Freelance Jobs: Freelance Jobs Directory: Freelancers Self-Employment, Consulting, Contract Work Jobs: Self-Employed Health Insurance. How The World Began: Illustrated In Cookie Dough. These little illustrations were printed in the New York Times a few days ago, and they are so precious and sweet, I just had to share them with you here. I don’t know if it’s because most of us love sugar cookies with sprinkles, or just because of how creative it is, but this is sure to bring a smile to your face. The artist is Christoph Niemann, the very well known creative illustrator who has appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, Newsweek, Wired, The New York Magazine and American Illustration.
A while back, we featured his “I Lego N.Y.” design on Bit Rebels. I remember about a year ago reading an interview with Christoph on Behance called “Christoph Niemann: Short Deadlines make You Think Straight.” He described how he is able to “squeeze the creativity out of him” and how he structures his day to fit everything into his busy schedule. He has outdone himself again with this creative little dough interpretation of how the world began.
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UsabilityPost. InspireUX - User Experience quotes and articles to inspire and connect the UX community. 8 Tips For Designing Better Global Websites. English might be the mother tongue of the internet but the times, as Bob Dylan once noted, they are a-changin'. According to Internet World Stats, China alone had more than 384 million internet users as of December 2009 (more than the combined populations of the UK and USA), while web access continues to increase in other large markets such as South America. The web quite literally puts the world at your fingertips, but there are few tips and tricks to consider when it comes to making your website both accessible and appealing to visitors who speak a language other than English. Make sure you're understood Good quality translation is so important when it comes to making your website accessible.
Try pasting a block of text into a translation program, translate it to Spanish, then Arabic and then back to English. If resources allow, you should prefer human translation by a native speaker of your new target market. Use of CSS and UTF-8 Make navigation simple Go for flexibility in design.