strain (Web Worker Daily) to tips about what should appear above the fold on a blog (Vandelay Website Design), practical advice for the web designer seemed to be the theme in the blogosphere this week. Smashing Magazine also ran a great article on the development of infographics that I'm sure will inspire you to spice up your graphs and charts. TutorialBlog makes it's debut this week as a companion tutorial post to Smashing Magazine's infographics article. Also, I would like to give a special welcome to Veerle's Blog.
Monday Inspiration: Data Visualization and Infographics - Smashing Magazine
I hadn't paid much attention to charts and graphs before I read this article. Here, SM enumerates a seemingly endless list of great infographic design.
Free Chart and Graph Solutions - TutorialBlog
After the SM article, I had to include this one. Sometimes building good-looking charts and graphs is a easy as tapping someone else to do it for you.
5 Ways to Go Easier on Your Eyes - Web Worker Daily
Eye strain is rampant in our business. I deal with it constantly. I'm sure you will find Web Worker Daily's post as helpful as I did.
Blog Design: What Should Be Above the Fold? - Vandelay Website Design
The question of what should go above the fold is an ongoing conversation amongst web designers. As usual, Vandelay takes a well-balanced approach to the issue and gives some very common sense advice.
Creating Simple Art Brushes in Illustrator - Veerle's Blog
Custom brushes in illustrator make the difference between illustrations that are blah and ones that are crisp and sophisticated. This quick and simple tutorial is well worth the time.
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