About – Inspiration Bit

Knowledge comes from inspiration — one bit at a time.
My name is Vivien, I live in Vancouver BC, Canada. When I was still at school, I saw a TV program about Computer Graphics that captivated my mind. That’s when I made my decision to study Computer Science. I’m still fascinated with what can be achieved with computers, so never stopped learning the new technologies. I work full time as a Web Developer and freelance as a Web&Graphic Designer. I used to teach Web Programming at various colleges and universities full time for over 8 years, but now I’ve cut down on my teaching and enjoy working from home. This allows me to spend more time with my husband and baby daughter.

This blog provides readers with topics on Web design and development, Art and Photography, other bloggers, tutorials on various topics, site reviews, internet prodigies and much more.

I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask – any topics that interest me, anything from web design to art and photography, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.

It’s a challenge to keep my bookmarks organized in an efficient way. So I’ve decided to start my own blog, and post here everything I find interesting, learn or get an inspiration from. Hopefully this blog will find its readers and others would benefit from all those inspirational bits I get from this magic medium called Internet. And if you find something you’d like to be included here and shared with others, please feel free to post your comments.

Selected Bits

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PopularBits

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How To Build Lasting Relationships With Your Readers
How do you create a community that will inspire you, build lasting relationships with your readers?
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DOs and DON’Ts – Colour
Harmonious colour combination reinforce the impact and recognition, help in establishing powerful identities and brand.
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When The End Is Just The Beginning
Get inspired with 16 well-crafted footers.
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16 Best-Loved Font Bits In Web Design
inspired and partially based on the results of the interviews conducted with 35 web designers by Smashing Magazine.
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16 Bits Of Blogs With Unconventional Layout
which seems to be slowly overtaking the mainstream blog’s structure.
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A Plea From 16 Most Overused Fonts
fonts that got together with a plea to give them a break and forget about their existence for the next 25 years.
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Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography
Going behind the scenes of my favourite sites and gently tearing them apart and sharing with you all those secret bits I’ve managed to find.
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Group Writing Project Results: 37 Sources Of Inspiration
Your one in a lifetime chance to swim in the ocean of inspiration filled from 37 sources.

RecommendedBits

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DOS and DON’TS – Blog Branding
How can branding be applied to blogging? What are the driving forces of a flourishing Brand?
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Meticulous Design: Information Architecture
Are you forgetting about a very important factor—Information Architecture—the art and science of organizing and labeling any system?
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How To Establish A Successful Online Business Presence
Six prominent designers are interviewed to get the insider info on how to effectively blend blogging with business.
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Meticulous Design: Image Styling
It takes a bit of effort in styling the images to fit within the site’s design without breaking the flow.
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DOs And DON’Ts – Blog Feng Shui
= Usability + Design
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Web Design Dissected Into 8 Bits
What are the important aspects in web design? Join the discussion.
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Design Critique: Leon Paternoster
Leon is an ardent crusader for accessible and readable web design. His own sites come with very minimalistic, stripped down to bare necessities, designs.
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Meticulous Design: Dramatic Headlines
Take a look at the 16 exquisitely crafted headlines.

FavouriteBits

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Behind The Scenes Of Exquisite Web Typography – Part Three
Study the hidden gems that were so brilliantly put together to form an enjoyable user experience on Jontangerine.com
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How Crazy Are You?
At first his behaviour did look a bit crazy, but then I saw a smile on his face that said…
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A Candid Interview With Mr. Typography
An interview with John Boardley during the early stage of Type revolution on Web.
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Outstanding Posts Are Not Bestsellers
Which posts people consider to be remarkable – the same posts that I personally find noteworthy or the posts that I would label as bestsellers?
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Inspired To Write A Song
If you were a poet who would you dedicate a poem or a song to?
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8 Strenuous Steps To Get The Ideal Name
It took me three days and three nights to finally decide on the name for this blog.
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8 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging
Things did change since I wrote this post, but some still ring the bell quite vividly.
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Focus On Details And Get Inspired
If there is one thing that places a designer into an admired category of great designers it is the attention to details.

PersonalBits

Hi, I'm Vivien. Thanks for visiting my Inspiration Bit. I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask — any topics that interest me, anything from web design to typography and art, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.
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When I'm not blogging, I design web sites, teach programming, play with my daughter and try to balance family, work, friends and a somewhat active social life on