Articles by Jarrod Medrano
Jarrod Medrano // 7 Oct, 2014
How to Test Responsive Web Design
Photo by Jeremy Keith. With the multitude of phones, tablets, phablets, fondleslabs, and other devices on the market, it can be difficult to determine whether or not your new responsive web site is actually responsive. Unless you have a lot of cash to blow on every mobile device that exists, you are probably going to… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 11 Mar, 2014
How to use Intention.js for Responsive Design
When developing responsive websites, you will inevitably encounter designs that require some kind of HTML reordering. Often this arbitrary reordering can be achieved through clever CSS tricks, but if that is not possible or practical, you may end up having to do some kind of javascript to sniff for browser widths. Enter Intention.js. Intention.js is… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 28 Mar, 2013
Make Photoshop Faster with These Simple Settings
***** If you’ve ever used Photoshop on a Mac, you’re probably familiar with this guy. Would you like to send him packing and never see him again? If you answered yes, strap on your Photoshop helmet and get ready for the blog post of your life. For this blog post I am using Adobe Photoshop… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 1 Mar, 2012
Basic Guide to Email Design
Though not as popular as it used to be, email remains a viable component of a good marketing strategy. When designing email templates, it’s important to consider the wide array of devices and email clients available. Follow these simple tips to make sure your message is coming across clearly on every platform and not making… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 17 Feb, 2012
Six Basic Web Design Mistakes
Whether you are designing a website, a banner, or a flyer for a magician, you’ve probably thought this to yourself at some point: “Why isn’t this design working? Is it because nobody likes magicians?” The answer to that question is yes, but chances are, you are also making one of these six common design mistakes.… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 11 Aug, 2011
Facebook Reveal Tab Tutorial
I am going to explain how to create a Facebook tab with like to reveal functionality from start to finish. You will need to have PHP and cURL installed on your server to make this work. Step 1: Download facebook.php from the Facebook PHP SDK You can get a copy of the PHP SDK here.… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 9 May, 2011
The Worst of Google Logos
Over the past couple of years the extremely bored artists at Google have taken to celebrating random holidays around the world, by creating a new Google Logo EVERY DAY. Obviously there is not much work for an artist at Google; all of their art is generated by algorithms. The very few artists there are forced… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 13 Apr, 2011
Movies Every Internet Marketer Should See
There are some films you can go your entire life without seeing. These are not those films. If you don’t know your A,B,S from your A,B,Cs, I am here to help. Many of these movies are available on the Netflix Instant Watch, so you can pump this steaming hot knowledge directly into your nucleus accumbens.… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 31 Mar, 2011
Easy CSS Columns: to Float or not to Float?
This method is based upon Float-less Layout. But I have made it simpler to fit my needs. I also don’t like how they make their entire site a list, while it seems to make sense, I find that putting a whole bunch of stuff inside a list becomes annoying fast, just like using tables. Since… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 26 Feb, 2009
The Golden Rule of Graphic Design
The Magic Number If you have ever had any interest in the art of graphic design, chances are you have heard of the golden ratio. Throughout history, artists, mathematicians and musicians alike have studied this peculiar number. Some say that it is the most aesthetically pleasing of all proportions, while others contend that this… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 31 Oct, 2008
Quick Photoshop Tip: Make your product images shine.
When designing a website for a business, it’s easy to overlook the little things. A lot of time is spent on design, layout, and development. Other, less glamorous things like image file size and product images are often overlooked. Attention to the little details in a website can make all the difference in the world… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 18 Aug, 2008
Does Web 2.0 still look good? Did it ever?
Web 2.0 was sighted at a local party last evening. Many who attended expressed that he was ‘Not as cool as we remembered.’ Recently I was poking around a few design blogs and noticed something interesting. It seems like the trends and styles that were so popular only a year ago are starting to… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 3 Aug, 2008
A Firefox Quirk You May Not Be Aware Of
When I was making some updates to the Portent Blog, I came across a strange problem. Whenever I highlighted the text with my cursor, I would get no visual feedback showing me what I had highlighted. I’ve actually run across this on a couple of other sites, which is why I thought I should share… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 18 Jul, 2008
How to Design Your Site Like It’s 1999
The internet today is filled with tutorials on how to design your web site ‘web 2.0’ style. I thought it would be fun to teach you some of the horrible design trends from the past. So I invite you to return to a simpler time, a time when people still listened to TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’… Read More
Jarrod Medrano // 25 Apr, 2008
Create Rusty Metal Text in Photoshop: Tutorial
Recently I was looking for a way to make some cool rusted metal text in Photoshop, and after searching through a few metal text tutorials on Google I decided that all of them were garbage. So I messed around for a while and created my own.