Jake Rocheleau

Jake is a writer and designer with over 10 years experience working on the web. He writes about user experience design and cool resources for designers

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20 Holders & Organizers to Tame Your Cables

It can be such a hassle to maintain organized office space. This is especially true when there are many devices placed in close proximity to each othe…

How to Quickly Copy Special Characters to Your Clipboard

We’ve all seen special characters on websites and we’ve seen those confusing keyboard shortcut tables. But what if you could copy and paste specia…

Vivify: Coolest CSS Animation Library for Developers

It seems like every day there’s a new animation library and new tools for developers. With CSS3’s popularity, I can totally understand why devs ar…

30 Useful Regex Code Snippets for Web Developers

Regular expressions are a powerful tool that should be in every developer’s tool belt. They can match against a string of characters based on very c…

The Beginners Guide to CSS Object Model (CSSOM)

A lot happens between the first HTTP request and the final delivery of a web page. Data transmission and the browser’s rendering pipeline require a …

Why All Developers Should Learn Command Line

Some developers cringe at the mere thought of opening a terminal window. For the uninitiated it can be daunting, stressful, and downright annoying. Bu…

Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Plugin Development

The WordPress CMS has changed the face of our Internet and allowed a surge of new ideas to prosper, and its open-source movement holds a strong presen…

Learn How CSS Grid Properties Work With Griddy.io

If you keep up with web design tech then you should know about CSS grids. These properties are new additions to the CSS3 format and they’re quickly …

Preview and Compare Fonts in Browser with Flipping Typical

Every designer needs to know a little about fonts. They’re the building blocks of content and they can make or break a readable web page. With the F…

This Website Shows You Web Design Trends From The Past

We often forget just how primitive the web used to be. Dating back to the late 90s and early 2000s people were just getting online, and even then many…