HeyBuzz

Hey! I'm Pete, and I'm a designer... and this is my blog - about web design, for web designers. Here you'll find all kinds of tips, tricks, information and inspiration linking, in some way, to web design.

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  • I Need Your Help!

    Posted in My Work, Web Design
    On Sun 31 August (Permalink, 5 Comments)

    I’ve been working on re-designing my portfolio, as the work on my current one (visit) is a bit out of date. These days I mainly focus on digital projects - so the ‘new’ site needs to reflect that both in content and in style.
    For whatever reason, I decided to go for a re-design of my [...]

  • Web 2.0 Generators

    Posted in Reference Tools, Web Design
    On Thu 29 May (Permalink, No Comments)

    There’s got to be thousands of these completely horrible generators of things. Most of them are nasty – but a few of them can be really useful. You’ll find 25 of them listed here.
    I personally use the loading icons here (www.ajaxload.info) and the striped background generator here (www.stripegenerator.com).

  • Things to tinker with…

    Posted in Try This!, Web Bling, Web Development
    On Thu 29 May (Permalink, No Comments)

    More often than not, when I see something cool – I end up having to code it. I find that it’s the best way to understand the constraints of these things. Then when I come to design something, I know exactly what I can and can’t do (without upsetting the real developers!!). So here are [...]

Hey!

HeyBuzz is a collection of musings, learning's, tips and inspiration... mostly about digital stuff, as observed by Buzz.

Buzz is a sailor, skier, extreme sports enthusiast and designer living in London. He enjoys loud music, trying new things and talking crap. He doesn't really like reading though!

You can visit Buzz's sexy new design portfolio at BuzzGraphics.co.uk

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