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It’s been two years since my last post here…
Shame. And I was writing a lot before. Well, for my standards, that is;
I would say that I have been focusing on my work more, trying to deal with the various tasks that are coming in daily. But then when I get home, I feel kinda tired. In fact tired enough to not even go to my backpack, open up my laptop and work on something new, be it an article, learn new stuff etc.
Continue reading “If you feel down”It all started in my school years when I and my buds were playing together online in the hours after school till midnight (and after more often than not).
Now, I wasn’t a hardcore gamer, not even close, though I could say that I am more or less proud of my “Global Elite” rank achievement on CS:GO.
So it was then when I stumbled upon League of Legends – an MOBA style game by Riot Games – a game with more than 100 million active users each month!
So you can see how quickly I got addicted to it, hitting hours and hours every day. In case you don’t know it (or the MOBA genre in general) it’s a team based 5v5 game where each player controls a champion with a set of unique abilities.
I won’t get into details about the gameplay as this is not the goal of this writing, but I must say a few general words to explain it better anyways.
Continue reading “How I crafted my view for the League of Legends champions select screen”
First, let’s start with what “decision making” is, and more importantly – good decision making.
When trying to make a good decision, a person must weight the positives and negatives of each option, and consider all the alternatives.
Clients come with problems. And they want them solved. Most of the time that’s a business problem, not technical. They want growth, they want improvement, they want income. Designing and developing must come with this core idea in mind. You want to provide a product that will improve your client’s business.
But to do so as an agency, you have to understand the business of your client. Why a certain design decision is better than another. What is the user base? How will this design decision affect the technical implementation of it and therefore the budget of your client? Long term commitment is crucial for understanding this.
Continue reading “Decision making as a designer and front-end developer in a WordPress agency”
Why are the right colors for your website so important? This article will outline when, why and how to pick your colors in order to make your visitors feel comfortable and convert into buyers/users of your product.
Color theory is often used in marketing and branding. Warm colors attract spontaneous buyers, while cooler ones are more create the sensation of security and elegance.
No. Yes?
Maybe. And here’s why:
It depends on the work really. Here is one example: You are a front-end developer working in an agency. The task of converting a designed business site comes. What do you do?
Continue reading “Should a Front-End developer be a good designer as well?”
I’ve written a post on how Micro, a free WordPress theme was built in under two hours on the DevriX blog some time ago. Since then we received a few requests/issues that were visible on the theme. Having the theme submitted some ten months ago and waiting for a review for the next eight months or so I forgot about its existence. (don’t we all?)
I often see questions on what editor/IDE to use (see the difference between the two). My reasoning behind picking Sublime is simple. I used it at the beginning of my coding career. I got used to it and stuck with it for more than four years now.
Continue reading “Sublime Text Setup – What I use and what else is out there?”
Every npm project comes with node_modules folder after installation. It’s all nice and fancy while you’re working on the project, but what happens when you need to delete it?
Say you are moving repositories, renaming folders or just clearing up old stuff. If you are using Windows, chances are that you will get “path too long” or something along the lines.
Windows has 260 characters limit on path files and deleting so many nested folders is impossible with the “delete” function.
Ironically, you need another npm module for that. Now, in order to make it work, you need to have it installed globally. Run the following command:
npm install rimraf -g
After doing this you will have access to the command anywhere on the system. To delete the npm folder just run:
rimraf node_modules
See more on the package’s page.
Thanks to all this you can really feel like a Windows user 🙂 #nohate
Enjoying the sounds of rain? Distant Thunders cracking the sky? Or maybe the warmth of the fireplace? If yes then this productivity tool is just for you!
Introducing MyNoise.net generator
I have always been putting some good non-distracting songs in the background while I’m working. Be it something like “Crazy” by Daniela Andrade or “Hands” by Jewel it has always been for concentrating on the task I’m working on.
But every now and then listening to songs for 8 hours straight is exhausting . Sometimes I just want to put down my headphones and just enjoy the silence.
Continue reading “Productivity tools can be in the form of sound – introducing MyNoise”
Originally published at Medium
The latest app in the Adobe family – Experience Design CC, previously called “Project Comet” is live for a few months now and it rocks! Well, Kinda…
I must say that the tools they provide are very limited, but are also the core ones needed for the modern web/app interface design. Now, there are some quite useful ones like “Text underline” or “Gradients” that are missing. It’s quite understandable considering the (preview) tag in the app’s title.