Simon Sterne

Dec 30, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne

It’s New Year and that special time when we vow to become better versions of ourselves—only to realize by January 15th that, well, that ain’t happening. Web designers are no exception. Sure, we make resolutions, but let’s face it, most of them are just elaborate lies we tell ourselves while pretending we have our lives together. Let’s dive into 10 New Year’s resolutions that every web designer promises to keep… and why we’ll all hilariously fail.

Dec 25, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne

It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is preparing for his busiest night of the year. But have you ever wondered how Santa manages to create a seamless user experience (UX) for billions of children worldwide? It’s not just magic; it’s a mix of clever design, rigorous testing, and cutting-edge North Pole technology. Let’s explore how Santa Claus might run his operation as a modern UX genius. Santa doesn’t just slap together a list of names; he’s a master of user personas.

Dec 25, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne

If you’ve ever thought Hallmark Christmas movies couldn’t get any more over-the-top, Xmas.Piclooks.com is here to prove you wrong. This delightfully chaotic website created by Jonny Miles churns out hilariously bad Christmas movie posts, plots at the click of a button—and then ups the ante by adding equally cringe-worthy reviews for those fake flicks. Pour Out Your Holiday Feels: Fill in some prompts about what you want—a snow-covered romance? A gingerbread zombie apocalypse? Go nuts.

Dec 19, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne

As the year draws to a close, many of us indulge in retrospectives—Spotify Wrapped has long dominated the game, giving us insights into our music habits. But what if your developer side craved a similar look back? Enter Git Wrapped, a brilliant new tool that turns your GitHub activity into an engaging, shareable summary. Git Wrapped is a free service that analyzes your GitHub activity over the year and presents it in an eye-catching, interactive format. It’s like Spotify Wrapped but for coders.

Dec 15, 2024 | webdesignerdepot.com | Simon Sterne

Ah, the mid-2000s. A simpler time on the internet. MySpace was still ruling the social media scene, YouTube was a baby, and smartphones were more “dumbphone.”Back then, the internet wasn’t just a place for memes and influencers—it was a digital Wild West, where quirky experiments could go viral and make someone wildly successful. Enter The Million Dollar Homepage, a hilariously brilliant idea that proved even a college kid with a big dream and a knack for pixels could make internet history.