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

Latest posts

Stylish Blockquotes and Pull Quotes: Design Tips and Examples

There are plenty of examples in web typography where block quotes fit perfectly into your layout. When you need to express dialogue or repeat a quotat…

Web Design Trends for 2013

All throughout 2012 there has been an enormous surge in new web design trends. Some of you may remember my earlier post on web design trends going int…

Fork CMS: Easy Installation, Themes, and Beginner Tips

A number of popular open source projects has been released in recent years. Content Management Systems can offer a lot more than other open source sol…

Pixel-Based Websites: Resources, Tutorials, And Examples

Designing a web interface using pixel-style artwork is relatively obscure compared to modern trends. You really need to dig through a handful of websi…

How to Build Your Own Instagram Search Engine With jQuery and PHP

Ever since Google rolled out instant search features, it has become a popular trend in web design. The techniques are all fairly straightforward, wher…

A Guide To: WordPress Child Themes Development

There are a number of reasons that WordPress developers are starting to use child themes. They give you the opportunity to customize a unique layout o…

Designing Beautiful Mobile App Websites

The mobile scene has grown exponentially over the past couple of years. The iOS App Store along with Android Apps on Google Play have become the two h…

Guide to Online Collaborations: Useful Tips, Tools & Apps

Note: This post was first published on the 4th Sept, 2012. The art of online collaboration has been slowly fine-tuned over a few decades. One could ar…

HTML5 Videos: 10 Things Designers Need to Know

The HTML5 revolution is exciting web designers from all areas of the globe. The new specifications support dozens of elements and attributes for build…

Mastering Typography: Top 10 Tools and Resources You Need

In my previous article on Mastering Typography, I delved into the intricacies of type design and how it can elevate your website’s layout while enha…

Mastering Typography: Top 10 Tools and Resources You Need

In my previous article on Mastering Typography, I delved into the intricacies of type design and how it can elevate your website’s layout while enha…

Coding a Responsive Resume in HTML5/CSS3

Almost everybody in the business section has created a resume at some point. When working as a freelancer you are always vying to land new projects. B…