TLD (Talk Like Designers) the long awaited app has passed the apple detectives and is now available in the itunes store for a lazy 99 cents. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Blog readers. I have spent 6 months researching how Adobe Flash can create technically acceptable apps for the Apple Itunes and Android Market. The app called TLD (Talk like a Designer) was fully created in Flash and then managed through the Apple Development Program. Now that sounds a bit classy, but what it really means is that Flash is back and is a Great design/coding environment for the mobile market. Another great canvas for our Designs and Concepts. Check it out by typing TLD into the search engine in the Itunes app store. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heres a screenshot of the email Apple sends you as a developer to tell you the good news.

Smarten up your layouts using grids. Here is the ultimate grid resource for both print and the web. Totally useful.

Grids give our graphic design structure and order. Grids are a great way to layout pages and provide a starting point for that corporate masterpiece. Here's a great link.
THE GRID SYSTEM

Embed Video into your HTML page

YouTube is an amazing facility for storing and viewing videos. Here is a technique you can use to place a video on your website and have YouTube do all the work streaming the video. The big plus is you do not have to store your video on your own site, thus saving space on your server.
EMBED VIDEO IN YOUR WEB SITE

the 960 grid system_a Starter CSS framework_worth a look

Starting a web site from scratch can mean a lot of repetitive tasks. These good people have set up a time saving structure to create magazine style grid layouts. Looks a bit tricky at first but is a good learning curve for the budding web warrior.
960 GRID SYSTEM

Lighten Up. Here's some interesting Graphic Design silliness.

Graphic Designers sometimes take themselves a bit too seriously. Here's a few attempts at humour surrounding our whacky profession. Enjoy!
DIFFICULT CLIENT
CHEAP CLIENT
S*IT THAT GRAPHIC DESIGNERS SAY

The Mobile WEB (what the?)

The world is mobile. Smart Phones and Tablets have bludgeoned their way into our lives. Web sites must work on as many platforms as possible. The good news is that traditional web skills in HTML and CSS dominate this arena. YES! Here's a bit of light reading on the subject.
THE MOBILE WEB CONCEPT EXPLAINED

Great Adobe Overview of the whole web design process

Our overlords at Adobe have created a series of videos that explain the whole web design process. Great viewing for that lonely Saturday night or after a long shift waiting on tables. They speak of HTML 5 but many concepts are relevant to our HTML 4 adventures.
Adobe TV dreamweaver web site overview

SOme Basic web concepts explained

G'day students. The Web can be a mysterious place, full of weird sounding Concepts. What's a blog? Whats an RSS feed. I have gathered together a collection of YouTube links that explain some of the major concepts involved in our current studies.
Blog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
RSS Feed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU&feature=channel
Social Networking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc&feature=channel
Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o&feature=channel
Wiki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY&feature=channel
Social Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE&feature=related
World Wide Web
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc&feature=channel
History of the Internet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4&feature=related
History of YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2NQiVcdZRY&feature=related
HTML Email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4tywpYkPA&feature=related

Graphic Design > Digital media job placement Sites

THE LOOP EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

http://www.theloop.com.au/jobs/Graphic-Design/fulltime

MY CAREER

http://mycareer.com.au/search/jobs/sector/sub/design/?s_cid=G:SEM::graphic%20designer%20jobs:8277235218&gclid=CKrdn9nX4qsCFWIC4godp16VQw

CAREER ONE

http://jobsearch.careerone.com.au/jobs/Advertising-Media-Arts-Entertainment+Graphic-Design_47cy=au&247SEO=N&WT.srch=1&referrer=gjobsearch&type=P

SEEK

http://www.seek.com.au/design-architecture-jobs/graphic-design/

DESIGN CROWD

http://jobs.designcrowd.com/graphic-design-jobs

SEO (search engine optimization)

SEO or (Search Engine Optimization) is all about giving yourself a higher ranking in the various search engines on the web. Clients get very funny if your brilliantly designed and functional web site is not able to be found. People use Google as a defacto Address line and rarely type in any URLs manually. Here are a few tips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAJgksyhxo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZEoDtNYx8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBHoM971g70&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YjPOwRB_Nw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot45fjeJqbk&feature=related

How to plan a website step by step

Hello I hope your all fit and well and feeling happy. Here is a back to basic look at planning a web site. Web sites are all about thinking ahead. Targeting market needs and wants, Content, Design, coding should all be standardised before you draw your first Div. Planning can turn web development into a joy. Lack of planning results in issues at the development stage as well as down the track when the client wants a 50% make-over.
THOROUGH YET SIMPLE GUIDE
http://www.realfreewebsites.com/articles/website-planning-guide/
WEBSITE PROJECT PLANNING TEMPLATE
https://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0Apy_FCy70vsOdHBCR1I5LXBsbkI0ZTdGZ3lfM3RLUUE&mode=public
GENERAL TEMPLATES
https://docs.google.com/templates?hl=en_GB
HOW TO WRITE A CONTRACT
http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer

Validate your HTML and CSS

HTML and CSS can be a tricky business. One mistake in the code and it could be a design disaster. Thankfully the W3C, a bunch of good people provide a free service to test your code. Simply upload at the links below and watch the magic. They will check the code and return a list of errors, Some are fatal, some you can live with, but it recommended that you use this service.
HTML VALIDATOR
http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload
CSS VALIDATOR
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
ABOUT THE W3C
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/mission.html

Video specifications of interest

Smarten up your videos." Maximise the quality and minimise the file size" is the aim of video production. Check out the facts here.
YOU TUBE CREATOR
http://www.youtube.com/t/creators_corner
OPTIMIZE YOUR VIDEOS
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&topic=16612&hl=en-US

Typography at it's best_Serious headline font work_rated_amazing

Once upon a time typography was quaint and artistic. This site has a range of great retro fonts, a very clever gallery of usage, and some great photoshop and illustrator tutorials.. The website header is a masterpiece. Rated_must see by all appreciators of fine typography.
GALLERY
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/
TUTORIALS
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/tutorials/index.php

Do Graphic designers swear this much?

Graphic Design, like any other endeavour has a lighter side. Here is a series of videos that highlights a lot of the pitfalls a young designer might experience. Bitter, twisted and hilarious. WARNING:These videos include serious swearing and adult themes. If you have issues with colourful language and graphic concepts, avoid and move on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRX0H8GDdQ&feature=related%22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRX0H8GDdQ&feature=related%22"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfprIxNfCjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyTpzgAW5NA&feature=related%22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PubSfTxgNxw&feature=related%22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2h2pESo6HM&feature=related%22