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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Free Zip Code & Radius API For Web Developers

The United States is full of zip codes regulated by the USPS. These can pose a confusing mess to organize manually. The free Zip Code API is way simpl…

Lazy-load Images Progressively with “Progressively”

Every modern website needs to be fast. Though there are many techniques and plugins to increase page speed, still, you may not know where to start. Th…

Create Flow Diagrams in Sketch With User Flows Plugin

Interface designers quickly fell in love with Sketch as a UI/UX design tool. Right out of the box, it can whip up simple interfaces much quicker than …

Find Web UI Design Inspiration with Interfaces.pro

Note: Interfaces.pro is no longer available. Every designer relies on other sites for inspiration. It’s the cornerstone of web design and is especia…

10 Chat Tools for Better Team Communication

When building ideas together in a team environment you need reliable means of communication. All members of the team share their ideas while keeping e…

Designing Empty State Pages for Websites & Mobile Apps

Empty state pages are lesser-known design elements with a significant role in user experience. In its simplest form, empty states are page layouts see…

How to Create Free Custom Logo with DesignEvo

Paying for a professional to design your logo won’t be cheap. It can cost anywhere from a hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the desi…

Effortlessly Inspect CSS on Any Site with Our Chrome Extension

The regular Chrome DevTools panel is crazy powerful. It lets anyone dive deep into any page to study a site’s layout, CSS, and even HTTP headers if …

Build Your Own Page Scrolling Effects With Roll.js

You can find dozens of scrolling libraries all over the web. Most are written in JavaScript and have their own effects you can restyle for single page…

Create Beautiful “Call to Action” Buttons With This Library

Every great homepage needs a strong call-to-action (CTA) button. This guides visitors towards whatever action you want them to take, whether it’s si…

Basics Behind Color Theory for Web Designer

As a collective digital artist, it is important to understand the fundamental science behind color theory. It’s a popular topic with a vast spread o…

Create an Auto-Hiding Sticky Header with Headroom.js

Auto-hiding headers have been steadily popular in web design for quite a while. Many blogs and online magazines use the sticky header to keep users en…