A blog by Tom Lewek.

Rdio

Früute

Kiwi Bank

Heath Ceramics

All of the praise for ‘Design is a Job’ is well-deserved. Mike does an excellent job at being succinct and honest about the business side of design (because we don’t just paint pictures of websites…design is in fact a real job). He provides great analogies for clarity and ensures that you will never forget them. His stories from real-life experience keep it entertaining the whole way through.

Check out the other great offerings of A Book Apart.

If you’re an iPad user and interested in a better reading experience and sharing highlights with friends, do yourself a favor and check out Readmill.

I believe I’m reading all the right things, and learning many new skills at a more rapid pace than ever before. Now it’s time to finally put into practice what has been said to be the future of web design.

Some even argue you’re not a web designer unless you’re designing responsively.

So I’m taking everything I’ve learned about HTML5, CSS3 and Media Queries and hopefully ending up with a result that is better, faster, more semantic code than I’ve ever written before.

Still very much a work in progress, but you can check it out here while it’s still in development.

Have a critique or suggestion? I’d love to hear it, so get in touch: @tomlewek

• Productivity. Energy. Creativity. Optimism. Skepticism. I’ve found these are extremely important to my daily life as a Designer.
• Tips on a Designer’s workflow: Think hard & long with a clear mind, then execute rapidly. Refine. Iterate. Repeat.
• Listening to and finding new music equals instant energy and motivation, similar to coffee in the morning &/or late afternoon, and running long distances. For lack of a better term, there is a “high” that comes with all of these.
• There’s no substitute for quiet time to reflect on your work, your life and the wonders of the universe. A good night’s sleep can also recharge and rid the mind of frustration from the previous night.