by Gene Crawford | Jul 22, 2025 | News
How can understanding mental models transform your web design process? These cognitive blueprints shape perceptions and decisions, leading to intuitive, user-centered designs. Unlock the power of mental models to enhance decision-making and user experience in web...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2025 | News
There’s something grounding about starting from scratch. A blank screen. A blinking cursor. The quiet potential of something you haven’t made yet. That’s where a lot of web projects begin, not with flair or flash, but with the simplest version of an idea: “I want to...
by Gene Crawford | May 26, 2025 | News
Most web designers remember their first time staring at the terminal like it was an alien console in a spaceship cockpit, blinking cursor, endless black void, and not a clue where to begin. It feels cold. Stark. Unforgiving. Yet, hidden behind that intimidating facade...
by Gene Crawford | May 19, 2025 | News
Design trends may cycle, but bold minimalism isn’t a “new” idea, it’s a revival. You’ve likely seen it splashed across Behance, used in branding refreshes, or highlighted in recent UI/UX showcases. Big fonts. Sharp contrast. Heavy-weight typography dancing with loads...
by Gene Crawford | May 12, 2025 | News
McMaster-Carr’s website is a rarity on the modern web, it doesn’t follow trends, chase aesthetics, or attempt to impress with gimmicks. Instead, it just works. Efficiently. Reliably. With a brutal focus on function over flair, McMaster-Carr has quietly built one of...
by Gene Crawford | May 5, 2025 | News
Most CSS tutorials treat pseudo-classes like a set of training wheels, enough to style a link hover or highlight a focused input. But in real-world design systems, pseudo-classes are far more than that. Used intentionally, they become powerful tools for writing...
