I found your site looking for some design tips and tricks for a web application my team is building. As Java coders, everybody here is confident the app rocks (functionally and architecturally speaking), but I feel we need to push a little more in the design, usability and accesibility front. So far, I’ve found more inspiration and concrete ideas than I expected, so your site is now high in my favorites list.

Critics? How could I…ok, you begged: the italic bold font you choose for your site looks a little jagged (IE6/Win). Hard on the eyes for old chaps like me…!

Keep doing such a good job, see ya around

Just wanted to let you know that while I’ve never posted a comment before, I am a subscriber and a very intrigued reader of yours. I think what seperates you from so many other blogs is that you are very open about how you get things done. I love that you share your Javascript creations, knowing that they might not be the best way to do the trick. This is real world honesty that we all appreciate.

You are a down to earth web professional we can all relate to. Keep up the great work.

Jai: A New Media Design Diva, huh? I love that! Thank you so very much for that and also for the BlueVertigo link … that looks pretty cool and I will definitely check it out!

Check this one out:
http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm

Jai

Came by your site through ‘alistapart’, in my attempts to break away from the “table” and dive into “div”.

Love your designs and I admire the way you’ve grown from an exhibition artist to what you are now – a New Media Design Diva! ;-)

I’m an interface and interaction designer, primarily from an electronics background, though I wouldn’t know a diode from a capacitor now :-/

Your blog and your site is darned delightful and helpful. I hope and wish that you keep this up for as long as you can. It is appreciated muchly.

PS. mail me, if you need any sort of help, like say research on some stuff or do a test run on a mac etc.

Cheers,
Jai

I’m a fresh CS graduate with lots of passion for computer programming, not in the sense that I do it often (aside from work), but in the sense that when I do it I absolutely love it.

Recently though, I’ve been fascinated with web design, and it wasn’t long before I landed on the CSS zen garden website, man oh man, my heart melted when I saw some of the designs on that thing, I wanna be able to do that!!

From there I ended up on a couple of designers websites including yours, and to be honest with you, it’s the only one I’ve been checking regularly since. I learn the most when someone lets me in on their thought process, their tools, their setup, and everything that surrounds their success.

So naturally when I see a post about the 10 most useful firefox plugins, and another about the design process of the ‘faded flowers’ website, I become an avid and loyal fan to your continuously useful and insightful blogs.

So thank you very much for sharing your though-process and your experience with all of us, wish you all the success in the world.

ps: Given my programming background, I am mostly hungry for the design aspect of things, so when you get the chance, please take us on a tour in your creative mind!!

Jack and Viv: Thanks much for your kind words! =)

Kevin: Wow … THANK YOU! I’m not sure I deserve your praise, but I’ll take it – it made my day!!

Sujay: Good to hear from you! It does indeed put a smile on my face and I much appreciate your stopping by.

Happy New Year – thought I’d leave you a comment too to let you know that many of us are mere lurkers but we check back frequently :-)

Although you say that you get 350 hits per day on your site, think about the number of pages per day that YOU designed that get seen…e.g. weddingpath.com puts out about 15,000 pages a day and many of those are from your designs! Hope that brings a smile to your face.

Sujay