hello! This is the weblog of Amrinder Sandhu
— a freelance web designer from Punjab, India; who runs a small design studio.

Latest blog entries

Relpost Launched

It has been over an year now when I first thought of Relpost—a place where related quality articles and blog posts can be found. There are many good articles and blog posts that get buried as archives. Relpost intends to fetch those valuable articles (lost in the archives) and put them together where they could be easily found.

Gowalla Sign-up form

I looked up the page for the Get Started button but it was nowhere on the page. Soon I realized it’s the Sign-up they are referring to. Another thing which seems a little confusing to me is the Sign in link under Join Gowalla.

Revised Font Stack

Serious efforts are being made to get more typeface choices on the web to enhance web typography. Still, most of us prefer web-safe fonts like: Verdana, Georgia, Times New Roman and Arial. Though choices are limited, yet the number can be increased by exploring other pre-installed fonts.

Web Design Oscar

It feels awesome when you are featured among the best web designers, especially in the beginning of your career. Just like Oscar nomination, it’s more than exciting! In web designing, there are no Oscar kind-of awards, so getting featured in some of the best web galleries or good design-blogs with huge audience is more than enough to satisfy you.

Smashing Magazine—Realigned

With over 173,900 subscribers and 90,300 Twitter followers, Smashing Magazine is well known among designers as a source of high-quality content. Recently, it has been redesigned and Smashing Network has been introduced. But the site needs better Information Architecture and there are a few usability issues as well.