dleonard's blog

Learn how Yahoo’s Pipes service gives users the power to build their own mashups and RSS feeds by harnessing the power of a slick UI and an open, modular approach to customization and integration with various content/data providers.

Now that many people use a dual-monitor setup at their workstation, the ol’ print screen trick just doesn’t cut it for screen captures. The recent Firefox update rendered my old tool obsolete – but I found a great add-on called Abduction! that gets the job done nicely.

The mobile web browsing audience is growing at an exponential rate, and many of the biggest players on the web are taking notice. It’s time to start taking mobile web design seriously, and fast.

Now that Firefox 3 has been released, you may want to test for anomalies compared to Firefox 2 and/or Internet Explorer 6/7. Learn how!

The finer points of “less is more” designs and why simplicity necessitates ingenuity.

Microsoft doesn’t make it easy for you to run more than one version of IE on your machine. But a company called Tredosoft does!

Google has made a fortune on providing simple solutions to a variety of problems – not the least of which includes no-brainer contextual advertising. But how effective is it, really?

In the age of information overload, no one wants to read through text-heavy requirements documentation. I’ve adopted a strategy of “show don’t tell” which requires less stakeholder effort while improving the quality of feedback and participation in the analysis effort.

The cornerstone of this strategy is the wireframe – a universal communications tool that illustrates the user experience while providing implementation details that streamline the transition into the development effort.