Getting Visitors To Take Action With Your Content
When it comes to getting your visitors to take action, whether that be a sale, download, request, or call, it’s your content that is going to either make it happen or leave people blowing in the wind like a sagebrush through a ghost town. If there is anything that all the years of marketing research [...]
What Questions To Ask Your SEO Firm
I have to say that when I recently read this article I was a little bit annoyed and elated at the same time. I quickly recalled all of the search engine optimization work I did for a search engine optimization client. One of the most difficult keyword phrases I worked on for a search engine [...]
Ask FreelanceSwitch #18: Job Estimating Tips, Pricing Quotes
In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, Travis King and Thursday Bram look at estimating and how to start charging for your work. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com. Power [...]
Email UI Faceoff - GMail vs Hotmail vs Yahoo - The results
We've got some really fantastic information on usability for Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Gmail. Read on to find out just who won our usability faceoff.
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Designing the Usage Lifecycle Workshop in Boston Oct 25
A quick announcement about a workshop I’m giving in Boston in October on the Usage Lifecycle. The workshop is for designers, design managers, product folks, and other people responsible for web sites who are struggling with creating a great user experience. The workshop will cover, among other things: How to design for the psychology of [...]
Alberto Alessi Wins Abitare Il Tempo Prize
 | Alberto Alessi, President of Alessi, will be presented with the "Abitare il Tempo" prize at the 25th anniversary of the Verona event on September 16-20.  |
How to get your first job as a web designer
Recently I have been asked again to write an article for Smashing Share. My contribution is trying to help those who are just thinking to start in this lovely industry. Here is the link. Hope you enjoy it.
40 Awesome Works of Art Made From Paper
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Bokeh Effect in Web Design: Examples and Tutorials
Bokeh effect is the blurred or out of focus part of the image. This effect has become very popular recently, and is normally seen in photography mostly around the light sources. Many designers have made use of this effect in…
Illustrator Tip #19: Funky Cartoon Mascots Design | Vectordiary
This is a very quick tutorial that will teach you how to draw funky music themed cartoon mascots. You can use it to tile it up to create a nice wallpaper or for book cover.
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8 Tips for Using Virtual Assistants and Personal Outsourcing
Personal outsourcing isn’t quite the hot topic that it was two years ago. With virtual assistant firms available left and right, could-be assistants have become less of a unique work accessory and much more of a sustainable, ubiquitous business addition. What was once a quirky but useful tool for the digital age has become standard — [...]
In-Depth Review of Tumblr?s Custom Theming Ability
Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform. No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of those posts are photos, and [...]
Winners of: Custom-Printed Plastic Card Gift Cards
Here it is, our winners for ShortrunCard custom-printed plastic cards contest. Sorry for the slight [...]
Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design
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The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and their own trial and error. In light of this, we can draw a number of parallels ? some philosophical, to a certain extent ? between Web professionals and one of the oldest and most popular board games of all time (counting traditional and digital games). This game is chess.
In this article, we?ll explore the relationship between the game of chess and the Web industry. We?ll learn fundamental lessons from the pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen and king, and we?ll highlight the factors ? both offline and online ? that determine best practices. The game is beloved by many professionals, so it seems fitting to apply its great strategy and elegance to the digital age; certain practices might help you lead a more successful working life.
Fun CSS3 Animation Experiment
A Fun CSS3 Animation and Twitter Feed Experiment
CSS Design: For The Record
For the record is an interesting site that features attractive infographics mostly built with CSS3.
I like the retro feel in conjunction with simple shapes and bright colors. The combination really comes together to complete the overall feeling of the design.
This design was featured on the 3rd September 2010 . It falls under the category of Music, and has a layout style of Other.
If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.
25 Online CSS Compressors to Optimize Your CSS Code
One of the most important thing when developing websites is page loading speed, to load as quickly as possible, especially in the case of large websites.
CAP Code Remit Extended Online
As mentioned previously, the Advertising Standards Authority is to extend its digit remit for consumer protection.
Advertisements and other marketing communications by or from companies, organisations or sole traders on their own websites, or in other non-paid-for space online under their control, that are directly connected with the supply or transfer of goods, services, opportunities and gifts, or which consist of direct solicitations of donations as part of their own fund-raising activities.
The announcement on Wednesday describes how the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) made the decision and published a guide to the new remit, exclusions and sanctions. The regulation covers advertisers' own marketing communications on their own websites and in other non-paid-for space online under their control (e.g. social networking sites).
Note that some user-generated content could fall under regulation—see section 3.9 for a description. Communications that do not constitute an advertisement or other marketing communication are excluded from the remit, as are marketing communications that promote causes or ideas, and anything already in list of content already excluded by the CAP Code (e.g. press releases, editorial content, corporate reports, natural listings on a search engine or a price comparison site).
CAP recommend all web site owners and agencies sign up to their free CAP Services to learn more about the code, its implications,ensure their web sites comply with the CAP code, and most importantly access to the free Copy Advice service. The remit will come into force on 1 March 2011.
New UK Advertising Codes were also published on Wednesday, and came into effect the same day.
CAP Code Remit Extended OnlineHow to Create BonBon Buttons with CSS3
BonBon Buttons are sweet CSS3 buttons that are sexy looking, really flexible, but with the most minimalistic markup as possible. There are 3 different materials. A “mate”, “glossy” and a “glass” version. The difference of the later two is that the glass version adds a dark blurry text-shadow which makes it look like you can [...]
digginthefuture.com
7 Important Tips for Website Copywriting
Readers don?t read all the words. They skim through individual words and scan them. Readers also tend to read slower on the computer screen then they do when they when they read books. There is so much content available on the Internet that your reader will not even miss reading what you wrote. It is [...]
23 Unconventional eCommerce Website Designs
The snapshots gathered within this collection refer to a category of web designers that is willing to invest a great deal of resources in the looks of their pages. Ecommerce sites are very elaborate and striking original. Actually, these are the sites which participate and win web design contests which ensures them not only prestige [...]
Line25 Sites of the Week for September 3rd 2010
Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week?s collection, we have designs from Awesome JS, Draftboard, Doodle Pad, Mooze Design and Theme Trust. Awesome JS View the website Draftboard View the website Doodle Pad View the [...]
Do You Need a Degree to be a Designer? (and more!)
In this week’s Question Time video post I give some rambling answers about taking on more than you can chew with client projects; things that help me find more freelance clients; whether a degree is important to be a designer; and I show off my fluent Spanish. This week’s questions How do you deal with [...]
Varoom 13 Discovers Place
 | Varoom 13 goes in search of "Place" with postcards from dark places, international corporate graffiti, portraits of a murderer, aliens in suburbia and illustrators perched on trees. |
Top Web Design Companies
A descriptive list and breakdown of the top 15 Web Design companies on the web today.
How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas: New Premium Tutorial
Combining HTML with the all new <canvas> feature, you can make some pretty awesome web apps! In this Premium exclusive tutorial, we will create a neat interactive drawing application using HTML and JavaScript. Along the way, we?ll also learn the basic concepts of the all new <canvas> feature. Become a Premium member to access this, [...]
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InkChaser.com 3,000 FREE Business Card Giveaway – WINNERS ANNOUNCED! | AndySowards.com :: Daily Professional Web Design, Development, Programming Freelancer, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster? Well it's that time again! Where we announce the winners of a contest! The most recent contest where we teamed up with InkChaser.com to give 3 lucky loyal (tags: [...]
Quick Tip: Getting Offline Access with HTML5 Application Cache
Just when you thought you’d seen all the cool features of HTML5, I’m here to bring you yet another one. The internet is no longer about just websites; it’s about web applications. Often, our users are on portable or mobile devices, and they won’t always have access to a network. With HTML5’s Application Cache, you [...]
RightJS Framework
A fast and compact JavaScript framework with simple syntax conventions and out of the box support for common UI interfaces.
Maintainable CSS3 Using PHP
Using PHP-generated CSS, you can abstract your multi-line CSS3 stuff into just one line of maintainable code.
On Digg Today, Everything Went Better Than Expected
The implosion of Digg is happening. It is an unstoppable conclusion to events that have been in motion since last week and will continue until the full
35 logos with a hidden message contained inside them
Creating a conceptual logo with a powerful hidden message is more vital than making a fancy logo design. Here are 35 exceptionally creative logos that have a hidden message within them.
Web and the Election
The web played a major role in Australia's recent federal election, and not just because of the National Broadband Network. The web, and especially social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, were not just a source of election news and information during the campaign. This election was fought online and in social media on a level not previously seen in Australian politics.
Social media - enter at your own risk
Thinking back to the prior federal election, most of us had probably never even heard of Twitter. During this election campaign, it has proved its capacity to not only create buzz and provide a discussion forum, but also to make or break candidates. Remember 'wendy4senate'? She's a prime example of why social media should be entered into only with proper planning, and with a degree of caution. Queensland based Family First senate hopeful Wendy Francis created a storm of controversy in the lead up to the election with a carelessly worded tweet, which she later attributed to a campaign staffer misinterpreting her comments. Misunderstood or not, Wendy's election hopes were derailed by this controversy, and the reputation of her party may have been badly damaged into the bargain. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter can be a great asset in the political arena when used well; Barack Obama's presidential campaign is a good example. If they are not properly controlled and understood, however, there is also the potential for disaster.
Another way to advertise
The increasing barrage of political advertising is a commonly lamented aspect of an election campaign. If it's not an avalanche of flyers in the mail, it's the TV commercials on every channel. Nowadays, the internet is just as susceptible to the flood of election advertising as traditional media. Platforms such as YouTube offer political parties a very effective avenue for political advertising. The parties can get a greater variety of advertising out into the public domain at a low cost, and they can also take their advertising in directions that would perhaps be considered too unconventional for traditional media. In this most recent campaign, there were a number of advertisements produced specifically for distribution via YouTube, which is indicative of this changing approach to advertising and social media.
News and analysis
Over the past couple of decades, the web has changed the way many of us get our news and information. During this election campaign, the sheer volume of political news and analysis available online was very reflective of this trend. Specially designed tools such as ABC's Campaign Pulse site and News Ltd's "Watch Your Vote" widget showed a movement towards interactive, graphically presented election information. The ABC's election coverage included a rolling journal of frequently updated political news snippets, providing users with an up-to-the-minute overview of election happenings. Google and NineMSN also launched election mini sites. NineMSN's site featured news articles, polling updates and interactive content such as the 'Tweet Race' - an opportunity to decide which party makes the best use of Twitter, by voting for one pollie's tweet over another. Google's site was geared towards assisting voters by providing information such as search trends, links to the major parties' YouTube channels and AEC resources. Google also pioneered a new 'Student Voice' initiative to educate school students about the voting process, with the opportunity to vote in a mock youth federal election.
So does the web and social media add anything valuable to the way an election is played out, or is it merely an unwelcome distraction from the real issues? It probably depends a lot on your own perspective. On one hand, it gives politicians another avenue to make their messages heard, but it can also make campaigns a lot harder to control. One thing is likely though - irrespective of its benefits and pitfalls, the web's role in politics will grow bigger rather than smaller.
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The Targeting Privacy Debate Rages On
As the long standing debate of online privacy policies rages on, consumers have become increasingly anxious about their personal information being shared with advertisers. As consumers voice their opinions, the leaders in the online space have to learn to manage a healthy balance of: sharing information with brands/advertisers to drive successful campaign performance vs. [...]
dConstruct
Off to dConstruct tomorrow, my first industry related conference. Really looking forward to it, especially seeing Merlin Mann’s and John Gruber’s talks. Probably a bit late but any Inspect Element readers heading to Brighton? @tkenny me on Twitter if you are!
If Apple's Ping Is Social, Then Where's My Facebook Friends? | Fast Company
First off, how does one find "People" on Ping? When downloading iTunes 10, Apple suggests on its website: "Find even more music fans with a quick search, by sending email invites
Apple's trouble with TV
Apple TV has been a persistent loser from a company that usually only tolerates winners. It's clear that Apple wants to do something "in the living room," but damned if it can figure out exactly what that is. Yesterday, Apple took another run at this thing, announcing an "all-new" Apple TV. As with any new electronic gadget, I must be of two minds about the new Apple TV. The first, most difficult question is, will the new Apple TV be a successful product for Apple? The second question is easier: is this a product I want to buy for myself? Read the comments on this post
Samsung Introduces Its 7-Inch Tablet to Rival iPad
Samsung has announced the launch of a tablet that could become the first major Android-powered challenger to the Apple iPad.
50 Sources for Design Inspiration | Designs Mag
These are the 50 most useful design related blogs which I have subscribed for daily design inspiration. As I always search for good stuff related to design or web design to get updated with the latest trends related to design and to check out the latest tools, design software updates, tutorials, resources, freebies, downloads, plugins etc. Just thought to share my design inspiration sites or blogs with you all.
Mari Makinami
 Mari Makinami | A new wallpaper has been posted to the Anime gallery on Desktop Nexus. Uploaded By: Radioaktiva Category: Evangelion Date Uploaded: 09/02/10 Native Resolution: 1280x800 Points: 0 Download Count: 25 View This Wallpaper Now |
Verizon Fascinate ringtones, wallpapers available
A new device means new goodies, and this time we don’t have to wait for the Samsung Fascinate to launch before we get a peek at it’s innards. We have the full system dump for you hackery types, as well as a bevy of new wallpapers and system sounds for the rest of us to [...]
Your Reputation Proceeds You?On Freelance Logo
In case you didn’t catch it, Rob had a new post go up on Freelance Logo yesterday called, Your Reputation Proceeds You : Planting the Right Seeds for Your Brand! This is a look at not only the importance of building up trust for the longevity and sustainability of your brand, but it also discusses [...] Related posts:
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Microsoft Releases App Tool Kit
Microsoft has released an updated application security tool kit for developers. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Tool kit (EMET) offers users the ability to deploy security technologies to arbitrary applications. The Microsoft Security Research & Defense blog offers more details. ?This helps prevent vulnerabilities in those applications (especially line of business and 3rd party apps) from successfully being [...]
Poll: Average Project Time
Over the past few months, I?ve been finding all types of new and exciting clients, with new and exciting projects. One of the things that I?ve noticed is the variety of projects that are out there. From quick projects ? ?The easiest $50 you?ll ever make? ? to longer term projects, with multiple sections spanning [...]
VMware Introduces Cloud App Platform
Give another point to cloud computing advocates. Yesterday, VMware demonstrated its support for their cause by introducing a cloud application platform, and developers should be pleased, because VMware has their interests at heart in addition to its own. A formal release issued by the company explained that this move should allow “developers to build and run [...]
stephencaver.com
I love the large typography employed on these pages, the shapes just leap out at you then it’s all backed up with the larger blocks of nav items. The nav items are basically placed on the page twice above the fold, I’m not sure that’s totally necessary but it does look good visually. I also [...]
Motorola Takes Out Another Full Page Ad in the NYT Complete with Not So Subtle Jab at Apple
Just like they did before when all the cool kids were mocking antennagate (funny how a couple million dollars of free cases will silence critics so quick), Motorola is flinging the proverbial poo at Apple in their latest full-page ad for the Droid 2 found in the New York Times.
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Freebies: "Ancient stones" High resolution textures
Last week, I came back from a short vacation to Italy. I had a great time, visited Rome too (including all the tourist attractions you need to see over there), but also visited the ruins of Ostia Antica. It's pretty impressive to see what the Roman people were capable to build, such a long time ago (it's not as impressive as the the Colosseum, but still).
While my girl and I were walking - in the burning sun - through Ostia Antica, she came up with the great idea to take pictures of the impressive ruins to be used as textures for designers. She's the one that took these 14 pictures of ancient stones, ready to be used in your next design work.
I hope you enjoy them and use them well. The textures are totally free for all kinds of use. All pictures are 1500px in width.
Don't forget to check out some other great high quality textures that are released on this website before. I want to thank my girlfriend for the idea and taking these useful texture pictures.
What?s the value in Social Business Software?
The end result of SBS will allow everyone the ability to contribute to the collective information for our organization. That advantage can help accelerate your company.
Google To Update, Shorten And De-Jargon Privacy Policies ? Here?s What?s Changing
Mike Yang, Google?s Associate General Counsel, just published a post on the Google blog, informing users that the company is making its privacy policies shorter and easier to understand for non-lawyers. They are also making some other changes, but to be clear, the Mountain View company isn?t altering its privacy practices as such. The updates [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Unboxing And First Look
Android Community has received a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 for AT&T to review and had a chance to unbox it, along with take a first look at the hardware. The device currently runs Android 1.6 and has Sony?s skin with Timescape and Mediascape on board. It has a 4 inch LCD display, with Wi-Fi, GPS, [...]
Gwathmey Siegel Finishes New Student Center for Cleveland State University
 | Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA) have just finished work on a new Student Center for Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland. |
Apple TV: Internet TV is Still a Hobby
The new Apple TV was probably the most interesting part of yesterday's Apple announcements. But while it's a step in the right direction for people who want to get video content on their TVs, it doesn't offer the right content or the right plans yet.
How it's made
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Psdtuts Presents Exclusive Wallpapers by Jennifer Cirpici
Another extremely talented designer by the name of Jennifer Cirpici has volunteered to create two exclusive wallpapers for the readers of PsdTuts+. This months exclusive wallpapers feature something for everyone, on one hand we have a beautiful scenery shot with lots of bright colors, and on the other we have something more textured and rough [...]
Over 550 Photoshop Brush Packs Free for Commercial Use
“We have scoured the tubes to find you the coolest collection of commercial free-use Photoshop brush packs we could dig up. So check ?em out and enjoy.” View Post
Barcelona Design Week 2010: Facing New Challenges Through Design
 | The BCN Design Week 2010 will open its doors from 18 to October 22 under the slogan "Facing New Challenges Through Design." |
?UX Professional? isn?t a Real Job
By Ryan Carson
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BonBon Sweet CSS3 buttons
Fancy CSS3 buttons that are sexy looking, flexible, and with the least amount of markup possible.
Android?s Mobile Web Consumption Share In The US Is Surging, iOS Share Dropping
Media measurement and Web analytics company Quantcast has some interesting numbers on mobile browsing in the United States, and it?s preparing to release some of those statistics, across vendors. Earlier today, the company put up a teaser blog post, showing two graphs, one of them representing the share of mobile Web consumption in the US [...]
Apple manufacturers churning out 2 million iPads per month
Manufacturing partners are now said to be delivering 2 million iPads per month, double recent levels.
Freebie: 10 Retro Photoshop Actions
“This week we are posting 10 photoshop actions which will be very useful to produce some retro/vintage effect on your photos. I hope this freebie will make you happy.” View Post
30 Glamorous Fashion Designer Website Designs
We’ll be looking now at a great collection featuring the best fashion designers’ sites. The tendency in this kind of sites, much similar with the photographers’ sites that we’ve seen before, is to let the images of the designer’s creation speak for themselves. Therefore, the photos or videos of the fashion collections and fashion shows [...]
Coworking Spaces
Guide to NYC co-working spaces (and thoughts on them) from Fred Wilson.
Working for a Living
GOOD Mag infographic on how Americans work and live, and if we are keeping our lives in balance.
'Impossible' Soccer Kick Leads to New Physics Equation
A group of French scientists have come up with a new physics equation to help explain how Brazilian soccer star Roberto Carlos scored his "impossible" kick in 1998.
Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion
"I wish I?d learned to embrace the non-douchier aspects of building awesome human relationships."
How Long Should We Ban IPs?
There are all kinds of reasons IPs get banned. A forums manager might ban an IP because the user at it is spamming. An admin of an email server might also ban IPs for spamming. A web service might ban an IP for using an API in an unapproved way.
On this site, we used to ban IP’s in the forums all the time (the new forums have been much better in spam prevention). I also sometimes ban…
Freitag am Donnerstag
FREITAG am Donnerstag is “a breakfast lecture series” organized by the bag and accessory designer/manufacturer FREITAG in collaboration with my good friend Tina Roth Eisenberg, better known as swissmiss. The series is meant to highlight their new Reference collection of media-inspired messenger and city bags, and they’ve invited a few speakers — including myself — to give talks about the state of journalism and the media. The first event is next Thursday morning in Zurich, Switzerland in FREITAG’s very cool-looking Reference Editorial Space.
Zurich is a bit far for many of my readers, I know, but if you’re in Switzerland next week and can make it, you can read more and sign up here.
The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories About Design for the Public Good
 | A first-of-its-kind book, equally representing the voices of architects and their clients, The Power of Pro Bono presents dozens of the best pro bono design projects produced by many of the leading architects working today. |
18 Website Speed and Performance Checking Tools
Google is taking site’s loading speed into consideration in determining its ranking. Even though this [...]
Free Stock File of the Week: Premium Photography Portfolio Template
An beautiful and free functioning photography web template. Normally $12 so grab it fast! View Post
The Feedback Loop Notebook Project
 | The Feedback Loop Notebook Project is pro bono project created to benefit youth all over the country. |
Print: An Interview I Conducted with Mark Porter
I came across this interview I conducted in 2008 with former Guardian design director Mark Porter and realized that I had never linked to it here. It ran in the December 2008 issue of Print Magazine (where I now write a monthly column) but that site is notoriously difficult to navigate. The interview is a bit of a relic of history now, as neither Mark nor I are still helming the design groups at our respective news organizations, but I thought it was still interesting enough to post here. Mark recounts his experience acclimating himself to the digital environment after spending most of his career as a print designer, and has some illuminating things to say about where the two schools of thought overlap. Read the full interview here.
LaCie intros ultra-compact MosKeyto USB thumbdrive
Offering capacities up to 16GB in a size that is only 0.7 inches long and 0.35 ounces, the device is short enough to lay flush against a notebook while being stored in a bag.
Inspiration: 30 Beautiful Textured Illustrations
Illustrations -- before digital graphics software -- used to be highly textured; whether it came from the medium (e.g. paper, canvas), the painting method (like watercolors or chalk), or both. These textural components, as can be seen through our textured illustration tutorial by Ciara Panacchia, give artwork an organic and tactile element, and this visual showcase presents illustrations that embody these aesthetics. Continue reading...
Continue Reading: Inspiration: 30 Beautiful Textured Illustrations
Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design
 | The Sherwood Institute and Sherwood Design Engineers announced the September 2010 release of Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design by Sherwood's Bry Sarte. |
claudiucioba.com
Loving the minimal clean type based layout here. I also dig the stark black and white with the red highlight. Nice clean grid that you can see clearly and easily make out the visual hierarchy in what you should be reading first. I know the note says the work in the portfolio is for large [...]
Best Rated CSS3 Techniques & Practices
There are plethora of techniques for CSS3 and how one should go about laying the code out, what techniques to use for different browsers, and a whole set of others. Within this post we take a look at several specific CSS3 techniques and practices that you should adapt to, to improve your CSS3 coding style [...]
Create a Graffiti-Inspired Illustration Using Photoshop and Illustrator
Photoshop and Illustrator compliment each other in many ways. Today we will demonstrate how you can use them in tandem to draw and color a graffiti-inspired illustration. Let’s get started! Before You Begin Before you begin, it’s always good to do a bit of planning. For graffiti art, do some research and keep it in [...]
10 Tips for Designing Presentations That Don?t Suck: Pt.1
Powerpoint has produced more bad design in its day that perhaps any other digital tool in history with the possible exception of Microsoft paint. In this post we’re going to address the epidemic of bad presentation design with ten super practical tips for designer better looking and more professional presentations. Along the way we’ll see [...]
skyAxiss
skyAxiss (http://skyaxiss.com)
Friday Fix August 30 ? September 3
The Friday Fix is a weekly recap of all things inspiring. We look at new web apps, portfolios, beautiful websites and anything else design related. Identity Designed Hollerado Mark & Phil Kembrel Mooze Design Supersteil Cassius PPF – Participatory Politics Foundation Unlocking
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capally.com
fruitfultime.com
photopeach.com
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