… sembrerebbe ovvio, e invece siamo ancora nella condizione di doverlo spiegare

Il New York Times dedica un articolo al tema della contrazione del numero di donne che scelgono la carriera di computer scientist.

Il calo di interesse non ha una spiegazione univoca. Qualcuno sostiene che una responsabilità sia da attribuirsi all’influenza crescente dei video giochi, specie tra i giovanissimi, che ha consolidato una percezione del computer come “giocattolo” prevalentemente maschile. Un’altra teoria riguarda una sorta di migrazione degli interessi femminili dagli aspetti più ingegneristici, legati alla programmazione, a quelli più estetico-umanistici del web design, che tuttavia non sono considerati come parte della computer science tradizionale.

I don’t care who you are, whether you’re a staunch conservative or a hardcore liberal, a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent — we can all agree that Barack Obama’s Website is freaking gorgeous. And that makes John McCain’s already mediocre site seem all the more lame. I mean, I know the guy doesn’t know how to use the Internet, but that’s no excuse for some of the design sins committed on his site.

Here are 101 ways in which, to a lesser or greater degree, you may effectively drive people away from your site. Not all of them will be applicable to everyone, but some of them will be applicable to many, and of course, there are exceptions.

When pricing your design services it can be difficult to determine what is an appropriate and fair price. The resulting price should be influenced by a number of different factors. Unfortunately, many times it is just guess work from the designer.

Before we share some of the necessary steps used to create a professional web design and website, the following question must be addressed: What constitutes a “professional web design”? More often than not, a web designer or web design company claims to offer professional web design services for their clients. However, should they be promoting “web design services” rather than “professional web design services”? When measuring the professionalism of a web design and website, one must take into consideration a number of factors/steps…

As a designer, working for clients is much different than designing a site for yourself. There are obviously pros and cons, but here are ten things that I have found to be true.