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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  • Being a Better Web Designer

    Posted in Rant, Web Design
    On Tue 17 June (Permalink, No Comments)

    I’ve just read a blog post by 37signals - which pretty much sums up my feelings on web design and web designers. They seem to have opened a can of worms though (139 comments and counting), but I’ve got to say that I wholeheartedly agree, especially with the following:
    If you’re a designer working with [...]

  • Form Tutorial

    Posted in Reference Tools, Web Development
    On Tue 17 June (Permalink, No Comments)

    I’ve been posting a lot about Firefox and browser issues, and I guess that stems a lot from my recent troubles with cross-browser compatability. I’ve been designing and developing forms a lot recently, which is a complete mine-field of CSS bugs and browser issues. I’ve been learning though, and that can only be a good [...]

  • New MySpace?

    Posted in Try This!, Web Bling, Web Design
    On Fri 13 June (Permalink, 1 Comment)

    Is a new MySpace design on the horizon? Who knows? Who even cares?
    There’s speculation of a re-design of MySpace (gasp!). The designs seem to have very distinct FaceBook-esque features (tabs, grads and AJAX bits) - but on the whole it’s much better than their existing site. I have no idea who’s responsible, or if there [...]

  • LiveType

    Posted in My Work, Web Development
    On Fri 30 May (Permalink, No Comments)

    Because I’m a PhotoShop user (I’ll address the whole Fireworks issue later) - I’m growing tired of Photoshop’s poor rendering of type. Smooth, strong, crisp? They’re all the same - rubbish! None of these resemble, even closely, what we can achieve within the browser.
    So in response to this problem, I’m currently in the process of [...]

  • Design Rap

    Posted in Video, Web Design
    On Thu 29 May (Permalink, 1 Comment)

    I’m going away for a week - so enjoy this in my absence. Something I think my clients (and project managers) will be able to relate to:

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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