http://colorcharge.com Creative energy Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When laying out your ideas, your drawings, how many times did you find yourself completely out of ideas on how to structure things up? Instead of jamming at random, you should take a look over Grids and columns approach. As is true in typography, as is in music, and other forms ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/04/14/inspiration-charge-of-april-grid-systems/ I always wanted to have my entire library of cheat sheets, code snippets, resource files anywhere I go. As I spend about 2 hours on traffic jam daily, why not use that time for study and improvement? Some solutions I went by: Print everything? Carry books? No, definitely no. I love printed ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/03/23/jtouch-jquery-cheat-sheet-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/ "Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along. That changes everything." - Steve Jobs. That was said one year ago, on the first public announcement of iPhone. No matter how forced that sentence looks; after one year, after using both iPhone and iPod Touch daily, all the market/enterprise changes... ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/03/09/inspiration-charge-of-march-2008-iphone-sdk/ Today I'm starting a series of monthly posts called Inspiration Charge. This series with that not-so-unfamiliar-charged-name ;) will cover inspiration on web design and development: typography, logos, illustration, code, reviews and comparisons, paradigm shifts, trends... you got the idea. I will keep this lists loyal to a clear vision: to ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/02/08/inspiration-charge-of-february-2008-typography/ The following tip is a compilation of several small visual adjustments you can do when using Mac OS X Leopard. You'll apply color labels in Finder, overlay stack icons in Dock, calendars in iCal, and the Finder's Smart Folders. This tip was initially inspired on Stacks overlay icons - which ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/02/01/tips-on-organizing-your-files-with-colors/ For more than 40 years, Xerox has been the synonym for paper photocopies. Their Xerox 914 plain paper photocopiers absolutely changed the copying and printing market in 1961 - year of adoption of the current name 'Xerox', instead of the previous 'The Haloid Company'. They introduced in 1963 the Xerox ... http://colorcharge.com/2008/01/12/the-xerox-newest-brand/ The year of 2007 is ending, traditionally this is time for a retrospective. I selected the most relevant articles, books, tutorials, plugins, and other publications I read in 2007. Covering topics of your interest, such as web design, development, usability, information architecture,... here is the list of 2007 (random order): A ... http://colorcharge.com/2007/12/27/2007-year-in-links/ This articles series covers some useful basic jQuery techniques: coloring alternate table rows, validating target blank links, creating collapsing boxes with a slide in/out effect, and other interesting features you can add to your site. I am going to mix up semantic HTML, with simple CSS, and my library of ... http://colorcharge.com/2007/12/13/jquery-alternate-table-rows/ Hello, my name is Rick. For newcommers, Color Charge is my design studio, where I post my freelance/current work, and some random thoughts about User Interface Design, Web Standards, and other web design and development stuff. For my clients, friends, and old visitors, I'm overwhelmed to have you back here. ... http://colorcharge.com/2007/12/02/welcome-to-the-new-color-charge/