I’ve recently done a survey of some of the larger players in the rakeback industry and I’m a bit disgusted with the lack of creativity on display. It’s very natural for there to be pervasive trends in web design, and that’s OK. Trends can indicate progress and may be a sign of competition catching up to a surge of rapid development, but trends can also be harbingers of staleness and monotony Continue reading

You don’t need advanced technical skills to make a blueprint. You just need vision, creativity, patience and the right tools. Wireframes Magazine chronicles many simple ways to organize your ideas into a blueprint for a website. There are so many methods that you can choose the one (or several) that works best for you. Continue reading

This one isn’t so much a tip as a freebie.

I’m hosting a PSD file with many of the Poker Room logos I access on a regular basis for various design department tasks.  Continue reading

The previous tip raised the topic of learning from your competition. I suggested that you also examine websites very different from your own. When doing so you would certainly be remiss to overlook the websites of online poker rooms themselves. Continue reading

Learning from other websites is one of the most important, and most misunderstood, tools in your development arsenal. There is emphatically a right way and a wrong way to use what others have done before you to get a leg up. Continue reading

For those intimated by Photoshop, unsure of how to learn the program, or, well, anyone who ever plans to use Photoshop I present one of the most expansive catalogs of resources I’ve seen.

300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop Expert | Webdesigner Depot

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