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MovableType.com

Movable Type 4 was an important milestone and the redesign of MovableType.com needed to reflect that. The design took visual cues from the redesigned application to create a professional, modern look.
Visual Design

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MT Design Assistant

Movable Type Design Assistant makes it easier for MT users to understand the process of customizing the design of their blog by instantly applying design changes to a sample blog.
Visual Design, Interaction Design, HTML, CSS, Javascript

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Universal Template Set

Movable Type not only creates blogs, but also powerful websites. The Universal Template Set gets users up and running with a stylish, professional site with the click of a button.
Visual Design, HTML, CSS

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LiveJournal

My work on LiveJournal was focused on fine-tuning the visual design of the application and refactoring CSS and XHTML to improve maintainability and flexibility.
Interaction Design, Visual Design, HTML, CSS, Javascript

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Rojo

My goal with Rojo was to make a complex site seem as simple to use as possible and to focus on the most important element: the content.
Logo Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, HTML, CSS and Javascript

I work at Six Apart as the lead designer for Movable Type.
Email: jramseydesign@gmail.com

Designing for Flow

A List Apart

In web design, when we think about flow we usually think about “task flows” or “flow charts” but there’s another type of flow that we should keep in mind.

Making News with Web standards

Digital Web

The San Francisco Examiner recently became one of the first newspapers in the country to fully adopt Web standards and publish a site that utilizes valid XHTML and uses no tables for layout.

WaSP Interviews Jim Ramsey

The Web Standards Project

Guess what type of site has redesigned its Web site into a standards-compliant design that is also appealing and readable.