Being in the graphic design business is very competitive – you have to learn to swim or you will sink fast. I’ve been a graphic designer for 12 years and I’d like to share the journey I took to owning and building a successful graphic design business.

Website usability guru Jakob Nielsen published his top 10 weblog design mistakes, and the list plus his commentary are interesting reading.

Website design has become so complex, with scripting, and dynamic content and pulling content from RSS and ATOM feeds and Ajax enhancement and ad rotation and . . . and . . . and . . .

From reading the title many of you are probably wondering what W3C compliance has to do with SEO and many more are probably wondering what W3C compliance is at all.

It takes a matter of seconds for someone to form an opinion of your business and it’s usually your logo that helps them generate that opinion.

JupiterWeb, the online media division of Jupitermedia Corp., launched its Adobe LiveCycle Developer Source, an extension of Adobe’s developer outreach program, to assist application development professionals create more dynamic, intelligent document-based applications.

This article is most useful if you are somewhat familiar with HTML and CSS. I explain the concepts well enough that you do not have to be an expert, but I want to provide material that will introduce you to more advanced design in ways you can understand.

Web development has greatly increased in popularity over the last 5 years. Many new design concepts, code standards, and technology advances have happened in a short amount of time. With that, so has the knowledge and demand for better, more independent and functional web design packages.

Steve Jobs’ introduction of Apple’s new Rokr and Nano is now available online. He reveals some interesting factoids on iTunes and iPods.

CBS is pulling an Intel and learning from its mistakes. According to the Reuters news service …

Learn how greatly the symbolic significance of your corporate identity can impact your business. This is a guide to educate you on how an experienced designer can help you through a project whose outcome you will need to live with for years.

Reader Question: Our Web developer uses page templates for our Web site. I am worried that “code bloat” and other template issues might interfere with our search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. Are Web page templates good or bad for search engine optimization?

Perhaps you have a website, but you’re just not totally happy with the graphics, or you haven’t any graphics at all.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Wednesday the hiring of Jeff VerHeul for the job of corporate vice president of silicon design for AMD. He will lead the development of all future AMD computing solutions, including silicon roadmaps and design efforts across all of AMD’s global engineering sites.

About two years ago, I had a go at commercial web site design. I put a medium-sized ad in a London classified ad paper. Nothing fancy: “Web designer seeks work …” etc. This was expensive, about 500 for a month’s run.

Mike McDonald of WebProNews sits in on Search Engine Friendly Design, and finds a sensible approach works best for site owners.

Fast Company’s blog, FC Now, is celebrating its second anniversary by hosting BlogJam 2005.

iveJournal is mining the 100,000 daily blog posts generated across its network to track the emotion in their corner of the blogosphere.

Is your website doomed before it even gets off the ground? A badly-designed website can turn off potential customers before they even think about buying your product.

Last Thursday afternoon I was working on a garage door and regrettably loosened the torsion spring too much. This spring is what relieves or neutralizes the weight of the garage door so the openers can work without burning out and so you don’t have to be Arnold Schwarzenegger to open it.

When you think of the world’s most successful businesses, what names come to mind? Most likely, consumer-oriented giants such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Sheraton, Disney, IBM, and General Electric. Not only have they spent billions on advertising to buy their way into your head. They offer convenient products and services that have made them a part of your life.