A practical guide to designing for the web
by Mark Boulton · first published 2009
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http://hackdesign.org/ is trying to cover this exact niche (I'm following along as a designer just out of curiosity, and it's pretty cool). Mark Boulton's A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web (Five Simple Steps) http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0956174019/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_f-cg... is also a good start. There are the usual suspects such as Nettuts, Smashing Mag, Core77, Creative Review, Design Observer…
on “Ask HN: Independently learning design?” ↗Noted in the footer - this article is a chapter from his book Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web. http://www.fivesimplesteps.co.uk/ I highly recommend it for any programmers that want to get either get into the basics of design or interface better with designers. I used to recommend The Non-Designer's…
on “White Space: How to Get it Right” ↗