Is Sketching and Drawing Important to A Designer?

That’s what one of the members at Low Yat forums started asking. It might be a ridiculous question to ask designers but there are the exceptional few. The reason this members was asking his fellow companions is because he noticed in his course there isn’t a module for it.

There have been few replies in the thread and some commented yes, some said no, some said it depends on the field you’re doing and some say other things like;

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Websites Made Simple Official Website?

Mmmmppphhh phhhmmm mmm pbhhhtttt *removes gag*

What I meant to say is that we’ve finally released an official website for Websites Made Simple. *kicks Hawk’s nuts* I would’ve done it quicker if Hawk wasn’t busy pecking away troopers in his newly acquired Star Wars Empire at War. As you can see, me and Hawk are about a bird of a feather and we’re the ones working most of the projects.

If you’ve not yet seen the homepage or the official website (Is that what we’re calling it Hawk?) here’s the screenshot.

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XHTML : The Semantics Strikes Back

Hello everyone! I’m Hawk, some of you may have seen me commenting on Danny’s posts before. What? What happened to Danny? Well… urm… he’s tied and gagged in the basement at the moment and I’m taking over his blog >:D. I will also be auctioning him off to the highest bidder. Anyone want a new web designer slave?

On a more serious note, we have a problem when people start advocating xHTML/CSS implementations but fail to understand the idea behind it. Read on to find out what people are doing wrong.

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No, I do NOT wish to Unsubscribe

I was browsing 37signals blog; Signal vs Noise and I came across this in their latest entry Screens Around Town. It was a good laugh and smile placed on my face when seeing some of the funny screens with their accompanied comment.

Have a look at “No, I do NOT wish to Unsubscribe” in their Flickr album and remember to read the comment made. Hahaha.

Now I know why some rockers have heads filled of rock. Reading that kinda thing is just confusing.

Malaysia Website Industry Quick Tips

Once upon a forum thread over at Low Yat forums, we were discussing all about the business of websites in Malaysia. There were very informative points which I had tried to summarize into a mini Q & A here.

It might not be much but I hope it helps give an idea of what the industry is like here and probably help explain to others why some things are important or should be done.

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