With the proper fundamentals and the ability to break down the barest elements, minimalist design is achievable and getting in touch with the current trends is simplistic.  Here are a few examples that will help a web designer get the simple web design appearance.

Less is More – this statement was popularized by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.  The goal is using less to achieve more of an effect, which will achieve a simplistic yet functioning simple web design.

Omitting Needless Things – only focus on things that contribute to the content or function.  A terrific example is a simple grey background.  With simple typography and minimal effects, a website can have the simple flare that is desired.

Subtract Elements – crafting a simple website can also be achieved with subtracting elements until the site just doesn’t function anymore.  A great way to get this appearance is a simple single column body with a three-column footer.  Anything taken or added from this look would make the site less user-friendly.

Making Details Count – the most important fact about details is making each individual is a vital contribution.  Minimalist web design can be funky, yet modern and clean with sophistication.

Color – minimalist web design takes on a very interesting approach when color is added.  The right color or accent will be able to make the design of the website ideal.  The color white is also the backbone to any minimalist website.

Minimalist web design has been around for a very long time, and there are plenty of trends to this unique design.  The key is taking away from a website to the point it’s lifeless, then bringing back subtle hints until the desired look is achieved and of course – user-friendly.

Foursquare is a location-based social networking website based on software for mobile devices. Essentially, it enables people to use mobile devices to interact with their environment. Users “check-in” at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by running the application and selecting from a list of venues that the application locates nearby. Created in 2009 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai, the company reported in March it had 7 million registered users.

Per Bloomberg’s official post: “New York City is proud to be the home of both the powerhouse companies and small startups that are thinking big, creating new jobs, and leading the global economy. Foursquare is one such success story. That is why we are proud to join Foursquare?s founders and fans in celebrating the first global social media holiday. Today, April 16th?4/16, the fourth sixteenth of the year?is Foursquare Day in New York City and around the world.”

A range of activities and events will take place this Saturday for the check-in app’s users, including a tsunami fund raising relief effort in San Francisco, where a group will partner with Sapporo Beer, and a ?4sqDay food truck festival’ food drive, sponsored by a group of users in Las Vegas.

That sounds like an another good news for New Yorkers. More than a week ago we mentioned about Wi-Fi coming to New York City Subway.

Thanks to this project, riders in New York City will enjoy mobile phone and Wi-Fi service on the platform, mezzanines and portions of the subway tunnels. Wireless providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint will pay for access to the network.

Subways in Singapore, Berlin and Tokyo few years ago started providing to their travelers Wi-Fi. Plans to bring cell phone and wireless Internet service to New York City subways was announced in 2007 but then nothing took place because of a shortage of funding.

• West Side Highway – below 59th Street along Eleventh Avenue.
• Piers 54 and Pier 84 – West St. and 13th St. / West St. and 44th St.
• Hoboken – there will be also a street festival on Frank Sinatra Drive, between 1st and 7th Streets
• Water Taxi Cruise – Water Taxi?s annual Fourth of July cruise ($100 ticket). South Street Seaport, Pier 17
• The Jewel (open-bar Fourth of July cruise – tickets are $150) – 23rd St. and FDR Dr.
• Clipper City (sailboat BBQ – $350) – South Street Seaport, Pier 17
• Roof of Hudson Terrace – 621 W. 46th St., nr. Eleventh Ave.
• Press Lounge at Ink48 (rooftop bar -$225) – 653 Eleventh Ave., at 48th St
• The Sky Room at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Times Square – 330 W. 40th St., nr. Ninth Ave.

Independence Day (Fourth of July) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. wiki

Right now you can connect to AT&T WiFi in Starbucks stores, and it is free for 2 hours if you have a registered Starbucks card. Also if you are an AT&T customer, you can access Wifi for free. However, if you are not a registered Starbucks or AT&T customer, there is a fee of $3.99 for two hours of Wi-Fi access.

Read more “why doing business in New York City” at blogs.nytimes.com/… – article “Why I Stay in New York City” by JENNIFER WALZER