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Open Web Awards Voting Opens

Nov 20, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Internet 2 Comments

Voting in the second annual Open Web Awards has opened (hosted by Mashable.com). Now’s your chance to support your favorite web services by giving them a vote in the Awards.

You can vote once per category, and in every category. Votes are limited by IP and email address. The first round of voting ends November 30th, and the second round will start on December 3rd.

Are you a Twitter addict? Do you really dig Digg? Are you a loyal Netvibes user? Look through the categories and vote for your favorites.

Open Web Awards Nominations

Nov 14, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Internet No Comments

The second annual Open Web Awards are here (hosted by Mashable). It’s a fairly big event, in which major “Web 2.0″-type websites compete in several categories for the popular vote. Some of last year’s winners included Twitter, Digg, Google, and Facebook.

Currently they’re in the nominations phase. That means you have until Sunday to nominate the web company that you think has done an amazing job at providing an innovative and cool service.

Do you really dig Digg? Are you a WordPress fanatic? Can you not put to words how much you like Flickr? Nominate the web service that you just couldn’t live without.

Note that this is a people’s choice award system, and the most nominated sites will be the ones that make it to the voting. So even if a site you really like seems obvious, you should still nominate it.

Web 2.0 How-To Design Style Guide

May 27, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Design One Comment

Web Design From Scratch has a great article that I’ve read a few times in the past, and recommend for anyone who does more than just edit prefab templates for their website. If you make actual designs from scratch (I’m not sure if that was a pun exactly, but it was accidental…), then you should read this.

Web 2.0 How-To Design Style Guide

Even if you’re not into the whole “Web 2.0″ thing, it’s still worth reading. The “Web 2.0″ style of design is more than just gradients and shiny stuff. The important parts can go into any design, and are often good practices. Such concepts include

  • Simplicity
  • Big text
  • Strong colors
  • Simplicity
  • Strong logos
  • Simple, easy to use navigation
  • Simplicity

If you want to make effective and usable designs, the article definitely worth a look.

What is Web 2.0 Design?

Feb 1, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Design 5 Comments

“Web 2.0″ is kind of a ridiculous term. It’s array of meanings is so broad that it has virtually no meaning at all. Take a look at the Wikipedia page if you want to see some attempts at defining it.

The term “Web 2.0 Design” has a little more meaning. It refers to an actual style of design.

What is a Web 2.0 design?

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