Design Hacks for the Pragmatic Minded

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A lot of developers think they either can’t or don’t need to design. But that’s just a myth — everyone can benefit from a few simple design concepts. Learn some simple design hacks you can apply to your documentation, presentations and products to make them just a little bit prettier.

References

Stock Icons & Photography

• Stock Xchange – A lot of free(ish) stock photography.
• iStock – Huge stock resource.
• Helveticons – Hundreds of Helvetic-inspired icons (Many, many formats)
• Pictos – Hundreds of simple icons in many formats (including a @font-face compatible font)

Grids & Text Templates

• 960.gs – Grid framework
• Baseline – CSS framework for using a baseline

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