Blog Standard Stuff

Shortly after SXSW Interactive wrapped up this year I received an email from someone asking if I’d be willing to answer a few questions about my web design processes. It was kinda funny in that I’m not usually all that methodical where process is concerned (!), and most times I’m hard pushed to call myself a designer (even though it’s what’s on my job title). I think of myself as around 70% coder, 30% designer. Regardless, I filled in the blanks and answered all the questions.

Out of curiosity I checked the online web magazine out and thought "not bad". Since then, I’ve noticed it appearing more and more in the social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and so on. There are lots of comments on the various postings they have – it seems like almost overnight they’ve built up a large readership by providing – shock, horror – good, well researched content on a regular basis.

So, what is this site/magazine I speak of? It is Smashing Magazine, something that my heading alluded to (as well as alluding to a catchphrase from a certain TV Show from days of old). The feature that I contributed to is entitled 35 Designers x 5 Questions:

35 designers. 5 questions. 5 precise answers. Result: 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from some of the best web-developers all around the world.

Anyway, enjoy – there really is some good stuff here, even if I do say so myself :-)