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 Don’t Understand

    Posted in Information Architecture, Quotes
    On Mon 30 June (Permalink, No Comments)

    Sorry for all the quotes recently, I’ve been completely stacked out with an information architecture document I’m working on. Which ties me quite nicely to this quote;

    If you’re interested in information architecture, or just find yourself thust into its scary world (like me), you might find Boxes and Arrows or Jesse James Garrett’s site useful.

  • BBC’s 15 Web Principles

    Posted in I Like, Quotes, Reference Tools
    On Thu 26 June (Permalink, 3 Comments)

    I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while (years in fact), but never got around to it. But seeing as the BBC has recently undergone a radical new redesign (above), and was featured in this months Web Designer Magazine - I thought now was as good a time as any.

  • Resources I Use

    Posted in Quotes, Reference Tools, Try This!, Web Design
    On Mon 23 June (Permalink, No Comments)

    There are a few things on sites that don’t really require much design, like pagination, for example. Things that just work, without you having to re-invent the wheel. For those things - it’s always good to have a little bit of a guide. The same goes (to an extent) for comment designs and standardised icons.

  • How important is a Favicon?

    Posted in Web Bling, Web Design
    On Tue 3 June (Permalink, No Comments)

    Well, as a project manager once asked me; “What’s a favicon?”. It’s one of those tiny little 16×16px pictures that sit up in your address bar. It has no functionality, and does nothing more than simply look pretty. Or is there more? Take this for example,
    Last week, for no apparent reason whatsoever, Google changed its [...]

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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