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Coalescent Project Profiled At EllisLab
Posted on January 11, 2013
Impressed by the recent successful launch of the new Macdonald Realty website, EllisLab – the company behind the CMS ExpressionEngine – asked us to share the story with them so they could share it with their community.
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ExpressionEngine Pro Network
Posted on March 19, 2012
We’re excited to announce that we’ve been accepted into the ExpressionEngine Pro Network.
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Collaborating & Building Websites Remotely
Posted on November 7, 2011
Collaborating with a team remotely was once thought of as a second class citizen – a suboptimal way to approach any kind of project. However, building websites can actually benefit from working this way and new tools and approaches to working remotely are showing their strengths in today's marketplace.
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Good Website Development Process
Posted on July 16, 2011
Maintaining an efficient and effective development process when creating websites is critical to successful projects – and keeping one's sanity!
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Jack of All Trades
Posted on May 2, 2011
The web has matured greatly in the last 15 years. Can a single designer face all the challenges that come with developing a website without external help &ndash like they once could? Not anymore.
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The Rewards of Diminishing Returns
Posted on January 23, 2011
A past university professor once took the opportunity to drill it into my (then) young head about the dangers of a design "never being done"...
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The Emergence of Web Fonts
Posted on October 17, 2010
Custom web fonts via @font-face are taking off and suddenly web designers find more choice in their typography. But is it all good news?
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The Shifting Web
Posted on September 12, 2010
The Web hasn't changed much in the last 15 years &ndash until now. The mobile web could be the first dramatic shift that heralds a new online landscape.
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The Recession Proof Web?
Posted on July 25, 2010
Has the recession been bad for the web design world? Evidence at Coalescent Design would suggest otherwise. Let the bad good times continue?
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Great Prototyping Tools
Posted on June 18, 2010
I look at some of the best prototyping tools and software for helping your website development workflow.
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Prototyping Websites
Posted on May 16, 2010
Prototyping your next website offers great upside &ndash reduce costs, save time and engage your clients with better upfront communication.
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Whither Flash?
Posted on April 11, 2010
There's been much talk and speculation lately about the future of Flash. Will it's dominance decline?
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The Idea of Place
Posted on March 8, 2010
My wife, daughter and I recently celebrated our first year living on this magnificent island called Salt Spring. It has been a very interesting year personally as we adjust to life here but it's the professional adjustment that has been the most surprising.
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The Objectiveness of Design, Part 2
Posted on February 8, 2010
In my last post, I left off having to fill the shoes of both designer and client as I worked on a new Coalescent Design identity and website. This raised the dilemma of maintaining a well-balanced approach to the objective and subjective sides of designing my new site...
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The Objectiveness of Design, Part 1
Posted on January 22, 2010
With the recent launch of a new website, this seems like an ideal time to discuss a central tenant of the design process: objectiveness.
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A Coalescent Christmas Gift
Posted on January 8, 2010
What would a designer like myself most want for Christmas? Ok, other than an actual holiday – how about a shiny new website!? Well, we've got one...
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A place for my thoughts...and yours too.
- After almost 17 years of working in the web design industry, there are a lot of thoughts that begin to collect and rattle around. Eventually, some of them need to get out – or I risk losing room for more important things like where I put my car keys or what year I was born. (If anyone knows the latter answer, please email me.)
- With that experience comes some perspective on working online that I’d like to share with my clients, fellow designers and developers – or any curious onlookers.
- You’ll find posts here about industry trends, the inner workings of web design and thoughts about what it means to work as a web designer and developer. I hope you’ll join me here – and if you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see, drop me a quick note below.