Government Websites
- Census.gov Website related to the population in the United States—income, demographics, education, and many more.
- Data.gov Website from agriculture, climate, education, energy, and science and research.
- HealthData Website contains several topics related to health.
- National Center for Education Statistics Website contains educational statistics for all grade levels.
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- Illistrio Superb icons that you can customize.
- The Noun Project More icons in lots of different styles.
- Pexels Great quality stock images for any use
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eBooks on Design
Above the Fold by
This is a different kind of web design book. Above the Fold is not about timely design or technology trends; instead, this book is about the timeless fundamentals of effective communication within the context of web design. It is intended to help you, the reader, understand the considerations that web designers make when developing successful websites. Above the Fold is divided into three sections: Design & Typography Planning & Usability Business Value Each section represents a phase in the continuous cycle of web design. It's the balance among design, usability, and return on investment that makes a website truly great. Topics covered in Above the Fold include: What makes web design unique The history of web design Anatomy of a web page White space and grid use in web design The elements of web design: color, texture, imagery, scale, depth, animation, and variability Web typography, including web-safe type, images of type, and font replacement and embedding Web project planning Information architecture, including site maps, wireframes, and user flow diagrams The elements of usability: navigation, breadcrumbs, links, search, submission forms, and error messaging Search engine optimization Online marketing, including banner ads, viral and social marketing, on-site marketing, and email marketing Web statistics and analysis
ISBN: 9781440308420Publication Date: 2011-03-11
Designing with the Mind in Mind by
Early user interface (UI) practitioners were trained in cognitive psychology, from which UI design rules were based. But as the field evolves, designers enter the field from many disciplines. Practitioners today have enough experience in UI design that they have been exposed to design rules, but it is essential that they understand the psychology behind the rules in order to effectively apply them. In Designing with the Mind in Mind, Jeff Johnson, author of the best selling GUI Bloopers, provides designers with just enough background in perceptual and cognitive psychology that UI design guidelines make intuitive sense rather than being just a list of rules to follow. * The first practical, all-in-one source for practitioners on user interface design rules and why, when and how to apply them. * Provides just enough background into the reasoning behind interface design rules that practitioners can make informed decisions in every project. * Gives practitioners the insight they need to make educated design decisions when confronted with tradeoffs, including competing design rules, time constrictions, or limited resources.
ISBN: 9780123750303Publication Date: 2010-05-20
Infographics for Dummies by
Create stunning infographics with this hands-on guide Infographics For Dummies is a comprehensive guide tocreating data visualization with viral appeal. Written by thefounder of Infographic World, a New York City based infographicagency, and his top designers, the book focuses on the how-to ofdata, design, and distribution to create stunning, shareableinfographics. Step-by-step instruction allows you to handle datalike a pro, while creating eye-catching graphics with programs likeAdobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The book walks you through thedifferent types of infographics, explaining why they're soeffective, and when they're appropriate. Ninety percent of the information transmitted to your brain isvisual, so it's important to tickle the optic nerves to get peopleexcited about your data. Infographics do just that. Much moreexciting than a spreadsheet, infographics can add humor, interest,and flash while imparting real information. Putting your datain graphic form makes it more likely to be shared via Twitter,Facebook, Pinterest, and other social media sites, and the visualinterest makes it less likely to be ignored. InfographicsFor Dummies provides a tried-and-true method for creatinginfographics that tell a story and get people excited. Topicsinclude: Talking to clients about the data Discovering trends, outliers, and patterns Designing with mood boards and wireframes Launching and promoting your infographic The book, written by Justin Beegel, MBA, founder of InfographicWorld, Inc., describes the elements of a successful infographic,and stresses the must-have ingredients that get your data noticed.Humans are visual creatures, telling stories in a visual way. Intoday's world filled with data and messaging, an infographic is oneof the best ways to get your point across.
ISBN: 9781118792384Publication Date: 2014-06-30
Net Work by
A detailed study of the work of web designers, drawing on empirical research carried out from the birth of web design as an area of work in the 1990s to its professionalisation in the twenty-first century.
ISBN: 9780230231375Publication Date: 2011-11-18
Professional Web Design by
This is the must-have book for designers who want to expand their skills and improve the quality of their designs. Learning CSS technology and continually improving one's design and developer skills is essential for every Web designer in today's marketplace. The goal of Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates is to educate beginning-to-intermediate Web designers on the various issues involved with Web design through general discussion, case studies, and specific tips and techniques. Using easy-to-understand language and concepts, the book teaches designers and developers how to create professional-quality CSS-based designs. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is explored, giving the reader a strong, basic understanding of how to get sites to rank better in search engines. Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) also is explained, helping the designer create a more efficient site for the users who are already visiting. You'll get the benefit of the author's experience. With more than 15 years of experience as a Web designer for Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and small businesses alike, Eccher has learned numerous tips and techniques of the trade and discloses them here, saving you time and aggravation by alerting you to potential pitfalls.
ISBN: 9781435457157Publication Date: 2010-06-22
Web Design by
Essential Skills--Made Easy! Create professional-quality web sites in no time with help from hands-on tutorials. Fully updated to cover the latest technologies and techniques, Web Design: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, explains how to analyze site requirements and create a web-development proposal to plan and document your project. You'll learn how to design an attractive, easy-to-use web site, focusing on key issues such as color, layout, navigation, typography, and images. Discover how to incorporate JavaScript, cascading style sheets (CSS), HTML/XHTML, Flash, and more to take your design from mockup to code. Boosting web site traffic through search engine optimization, e-mail design, and online advertising is also covered in this fast-paced guide. Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload Wendy Willard is a designer, consultant, writer, and educator who has been involved in web design for more than 13 years. She is the author of HTML: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition, and other books.
ISBN: 9780071701341Publication Date: 2010-05-21
Cool Infographics by
Make information memorable with creative visual designtechniques Research shows that visual information is more quickly andeasily understood, and much more likely to be remembered. Thisinnovative book presents the design process and the best softwaretools for creating infographics that communicate. Including aspecial section on how to construct the increasingly popularinfographic resume, the book offers graphic designers, marketers,and business professionals vital information on the most effectiveways to present data. Explains why infographics and data visualizations work Shares the tools and techniques for creating greatinfographics Covers online infographics used for marketing, including socialmedia and search engine optimization (SEO) Shows how to market your skills with a visual, infographicresume Explores the many internal business uses of infographics,including board meeting presentations, annual reports, consumerresearch statistics, marketing strategies, business plans, andvisual explanations of products and services to your customers With Cool Infographics, you'll learn to createinfographics to successfully reach your target audience and tellclear stories with your data.
ISBN: 9781118582305Publication Date: 2013-10-28
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Online Open Access Journals
- Advances in Multimedia Advances in Multimedia is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of multimedia.
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals
- International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications The International journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA) is a bi monthly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of the Multimedia & its applications. The journal focuses on all technical and practical aspects of Multimedia and its applications. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on understanding recent developments this arena, and establishing new collaborations in these areas.
Websites
- CreativeCow.net Creative Cow is a "peer-to-peer support community for media production professionals". The site includes tutorials, podcasts, a magazine, forums, and training.
- Graphic Design & Publishing Center The Design & Publishing Center is all about the exchange of information, news, reviews, and all things revolving around the broad topics of design and publishing. Here you will find all kinds of resources relating to graphics, layout, design and typography.
- HTML Help from the Web Design Group The Web Design Group was founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. To this end, the WDG offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics.
- Usability.gov Usability.gov is a one-stop source for government web designers to learn how to make websites more usable, useful, and accessible. The site addresses a broad range of factors that go into web design and development.
- Web Design Principles Checklist This list is a part of a series of "how-to" guides put together by Virginia Montecino, a retired professor from George Mason University. It includes a comprehensive checklist of principles to consider when creating web sites
- Web Pages That Suck Created by Vincent Flanders, this site showcases examples of "bad" web design. Flanders is the author of Web pages that suck: Learn good design by looking at bad Design and Son of web pages that suck.
- WebReference.com One of the oldest (created in 1995) and most respected Web development sites, WebReference.com is all about the Web and Web mastery. From browsing to authoring, HTML to advanced site design, we'll keep you informed.
eBooks on Software
Adobe Indesign CC by
The book you're reading about right now was created with Adobe InDesign CC. And that's the case no matter which reading format you prefer--whether it's the physical book made of plant fiber and ink, or the digital version made of electrons in an e-reader. In fact, most of the books, magazines, posters, and brochures you see were likely made with InDesign as well. It's all around you. Adobe InDesign CC: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features is your guide to building publications great or small in this ubiquitous page layout application. First, with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons derived from the curriculum of award-winning and Adobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch, you will learn the procedures needed to use InDesign professionally. Dozens of lessons are included that can be applied to any document you have in mind: engineering proposals, marketing collateral, spec sheets, magazines, newsletters, books, and more. Through these step-by-step lessons, you'll be exposed to all of InDesign's features in practical contexts and its best practices for publishing workflows. To complete the Course, we'll supply lesson documents and their assets to download. These can even serve as starting points for your own projects. Then, for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, you'll use the Compendium to uncover more of the "how" and "why" of InDesign and publishing tech in general. With each topic easy to access, you can find and explore all of InDesign's key features and concepts in depth. With cross references between the Course and Compendium, the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all, when the lessons in the Course are done, the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come. Learn step by step how to: * Create documents from postcards and posters to large books * Take control of typography and more with styles * Combine images with text for compelling layouts * Use color with predictable results * Prepare documents for both print and electronic output * And much more! "I've known Steve for over 20 years, and have always admired his empathy and passion for generously sharing his knowledge with others. He leverages his deep understanding of InDesign and takes the time to share what he hears from users to advocate on their behalf directly to the InDesign team to make the product better. This book will definitely help you become a more efficient InDesign user." -- Michael Ninness Formerly InDesign Product Manager Now Adobe's Senior Director "Steve's long relationship with Adobe InDesign and the people who actually built it make him the ideal person to guide any designer through the rich toolset that is Adobe InDesign. While his smouldering good looks and James Bond-like sophistication will not be of any value to the reader, his in-depth knowledge, years of delivering training, patience and good humour almost certainly will." -- Chris Kitchener Ex Group Product Manager for Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator
ISBN: 9781681984407Publication Date: 2019-05-27
Data Merge and Styles for Adobe Indesign CC 2018 by
Harness the power of Adobe InDesign's data merge and style panel. Whether you're creating custom mail-outs or other mail-merge needs, familiarize yourself with this powerful InDesign panel in this in-depth, step-by-step guide. This book shows you how to easily create, edit, and print data merged documents that match specific branding and style guidelines. You'll learn how to combine MS Excel to create a faster workflow and quickly turn your Adobe InDesign CC 2017 files into printer-ready files. In this book, we'll also take a look at how to apply paragraph and character styles to your text and how you can alter formatting using Global Regular Expressions Print (GREPs). With Data Merge and Styles for Adobe InDesign CC 2017 as your guide, you'll see how to save time and money by learning all the peculiarities and powerful features of Adobe InDesign data merge. By the end of this book, you'll be able to streamline your workflow and avoid using MS Word's mail merge and back-and-forth edits. What You'll Learn Create custom print media with text styles using Adobe InDesign CC 2017 Work with GREPs in conjunction with Character and Paragraph Styles to customize data Build a numbering sequence for tickets Create single and multiple data merges Who This Book Is For Students, graphic designers, and corporate administrators who need to create documents for events.
ISBN: 9781484231586Publication Date: 2017-11-12
Digital Illustration Fundamentals by
This fun, concise, fullcolor book introduces the fundamentals of digital illustration, and covershow to develop and optimize these types of scalable vector graphics (SVG) usingInkscape 0.91 or later. It also covers concepts central to digital paintingusing the Corel Painter 2016 professional digital painting and illustrationpaid software package, which also has a free trial version, and a discount forpurchasers of this book. The book builds uponthe foundational concepts of vector graphics and the SVG format, and gets moreadvanced as chapters progress, covering what vector new media formats, and SVGcommands and SVG filters, are best for use with Android Studio, Java 8, JavaFX,iOS, Kindle Fire and HTML5. The book covers key factors regarding the datafootprint optimization work process, and why data footprint optimization isimportant, and covers programming languages used for digital illustration, andpublishing platforms which support digital illustration, and how to assimilatethese into your digital illustration and digital painting content productionpipelines and workflow. You will learn: The terminologyof vector imaging and digital illustration What comprises adigital illustration 2D modeling and rendering pipeline Concepts andprinciples behind digital illustration content production How to installand utilize 64-bit Inkscape 0.91 for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux Concepts behindspline curves, strokes, fills, patterns and rendering Digitalillustration data formats and data footprint optimization Audience Primary: Artists, Illustrators, Website Developers, Flash Developers, User Interface Designers, Digital Signage Content Developers, e-Learning Content Creators, eBook Authors. Secondary: Android Developers, iOS Developers, Multimedia Producers, Rich Internet Application (RIA) Programmers, Game Designers, Teachers, Educators.
ISBN: 9781484216965Publication Date: 2015-12-23
Illustrated C# 7 by
Get to work quickly with C# with a uniquely succinct and visual format used to present the C# 7.0 language. Whether you're getting to grips with C# for the first time or working to deepen your understanding, you'll find this book to be a clear and refreshing take on each aspect of the language. Figures are of prime importance in this book. While teaching programming seminars, Daniel Solis found that he could almost watch the light bulbs going on over the students' heads as he drew the figures on the whiteboard. In this text, he has distilled each important concept into simple but accurate illustrations. For this latest edition, Dan is joined by fellow experienced teacher and programmer, Cal Schrotenboer, to bring you the very latest C# language features, along with an understanding of the frameworks it most often lives in: .NET and the new .NET Core. For something as intricate and precise as a programming language, there must be text as well as figures. But rather than long, wordy explanations, the authors use short, concise descriptions and bullet lists to make each important piece of information visually distinct and memorable. What You'll Learn Start with an overview of C# programming and how the language works under the hood Put things in context with a little useful history of C# and .NET Know how .NET Core fits into the picture Understand how C# handles types Benefit from clear, concise explanations of each language feature, from classes and inheritance to enumerators and iterators, and the new C# 7.0 tuples Quickly access material via this book's visual introduction to asynchronous programming with C# Who This Book Is For Novice to intermediate C# programmers, and more experienced programmers moving to C# from other languages
ISBN: 9781484232873Publication Date: 2018-02-21
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