Spyre Studios
Blog URL http://spyrestudios.com
Located Montreal, Quebec Canada
Tags design, blogging, social media, css, xhtml, wordpress, wp, php, blog
Spyre is a blog and portfolio site dedicated to design, blogging and social media.
Latest Blog Posts
- 10 Must Have Hacks For WordPress Development on Nov 20, 2009 in WordPress
Building your own wordpress themes will open your eyes to a lot of things, mainly the fact that you'll be retyping a lot of code over and over and over again. So in this post I am going to show you ten wordpress code hacks that you can add to your ar...
- The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual on Nov 18, 2009 in Design Infographics
Information is very powerful but for the most bit it is bland and unimaginative. Infographics channel information in a visually pleasing, instantly understandable manner, making it not only powerful, but extremely beautiful. Once used predominantly t...
- 50 Awesome Submissions From The CSS Awards on Nov 16, 2009 in Design Showcase
The CSS Awards website is like a regular CSS gallery on steroids. It's not only a showcase of some of the most kick ass web designs around, it also gives a break down of each site and what they rate the sites in forms of design, creativity, usability...
- 5 Damn Easy Ways To Improve User Experience on Nov 12, 2009 in Design UX
It's no secret that in order to build a successful website or web community you have to design with the users in mind. Of course you can't forget about optimizing for search engines, but let's focus on the visitors since they're the ones who are usin...
- Grunge In Web Design: Samples And Best Practices on Nov 7, 2009 in Design Showcase
With the major focus for web design lately shifting to the minimal designs, apple inspired designs and clean cut layouts, it's about time someone stands up and showcases the awesomeness that is grunge! I guess I'll have to be that person today :) Gr...
- How To Design A Hand-Drawn Vector Pattern Using Pencils, Photoshop And Illustrator on Nov 5, 2009 in Illustrator Photoshop Tutorial
Lately, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about seamless patterns. Specifically, I've been working on various techniques for creating them. Obviously, there are a number of different ways you can go about this, and in this tutorial I'm going...
- 80+ Typography Related Twitter Accounts To Follow on Nov 2, 2009 in Twitter Typography
With the ever growing popularity of Twitter it's no surprise to see that a lot of designers and developers have adopted Twitter and use it to connect with other designers and share links, quotes, ideas, etc... So, since I'm addicted to typography, I...
