Icons are a great asset to any website or application, they can really bring a user interface to life and enable a product to better communicate itself. Finding specific icons can often be a very laborious process, sifting through hundreds of different sites until you find just what your looking for, however there are some great aids out on the web in the shape of search engines out there that cater specifically for finding icons. So I have put together my top 5 icon search engine sites and resources to help you find the perfect icon you are looking for. Continue Reading »

Tweetable is a lightweight jQuery plugin which enables you to display your twitter feed on your site quickly and easily. More than just displaying the feeds you can highlight @replys as well as links being dynamically generated for ease of use. Continue Reading »

I recently stumbled across this fantastic find. “What to do in an emergency”, a book published by the Readers Digest. Apart from the book being an incredible resource to find out how to survive any imaginable threat or danger, the book has some of the best illustrations I have ever seen, and given the books age I found it awe inspiring. Continue Reading »

I wrote an article a while ago called “the anatomy of a jQuery plugin“, since then I have written a few jQuery plugins of my own, which I would now like to share with you. The first in the series is called ‘truncatable‘. Simply put truncatable is a lightweight truncation plugin for jQuery. Designed for users who want to be able to hide and expand text on a page. This plugin is very SEO friendly, and ideal for environments where it is not possible to use PHP. Continue Reading »

Welcome to the odin version 4. I have been planning this for a  long time, but finally I managed to make room to sit down and start again. I am now running the entire site on wordpress as it has many advantages with plugins and statistics. You may notice my branding has also changed somewhat, as I wanted to give a more defined brand and feeling to the odin. Continue Reading »

Being able to come up with truely unique ideas is a very difficult thing to achieve. However there is nothing wrong in taking inspiration from things you see around you, in fact most good teachers of design will encourage this. I have put together a roundup of some of my favrioute places to find inspiration for business card design. Continue Reading »