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• The 2 Keys to a Successful Design Interview

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  Manda

  28 Jan 2012 | 9:12 pm

  Many of you will be graduating this spring, armed with resumes and portfolios, ready to take the design industry by storm. Your professors, your friends, and your parents have probably given you lots of advice – and you feel prepared to blow away any company that gives you an interview. That job is going to be yours. But has anyone told you the truth? Design is a competitive field. The job market is slow. If you get a call for an interview, you passed the first test. Your resume and portfolio were good enough to make the first cut. But, they won’t get you the job. You’re just one among…

• The content marketing explosion [infographic]

  Holy Kaw!

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:44 am

  Via Blue Glass Interactive. Marketing infographics. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Video Inspiration #55

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  nathanbweller

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:02 am

  Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of "best of" list of videos we've discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good finds that you'd like to share, please feel free to send your links to nathan@abduzeedo.com with "video inspiration" in the subject line. This week I'm featuring some rad videos I've found around the web. Enjoy! Phenomenal Handclap Band - "The Right One" from Cause & [Effect] Productions on Vimeo. Reel 2012 - Curtis Baigent from…

• Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012

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  Siobhan McKeown

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:25 am

     This special is the first in our series of Smashing Specials — extended articles and studies dedicated to a specific topic. The special features current WordPress theme trends for 2012, covering past trends, new developments in theme design and trends in the theme development. 2011 was a great year for WordPress, with some excellent new updates that saw the introduction of a drag-and-drop uploader, distraction-free writing, the HTML5 Twenty Eleven theme, and movement towards a fully responsive dashboard. As well as changes to WordPress core, theme development continued to…

• The Rise and Fall of Famous Brands – Why Do They Fail?

  You The Designer

  Guest Blogger

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

  We are living in a world where water is sold with a name, clothes are being marketed with signature signs and food items are being promoted with trademarks. The concept of branding has completely shaped the way people consume commodities. Customers in this day and age prefer status symbols over necessity. This shows the importance of branding and its influence on businesses.   It takes years to erect a successful brand identity, but only an instant to destroy it. All the famous brands and corporations have risen to their current status after a lot of painstaking effort. Failure is common…

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  Creative Opera

• The 2 Keys to a Successful Design Interview

  Manda

  28 Jan 2012 | 9:12 pm

  Many of you will be graduating this spring, armed with resumes and portfolios, ready to take the design industry by storm. Your professors, your friends, and your parents have probably given you lots of advice – and you feel prepared to blow away any company that gives you an interview. That job is going to be yours. But has anyone told you the truth? Design is a competitive field. The job market is slow. If you get a call for an interview, you passed the first test. Your resume and portfolio were good enough to make the first cut. But, they won’t get you the job. You’re just one among…

• Best Stylus for iPad Drawing

  Manda

  30 Jul 2010 | 3:37 pm

  One thing I was looking forward to most when I placed my iPad pre-order was using the iPad for drawing. The idea of having an endless sketchbook with plenty of tools and colors at my fingertips seemed too good to be true. What better way to sketch out concepts as they randomly pop into my head, or doodle thoughts during a meeting? Yes, my iPad was going to be my sketchbook, my canvas, and my creative outlet. Coloring? Check. Drawing? Check. Doodling caricatures of speakers during conferences? Heck yes! After I got my iPad, I realized that finger drawing wasn’t for me. I’m still…

• To Blog or not to Blog

  Manda

  29 Mar 2010 | 7:13 am

  Creative Opera is one year old (launched February 15th 2009). In that time, my readership has grown, my RSS subscriptions have multiplied and my Twitter following has risen steadily. But, Creative Opera is still very much one of the smaller, lesser-known design blogs. Compared to Smashing Magazine or Six Revisions, it is clear that I really am a very small fish in an extremely large pond. The funny thing is, I’m okay with that. Creative Opera was never meant to take the design world by storm. It was set up to help new and upcoming designers with career advice and helpful resources. I…

• 10 Reasons Freelance Designers Get Screwed

  Manda

  23 Mar 2010 | 7:35 pm

  It’s not really a secret that oftentimes designers have trouble collecting payment upon completion of a job. It’s also commonplace for potential clients to argue with a project estimate — almost to the point of haggling as if on a used-car lot. Designers know what we SHOULD be paid. We know what our time is worth. Then why is it that we have to jump through so many hoops just to be paid? Why is it that we are always getting screwed? 1. There is no standard pricing system When you go to purchase a house, you have SOME idea of what you’ll be paying upfront. You know that in a particular…

• Corporate Branding on Twitter: 50 Excellent Examples

  Manda

  21 Mar 2010 | 6:23 pm

  1. Aflac Incorporated 2. Allstate Insurance Company 3. AT&T 4. Best Buy 5. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. 6. Borders Direct, LLC. 7. Cabela’s Inc. 8. Caterpillar Inc. 9. Chevron Corporation 10. Circuit City 11. Clinique Laboratories, LLC. 12. The Clorox Company 13. Coach, Inc. 14. The Coca-Cola Company 15. Cottonelle 16. Craftsman 17. Crayola LLC. 18. Dick’s Sporting Goods 19. Marc Ecko Enterprises 20. ESPN Internet Ventures 21. Exxon Mobil Corporation 22. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation 23. Ford Motor Company 24. Frito-Lay North America, Inc. 25. Hasbro 26. Hewlett-Packard…

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• The content marketing explosion [infographic]

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:44 am

  Via Blue Glass Interactive. Marketing infographics. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• 8 historical figures who ate disgusting things

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:26 pm

  Before you read this article, you may have thought your dog had the grossest eating habits ever. But Fido's penchant for poo is nothing compared to some of these sickos highlighted in Cracked. For example, Victorian scientist William Buckland: He didn't just stop at the meat of animals, either. While on a visit to St. Paul's Cathedral, a strange mark was found on the floor. A debate broke out as to what the stain could possibly be, at which point Buckland got on his hands and knees, licked the stain and confidently announced it to be bat piss. But the craziest thing Buckland ever did, at…

• 5 explanations of why teenagers act the way the do

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:22 pm

  Understanding the teenage mind could be a life's work. For those of you who don't have that kind of time, however, Mental Floss gives five things that could explain the mind of the teenager. For example, parents, have you ever wondered if your teenager is somehow getting dumber? Parents of teens often wonder what happened to the bright child they used to have. How can someone go from getting A’s to getting C’s when they seem to be doing the same amount of work? Once again, changes in the brain are to blame. While the merits of IQ tests are debatable, scientists used to think IQ…

• Surviving the loss of a star employee

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:16 pm

  Some groups have stellar members who carry the team. That's all well and good until that member leaves. Then what? This Smartblog video will help you answer that question: Full story at Smartblog on Leadership. Top news for leaders. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Disneyland circa 1957 [video]

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:14 pm

  This video was shot in 1957, less than two years after Disneyland had opened. The footage is newly restored and ready to take you to the happiest place on earth as it was in its early days.  Full story at Mental Floss. All the top Internet videos in one place. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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• Video Inspiration #55

  nathanbweller

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:02 am

  Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of "best of" list of videos we've discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good finds that you'd like to share, please feel free to send your links to nathan@abduzeedo.com with "video inspiration" in the subject line. This week I'm featuring some rad videos I've found around the web. Enjoy! Phenomenal Handclap Band - "The Right One" from Cause & [Effect] Productions on Vimeo. Reel 2012 - Curtis Baigent from…

• Worldwide Photography #57: Honolulu

  marcos333

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:06 pm

  Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we're going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Honolullu, Hawaii. For the next week we're going to feature Bucharest, Romania so if you want to send your submissions for the next Worldwide Photography, please tweet the tag #wwphoto and the link of the photo(s) on twitter. I'll be wainting for your submissions :) pineapple Jeremy Snell alvinkredible ` Toshio ' ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN © Ryan Eng…

• Daily Inspiration #1052

  AoiroStudio

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:57 pm

  This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image"…

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• Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012

  Siobhan McKeown

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:25 am

     This special is the first in our series of Smashing Specials — extended articles and studies dedicated to a specific topic. The special features current WordPress theme trends for 2012, covering past trends, new developments in theme design and trends in the theme development. 2011 was a great year for WordPress, with some excellent new updates that saw the introduction of a drag-and-drop uploader, distraction-free writing, the HTML5 Twenty Eleven theme, and movement towards a fully responsive dashboard. As well as changes to WordPress core, theme development continued to…

• A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design

  Robin Rendle

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:06 am

     Before the very first page of a book has been read, you’ve already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. The paper stock, the thickness of the binding, the aroma, the color of the type and even the texture of the cover; the very character of the book is being dissected by the hand and eye at every moment. In this brief second there is a dialogue between the reader and the object. This conversation is subtle and complex, but for most people it is entirely subconscious. This is because we rarely think about these things  —  we feel them…

• Collaging: Getting Answers To The Questions You Don’t Know To Ask

  Kyle Soucy

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:02 am

     When conducting user research, we all know that asking the right questions is just as important as how you ask them, but how do you know exactly what questions to ask? What if the discussion topic is very personal? How do you get a complete stranger to open up? There is a better way to conduct an in-depth interview, and it doesn’t involve a clipboard. Just imagine what you could discover if the participant’s answers weren’t limited to a predetermined set of questions. This is where collaging can help. Collaging is a projective technique by which participants select images…

• How To Use Custom Post Types To Organize Online Marketing Campaigns

  Joshua Dodson

  3 Feb 2012 | 7:04 am

     Custom post types add a level of flexibility to WordPress that makes this open-source Web development platform more useful on many levels. Whenever I have been faced with a Web-based task, especially one that involves organizing information, the first thing I do is examine WordPress to determine if it can handle the job. It usually can. Image Source As an Internet marketer and analyst, I need to be able to organize online marketing campaigns in a way that is trackable in Google Analytics. This is the perfect task for WordPress custom post types. In this article, we’ll explain…

• Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (10 PNG/PSD Icons)

  Smashing Editorial Team

  2 Feb 2012 | 7:38 am

     Every now and then, we release useful freebies for all of our highly valued readers. Today, it is our pleasure to present to you Cuberto‘s fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent PNGs as well as Photoshop PSDs (128×128 px) and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day. Enjoy! Download the Set for free! This icon set is completely free to use for commercial or personal applications without any…

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  You The Designer

• The Rise and Fall of Famous Brands – Why Do They Fail?

  Guest Blogger

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

  We are living in a world where water is sold with a name, clothes are being marketed with signature signs and food items are being promoted with trademarks. The concept of branding has completely shaped the way people consume commodities. Customers in this day and age prefer status symbols over necessity. This shows the importance of branding and its influence on businesses.   It takes years to erect a successful brand identity, but only an instant to destroy it. All the famous brands and corporations have risen to their current status after a lot of painstaking effort. Failure is common…

• We’ve Started Using PunchTab!

  Cadence Wu

  6 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

    Here’s another one of our attempts to reward you loyal readers for sticking with You The Designer all this time, and this one is a pretty big deal! PunchTab is a loyalty program that lets us reward you for engaging with the blog, whether you visit, browse, comment on, and vote up our posts and more – with points you can use to redeem a reward from us!     As some of you may have already seen by clicking on the Rewards ribbon tab hovering on the left side of our pages, we have a 30-day leaderboard tracking the most active readers on the blog.     Right…

• Behance Launches Student Show, an Initiative to Support Emerging Designers

  Cadence Wu

  1 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

  If you’re a student, here’s an exclusive design community where you can get your work exposure, get feedback from peers as well as world-renowned creative professionals, and even get hired! Behance has launched a new student initiative called the Student Show Gallery, which aims to showcase the world’s next generation of creative talent. Membership is free! As a member, your work may be featured, “appreciated”, followed by fellow creatives, and noticed by recruiters. You’ll also receive updates on student competitions and exclusive discounts from some of…

• 30 Examples of Impressive Concept Art

  Gabrielle Mendez

  30 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am

  For both video games and comic books, concept artists are necessary to create the aesthetically-pleasing visuals that enhance the storyline’s action and drama. From simple pencil sketches to 3D models, detailed character turnarounds to costumes, fantastic vehicles to intricate weapon design, the possibilities are endless.   These are some examples of impressive video game and comic book concept art.   BATMAN (DC/Rocksteady Studios) View Source   View Source   View Source   ASSASSIN’S CREED (Ubisoft) View Source   View Source   View Source  …

• The Best Looking Beer Cans – a Beer Can Appreciation Day Special

  Fernando Jose

  24 Jan 2012 | 7:54 am

  January 24, 2012 marks the 77th anniversary of the day Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co. first brought canned beers into the market. Though it hasn’t been (and probably never will be) declared an official holiday, more and more people are celebrating Beer Can Appreciation Day to pay tribute to the creation that has changed the experience of buying, keeping and drinking beer, forever. YTD takes part in the Beer Can Appreciation Day celebration with this collection of 35 tasteful beer can designs. Check them out and don’t forget to leave a comment after. Cheers!   Hurlimann…

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• CSS3 Image Styles – Part 2

  Nick La

  31 Jan 2012 | 8:18 am

  Previously I wrote two tutorials on how to style the image element with CSS3 inset box-shadow and border-radius. The trick is to wrap the image with a span tag and apply the image as background-image. However, I recently ran into a problem with that trick while designing the PhotoTouch theme. The issue is that the [...]Advertise here with BSA

• UPrinting Business Card Giveaways

  Nick La

  16 Dec 2011 | 10:32 am

  This Friday giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, a shop that provides a wide range of online printing services. We are giving away 3 sets of 250 die-cut business card printing to 3 winners. Each winner will receive a set of 250 business card printing with free shipping. To enter this contest, all you have to [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Responsive Design in 3 Steps

  Nick La

  8 Dec 2011 | 7:52 am

  Responsive web design is no doubt a big thing now. If you still not familiar with responsive design, check out the list of responsive sites that I recently posted. To newbies, responsive design might sound a bit complicated, but it is actually simpler than you think. To help you quickly get started with responsive design, [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Despositphotos Giveaways

  Nick La

  6 Dec 2011 | 7:59 pm

  As mentioned last week, I will be giving away some goodies in December. So here is the first giveaway sponsored by Depositphotos stock photos. Depositphotos is giving away $50 credit to 5 readers on Web Designer Wall. Hurry, this contest ends in two weeks on Dec 21, 2011. If you need stock photos for your [...]Advertise here with BSA

• MightyDeals is Giving an iPhone 4S

  Nick La

  1 Dec 2011 | 1:43 pm

  Can you believe it is December already? For the joy of December, I'm going to giveaway some goodies to you. The first nice one came across is the iPhone 4S (unlocked model) giveaway from MightyDeals, who gave away 2 iPod Nanos last year on the Wall. For your chance to win an iPhone or one [...]Advertise here with BSA

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• App Icon Template

  DannyOutlaw

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:17 am

  “After more than 10k downloads of my old app icon template and countless of requests for an update, i’ve put together an app icon template that should make your icon endeavors on the iOS platform easier.” App Icon Template | Pixelresort.com.

• Bicycle Can Cage

  DannyOutlaw

  24 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm

  If you look at this and think; “oh cool a thing to hold my beer so I can steer my bike with both hands.” Then you sir, are a rookie beer drinker. This is in fact made so that you can have an EXTRA beer in ADDITION to the one in your hand. Bicycle Can Cage by WalnutStudiolo on Etsy.

• Social Media Icons Font

  DannyOutlaw

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am

  The social icons font is very convenient and easy to use for web design in themes, page layouts etc, as well as for every type of print or offline design. via Social media Icons pack | Fontfabric™.

• Layer Styles

  DannyOutlaw

  20 Jan 2012 | 10:59 am

  Layer Styles uses the exact same UI as Photoshop. Can be pretty handy when you’re looking for the quickest way to convert a PSD mockup in HTML/CSS code.

• Recycled Circuit Board Clip Board

  DannyOutlaw

  16 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am

  I dont know who still uses clipboards these days, but if you are one of those “paper people” then you might get a kick out of these. Recycled CIRCUIT BOARD Medium Geek Office by DebbyAremDesigns.

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  Graphic Design Links and Tutorials | Published News

• Create Elegant Tags With Sliding Post Count For WordPress

  30 Jan 2012 | 10:59 pm

  Tired of the boring category style being always same, like a mini menu? Tired of items arranged horizontally or vertically, styled always the same way? Yes, I’m tired of it too. So let’s make things more interesting now.

• CSS cutie | The beauty and cutie of CSS design

  12 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am

  Csscutie is a gallery of well designed css based web sites from around the world. Get your inspiration.

• Sweater Letters For Winters

  4 Jan 2012 | 8:19 am

  In winters I looked for some creative and different typography particularly suitable for this season. I got lots of inspirations and finally decided to go with embroidered sweater textured typography. ...

• Web Design Tutorials website

  4 Jan 2012 | 8:13 am

  Creative Bumps discusses all web design related stuff.

• FREE Non-Commercial Fonts

  19 Dec 2011 | 9:37 pm

  FREE Non-Commercial Fonts for PC, Mac and Linux For Download

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  FreelanceSwitch

• A 10-Step Process to a Successful Freelance Career

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  As many freelancers eventually realize, going into business for yourself means you actually take on two separate (very different) full time businesses. How’s that for a surprise when you originally thought that you could blissfully code away and somehow the money would start rolling in? This is actually what happens on your path to freelance success: You dream. It starts with the fantasy of going freelance. First, you dream of the time that you can shed your cubicle life and work from home in your fuzzy slippers, and think that somehow, eventually, the money will start coming in. You dive…

• How To Deal With Criticism

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am

  Working in the creative field means you are an open target for criticism. Someone doesn’t like your photography work, they think you’re a bad writer, or your prices are unfair. And as freelancers, it can be hard not to take criticism—no matter how well meaning—personally. I read this blog post on Forbes.com on how to deal with really tough criticism, written for people who are business leaders. While I’m not necessarily the target audience for this article, I did take away some good lessons that I’d like to share for the freelance set. The first thing we need to consider is that…

• 5 Ways to Spread the Freelance Love

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  Valentine’s Day is probably not a holiday that brings your fellow freelancers to mind. You may have made a point to recognize your clients during the December holiday season, so why not make February the time to applaud your fellow independents? Spreading good karma always pays off in some manner, whether it be a new contact, lead, or networking opportunity. Here are some ways to get started. Hire someone. You might not think of yourself as a potential client to other freelancers, but face it, you can’t be good at everything. You could tap into fellow freelancers for several aspects of…

• Build a Better Tweet

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am

  A new study from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science called “Who Gives a Tweet: Evaluating Microblogging Content Value” has unveiled what we like to read, and what we don’t like to read, on Twitter. I have to say, the results aren’t all that surprising. A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Georgia Tech launched a site asking for anonymous feedback from people like you and me in exchange for rating their tweets. Users had to sign in to their website and rate 10 tweets before getting any feedback on their own tweets. Luckily for these researchers, their…

• 5 Ways to Earn More from Current Clients

  FreelanceSwitch.com

  7 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  It takes a lot of work to get a new client. Unless you have a regular stream of referrals coming your way, you may need to do all the legwork yourself by approaching potential clients, contacting them, and testing if they’d be interested in your services. This often requires a lot of research and preparation. Still, you’re not sure any of these prospects will convert into paying clients – even if you know you did everything right. This is why, during a work famine, it may be easier to get hired again by people who already paid you before: your former and existing clients.

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  Logo Design Love

• On the 2012 US election campaign logos

  David Airey

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:34 am

  Steven Heller, Debbie Millman, and Alice Twemlow gave their thoughts on the 2012 US election campaign logos. Here’s a snippet from the post on SVA’s Visual Arts Briefs. “What’s right with this logo, other than his political stance?” — STEVEN HELLER “For a corporation, it would feel established and a bit stuffy. Seems as if there should be an image of the Bible on this page… If you’re going to make a site that looks like Tumblr, why not just create a Tumblr account?” — DEBBIE MILLMAN Nb/ Rick Santorum’s website. “The further right…

• “This is what you need — a magic dot.”

  David Airey

  6 Feb 2012 | 1:56 am

  Saul Bass (1920-1996) described a particularly sticky moment when he presented his Minolta design at the company’s Osaka headquarters in 1980. “Although his son, the President of the company, had initiated the corporate identity program, the Chairman and retired founder, Kazuo Tashima, remained skeptical of such fancy new ways. “During the initial consultation process, he listened to my proposals in stony silence. At one point when I was speaking, Mr. Tashima plucked a miniaturized Minolta camera from its display stand, and said ‘Gentlemen, we have a very small…

• Madrid 2020 logo causes controversy

  David Airey

  31 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm

  Madrid launched its bid for the 2020 Olympics yesterday with a logo that left many Spaniards confused (as reported in The Telegraph). “The design purportedly consists of the letter M for Madrid and the number 20 in front of the coloured rings of the Olympics stylised into arches inspired by the Madrid landmark, Puerta de Alcalá. “But the lettering appears to show “20020,” an effect that has brought much derision in the Spanish press and on social networking sites.” The design is a result of a national competition, won by 22-year-old Luis Peiret. Here’s the…

• How LO can you GO?

  David Airey

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:20 am

  The following guest post was written by Tom and Phil of London-based Mat Dolphin. One of the services we offer as a design agency is logo design. No surprises then when we recently stumbled upon another agency offering the same service. So far, so average – the majority of graphic design agencies throughout the world do exactly the same. The difference with this one, however, was the costing of their work. $42. That simple. For $42 you can get a logo designed with two rounds of amends and a number of different files formats sent to you. Sceptical of the quality of the work and a little…

• Green T

  David Airey

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am

  Cutting the grass is about as far as my green fingers stretch, but I like this logo-growing project by Judy Kameon for the New York Times. Kameon created a T from 130 plants “Together with her husband, photographer Erik Otsea, Kameon created a T from 130 plants. And in a postscript sure to warm the hearts of environmentalists, no flora were harmed in the making of this artwork. In fact, they’re all bound for a new demonstration garden in Kameon’s office and showroom.” Her husband, the photographer Erik Otsea, captured the T The finished product Click for full-size chart of…

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• Top Most Important & Crucial Points To Consider Before Becoming A Freelance Logo Designer

  Lief

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:50 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet You may have thought that you could just up and start freelancing any day, but there are some top most crucial points before becoming a freelance logo designer, that you must first consider. Freelancing is not as easy and comfortable as it sounds. In fact, it could be quite tough. Even though logo designing might be your passion, you could still find it a lot of hard work. Before taking up freelancing, people usually feel that it could not be any worse than working under others in a regular office job. But if you look closely, it can be worse. Actually, it could…

• 40+ Amazing Examples of Music Inspired Design – Artwork, Concepts, Illustrations & Photography

  Andy Sowards

  6 Feb 2012 | 10:48 pm

  Advertise here with BSATweet So we all know music rocks, literally (hehe herp derp ). Today we have some amazing examples of how music can influence a workflow or a design in a totally awesome way. Music can make anything more creative, or motivate you to do your best on any given task (great to listen to while designing or developing btw!). Drool over these awesome artworks, concepts and designs that were inspired by the true power and beauty of music! Enjoy! The audio above is the engine revs the Moog would produce. Once again, the theme of using something recognizable and something alien…

• Here There Be Dragons! Dealing with Nightmare Clients & Challenges As A Freelance Designer

  Michael Dambold

  6 Feb 2012 | 11:25 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet In the great fantastic world of design, professionals are like knights, claiming prizes and rewards while fighting fierce dragons and vanquishing evil foes. At least, we think ourselves kin to the great knights of old. In many ways, we may be correct. While we may not be Knights of the Round Table or regularly hold Court with King Arthur, we deal with many challenges as they would. The difference is our enemies are time and budget, and our dragons are challenges we face. The challenges are not only with producing an excellent product, but producing any product…

• Epic Giveway! – Win A $75 Printing Credit For FREE From Next Day Flyers

  Andy Sowards

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:34 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Do your old business cards or marketing materials need a new look? Do you find yourself crossing off information from printed flyers and writing in the correct info? Time to update people! Here’s a chance to do it without spending a dime. Next Day Flyers, the premier source for all of the printing services a business needs is offering 1 lucky winner a $75 credit toward anything on their site. Next Day Flyers has tons of products that just about anyone can find useful. They offer brochures, tickets, DVD inserts, menus and more. So if you need to update your…

• The Future of Networking on 10 Gigabit Ethernet

  Brian Johnson

  3 Feb 2012 | 11:34 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Intelligence In Software: IT Software Strategy The Future of Networking on 10 Gigabit Ethernet The rise of cloud computing is a bit like that of a space shuttle taking off: When the rocket engine and its propellants fire up, the shuttle lifts slowly off the launch pad and then builds momentum until it streaks into space. Cloud is now in the momentum-building phase and on the verge of quickly soaring to new heights. There are lots of good reasons for the rapid rise of this new approach to computing. Cloud models are widely seen as one of the keys to increasing IT…

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• 40 Dribbble Shots of iPhone Applications

  brantwilson

  6 Feb 2012 | 10:17 pm

  Advertise here with BSAToday we have decided to put together 40 well design iPhone app designs. If you like this post you might also enjoy our previous post below. 50 Dribbble Shots of Amazing Illustrations and Vector Art iPhone App UI iPhone App Prototypin’ New iPhone app design New iPhone app design Libra iPhone App Iphone App Settings UI for Flowerly! App Remix: Lose It! Movie App New UI BeachWeather app for iPhone Iphone App Part2 Iphone UI Social Wine iPhone App Tab Bar / Tabbar Stapp for iPhone (Updated) iPhone app (assessment step) iPhone App UI Eventtie app final touch Surf…

• 7 Pain Free Sales Tips for Creatives

  Laura Spencer

  3 Feb 2012 | 7:12 am

  Advertise here with BSA If you’re a graphic designer, or any other creative professional, you probably don’t think of yourself as a salesperson. Like so many creative folks, you may even hate sales. Yet, if you’re freelancing, sales are necessary to keep your business going. In this post, I share seven simple sales tips that are relatively pain free if you happen to be uncomfortable with sales. If you liked this post, you may also enjoy Sales Tips for Shy People and 7 Ways to Identify and Market the Uniqueness of Your Freelance Business. Tip #1. Make Yourself Visible Selling…

• 28 Free Slab Serif Fonts

  brantwilson

  31 Jan 2012 | 1:15 pm

  Advertise here with BSATypography plays a huge role in any design. Here we have collected 28 free and high quality fonts for you to use. In this post you will find variety of slab sefif fonts. Enjoy!! If you like these free fonts you might also want to check out our previous post below. 28 Free High-Quality Fonts 15 Beautiful Free Web 2.0 Fonts ADELLE BASIC ARVO BITSTREAM VERA SERIF BITTER BODONITOWN CHUNKFIVE COLLEGE INDENTO JOSEFIN SLAB KONTRAPUNKT MUSEO SLAB NADIA SERIF OCTIN SPORTS ROKKITT SANCHEZ ST MARIE TERTRE TRUMP TOWN PRO TYPOSLABSERIF MOLESK font Hellforge aldine BEVAN OBLIK SERIF…

• 33 Examples of Latte and Coffee Cream Photography

  Jake Rocheleau

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am

  Advertise here with BSAOne of the more unique artistic visions of the 21st century comes in the form of coffee cream. Many infamous cafe’s found all around the world have mastered the skill of latte foam art. Using some milk or cream these artists can put together beautiful designs in your steaming brew. If you have an interest in photography then definitely check out my showcase below. These are some powerful skills you won’t find just anywhere! Overall combining a delicious beverage with some very inspirational artistic visionaries. Usual Latte Art Pioneer Coffee Sun Art Coffee…

• 31 Beautiful Fashion Websites

  brantwilson

  23 Jan 2012 | 8:26 am

  Advertise here with BSAToday we have collected some beautifully designed fashion related websites for your inspiration. If you like these web designs you might also want to check out our previous post below. 32 Clean And Minimal Web Designs Showcase of Black and White Web Design tatchies diesel michellehunziker shoprevolution socialwear bokicabo goliathsportswear hair-makeup everlane bensherman fashionphotography carolinewiseman pauleka paulsmithjeans supremebeing newgothamnyc carhartt-wip lecoqsportif luladesigns timberland editerjournal vertu woodandfaulk showstudio versacecollection cxxvi…

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• The New Cruelty Photography - A Diamond Story

  Toon Creffield

  7 Feb 2012 | 5:08 am

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• Social media explained with donuts

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  7 Feb 2012 | 4:43 am

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• Meme movie posters

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• Newspaper Blackout poetry project

  Toon Creffield

  3 Feb 2012 | 3:31 am

  Austin Kleon’s latest poetry project takes pages of text, often from newspapers, and blacks out words so that those left behind make a poem LINKSubscribe to this feed

• Jürgen Heckel Photography - Wald

  Toon Creffield

  1 Feb 2012 | 4:57 am

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• 10 Designs Inspired by Microsoft’s Metro UI

  Joel Falconer

  25 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm

  Advertise here via BSA Since Microsoft first unveiled the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7, the rollout has been gradually taking place across every Microsoft product and website. It is the cornerstone of the Windows 8 interface and one of the most notable official uses of Metro UI available now is the excellent implementation on the Xbox 360 dashboard. The new design language has been a refreshing sign that Redmond cares about fixing its messy, bloated and ageing image, and the company is following through and executing. In the process, Metro has picked up a lot of fans in the design…

• Timeless Design, Ferrari

  admin

  25 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am

  Advertise here via BSA To begin with what I hope will end up being a mindful, thought-provoking article on the essence of timelessness in design, I felt it only fitting to start with what gave birth to this idea. As a designer and all around technology consultant, it’s my job to stay up-to-date with current trends and product offerings, which by its very nature is contradictory to the idea of timelessness. I’ve been grappling with this concept for over two years now. A lot of you that follow me on Twitter know that I’m an absolute nut about cars. Up until about 24 months ago my passion…

• Free Web UI Wireframe Kit

  Jeff Olson

  24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am

  Advertise here via BSA Sometimes you don’t need to build interactive wireframes, or may not feel all that comfortable in Visio or OmniGraffle. I know there are times I just want to open up Photoshop and start laying things out. This web UI template kit is made completely with shape objects and in some cases converted into SmartObjects. So they’re totally scalable. There are no usage restrictions but if you find them helpful give us a shout. We love hearing from you! CLICK TO DOWNLOAD via

• Shape, Color, Content – The Language of Logos

  sara tack

  9 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am

  Advertise here via BSA Before you approve that new logo you’re considering, stop for a moment to consider how people perceive visual information. The content of your logo is third in the sequence of recognition, behind shape and color, because the brain takes more time to process language. Letterforms can be very powerful in creating content and meaning. The use of initials as an identifying mark has been around for centuries, since medieval kingdoms became economic enterprises. Letterforms are often abstracted to create clever symbols which act as metaphor for the core brand positioning.

• Starting a T-Shirt Line with No Money

  blakepoutra

  5 Jan 2012 | 8:25 am

  Advertise here via BSA I have to admit right up front that the title of this article is a bit of hyperbole. You might be quick to think that a t-shirt line that can be started without any money cannot possibly be a good one. It’s true that we could easily end this post in a few sentences by suggesting one of the many turnkey websites that sell one-off digital printing on every product imaginable. However, I am actually referring to starting a high quality screen printed t-shirt line without any money. Thanks to the internet…this is very possible. Tell Your Story One of the main…

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• Getting More Out of Your Blog Archives

  Vandelay Website Design

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:10 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Bloggers typically dedicate a lot of thought and effort into topics that should be covered with their upcoming posts, and rightfully so, but older posts are often quickly forgotten both by the blogger and by readers. As a blog continues to publish new content the archives will grow larger and larger, and for many blogs the archives include a wealth of information and content that is not being maximized. For most blogs, posts from the archives can continue to be useful for years to come (of course,…

• 30 Unique Business Cards

  Vandelay Website Design

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:39 pm

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Unique business cards can help you to stand out to potential clients. Being more memorable will often result in being more likely to get hired. Fortunately, there are all kinds of possibilities to create unique business cards. In this post we’ll showcase 30 examples for your own inspiration. Popup Business Cards QR Code Business Card Tie-Shaped Business Card Drink Me Creative Optometrist Business Card TAM Cargo Paper Doll Business Card Business Card Bird 3D Business Card Plexiglass Business Card…

• Comment to Win a Free Item of Your Choice from MightyDeals!

  Vandelay Website Design

  7 Feb 2012 | 4:17 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Our friends at MightyDeals have offered to give a free item to 5 lucky readers of the Vandelay Design blog! MightyDeals is great resource for designers and developers who like to save money (and who doesn’t?). They offer amazing limited time discounts on a wide range of popular products, and they even give freebies from their site on occasion. In addition to the several new deals that are released each week, MightyDeals also keeps some of the more popular deals on for a longer period of time. So…

• 25 Websites with Awesome Backgrounds

  Vandelay Website Design

  6 Feb 2012 | 4:08 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! In recent years the use of large background photos and illustrations has become increasingly common in web design. In some cases the background image is the most distinct feature of the design. There are all kinds of different backgrounds that can be used, like nature photos, nature illustrations, and abstract designs. In this post we’ll showcase 25 websites with impressive backgrounds that really make the sites stand out. If you’re looking to make a website or a design memorable, a large…

• Pros and Cons of Outsourcing

  Vandelay Website Design

  2 Feb 2012 | 4:08 am

  Get a free icon and vector bundle (worth $54) just for subscribing to our weekly newsletter! Running a design business, either as a freelancer or a small agency, is a big challenge. Getting the most efficiency out of your time is essential, but it’s also very difficult for those who wear many different hats, like freelancers. One of the most common ways of dealing with this challenge for efficiency is to outsource work to others. It could be anything from design work, front-end development, back-end development, marketing, to anything else that needs to be done. There are some very…

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• Creating Minimalist Designs Makes You a Better Designer

  Karol K.

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Advertise here with BSAThe trend of using minimalist designs has been with us for a while now. It seems like every day major design blogs publish a new gallery of great designs. But do minimalist designs actually mean anything to a designer? Can you become a better web designer by going the minimalist way or is it just a fad? Actually, I do believe that it is a fad. But at the same time I also believe that you can learn a lot from it and use it to improve your skills significantly. First of all, minimalist designs are here not without a reason. After the dark age of the ’90s (the dark…

• Dolody: A new Design Dialogue – Plus a FREE ebook

  Henry Jones

  7 Feb 2012 | 9:51 pm

  Advertise here with BSAFrom the creators of BundleHunt.com and Noupe.com, a new design dialogue just launched today Dolody.com. Dolody (@dolody) is a weekly design magazine that brings together the latest (and, yes, the greatest) tutorials, articles, freebies & webcasts on the topics of UX and UI design for the web and mobile worlds. Each issue is dedicated to a single wow-tastic topic that is sure to rock the socks off today’s leading designers, developers and agencies. This week’s issue is about one specific topic: “What’s New and What’s Next”…

• 21 Examples of Light Color Usage in Web Design

  Gisele Muller

  5 Feb 2012 | 9:03 pm

  Advertise here with BSALast week we showcased a list with 21 Inspiring Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design, and this week, to show you a different approach on color choices, we decided to go for a list with examples of websites using mainly light colors on its designs. Color is indeed a really important element of web design, so nothing better than showing different approaches to keep you inspired. La Piuma Kipling BdeB Rainstar Boutique The Work Cycle Michela Chiucini Inzeit Stora Enso Appex Plus Plus Neotokio Guilherme Garcia Dawid Wadach Reserved sénic Nicola Cozzolino ChurchMedia Blind…

• Free Bundle for Designers

  Gisele Muller

  2 Feb 2012 | 9:09 pm

  Advertise here with BSAToday is Friday, and what better way to celebrate than by presenting you with something new. ZeroBundle.com is a website that offers an awesome free bundle of goodies for designers. It is brought to you by WebDesignerDepot and MightyDeals.com. The bundle will be available for a limited time so speed up and download your goodies while you have time. From UI elements, to forms, and PSD files to icons, you will get a lot of free stuff in their bundle. Make sure to visit ZeroBundle.com to check out all the goodies you can get. Have a good Friday!

• 23 Free Textures for your Delight

  Gisele Muller

  2 Feb 2012 | 4:50 am

  Advertise here with BSAHere at WDL, we take great pride in being able to find useful freebies and share them with our readers. It saves you time, and allows you to focus on creating, instead of hunting. Here you will find 23 free textures to add to your resource library. Remember that textures can always add a nice touch to a website or other design project when used properly.

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• How To Create a Cool Vector Yeti Character in Illustrator

  Chris Spooner

  5 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a cool vector Yeti character. We’ll use as many basic shapes as possible to achieve that quirky style of illustration, then bring the character to life with a palette of cold colours. Despite the use of basic shapes this tutorial includes a good spread of intermediate to advanced tools and techniques.The Yeti character we’ll be creating is made up of basic shapes to maintain that simple illustration feel. The plump round shapes all help create a friendly and loveable character while the high shoulders and wide stance give him…

• MOO Luxe Business Cards Giveaway for Members

  Chris Spooner

  2 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  The awesome folks from MOO have arranged some great product giveaways for Access All Areas members in the past, and today they're back with an offer for their latest business card product - Luxe. At triple the weight and thickness of standard business cards and featuring a stylish seam of ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful design resources, and there's plenty…

• 30 Illustrator Video Tutorials Every Designer Should See

  Chris Spooner

  29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  If you’re trying to learn a new application there’s nothing better than having an expert guide you through the various menus and tools. This post rounds up 30 of the most detailed Adobe Illustrator video tutorials and screencasts on the web. Each one features a mix of clear commentary and useful techniques that will help you on your way to becoming an Illustrator pro.Digital Inking Demonstration & TutorialHow To Setup and Design Business Cards in Adobe IllustratorAdobe Illustrator Tutorial – Object Expand FeatureHow To Warp Text in Adobe IllustratorHow to use the Symbol…

• MightyDeals Giveaway for Access All Areas Members

  Chris Spooner

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  This week MightyDeals have arranged a great offer for Access All Areas members. They are giving away any of their current deals to 5 lucky winners! Fancy some new vector resources, a premium font to add to your collection, or maybe a book to learn something new? Log in and ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful design resources, and there's plenty more to come!

• How To Create a Vibrant Abstract Shards Poster Design

  Chris Spooner

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  Follow this step by step Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial to create a cool poster design of vibrant shard graphics. We’ll create the array of shapes with Illustrator’s vector tools before finishing off the poster with some subtle textures in Photoshop.The design we’re creating today features a range of sharp vector shard shapes each with a vibrant mix of colours. These colours interact with the help of blending modes to create an intricate piece of digital art.View the abstract shards poster designOpen up Illustrator and use the Pen tool to create a random triangular shape…

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• 6 Creative Ways to Use Delicious Bookmarks

  Jacob Cass

  6 Feb 2012 | 10:57 am

  This is a guest article contributed by Rebecca*. – Delicious is a popular social bookmarking site which you can use for saving your favorite website links. The process is termed as bookmarking. This will enable you to share your bookmarks among others as well as allow you to browse bookmarks of other users’. Tagging and search tools help you in browsing as well as organizing topics of interest. It enables you to both create multiple tags and tag sites with manifold keywords. Every tag produces a page with all website links associated to it. You can share each of these pages with…

• The 2011 Logo Of The Year

  Jacob Cass

  1 Feb 2012 | 8:40 pm

  After a month of voting on the Top Logo Designs of 2011 the voting has now closed and I am pleased to announce the 2011 Logo Of The Year. The 2011 Logo Of The Year Fork & Knife Restaurant by Nick Sickelton. The Runner Up Bread & Breakfast is a coffee shop / bakery that serves breakfast all day and sells bread and baked goods. The aim was to create a logo that will combine the two elements of business (bakery and coffee shop) without creating an overload of visuals. The positive/negative design of the coffee cup and the bread image that is created by the coffee itself, along with the…

• Flywheel Takes Off

  Jacob Cass

  31 Jan 2012 | 2:39 pm

  Flywheel started with a simple idea… make indoor cycling epic. To make that happen Flywheel partnered with Ammirati (the agency where I currently work) who re-imagined the Flywheel brand experience. A bold, new look enforced by striking photography & solid copywriting was implemented across all facets of the Flywheel brand, including the Flywheel website which I had the pleasure to work on. Ammirati and I had to restructure, rewrite and redesign all pages of the Flywheel website, for both the front and logged in sections of the site. We’re happy to announce the site successfully…

• Accessibility & Integrity

  Jacob Cass

  25 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am

  I was recently humbled and amazed at an email I received through my brand identity questionnaire and I just had to share the story, not only because it opened my eyes to something amazing, but something I would never have thought of and I’m sure not many others would have either. To cut to the chase, the lady who was inquiring about my brand identity / design services was blind. Although accessibility should be built into in all websites, I still find this fact extremely fascinating. I simply can’t fathom the process of trying to find the right designer without being able to see…

• How to Keep Start-up Costs Low

  Jacob Cass

  20 Jan 2012 | 11:17 am

  This is a guest article contributed by Daniela Baker*. – The success or failure of a business depends on how wisely you allocate start-up funding. As a solo-preneur you can monitor every expense and decide where your money will best be spent to get your business off to a good start. Here are four suggestions for controlling start-up costs. Be Flexible & Smart With How You Get Funds The cost of borrowing, along with the terms attached to most loans, can make them quite prohibitive to the small business owners. However, there are several other options new business owners may consider…

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• Contemporary Wallpaper Pattern Trends & Inspiration

  mollybermea

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:55 pm

  Wallpaper of today is definitely not what it used to be with the installation process and the choice of patterns or images available. Ghastly florals and patterns of the past are replaced by reinvented, contemporary florals, patterns and palettes of the present. This article is presented by InkShuffle.com offering you beautiful Easy Off Wallpaper – perfect for renters. Millions of designs in categories like vintage, cityscapes, and room openers. We recently published a post about wall stenciling, also a booming trend and a more budget-worthy route than…

• Valentine's Day Wedding Inspiration &Trends

  allisonsilber

  7 Feb 2012 | 9:18 am

  Though Valentine's Day falls on a Tuesday this year, some couples choose this day as a special time to tie the knot, often with small elopements or intimate affairs. Whether you choose a Valentine's Day wedding or one that falls the weekend after, you can add in some special details to keep the feeling of Valentine's Day alive. If you are dying to add a few special details and crafts to your big day, here are some great ideas to add into your Valentine's Day wedding (or any other wedding for that matter!) Get ready for a little red and pink madness that will make your big day awesome. Source:…

• COLOURlovers interview with Matthew Smith of Zaarly

  allisonsilber

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:47 am

  Today we are chatting with Matthew Smith, currently the creative director of Zaarly. Known for his online persona as "whale," Matt has proven himself as a great designer and influencer in the field. Zaarly is a marketplace where you can ask for anything, set the price, and keep the community rooted by building local economy and helping each other out. Follow Matthew on Dribbble and Twitter. First up, why don't you tell the community a bit about who you are, what you do, how long you have been doing it.  I'm the Creative Director at Zaarly, a place that's bringing…

• The Color of Love Through the Artistic Eye

  mollybermea

  3 Feb 2012 | 8:02 am

  Love is most often associated with the color red. Be that by conditioning of incessant advertising or that we are drawn to it by nature. Secondary to red is of course pink, in almost any level of saturation. Red is one of those colors that possesses the strongest Ying and Yang of its theoretical definitions. Between love and hate, rebirth and death, the human relationship in any combination, could literally be summed up in the meaning of the color Red. Pink has what I would describe as a temperamental scale, more based on softness versus loudness than the extreme left or right end of the…

• Blockbuster Designs: The Creative Content that Sells Movies

  COLOURlover

  2 Feb 2012 | 9:10 am

  With the launch of our design content marketplace, CreativeMarket.com coming soon we thought it would be fun to take a look at the most popular design elements in movie posters from 2011. After all, it's the carefully & creatively designed marketing materials for the movies are what get us to the theater. (honestly, the best selling designs at the movie theater these days are the concessions stands... $6 for a bottle of water?!) The designers capture our attention, but the real success of a blockbuster movie will be determined by the quality of the film itself (not including #4 on the…

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• Rick Poynor: On My Shelf: A Classic by Berger and Mohr

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:52 pm

  John Berger and Jean Mohr’s A Fortunate Man brilliantly fuses words and photos to examine a doctor’s life.

• Georgia Tech: Partner News: Georgia Tech Selected as National University Transportation Center

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:57 pm

  The Georgia Institute of Technology has been named by the U.S. Department of Transportation as the lead for one of ten national Tier One University Transportation Centers.

• Michelle Hauser: Pop Photographica: Daile Kaplan’s collection is, both literally and figuratively, off the wall.

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:20 am

  Daile Kaplan’s comprehensive collection all has one unifying trait: a photographic element that was not intended for viewing on the wall.

• Arizona State University: Partner News: How Public Is the Good? Symposium at Arizona State University

  Design Observer

  7 Feb 2012 | 1:35 pm

  The Design School hosts a transdisciplinary design symposium at the Tempe Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012.

• Mark Lamster: An (Overdue) Memorial for New York

  Design Observer

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:11 am

  Finally, an AIDS memorial for NYC.

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• Deliberatism

  Eric Karjaluoto

  31 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am

  I’m taking a short break from ideasonideas. (Don’t worry—I’ll be back.) I’m doing so in order to find a little time to work on a new project that I feel strongly about. For now, it’s a simple blog that poses … Continue reading →

• Bullshit

  Eric Karjaluoto

  17 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm

  My morning bus ride affords an opportunity to listen to music, witness sleeping commuters drool, and catch up design and technology news. Over the past months, I’ve made an effort to skip my usual reads (TechCrunch and Hacker News) and instead look at … Continue reading →

• Difficult People

  Eric Karjaluoto

  23 Sep 2011 | 3:14 pm

  I think I called her an asshole at one point or another. Certainly not to her face, and probably not even out loud, but I’m quite convinced that I at very least muttered the word under my breath. Mrs. Hughes … Continue reading →

• Buying Creative Sucks

  Eric Karjaluoto

  13 Sep 2011 | 5:40 pm

  If you run a creative shop, you probably offer your customers a pretty crappy experience. While it may be unpleasant to hear this, it’s likely the case. In fact, I’d argue that this is commonplace in our industry. For the … Continue reading →

• The Rules

  Eric Karjaluoto

  23 Aug 2011 | 8:58 am

  Weak designers believe they are artists. They eschew rules, believing them to be unnecessary constraints that serve only to stifle their visual “genius.” Such perspectives are overwhelmingly endemic amongst amateurs. Their thinking is analogous to musicians saying they don’t need … Continue reading →

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• Twitter to Get First Look at Several New York Fashion Week Collections

  Lauren Indvik

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:35 am

  It worked for Burberry, so why couldn’t it work for us? So seems to be the thought process of several prominent U.S. fashion labels during New York Fashion Week, all of which are planning their own takes on the “Tweetwalk” Burberry debuted at its womenswear show in September 2011. The London-based fashion house made headlines when it posted photos of every look from its Spring/Summer 2012 collection on Twitter seconds before they appeared on the catwalk. The initiative generated a huge amount of interest on Twitter — so much so that both “#Burberry” and “Christopher…

• DebtEye Changes Name to SpringCoin — An Intuitive Debt Management Tool

  Kate Freeman

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:22 am

  DebtEye announced Wednesday it is now SpringCoin, a learning-focused financial planning website that gets more intuitive as you use it. John Sun, CEO of San Francisco-based SpringCoin, started the business under the name DebtEye in February 2011. It was one of the start-ups at the notable Y Combinator start-up incubator and funding machine founded by Harj Taggar. SpringCoin helps customers meet financial needs and figure out how to pay off their debts by improving their financial literacy and by creating goals. “There’s a mentality that this stuff (finance) is above them and…

• Google Wants a 2.25% Cut of Every iPhone Sale

  Todd Wasserman

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:06 am

  Looking to earn back some of the $12.5 billion it’s spending to buy Motorola Mobility, Google sent a letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers looking for a maximum 2.25% cut of sales for phones that use Motorola’s technology, including Apple‘s iPhone. The letter, which went out to the IEEE on Wednesday, outlines Google’s position on Motorola patents if and when the proposed takeover is executed. (Reports say it could happen next week.) Most striking was Google’s insistence on continuing to enforce a 2.25% fee on iPhones based on the…

• NASA TV Goes HD … Finally

  Peter Pachal

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:48 am

  NASA Wednesday upgraded the broadcast channels it operates to high-def. The two NASA TV channels, one for the public and the other for media, will switch to HD formats on Feb. 17 — or about five years after HDTV went mainstream in the U.S. The upgrade to NASA TV’s Public Channel (channel 101) affects the most people. The channel is carried by many cable and satellite providers, NASA says, and shows coverage of the agency’s missions and events as well as documentaries and archival programming. The Media Channnel (channel 103) is for local, national and world news…

• Today’s Top Stories: Google’s Cloud Storage, iPad Rumors

  Stan Schroeder

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:36 am

  Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google to Launch Cloud Storage Service [REPORT] Google plans to launch a cloud storage service similar to Dropbox, according to a report by WSJ. Google’s service will be called Drive, and it will let users store and share photos, videos and other documents in Google’s cloud, say sources familiar with the matter. iPad 3 Might Come With Different Screen and Thicker Case A…

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• The Darkest Lord – 25 Spine-Chilling Darth Vader Fan Art

  Mirko

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:05 pm

  As Star Wars has gone on to become a popular culture phenomenon, much of the credit goes to its characters. Darth Vader, for one, has helped the films achieve massive success. His rise as a Jedi Knight to his fall to the dark side as documented in the six “episodes” of the franchise is not only regarded as one of the most iconic villains in the history of film, but also one of the best characters in cinema. Despite being billed as the main antagonist in the latter trilogy of the series, one of the reasons for the popularity of Darth Vader among people is his depth and complexity. The Dark…

• The best movie posters of 2011

  Mirko

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:16 pm

  I haven’t watched much movies in 2011, so this compilation of best movie posters of 2011 by Mubi.com is very welcome. Personal favorites in the list? Probably Tyrannosaur or Burning Man.

• How to convince your clients of the importance of white space

  Mirko

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:31 pm

  This is a recurring issue for designers around the globe. No matter if you are a graphic or web designer, you will sooner or later run into a client that finds the layout of your design too “empty”. This is a quite natural reaction for a non-designer. I remember in graphic design school, most students would add more elements in their layouts than needed, or they would make these elements bigger because they were afraid of too much white space. As a designer, you should probably already know that white space helps a lot to create more elegant designs, separate elements better from…

• Featured illustrator: Malika Favre

  Mirko

  5 Feb 2012 | 5:37 pm

  Malika Favre creates wonderful vector-style illustrations. She uses color and white space perfectly.

• Vårdapoteket identity

  Mirko

  3 Feb 2012 | 5:08 pm

  I wish we could see more visual identities like this one. For Vårdapoteket, a swedish pharmacy chain, Stockholm Design Lab created a colorful infography of the human body that serves as the base for the whole branding. The result is a colorful and coherent looking style for the shops and promotion material.

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• An interview with Kunihiko Okano

  johno

  13 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am

  By Taro Yumiba How and when did you become interested in typography & type design? At university I majored in graphic design. I used to leaf through typeface catalogs in search of letters to use in my poster design assignments. However, I could never find any typefaces that matched perfectly what I had in mind, so I began making my own. I was lucky enough to have access to a Macintosh and Fontographer 3.1 at the university lab. At that time the Macintosh wasn’t particularly popular, and few knew how to use them. I found it great fun making fonts from scratch. It took me some time…

• An Interview with Verena Gerlach

  johno

  14 Dec 2011 | 12:40 am

  By Ivo Gabrowitsch & Christoph Koeberlin After more than 10 years, Verena Gerlach has revised and extended her FF Karbid super family, an interpretation of German storefront lettering from the early 1900s. The new FF Karbid is a harmonized redesign of the original typeface. Rounder and less narrow letters lend the shapes more space and balance. Although the contrast was reduced to obtain a harmonious monolinear typeface (without losing its liveliness) it was increased in the bolder weights to improve legibility and achieve a certain elegance. FF Karbid Display is the most obvious…

• Heaven Devoid of Stars

  johno

  18 Nov 2011 | 5:24 am

  The Week in Type More than half a millennium has passed since the invention of moveable type in Europe. It’s now just about impossible to imagine a world without it. That very sentiment is set in ink in this new print collaboration with Stefan Hattenbach. A sumptuous screen-print of gold, white, and black inks on beautiful red Plike paper. A truly stunning print, and perhaps the perfect Christmas gift! It’s been a while (too long) since the last Week in Type, so without further ado: Let’s begin with a smile and this great tee from Able Parris: A lovely short of Robert Warner dancing…

• Steve Jobs

  johno

  6 Oct 2011 | 2:34 am

  1955–2011 Sponsored by H&FJ. Steve Jobs

• The making of FF Tundra

  johno

  5 Oct 2011 | 12:32 am

  by Ludwig Übele A line of text is like a silhouette on the horizon. Closer inspection reveals the detail, the trees, bushes, rocks; details that, though only vaguely perceivable from afar, create both rhythm and variation. The beauty of this landscape is born of both regularity and variety. I chose Tundra as the name for my new serif typeface not during the design process, but from the outset. I had in mind this idea of a wide and flat landscape. This was the initial idea: Tundra should lead the eye effortlessly along the line, thus emphasizing the horizontal. This would have been rather…

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  Desizn Tech

• 4 Website Design Mistakes that Lead to Website Failure

  Kawsar Ali

  2 Feb 2012 | 7:49 am

  An expert website designer learns over time to avoid the mistakes that a website visitor loathes and develops awareness about the design flaws. A flawless web design is rare, and even the most successful websites have designing errors here and there. If you are know about these mistakes you can easily create accessible and useful website. Let’s take a look at those mistakes that are an absolute “NO,” when it comes to website design. Lack of Legibility Have you ever faced difficulty in making sense of the text on a website, and scrunched your eyes in an effort to understand the…

• Example of Useful Contact Us Pages

  dt_guest_author

  30 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am

  When a visitor comes to your website or blog, he is ready to convert into a lead for your business or bounce, it’s as simple as that. As a freelancer or company, your first concern is to attract potential customers by showcasing your portfolio as expressive as possible. The Contact Us page is often regarded as a commonplace element of the website but its role is crucial. A simple contact form makes you reachable and collects valuable leads in an organized way. A few days ago we had an article about creative About Us pages on Desizn Tech. Let’s complete the picture and have a look over 10…

• 5 Benefits of Using Online Storage for Your Projects

  Kawsar Ali

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:52 am

  Online storage has revolutionized the way we work, live, and do business. Where we once had to cart around floppy disks (or later, USB flash drives) we now can store data in the cloud. Over the past year services such as Dropbox have brought online storage into small businesses and homes, and we are finding new ways to use it almost daily. When you are working on a website with other people, online storage offers lot of benefits. Let’s take a look at a few.  Online Storage for Teams Eliminates Duplication Errors One of the best ways to use online storage is for team-based projects.

• A Showcase of Creative About Us Pages

  dt_guest_author

  23 Jan 2012 | 6:33 am

  When you are designing a site for a small company (and especially if you are designing a site for a large company) it can be challenging to get across the personality of the team. Sites exist to serve a function, but people often want to know who works there and what they are like. This is especially true of small startups who want to prove that they are not as corporate and dull as the typical companies in the industry, they often want to show off their quirky, interesting and different style. This is where the “About Us” page comes in – and it is the perfect way of…

• Study of Best WordPress Themes Design

  dt_guest_author

  16 Jan 2012 | 6:17 am

  As designers, we always have to question why a certain visual look is popular. This is not so we necessarily copy it, but if something becomes popular, it must resonate with a large audience. One excellent way to examine designs with mass appeal is to look at popular WordPress themes. In this post we will analyze some of the most downloaded and popular WordPress themes . Why do you think these themes were so popular? Notice the trend towards minimalism in the layout and colors. As you examine these themes, look for patterns and see if there are themes you can draw from these designs and…

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  PagePlane.com

• I don't think website design gets much better than this

  chuck

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:57 pm

  I was drawn in because this website looks interesting. I dug deep because it is interesting. What more could you ask? The folks at Specimen Products make great products. They and ALSO (their design studio) tell their story with thoughtful copy. They've taken the time to craft a mountain of information-rich illustrations. And they have wrapped it all in quirky, deceptively humble design. This website that is firing on all cylinders, you could do it different, but you'd be hard-pressed to do it better. Hats off to Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, and Jenny Volvovski of ALSO. I really like the way…

• For designers: The how, what, why, and maybe of Facebook

  chuck

  6 Feb 2012 | 12:22 pm

  Would it be useful to you, as a designer, to be a fly on the wall of Facebook headquarters and to hear what the leadership believes are its strengths and vulnerabilities? Wouldn't it be educational to know all about the current platform and hear about the products and services Mark Zuckerberg and his team are planning for the future? This is a close as we may get — absolutely fascinating stuff: The Facebook Form S-1 Registration Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thanks to my friend Bruce Schneider for pointing us to it. The Facebook Form S-1 Registration…

• Do you know who Fred Terman is?

  chuck

  3 Feb 2012 | 8:19 am

  If not, you might be surprised to know that many folks believe he, his colleagues, and the institution of Stanford University in Santa Clara Valley, California created the very seedbed of the Technological Renaissance known as Silicon Valley. Is renaissance too big a word to describe it? Not when you consider the fact that this one small part of the planet produced (in large part) the transistor, microprocessors, personal computers, genetic engineering, and the protocols which would become the standard for Internet communication between computers. And much, much more. I point you to this…

• If you're interested in ephemera and the history of design and publishing

  chuck

  1 Feb 2012 | 10:03 am

  Gene Gable is curating a virtual museum of design, typography, and related ephemera over at CreativePro.com under the title of Scanning Around With Gene. He certainly has the credentials. At various times he has been the head Publish magazine, the publisher of The Seybold Report, and a member of the Ziff-Davis executive team which was responsible for major business events such as Comdex. If you don't yet know him and his eye for interesting, you're in for a treat. Three examples of his column: The Dead Letterhead Department... When Halftones Were an Art Form... When Letraset Was King... An…

• Lyrical lettering for a serious subject

  chuck

  30 Jan 2012 | 1:31 pm

  I love these stamp designs created for the Royal Mail by Hat-Trick Design and letterer Marion Deuchars. There's just something about black, white, and red that makes a subject a bit more profound. This is the rare case when lettering that might normally be construed as having a light or lyrical tone is successfully paired with a serious subject. Why is that? Hamlet... The Tempest... Henry VI... King Lear... A Midsummer Night's Dream... Romeo and Juliet... Marion Deuchars... Hat-Trick Design... Follow Chuck on Facebook... Visit the Ideabook.com Store  |  Subscribe to the…

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  Toxel.com

• Steel Wire Sculptures

  Toxel.com

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm

  Gavin Worth makes beautiful and elegant sculptures out of black steel wire. By bending wire into freestanding line drawings, the artist creates unique sculptures that engage viewers by involving them in subtle changes: - When the light in the room shifts, so does the mood of each piece. - Soft breeze might gently move the sculpture. Also check out: [...]

• Electric Camper Car

  Toxel.com

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm

  San Francisco based designer Jay Nelson created electric camper out of plywood, fiberglass, and bicycle parts. Powered by electric motor, the vehicle has a top speed if 20 mph and can drive 10 miles on a single charge. It is equipped with comfortable bed, kitchen, toilet, and integrated storage compartments. Controls are on the steering wheel [...]

• Book of Life

  Toxel.com

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:01 pm

  Beautiful sculpture created by David Kracov in honor of Rabbi Yossi Raichik, the beloved director of Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl organization. Pages of the book transform into colorful butterflies, each representing thousands of children that were saved from the devastated region of Chernobyl and given new lives. The sculpture was crafted out of metal. For more inspiration, [...]

• Yoga Cats

  Toxel.com

  5 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm

  Dan Borris, creator of Yoga Dogs, is back with another series of fun and uplifting photo manipulations that will bring a smile to your face. This time, talented artist created wonderful images of adorable cats and kittens in classic yoga poses. [Yoga Cats and Kittens calendar] For more inspiration, check out: Baby Animals and Cats in Wigs

• Rocking Chair Cradle

  Toxel.com

  4 Feb 2012 | 5:48 pm

  Modern rocking chair with integrated baby cradle designed by Ontwerpduo. Brilliant and useful design allows one of the parents to sit in the chair and gently rock the baby to sleep. When the baby outgrows the cradle, it is possible to convert “rockid” into an ordinary rocking chair. Also check out: Bicycle Transforms into a Baby Stroller

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  Hip.Young.Thing.

• Teenage

  admin

  4 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm

• Every Day

  admin

  3 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm

  Check out this dude who took a photo every day for six years!

• Nightsurf

  admin

  2 Feb 2012 | 2:00 am

• Randy P. Martin

  admin

  1 Feb 2012 | 3:23 am

• Young Replicant

  admin

  31 Jan 2012 | 3:21 am

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  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends

• Sporty Korean Micro-Cars - The Kia Track'ster is Ready for Race Day (TrendHunter.com)

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:37 am

  (TrendHunter.com) The 2012 Chicago Auto Show has just begun and already the spotlight may have been stolen by the Kia Track'ster. The Track'ster is a race-worthy Soul lookalike designed with performance in mind. The Kia...

• Sultry Soaking-Wet Shoots - The Toni Garrn for Numero #130 Photo Shoot is Wet and Wild (TrendHunter.com)

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:27 am

  (TrendHunter.com) Judging by the gorgeous Toni Garrn for Numero #130 photo shoot, there is no better way to show off the season's hottest metallic and sequin styles than by throwing some water on them. Amplifying the shine...

• Scooping Blade Accessories - The Pour-Smart Knife Attachment Makes it Easy to Pick Up Diced Veggies (TrendHunter.com)

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:16 am

  (TrendHunter.com) It's surprising just how inefficient the modern kitchen is, despite decades of major technological advancement, and within the culinary scope as well. Perhaps this is in part because it's simpler items...

• Faux Timber Tins - Caribou Tea Packaging Aims to Reference the Roots of Loose Leaf Suppliers (TrendHunter.com)

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:06 am

  (TrendHunter.com) The old tea chest gets a charming reference in Caribou Tea packaging. Despite the boxes being made of either aluminum or cardboard, they bear the detailed dressing of wooden structures. Although it would...

• Continuous Screen Smartphones - This BlackBerry's Display Extends Beyond That Restrictive Window (TrendHunter.com)

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:55 am

  (TrendHunter.com) RIM smartphones can really frustrate iPhone and Android users who have grown accustomed to their generous touchscreen interfaces. It's a surprise then to see how this BlackBerry concept by John Anastasiadis...

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  Cool Hunting

• Almond Water

  Evan Orensten

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:45 pm

  A nutty French refreshment from LA's Victoria's Kitchen A longstanding French tradition, almond water has been produced in small batches by nut lovers around the globe for hundreds of years. Bringing this all-natural treat to the masses is Victoria's Kitchen, a small, family-run company started by husband-and-wife duo David and Deborah Meniane to "honor the importance of family and traditions that are passed on from generation to generation." Loaded with the nutrients found naturally in almonds, the gluten-free beverage still uses Grandma Victoria's original recipe of water, natural almond…

• Vim Beget Jewelry

  Graham Hiemstra

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:36 pm

  The one-man machine behind beautifully antiqued hand-woven accessories Seattle-based Vim Beget makes jewelry and accessories with a vaguely antique aesthetic, blurring the barrier between past and present. Each piece of burnished silver is finished with rusted steel, affording it its own unique look and feel—the upshot of hours spent in the hands of sole designer Billy Bartels. Deeply rooted in the process, Bartels believes a hands-on approach makes the the end result worthwhile, and cuts each link separately before hand weaving them into a chain for bracelets and necklaces. "It's a…

• Matthieu Lehanneur

  James Thorne

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:02 am

  The designer's first monograph explores his commitment to scientifically informed creations For his first monograph, Matthieu Lehanneur has opted to express his design standpoint through the medium of his past works. Since his 2001 graduation from the ENSCI-Les Ateliers, he has stunned the community with a decade of innovative production in industrial and interior design. The bound collection from Gestalten looks at Lehanneur's design language with accompanying essays by the MoMA's Paola Antonelli and Ross Lovegrove, in addition to a conversation between Lehanneur and curator Hans Ulrich…

• H.BLOOM for Valentine's Day

  Largetail

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:39 am

  Ace your Valentine's Day gift-giving with a helpful info-graphic Advertorial content: With Valentine's Day a week away, people everywhere are nervously approaching flower shops. Most don't know what they want and they may be worried about getting the wrong thing. With this in mind, H.BLOOM brings you a handy info-graphic to help you pick the right bouquet for your beloved. As a special offer for Valentine's Day, the subscription-based flower delivery service is offering the option to buy individual arrangements outside of their regular plans. However, if you're feeling extra romantic, go…

• Heart Part

  Graham Hiemstra

  7 Feb 2012 | 4:14 pm

  Knife, fork and scoop combine in one biodegradable utensil Share food with a loved one with Heart Part, a cleverly designed eating utensil that opens up into two pieces combining fork, knife and scoop. Recently spotted at the NY International Gift Fair by our friend Alissia Melka-Teichroew of byAMT design studio, the Heart Part appeals to both food and design nerds with its smart use of form and space. As possibly the perfect—or at least the cutest—alternative to wasteful plastic cutlery, the Heart Part is made entirely of biodegradable polystyrene, and the dishwasher-friendly…

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  metacool

• Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness

  Diego Rodriguez

  25 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am

  The Fujifilm X-Pro1

• metacool Thought of the Day

  Diego Rodriguez

  12 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am

  "Most people don’t form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling. ...when you read a biography of someone you admire, it’s rarely the things that made them happy that compel your admiration. It’s the things they did to court unhappiness — the things they did that were arduous and miserable, which sometimes cost them friends and aroused hatred. It’s excellence, not happiness, that we admire most. ...Fulfillment is a byproduct of how people engage their tasks, and can’t be pursued directly. Most of us are…

• What's a sleestak?

  Diego Rodriguez

  5 Jan 2012 | 9:17 pm

  Where do great songs come from?  A great question, to which I must ask: what's a sleestak? Every once in a while, I become obsessive about a special tune.  Case in point, I've probably listened to Tower of Power's Knock Yourself Out several thousand times.  When I encounter a piece I like, I need to listen to it over and over and over to unlock its secrets.  It drives my wife nuts. Here's my latest obsession, a tune called Cloisonné: Readers of metacool will know that I deeply admire They Might Be Giants.  Not only is their cover of Tubthumping the official anthem of…

• Innovation principles by Markkula

  Diego Rodriguez

  24 Dec 2011 | 2:41 pm

  The genesis of these thoughts on marketing from Mike Markkula are detailed on page 78 of Walter Isaacson's intriguing biography of Steve Jobs.  In their clarity, simplicity, and actionability, they are stunning.  As a marketer, I take three lessons from them. First, they are about people.  Markets are made up of individuals.  When striving to bring something new and cool to life, we're much better off imagining the life of a single customer than we are trying to disaggregate and disambiguate mountains of anonymized market data.  A holistic understanding of the customer…

• metacool Thought of the Day

  Diego Rodriguez

  22 Dec 2011 | 12:45 pm

  "Between the unknowns of birth and death it is our love and courage, the banishment of fear, that decides if we really lived." - Steve Matchett

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  AisleOne

• Millimetr

  Antonio Carusone

  7 Feb 2012 | 11:56 pm

  As you may already know, photography is something that I have a passion for. I just don’t do enough of it, so I went ahead and created a blog called Millimetr where I’ll be posting my photos. It should be a nice motivator and hopefully it will get me to take more photos. Most of what will be featured will be taken with an iPhone 4S using a wonderful app called Mattebox. I’ll also feature photos taken with my Canon T2i, but I expect a majority of the photos to come from my iPhone since it’s always with me. There is a known quote, not sure who said it, that I believe to be true: “The…

• The Wonder Year

  Antonio Carusone

  6 Feb 2012 | 11:01 am

  Studio Beige and Joey Vermijs have collaborated on a diary/notebook which contains quotes, tasks and general food for thought to help envision the ‘future of humankind’. There’s also a nice little tote bag. You can learn more about the initiative at the website.

• Eric Cahan Sky Series

  Antonio Carusone

  30 Jan 2012 | 6:46 pm

  I absolutely love this series of photographs by Eric Cahan. He manages to capture amazing colors and super simple gradients. What really amazes me about the photos is how simple some of the images are. Lovely. Via But Does It Floats

• Design Assembly 3

  Antonio Carusone

  26 Jan 2012 | 6:46 pm

  To celebrate its third birthday, Design Assembly has retired the site and produced three lovely books archiving the past 3 years of published articles, comments, as well as showcasing new and exclusive words and images from some great contributors. And it’s all done for a great cause: fighting cancer. 100% of profits from the sale of the book will be distributed globally between three cancer charities: Cancer Research UK, LIVESTRONG and WCRF International. Great design. Great content. Great cause. Purchase a copy from their site.

• Typographic Revolt

  Antonio Carusone

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pm

  The folks at HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine, Typographic Revolt. The mag acts as a showcase for their typeface collection and is A2 sized with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the…

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  WebUrbanist

• Lifebook: Single Device that Combines Every Gadget

  Delana

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  [ By Delana in Architecture & Design & Gadgets & Geek Art & Technology & Futurism. ] One of the marks of our modern culture is the proliferation of gadgets most of us carry around. From digital cameras to cell phones to tablet computers to laptops to MP3 players, we have our hands full just trying to keep track of all of them. This excellent concept could go a long way toward streamlining our technology while still keeping us as connected as always. (all images via: YankoDesign) One of the problems with having too many different pieces of technology is the fact that…

• Trash Can Art? 28 Garbage Cans That Belong In A Gallery

  Marc

  7 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  [ By Marc in Gadgets & Geek Art & Graffiti & Drawing & Guerilla Action & Art. ] Dump that dirty old trash can into an even larger one, because it’s time to upgrade! Artists are not content to sit on their hands while the world turns into garbage. Their response? Turn the garbage cans into art. (Images via thenewecologist, happytiler, egotvonline, foodbeast) Garbage can modification covers a huge range; from dumpster vehicles to art gallery domes with ecological motives. The real lesson is that nothing in this world has to be boring, not even one of the most mundane…

• 18 Award-Winning Tree Houses, Hotels & Schools

  Steph

  6 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  [ By Steph in Architecture & Design & Travel & Places. ] Luxurious and eco-friendly, Blue Forest‘s imaginative and playful tree houses, lodges and educational facilities seem to be designed to bring out every adult’s wide-eyed inner child. Blue Forest has designed many incredible structures that celebrate the warmth, coziness and sustainability of wood, honoring the material itself and of course, its source. Check out these 18 eye-catching, envy-inducing buildings made by the UK-based company. Amberley Castle Blue Forest’s best-known treehouse is located on the…

• Power Houses: Toronto Hydro’s Camouflaged Substations

  Steve

  5 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  [ By Steve in Architecture & Design & History & Factoids & Urbanism. ] Hiding in plain sight to provide energy and light! That’s not Toronto Hydro’s motto but it could be – for the better part of a century, the Canadian utility’s policy was to design hundreds of electrical substations so that they would “blend in” with their surrounding neighborhoods. Though many have been decommissioned, many more remain. Edwardian Electrical Edifices (image via: John FitzGerald) Toronto Hydro was established in 1911, the year in which electrical power from the massive…

• Sea Food: 14 Floating Restaurants Around the World

  Steph

  3 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  [ By Steph in Architecture & Design & Travel & Places. ] From massive illuminated Chinese restaurants to cute little BBQ tables for ten, these 14 floating restaurants make smart use of available space and turn the dining experience into something of an adventure on the sea. Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Hong Kong (images via: wikimedia commons) One of Hong Kong’s biggest attractions, the Jumbo Kingdom Floating Restaurant sites within the city’s Aberdeen Harbour and has hosted the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and John Wayne. Though it began as a relatively humble floating…

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  Yoast

• Use Gravity Forms to submit custom post types

  Joost de Valk

  6 Feb 2012 | 1:17 am

  In my previous post I explained how I used the Types plugin to create a new custom post type. That custom post type will be used to display a table of supported themes for my WordPress SEO plugin, and is therefor called wpseo-theme. Now the trick here is that I want users to be able to submit themes through a form.Gravity Forms + Custom Post Type addonBy default, Gravity Forms allows you to create posts through a form. It doesn't have support for custom post types at the moment though, in part because a wonderful plugin was already created that allows for this. This plugin, aptly named…

• Types WordPress plugin – Easy Custom Post Types

  Joost de Valk

  2 Feb 2012 | 2:06 am

  I've long wanted to create a database of themes that support my SEO plugin and never came up with a manageable way of doing that. When my buddy Amir from WPML emailed me about their two new plugins, Types and Views, it took me a while to grasp what they did. Turns out I'm daft and it's actually quite easy when you install it and they're perfect for that job. So I thought I'd let you all enjoy what I'd done with it. I'll review both of them, in a 3 post series in which I'll also create my desired database.Database of Themes that support my WordPress SEO pluginI've also got a project I'll use…

• Tracking Outbound / Affiliate Links with getClicky

  Joost de Valk

  26 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am

  I use Clicky for most of my day-to-day tracking and analysis, only using Google Analytics for the harder analyses. One of the things Clicky can do most wonderfully is track outbound clicks. There's an issue however when you start routing your affiliate links through a script or on-site redirect. I redirect mine through /out/ here on yoast.com, but not all of the /out/ links need to be tracked. Let me show you how I do track the ones I need to track.Forcing Clicky to track a link as outboundFirst of all, you need to know that when you add a class clicky_log_outbound to a link, Clicky will…

• On WordPress Dashboard Widgets

  Joost de Valk

  25 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pm

  I was one of the first plugin developers to add a dashboard widget to your dashboard when you installed one of my plugins. I'm hoping people will follow me in doing the reverse as well. While it generates traffic, it doesn't generate sales. Let me show you.When I added mine, in the beginning, it drove lots and lots of traffic. People weren't used to it yet and thought I had somehow "found my way into core". Recently, I've added more elaborate tracking to my WordPress SEO plugin links. Allowing me to see how much traffic the individual sections of my plugin were sending back to my site. Let me…

• Search & Social – you can’t get the cream out of the coffee

  Joost de Valk

  11 Jan 2012 | 6:47 am

  Yesterday, Google launched "Search plus your World", intermixing search and social and providing even more "personalized" results. There's a lot of outcry about some parts of this, with people saying they don't want "personalized" results. I actually think that normal users do want personalized results and that this is, for the most part, a good thing.There's been some outcry though, because Twitter and Facebook aren't "highlighted" as much as Google+ in those new social results. Danny is doing some awesome reporting on this, first in "Search Engines Should Be Like Santa From “Miracle On…

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  Psdtuts+

• Test Your Photoshop Knowledge #6

  Martin Perhiniak

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  We know how much you guys like to test your knowledge of Photoshop so today we are giving you an opportunity to do so with another quiz from Martin Perhiniak. Please take a moment to complete this 10-question quiz and see if you’re prepared to pass our test! Good luck! Editor’s note: this quiz is for Photoshop CS5.

• Easy Dashed and Dotted Lines in Photoshop

  Grant Friedman

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:57 am

  For the last few weeks, the Photoshop team has been giving us some sneak peeks of the latest version of Photoshop. The latest version of Photoshop is due to be released in the first half of 2012. We have already seen videos showing off Photoshop’s new look, and some performance enhancements but this video shows us something new, something that we have been asking them to include for a long, long time – dotted and dashed lines. In this video, Photoshop Product Manager, Zorana Gee shows how you can click on a stroke and quickly convert it to a dotted line. Then, she shows how to quickly…

• Create a Caricature Painting in Photoshop

  Martin Perhiniak

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am

  Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop. At the conclusion of this series you will know all you need to produce your own concept art and matte paintings in Photoshop. Today’s tutorial Part 22: Create a Caricature…

• Retouch a Bland Model Portrait in Photoshop

  Kevin Stohlmeyer

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Sometimes retouching a portrait can be really tricky, specifically when dealing with model portraits. In this tutorial, we will be retouching a particularly difficult shot in which the subject has no makeup or dramatic lighting to emphasize the shot. Using Photoshop, you will be able to add makeup, repair flaws, and add some drama to this shot. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Model (iStockPhoto) Background (iStockPhoto) Step 1 – Selections The first thing I want to do is remove the model from her background.

• See the Next Version of Photoshop Live

  Grant Friedman

  6 Feb 2012 | 5:03 pm

  Recently, the Photoshop team has been publishing some sneak peeks of what they have been working on for the next version of Photoshop. Later this week, Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes will be in New York City for a series of live sneak peek events. This will be a great opportunity to see for yourself what the Photoshop team is working on. I’ll be attending and would love to see you there if you’re in the area. The details for the event are below. Thursday, February 9 Event Meetup Hosted at the School of Visual Arts with special guest SVA alum and pro photographer…

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  CSS-Tricks

• Musings on Preprocessing

  Chris Coyier

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:45 pm

  I've been using SASS for pretty much everything I do recently. Here's some musings on the journey. From hold-ups, to trip-ups, to turn-offs. From apps and teams to workflows and syntax. You Gotta Work Locally The biggest contributor to me getting on the bandwagon was giving up my going-commando live FTP editing ways. Yeah, Coda is awesome, but it's bad habit forming. It makes it way too easy to work live instead of local1. Working local is full of obvious advantages. Namely, 1) It's fast 2) You can edit stuff to your heart's content without worry you're screwing up a live site and 3) It…

• Speech Bubble Arrows that Inherit Parent Color

  Chris Coyier

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:57 am

  Interesting question: css3 speech bubble question: for the "triangle"'s border color, how can I set it to whatever its parent div's bgcolor is automagically? — Jin Yang (@jzy) February 1, 2012 By "css3 speech bubble", Jin means using a pseudo element on a container to add a little pointer arrow (triangle). Not really CSS3, but that's pedantic. Let's say that pink color isn't practical to set in an external CSS file. Perhaps is a user setting, or perhaps its set dynamically somehow. <div class="speech-bubble" style="background: pink;"> I like bananas, because they have no bones.

• A proposal to drop browser vendor prefixes

  Chris Coyier

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:49 pm

  Interesting idea by Felipe G on using a new at-rule, @-vendor-unlock, to tell the browser to use it's experimental implementation of any particular property, rather than using a vendor prefix on that property. Unfortunately at this point, even if you could get all the browsers on board, you'd need to use this and vendor prefixes to get deep support, which makes the problem worse. What we really need is for all browsers to implement auto-updating so eventually "supporting older browsers" is something we can look back and laugh at. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkA proposal to drop…

• Digging Into WordPress 3.3

  Chris Coyier

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pm

  Digging Into WordPress (the book) is now updated to v3.3. Includes new chapters specially on what's new in 3.2 and 3.3, all the rest of the chapters tightened up and refreshed, better internal hyperlinking (in the PDF), and more. It's a free update (PDF) to all previous buyers. New print copies are on order and will be available soon. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkDigging Into WordPress 3.3 is a post from CSS-Tricks

• ShopTalk Episode 4

  Chris Coyier

  2 Feb 2012 | 5:50 pm

  Dave, Jonathan Longnecker, Nate Croft and I talk shop. Topics include website building apps, where to start designing, when not to design for modern browsers, and more. Sponsored by LessAccounting. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkShopTalk Episode 4 is a post from CSS-Tricks

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• Easy Script Loading with yepnope.js

  Nikola Malich

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Officially released by Alex Sexton and Ralph Holzmann in late February of 2011, the yepnope.js resource loader features asynchronous, conditional loading and preloading of both JavaScript and CSS resources. This makes managing dependant, conditional code a breeze. March of 2011 This nifty resource loader, which is only 1.6KB minified and gzipped, is now bundled with Modernizer and is great for loading polyfills, preloading or “priming” the users cache, or as a simple asynchronous resources loader / filter! For those of you unfamiliar with polyfills, they are essentially plugins,…

• Turbocharge Your Website With Memcached

  Nicolas Sebban

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:49 am

  Your latest PHP/MySQL website is finally online. And it’s awesome. But it’s not as fast as you want it to be, because of the many SQL queries running every time a page is generated. And above that, you have the feeling it will not scale well under heavy loads. And you are most likely right. In this tutorial, we will see how you can greatly improve your website’s responsiveness, and help it scale to handle many simultaneous visitors, by implementing a cache layer between your code and your database. The good news is it is fairly easy, and can be done in a few minutes!

• JavaScript Testing From Scratch: New on Premium

  Andrew Burgess

  5 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pm

  This likely isn’t the first tutorial on testing that you’ve ever seen. But perhaps you’ve had your doubts about testing, and never took the time to read them. After all, it can seem like extra work for no reason. This tutorial (with screencasts) intends to change your views. We’re going to start at the very beginning: what is testing and why should you do it? Then, we’ll talk briefly about writing testable code, before actually, you know, doing some testing! Let’s get to it. Become a Premium member to read this tutorial/screencast, as well as hundreds of…

• Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

  David Appleyard

  2 Feb 2012 | 7:37 am

  Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start! Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials Create a Pimped Out Truck Using Photoshop and Point and Shoot Photos Making modifications to your car or truck in Photoshop can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a pimped out truck modification using photos taken with a simple point and shoot camera,…

• Learn jQuery in 30 Days

  Jeffrey Way

  31 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm

  Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course: “Learn jQuery in 30 Days”. If you’ll give me fifteen minutes a day for the next month, I’ll help you become a jQuery pro – and it’s free! How Does it Work? Sporadically, your skills will be put to the test, when you take the interactive quizzes! Once you enroll (free) via email, each day, you’ll receive a 10-15 minute video…

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• WordPress Theme Releases for 2/9

  James

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  Aqua is a crisp, clean, and bright theme with small touches of aqua as an accent. Gridly is a clean, minimal, and responsive theme with a simple options panel.

• Printed WordPress Magazine to be Released Shortly

  James

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  WPCandy Quarterly, a WordPress related quarterly print magazine from the folks at WPCandy, is just about to be mailed out to the lucky readers who either pre-ordered or subscribed. To my knowledge, or at least about half an hour of searching, this may very well be the first ever printed WordPress magazine publication. The first issue will feature articles from 11 well-known contributors, and due to demand from the pre-orders, 2,000 copies are making their way through the printers as you read this. A lot of thought went into the design of this magazine, and you can see a video blazing through…

• WordPress Plugin Releases for 2/7

  James

  7 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  New plugins Google AdSense and Google Analytics Remover will prevent AdSense ads and Analytics tracking code from displaying when you are logged in. Updated plugins Custom Field Suite allows you to visually manage custom fields. Fast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick e-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent.

• BuddyPress Codex Gets a Refresh

  James

  6 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  If you’re a fan of WordPress, you probably know about the WordPress Codex, the massive community-editable source of WordPress documentation. Just yesterday, the BuddyPress core team gave a massive update to the BuddyPress Codex, making it easier than ever to learn how to use the #1 social networking platform plugin for WordPress. Even though the new BuddyPress Codex may function like a traditional Wiki, it’s actually built on top of WordPress and BuddyPress. After all, why not show off some of the cool things you can do with a platform while you learn how to use it?

• WordPress Theme Releases for 2/5

  James

  5 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  Blush is a soft, warm, feminine theme in tones of rose and cream. Boozurk is a clear theme with a lot of features. The Frances Wright is a clean and elegant theme.

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  Woork Up

• Perché Volunia sarà un flop

  Antonio Lupetti

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:09 pm

  Va bene. Ci abbiamo provato. Lo sforzo va riconosciuto e apprezzato. Massimo Marchiori ci ha messo la faccia e speso un mucchio di energie e per questo ha tutta la mia più sincera stima. È uno tosto lui. Google gli deve molto. Mi immagino, a quel tempo, come sia andata la scena. Stanford University, un giorno di tanti anni fa. Quel volpone di Larry Page viene a sapere di un italiano che ha sviluppato un algoritmo chiamato Hyper Search. Lui sta lavorando con il suo amichetto del cuore, un certo Sergey Brin, ad un’idea di un motore di ricerca dal nome alquanto bizzarro: Google. Incontra…

• Google Chrome sbarca in beta sugli smartphone Android

  Antonio Lupetti

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:33 pm

  Dopo una lunghissima attesa, Google ha finalmente rilasciato una versione beta del suo popolarissimo browser per i computer destkop sui dispositivi mobile che supportano Android. E così, oltre al nuovo Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google aggiunge un nuovo importante tassello all’insieme di prodotti dedicati agli smartphone che portano il marchio di Mountain View. Una volta installato il browser sullo smartphone, Chrome permette di sincronizzare automaticamente, tramite l’accesso al profilo Google dell’utente, i segnalibri e la cronologia di navigazione già presenti nella…

• Apple iTV a $1.499 dollari: parola di BestBuy (o forse no)

  Antonio Lupetti

  6 Feb 2012 | 12:02 pm

  Immaginatevi uno schermo da 42 pollici, nell’inconfondibile design Apple. Un iMac molto più grande, molto più sottile, senza bisogno di una tastiera, appeso al muro del vostro salotto. Immaginatevi le icone in perfetto stile iOS che appaiono sullo schermo non appena l’accendete, la possibilità di aggiornare – tramite Siri – Facebook, Twitter, navigare su internet, utilizzare le vostre applicazioni preferite e giocare ai giochi più popolari di sempre direttamente sulla vostra nuova iTV. Fantascienza? No, anzi, sì. Almeno per il momento. Secondo quanto riportato da…

• L’insostenibile frustrazione degli startupper italiani

  Antonio Lupetti

  5 Feb 2012 | 6:01 am

  Se Mark Zuckerberg fosse nato a Napoli. Se Jack Dorsey fosse nato a Siracusa. Se Larry Page fosse nato a Casal Palocco. L’argomentazione è sempre la stessa. La conclusione identica: sarebbero rimasti degli anonimi che nella vita non avrebbero mai potuto valorizzare il loro genio. Il problema? Sta tutto nell’Italia. Nel sistema paese, negli investitori, nella cultura, negli spaghetti e nel mandolino. Come se nascere nel nostro paese fosse un peccato originale incancellabile che tarperebbe le ali a tutti quei rampanti startupper che vorrebbero, invece, volare alto e vedere scolpito il…

• Facebook: tutto quello che c’è da sapere sul gigante dei social network

  Antonio Lupetti

  5 Feb 2012 | 3:26 am

  Quali sono i dati ufficiali più recenti su Facebook? A far luce sulla questione è il rapporto ufficiale presentato il 1° febbraio 2012 davanti alla US Securities and Excange Commission (SEC), alla vigilia della IPO che porterebbe il valore del social network a quota 100 miliardi di dollari e renderebbe il suo fondatore, Marck Zuckerberg – 27 anni – uno degli uomini più ricchi al mondo (con un valore azionario personale di oltre 28,4 miliardi di dollari). Tra i dati che riguardano le dimensioni e l’utilizzo del social network, emerge che Facebook ha 845 milioni di utenti…

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• Super Easy Timesavers for Super Busy Freelancers

  Laura Spencer

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:51 am

  Like most freelancers, my time is important. I have to spend it wisely if I want to earn a profit. Most days I face a challenging to-do list with more tasks on it than I could possibly accomplish. That’s why I make it my mission to work as quickly and efficiently as possible. The alternative, working extra hours or missing a deadline, is just not acceptable. Of course, a mountain of self-help books, blogs, videos, and other materials already exists to help us learn to manage our time more effectively. The trouble is, like most freelancers, I just don’t have enough time to go…

• David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”: Is It Relevant to Freelancers?

  Lexirodrigo

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:56 am

    I first read “Getting Things Done” (GTD) by David Allen in 2007. Back then, I was working full-time in UNICEF, juggling my work responsibilities with a family. Although I didn’t implement GTD completely, it did allow me to unclutter my entire work area (not just my desk). It allowed me to tame my overflowing email inbox. It allowed me to leave my files neatly organized for my successor. GTD was written for corporate executives and office workers. Is it relevant and useful to freelancers as well? If it’s any indication, I still find myself using some of the…

• Can Pinterest Help Your Freelancing Business?

  Laura Spencer

  3 Feb 2012 | 7:15 am

  If you’re active in social media, you may have recently heard of Pinterest, a new social media site that is gaining popularity. In fact, it seems like everyone is suddenly talking about Pinterest. From all the talk it’s hard to tell whether it’s a trend or a fad. You may even wonder if there is any way that your freelancing business could possibly benefit from using Pinterest. You may be asking yourself whether you should get involved in Pinterest. In this post, I’ll take a look at Pinterest from a freelancer’s perspective. I’ll explain what it is and also…

• The Pros and Cons of a Freelancing Partnership

  Lexirodrigo

  1 Feb 2012 | 7:55 am

  Freelancers usually operate solo, but sometimes it’s a good idea for us to enter into partnerships. As a one-person team, there are only so many clients you can serve, and so many skills you can deliver. A partnership can be a good way to expand your freelancing business. However, as in all things, freelancing partnerships have their advantages and disadvantages. If you’re considering partnering with another freelancer, read this post to see if you really know what you’re getting into. The Pros Provide more comprehensive services Sometimes it makes sense to partner with…

• Plan a Marketing Strategy for your Freelance Career

  Jake Rocheleau

  30 Jan 2012 | 7:31 am

  Going the freelance route can be quite an exhilarating process. You drop the 9-to-5 workday in exchange for a whole lot more freedom and independence. But with this job track also comes the burden of management. Personal branding and marketing is a big part of growing your own freelance business. You need to get your name out there into the world and hopefully reel in a few clients. It can be difficult, but I have offered a few ideas below which can get you off on the right foot. It’s best to plan ahead even with a small marketing strategy. Once you put something in place to get the…

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• What’s the “Value” of Super Bowl Advertisements?

  Leif Fescenmeyer

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:11 pm

  Even though Super Bowls can be a bit of a let down, advertisers and brands swarm to get spots for the big game. Case in point, all of the Super Bowl ad spots were sold out before Thanksgiving this year. This is mainly due to brands wanting to get in front of one of the [...] [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• Social Six: Super Bowl Ads Go Social

  Alyssa Rosengarden

  3 Feb 2012 | 2:23 pm

  Super Bowl Ads Are Social Media Savvy If you hadn’t already seen, some of the most anticipated Super Bowl ads have been leaked onto social media sites everywhere this week, and it’s looking like it should be a good year for commercial entertainment. However, this is one of the first years that we... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• Windows Phone 7: A Radically new Direction for Microsoft

  Alan Dodaro

  31 Jan 2012 | 9:28 am

  I’ve spent the past few weeks using a Samsung Windows 7 phone. As an iPhone user since 2007, I was somewhat skeptical but curious to give Windows’ approach to mobile a try. After a few weeks with the Windows Phone 7, I was genuinely surprised by the great mobile experience Microsoft has... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• Social Six: Community Manager Appreciation Day

  Alyssa Rosengarden

  27 Jan 2012 | 3:12 pm

  Community Manager Appreciation Day 2012 This week, community managers everywhere participated in the third annual Community Manager Appreciation Day (also known as CMAD)! Now, while some of you may be thinking “oh no, not another made up holiday”, let me explain why Community Manager Appreciation... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

• A Web Analytics Q&A with Shaina Boone and Elea Feit of the Wharton School

  Shaina Boone

  26 Jan 2012 | 3:08 pm

  As the moderator of this week’s Wharton School of Business panel, “Analytics Across Industries” Elea Feit (Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative) asked CM’s VP Marketing Science a number of questions about current trends in online measurement. Here’s a glimpse inside... [[Read full article on Experience Matters]]

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  Performancing

• Why your Internet Marketing Company Should Offer Conversion Analysis

  Guest Blogger

  29 Jan 2012 | 10:37 pm

  If your internet marketing company is helping to drive traffic to your website, you may still be losing money. But how is that possible? Getting new visitors to your website is only the half the battle; ultimately, they need to become new — and preferably loyal and repeat — customers to benefit your business and help you grow revenue. The process of getting new visitors to become customers is called conversion, and if your internet marketing company isn’t offering conversion analysis as part of your internet marketing strategy, you need to start shopping around for a new marketing…

• Buy Links for SEO or not

  Guest Blogger

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pm

  Links, and in particular one-way links, have always been thought to be one of the top metrics that search engine web sites look for when ranking websites. Although the spirit of linking to another website is to show a tacit recommendation for that website, there are many ways in which this metric can be exploited. One way is to simply buy links or pay a search engine optimization company to buy links for you. The temptation of saving the time and effort of having to build relationships and court the opinions of webmasters is quite a strong one, yet many people swear off buying links for their…

• InstaBG Delivers Instagram Backgrounds To Your Twitter Account Automagically

  Guest Blogger

  31 Dec 2011 | 12:59 pm

  While I take great pride in managing my Twitter account through user interaction, quick responses to questions and sparse sharing of my own personal posts I don’t care much for updating my background so it remains fresh upon user visits. It’s for that reason that I began using and highly recommend the program InstaBG. The InstaBG platform connects users to their Twitter account and the Instagram photo sharing platform in order to create backgrounds based on user preference. The program couldn’t be easier to use, simply click on the “Sign in with Twitter Account”…

• Newest Free Mac Apps for Better Productivity

  Guest Blogger

  24 Dec 2011 | 1:29 am

  We all have trouble focusing from time to time. With the massive time waster that is the Internet tempting us with endless pages of Lolcats, YouTube videos, social-networking sites and Netflix, it is practically turning us all into creatures with the attention span of a goldfish. When was the last time you actually got through a task without checking Facebook? Or sending a text? I bet you can’t even remember. It is no surprise that an avalanche of free applications has been released by developers for the Mac that helps to combat the lack of productivity that sometimes occurs in our…

• Have You Selected The Right SEO Keywords?

  Guest Blogger

  15 Dec 2011 | 10:19 am

  The first step in any successful search engine optimization campaign should be to consider your target market. What products and services do you sell? What sets you apart from your competitors? Why should people shop online with you? These questions help you to build up a picture of those who are likely to buy your products or services online. They also give you an immediate insight into the keywords (search terms) that will be used in order to find your website online. This is a great starting point when considering the keywords that you wish to target. Some would argue that keyword analysis…

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• How to create Twitter widget with WordPress and SimplePie (Part 1)

  bojan

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:42 am

  There are a lot of Twitter widgets for WordPress but in my experience none of those utilize the powerful SimplePie PHP class that is in the WordPress core. SimplePie is a powerful RSS reader class that has very nice built-in caching system since as we all know the Twitter API is limited to only 150 requests per hour creating problems with high traffic websites. You can download the plug-in here. Step 1: Getting the plug-in ready Create a folder and name it bs_twitter. In that folder, create a PHP file and name it the same as the folder i.e. bs_twitter. Also, in the bs_twitter folder create a…

• Top 10 reasons to select WordPress as the platform for your website development

  rajat

  21 Sep 2011 | 12:17 am

  1. Low Cost to start with: Its open source and thus the platform itself is free to use and develop on – starting on WordPress is like less than half the cost of custom developing from scratch or using any other robust CMS. 2. Additional Functionality with Plugins: WordPress community is huge and developing everyday – they contribute in the form of plugins which gives you additional functionality at ease and most of them are free or really low cost. Try to only use plugins which are regularly updated as it means the developer is active and it was not just a onetime thing. 3. Simple to…

• Paypal website isnt loading for the last 30+ min – is it really down?

  rajat

  11 Sep 2011 | 10:02 pm

  I had some transactions to do on Paypal and I have tried opening it but it simply wont load – nothing happens on the page actually. So I called up my friends in Europe and India and it was the same result for them. I went to Pingdom and according to it the site is loading but surprisingly it takes 17+ sec – pingdom tests are from US servers – Its night time in US and so I cant confirm this with anybody. Here is the test link. So I tried to ping and traceroute the site to see the response and make sure that its not only me or the few people I know – here’s the…

• WordPress is the right choice for Business websites or blog – Facts and Figures

  rajat

  9 Sep 2011 | 4:33 am

  About 3 years back we as a Web Design and Development Company, decided to chose WordPress as the only platform we will develop blog/websites on. The progress since then proves that our decision was right. Some of the achievements of WordPress as underlined by Matt in the recent Wordcamp in San Francisco and what it means to us: 14.7%  of the top 1 million websites in the world are now powered by WordPress (one year ago it was 8.5% only) 1 in every 5 new domains created in US are running on WordPress (for new sites its easy to get started with WordPress – design, functionality and cost…

• TimThumb Security Flaw, Akismet-HubSpot integration & Varnish+Apache+WordPress

  mayank

  11 Aug 2011 | 4:21 am

  TimThumb 2.0 – Use it to avoid your WordPress from getting hacked WordPress has been long criticized for security issues although by just applying certain steps one can make it secure and with proper regular backup policy, one need not worry at all.  You must be wondering that why am I talking about security suddenly – well, TimThumb one of the popular library that is used in various WordPress themes has serious security flaws that can be compromised to hack the servers. The flaw was found by Mark Maunder and has started working with the Ben Gillbanks, original developer to…

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  Copyblogger

• How to Recover From a Social Media Hangover

  Cori Padgett

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  “Hello. My name is Cori and I’m a social media addict. “Today is day 1 of my commitment to give myself a regular break from technology and the foggy, uncreative haze it can unwittingly lead to.” I was reading a post the other day by blogger Michael Brenner at B2B Marketing Insider, talking about getting your social media game on. Of course, being the skimmer that I am, the first thing that caught my attention and made me go back and read the whole thing was his mention of having a Social Media Hangover. His hangover was induced by sometimes (as we all do) forgetting to…

• The “New” SEO Secret Weapon

  Sonia Simone

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  If you have a web site, you may have noticed one of two things about the traffic you get from search engines. Your search traffic may have dried up overnight, with once-healthy streams turning into a sad little trickle. Or you may have noticed a nice, steady improvement as you’ve climbed higher in the SERPs (search engine results pages), while other sites that used to outrank you suddenly evaporated. There’s a super-secret new ingredient in SEO. It was always a factor, but it’s become even more important recently, as the Google team relentlessly declares war on what they see…

• 8 Quick Tips for Writing Bullet Points People Actually Want to Read

  Robert Bruce

  7 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  It’s a Twitterized world, we’re just living in it. Blog posts, Tweets, quick videos, Google+, the Facebook Timeline, and tens of thousands of images pinned to digital boards are flying past us faster than we can read them. Faster than we can even scan them, depending on the time of day. What does this mean for writers trying to cut through it all? At least two things that I can think of: You’d better know how to write a compelling headline You’d better know how to write bullet points that grab (and keep) your reader We’re not telling you to keep your copy short.

• 7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Wildly Successful Guest Post

  The Blog Tyrant

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  We all know that guest posts grow blogs. But not many people realize that tactical guest posting grows careers. Most bloggers I see pump out these articles while reciting the mantra “quantity over quality”; there’s no real strategy and there are no real long-term benefits. In this post I am going to show you the seven crucial tactics for writing a radically successful guest post. Done right, these strategies will get you more email subscribers, coveted Google ranking positions, and a big head-start on your content marketing goals. Who am I to teach you about guest blogging?

• 7 Smashing Social Media Marketing Links

  Robert Bruce

  4 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  This week on The Lede … What really works on Twitter One thing social media copywriters should never do 9 productive social media hacks A reminder of the power of the original social media If you just can’t wait for The Lede every Saturday, and you want even more practical, useable links than the seven we highlight here every week, follow @copyblogger on Twitter. It’s painless. Really. // 9 Social Media Hacks You Need to Embrace Now Mr. Baer makes a good case that though social media is inexpensive in monetary terms, it can get good and costly when it comes to spending your…

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• 6 Powerful Guest Post Tactics that No One’s Talking About

  Guest Blogger

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:05 am

  This guest post is by Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind. Guest posting is a hot topic amongst startup bloggers. It is one of the most widely-adopted blog promotion strategies in existence, and has been made perhaps even more popular by the success of “serial” guest posters such as Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing. His “blitzkrieg” strategy may come across to some as a triumph of quantity over strategy, but nothing could be further from the truth. He understands the key concepts that we will be exploring in this post, and executes them in a highly effective manner. Whilst…

• How to Succinctly Report a Blog Issue to Tech Support

  Guest Blogger

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:07 am

  This guest post is by Matthew Setter of Malt Blue. How often do you find it happening to you? You discover an issue with your site, or one of your community members emails you to tell you about it, and soon you start to see tweets about it too. Maybe it’s as simple as an error message that detracts from the professional appearance of your site. Perhaps the contact form doesn’t send messages to your contact email address. Or is it that the whole site just displays as a blank page, otherwise known as the white page of death? You’re not a programmer, a software engineer or a seasoned…

• Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger: Part 2

  Guest Blogger

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:05 pm

  This guest post is by Devesh of WP Kube. A few months ago, I wrote a guest post here called How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger. Today, I’ll go into some more detailed advice to help you speed up your site even more. If you’re a blogger, you already know about the importance of blog loading speed, and the role it plays in search engine rank and marketing your blog. But if this is new territory for you, here are three quick reasons why you need to speed up your blog: Google includes website loading speed as an important metric in their ranking algorithm. If you want…

• How I Beat my Best Month Ever by Doing Something Good, Better [Case Study]

  Darren Rowse

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:04 am

  Mid-December 2010: on my photography site, we launched a new campaign—our first ever 12 Days of Christmas promotion. The result was my biggest month of earnings ever up to that point. The idea was simple: offer discounts on 12 products over the 12 days leading up to Christmas. I used a mix of my own ebooks and products from other photography sites with affiliate commissions. The result was massive. Not only did we see some great revenue generated, it created some lovely buzz on the site. Due to the success of the 2010 campaign, in mid-December 2011 we launched our second 12 Days of…

• Six Steps to Make Sure Your Site Is Ready to Go Viral

  Guest Blogger

  6 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  This guest post is by Nancy Sathre-Vogel of Family on Bikes. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Surely Google Analytics was confusing my site with another, way more popular site. There was no way my visitor numbers could be so high! And yet they were. One of my posts had taken off and was spreading like wildfire. Those viral post phenomena that happen to others were now happening to me. The first day, 17,000 visitors came to my website. The next day we topped out at 56,000. Readers were coming in droves. It was exciting. It was exhilarating. My site, viral! Wow! And then I took a…

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• One Simple Process to Take for More SEO Traffic

  Onibalusi Bamidele

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:51 am

  SEO can be very difficult if you’re just starting and have little to no experience or authority to start with. Of course, there are tons of tutorials online about SEO and link building, but most of them can be sometimes complicated and long-term that it seems you’re not getting as much results for the efforts you put in. In this article I will be sharing a process I use to increase traffic to my blog from the search engines; using this process alone I have been able to increase SEO traffic to one of the pages on my blog from around 400 to 3,000+ visitors monthly. This technique…

• Building Massive PageRanked Backlinks with BuildMyRank

  Zac Johnson

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:37 am

  When it comes to building quality links back to your web sites, it’s important not only to get people linking to your main page, but also your internal links. The internal pages of your blog or web site is where you are going to get all of your longtail keywords ranked, and traffic from the search engines. At the same time you also want to focus on link building for your main page, so what is the best solution? Building PageRanked Links with BuildMyRank Over the past couple of weeks I have been playing around with a content link building service called BuildMyRank. So far it’s…

• Nailing Down Your Niche

  Patti Stafford

  7 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pm

  You’ve heard it a thousand times; you need a niche. Maybe you’ve tried several with some success but not the success you want. Or maybe you try one and it really doesn’t fit, so you try another, and then another. It seems like it’s a never-ending quest to find what you’re good at and can make money doing. I’ve been there. I’m a writer. I “thought” my niche should be writing. The thing is, I’m not passionate about writing about writing. I love to write, I just don’t want to talk about it all day. I also love Internet Marketing,…

• The Advantages Internet Advertising Brings To The Plate

  Rob Starr

  5 Feb 2012 | 1:59 pm

  I deal with people now and again that understand they need some kind of Internet advertising to help their company to take off but they’re really not sure what it is and how to go about getting the right kind. First off, the benefits to getting exposure on the Web. Simply put, you get more of it for less. With the right people using a combination of social media, blogs and articles as well as maybe even some videos and other mediums, more people will be able to read about the goods and services that you have for sale for a cheaper price than with print or even television and radio.

• Top 10 WordPress Plugins To Improve a WordPress Blog

  Zac Johnson

  5 Feb 2012 | 1:54 pm

  One of the best things about WordPress is the ability to customize your blog with plugins. The only issues is that there are thousands of plugins to choose from and just not enough time to go through all of them. Luckily, WordPress plugins are kind of like iPhone and Android apps: no matter what you’re looking to do, there’s an app for that. So you can be sure that whatever type of functionality you’re looking to add to your blog, more than likely there is a plugin for it. There are plugins to help increase traffic, help boost your rankings, help speed up your blog, encourage the…

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• New Backlink Analysis Tool

  Daniel Scocco

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:56 am

  Since Yahoo! closed the Site Explorer service bloggers and webmasters (myself included) were left without any solid alternative. I have been looking for similar tools since then, and an interesting one I found recently is called ahrefs.com. It’s a paid service, but there are many free tools you can use on their website as well. For instance, right on the homepage you can type your domain name and click on “Explore Links” to get an overview of how your website is doing. As you can see from the screenshot above you get a lot of data back. For instance, you can see the total…

• Come Join the Social Media Club

  Daniel Scocco

  7 Feb 2012 | 4:37 am

  Back in 2009 I created two clubs, one called “Retweet Club” and the other one called “Facebook Club”, where members would share each other’s content, with the goal of increasing social media traffic to their blogs and websites. The clubs worked as mailing lists (using Google Groups), but eventually the activity died down. The main reason was the following: sharing wasn’t fair. A member could be selfish and only send requests to the club, without ever sharing the content from other members. A couple of weeks ago I started thinking about what could be a…

• How Many Posts Should You Write Each Week?

  Ali Luke

  5 Feb 2012 | 7:01 pm

  When I started blogging, four years ago, many experts advised posting daily – to increase traffic and keep readers hooked. And many popular blogs do post every day (at least on weekdays). Should you post every day, though? Probably not. Why? Because: If you write two posts each week instead of five (or seven), those posts will be much better written. If you only post once or twice a week, you’ll usually find that you get more comments on each post. If you don’t post too frequently, readers may actually read every post, instead of one in five. If you don’t use up all your ideas in the…

• How Much Does A New Customer Cost?

  Guest Author

  3 Feb 2012 | 8:28 pm

  For someone who is about to start up their own business, whether online or not, this is an essential question to ask. When you sell a product or service you need someone to make a purchase so you can make money. The most important principle in business is that there are two different types of people involved in your business; customers and clients. While both of these may appear at first to be the same they are critically different and concentrating on one over the other can be the difference between success and failure. This concept, what I call the $1 Customer, I teach to clients in order…

• 10 Ways to Ensure No-One Will Read Your Content

  Ali Luke

  2 Feb 2012 | 8:44 pm

  So many bloggers put tons of time and effort into getting more traffic – but perhaps that sounds like trying way too hard. Your ideas are so awesome, your personality so strong, that readers will just come to you. I’m going to give you ten straightforward ways to make sure the whole world knows you’re not going to pander to your readers. (Oh, and if you would like to have a few more readers – try doing the opposite of everything on this list.) 1. Give Your Post the First Title You Come Up With You’re in a hurry, right? So your post will do just fine with the…

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• What Business Bloggers Can Learn from Hobby Bloggers

  Linda Dessau

  6 Feb 2012 | 6:15 am

  This is a guest post by Linda Dessau of ContentMasteryGuide.com While business bloggers have the ultimate goal of attracting prospective clients, hobby bloggers have a whole other set of motives. Here are just three of them, along with some ways you can apply them to your business blog: Free Your Passion Hobby bloggers have the liberty to indulge in deep exploration of their passions, wherever that journey takes them. In an earlier article about what happens when artists call their art a hobby, I noted how that "means freedom from the creative constraints that might be involved once you…

• Six Essential SEO Strategies for Bloggers

  Denise Wakeman

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am

  Bloggers can never get enough advice about SEO. This is a guest post by Chrisian Arno at Lingo24.  Six Essential SEO Strategies for Bloggers When a blog forms part of your marketing strategy, you need to be confident your words will reach the right people. With search engines constantly refining their algorithms, not to mention the huge amount of information competing for your readers, this can seem like an impossible task. Here are six strategies that can help you regain your confidence with SEO.Do Your ResearchIf you are someone who dashes off blog posts when inspiration strikes, slow…

• Blogging Without Dates - The pros, the cons and meeting in the middle

  Linda Dessau

  6 Jan 2012 | 6:45 am

  This is a guest post by Linda Dessau of ContentMasteryGuide.com In his October 2011 post about why you no longer need a blog (in the traditional sense), John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing predicts that soon our content will "no longer be consumed in chronological fashion." When Jim Connolly of Internet Marketing Jam explored the question of why people remove dates from their blog posts, in the end, he came to the conclusion that for his blog, the benefits far outweighed any risks. What are the pros of blogging without dates? What benefits did Jim Connolly see? People were spending more…

• Pitching to bloggers - the do’s and don’ts of blogger pitching

  Denise Wakeman

  22 Dec 2011 | 6:25 am

  This is a guest post by Kristy Shaw of Punch Communications. Pitching to bloggers… the do’s and don’ts of blogger pitching Life as a PR has certainly changed over the last few years; with the rise in popularity of blogs it has meant having to adapt the way I pitch to different types of media. Bloggers can be just as influential as many print publications and therefore should always be on PR agencies radars.  Pitching to bloggers is a world away from traditional pitches to journalists; there are many more things to take into account. For example, in contrast to traditional media…

• Two Tips for Generating More Leads on Your Business Blog

  Denise Wakeman

  19 Dec 2011 | 6:55 am

  Recently I joined the Social Media Biz School as an instructor. In the video below, I share a couple of the business blogging tips to give you a taste of the kind of strategies, tactics, tips and tools you'll be learning in the free 27 minute webinar on demand: How to Generate More Leads with Social Media... [Can't see the video in your blog reader? Click here to watch on YouTube.]  You can get instant access to the free webinar here. Your instructors are: Viveka von Rosen (LinkedIn), Lori Gama (Twitter), Andrea Vahl (Facebook), Lou Bortone (Online Video) and me (Blogging). Get…

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• 5 WordPress Plugins I Won’t Build a Blog Without

  Jonathan Bailey

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:37 am

  WordPress, out of the box, is already a great content management system (CMS) and a great blogging platform. However, just like most Web browsers, the real power of WordPress isn’t unlocked until you start to add some plugins that help you customize and streamline your WordPress experience. But while most WordPress users are well aware of Akismet, various caching plugins and other near-essential tools for blogging, over the years I’ve found a slew of lesser-known plugins that have become indespensible to me and my bloggging. Though the full list could probably go on for quite some…

• How to Create a Catchy Title in 2012

  Amanda DiSilvestro

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:02 am

  Everyone knows that readers scroll down a blog until they find a title they like. I do it all the time, and why shouldn’t I? A title is supposed to let me know what the article is about, and I am not interested in spending my time reading a bunch of articles that don’t interest me. Ironically enough, this is the attitude that I as a blog editor try so hard to counteract. As a blog owner, you want every article to be of interest to someone who comes to your blog. You want them to see that catchy title and decide that the article is worthy of their precious time. In other words, the title…

• How To Destroy Your Blog With Bad Social Media Engagement Practices

  James Johnson

  7 Feb 2012 | 10:28 am

  Building a brand around your website isn’t a simple process, not only do you have to create amazing content that readers want to engage with, you have to work off-site to spread the word about that content in a manner that peaks the interest of readers. Unfortunately many new bloggers and even some seasoned writers fail to properly use social media properly, destroying the work they put into their posts before they have a chance to go viral. In this section we’ll examine some of the ways you can destroy your blog by become over zealous about the use of social media. 1. Destroying…

• Practice Being a Blogger Daily

  BP Guest Blogger

  6 Feb 2012 | 3:12 am

  Blogs are a dime a dozen. Seriously, take a few minutes to type “blog” in Google’s web search, and you will get an unbelievable number of results. Those are only the ones that have kept the keyword somewhere in their SEO results. There are millions of blogs, some successful and some not-so-successful. Some are based on images and others on writing. You will never be able to get a very good picture of just how many are out there, but the thought is a little overwhelming. The best thing a blogger in today’s over-saturated market can do is carve out a nice, little piece…

• Creating a Shared Content Box Across All of Your WordPress Blogs

  James Junior

  3 Feb 2012 | 9:40 pm

  More than five years ago, I was bit by the Autoblog bug. I don’t build them anymore, but I still build WordPress blogs in large numbers. One of my pet peeves when I was working with 100+ different blogs was that if I wanted to interlink them, or have the exact same links on the sidebar of each blog, I would have to add these links manually to each and every blog every time I built a new blog. For example, if I have 98 blogs, and I want every one of them to have a link to blog #99 that I just created, I would have to add that link to all 98 blogs manually. That is very time-consuming, so I…

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• New Themes: Splendio and Suburbia

  Michelle Langston

  7 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am

  Happy Tuesday! We’ve got two unique free themes for you today, and they are quite a study in contrasts. Our first theme, Splendio, dazzles with an unconventional yet stylish design from Design Disease that pops out of the box — literally. How you use this theme is limited only by your imagination! It comes loaded with features: six widget areas (one in the right sidebar and up to five in the footer), featured header images, and a custom background. In addition, there’s a showcase page template (pictured in the screenshot above) that includes a featured slider for sticky posts,…

• Post Videos from Your iPhone or iPad

  Gary

  3 Feb 2012 | 3:01 am

  Would you like to post videos to your blog while you’re on the go? Are you interested in a photography theme that’s also video-friendly? Well, look no further, because we have some news for you. The VideoPress upgrade, which allows you to upload and embed your own videos on your blog, now comfortably handles videos from iPhones and iPads. You can shoot vertically or horizontally, and we’ll take care of rotating it for you so that your video looks great when it’s published on your site. If you don’t already have VideoPress on your WordPress.com account, head on…

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  Takashi Irie

  2 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Today, I’m excited to introduce the latest additions to our collection of premium themes. Designed by Andy Rutledge, Currents, is a responsive, minimal yet attractive premium theme from WooThemes. Currents is perfect for news driven sites. The phrase, “less is more” couldn’t be more true. This clean and minimal design maximises your reader’s focus on the content. Having said that, the theme is packed with many customization options — a wide featured post slider, custom news areas, six alternative color styles, and more. Together, all of these features help…

• Import from Tumblr in 3 Easy Steps

  Peter Westwood

  2 Feb 2012 | 4:06 am

  We’ve recently noticed that a fair number of you have been bringing your tumblelogs over from Tumblr to WordPress.com using one of the variety of Tumblr to WXR conversion tools which exist on the web. We thought you would appreciate an easier way to import your content, so we bring you 3 easy steps to import your content. Authenticate with Tumblr To bring your tumblelog’s content to WordPress.com, head to Tools → Import in your WordPress.com dashboard and look for the Tumblr importer. If you don’t already have an account here on WordPress.com then head over and sign up…

• Chrome Users: Try the WordPress.com Extension

  Christopher Finke

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:54 am

  Want to receive WordPress.com notifications instantly, even when you’re not on WordPress.com? Add the new WordPress.com extension for Chrome and as soon as you get a new follower or a new like on one of your posts, a notification will appear in your browser: Simply click the icon to view your latest WordPress.com notifications: Start following new blogs without visiting WordPress.com The Chrome extension also makes it easy to follow sites from your WordPress.com account by displaying a Follow button whenever you’re browsing a site that has an RSS feed. Clicking the Follow button…

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• Year of the Meetup

  Jane Wells

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:17 pm

  We hereby declare 2012 as the Year of the WordPress Meetup. You’ll want to get in on this action. meet·up \mēt-əp\ noun A meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking Web site: a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip; a meetup for WordPress users.1 So what is a WordPress Meetup? Basically, it’s people in a community getting together — meeting up — who share an interest in WordPress, whether…

• Internet Blackout Day on January 18

  Jane Wells

  17 Jan 2012 | 3:18 pm

  WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago, if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of corporations. We must stop it. On January 18, 2012 many sites around the web — from small personal blogs to internet institutions like Mozilla, Wikipedia, reddit, and I Can Has Cheezburger? – will be going dark in protest and to drive their visitors to sites like americancensorship.org to…

• Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

  Jane Wells

  10 Jan 2012 | 11:18 am

  You are an agent of change. Has anyone ever told you that? Well, I just did, and I meant it. Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project — having users from all over the globe that span the political spectrum is evidence that we are doing our job and democratizing publishing, and we don’t want to alienate any of our users no matter how much some of us may disagree with some of them personally. Today, I’m breaking our no-politics rule, because there’s something going on in U.S. politics right now that we need to make sure you know…

• WordPress 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release

  Ryan Boren

  3 Jan 2012 | 1:24 pm

  WordPress 3.3.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 15 issues with WordPress 3.3, as well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3. Thanks to Joshua H., Hoang T., Stefan Zimmerman, Chris K., and the Go Daddy security team for responsibly disclosing the bug to our security team. Download 3.3.1 or visit Dashboard → Updates in your site admin.

• WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”

  Matt Mullenweg

  12 Dec 2011 | 2:58 pm

  The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard. WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released, and in this third major iteration we’ve added significant polish around the new user experience, navigation, uploading, and imports. Check out this short video that summarizes the things we think you’ll find are the cat’s pajamas: For Users Experienced users will…

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• WP Late Night 002: The Usual Suspects

  Ryan Imel

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:45 am

  Prepare your earholes for the second-ever episode of WP Late Night, the WordPress podcast from Brad Williams, Dre Armeda, and Ryan Imel (that’s me!). This episode we discussed a number of recent events in the WordPress community, and even tried (kind of) to deduce the identities of the WP Honey Badger and PinkPonyPress.You can read the episode breakdown and listen to the audio itself just after the jump.Episode 002: The Usual SuspectsIn this episode (audio below), Brad and Dre and I discussed:Jetpack defaults to automatically enabling new featuresKevinjohn’s blog post and ensuing…

• Internationalization should be common practice, not a feature

  Piet Bos

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:21 am

  A subject finally getting some attention in the WordPress community is i18n, or internationalization.Internationalization is the process of making an application ready for translation. Often this gets confused with localization, which is the process by which the text on the page and other settings are translated and adapted to another language and culture.Both internationalization and localization are equally important within WordPress, but there cannot be any localization if the theme or plugin has not been internationalized first. Therefore it is of utmost importance for WordPress theme and…

• The Quarterly Magazine’s design process, sped up on video

  Ryan Imel

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:21 am

  The first issue of The WPCandy Quarterly is in the printing queue as you read these words. Exciting, right? Since there’s nothing I can do to speed up the process (believe me, I would if I could) I’ve taken some time and looked back over the first issue’s development.One thing I did, while the design process of the Quarterly moved along, was save several drafts. There were nearly 50 individual design drafts of this issue, actually (we drafted articles separately with the individual authors).Since the drafts were interesting, I put together a quick video showing a few stages…

• How to query by “standard” post format

  Mark McWilliams

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:52 am

  Ever find yourself wanting to query the “standard” post format within WordPress and not having much luck? It turns out there’s a Trac Ticket for this very subject But for now, Alex King came up with a way for it to work with WP_Query calls. Go have a look at his code.You just finished reading How to query by "standard" post format on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

• The first WP on Tour was a huge success

  Remkus de Vries

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:40 am

  The 15th of January through the 22nd finally saw its first WP on Tour go live. WPCandy mentioned WP on Tour here before, but it’s basically a bunch of WordPress developers (of all shapes and sizes) sharing a working space for a week.  This first edition saw 10 of us — yes, I was fortunate to be among them — in a beautiful house in Sitges, Spain having fun and co-working for 7 days.You can find the full list of WP on Tour attendees on this Twitter list, You might have noticed some of your WordPress buddies on Twitter mentioning the #wpontour hashtag and you might have concluded…

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• Twitter Now Employs 833 People, Targets 1,000 By Year End [STATS]

  Shea Bennett

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

  Last month Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that the company now employs “about 900 people”. I’ve been tracking Twitter’s staff count pretty closely for a few years now, and while it’s certainly true that Twitter’s hiring spree is on a major uptrend, with some serious growth in the past few weeks, either Costolo rounded up a little, or Twitter themselves are slow to update their own data, because their current roster looks to be set at 833 people. Impressive, for sure – and by my calculations, Twitter should hire its 1000th employee before the end of this year. continued……

• From New York To San Francisco: The Social Media Salary Guide [INFOGRAPHIC]

  Shea Bennett

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 pm

  Do you want to work in social media? You’re not alone. As the business booms, so too does the range of roles and responsibilities within the field. Copywriters, bloggers, specialists, community and PR managers, strategists and marketers – there’s a little of something for everyone. And while it’s certainly true that New York and California are the cornerstones of the social media workforce, the demand for expertise and competence in this industry is now so great that positions are opening up all across America. So, here’s the big question: how well does it pay? continued……

• BBC Clamps Down On Twitter Use, Tells Journalists Not To Tweet Breaking News

  Lauren Dugan

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:00 am

  Journalists for the BBC have been told not to tweet breaking news before they’ve filed a story, as it would slow down the process of getting newsworthy stories into the BBC’s newsroom. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

• Twitter Might Be More Addictive Than Alcohol Or Sex

  Lauren Dugan

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:45 am

  How well can you resist your desires? Apparently, if they include checking your @mentions and sending out profound thoughts in 140 characters or less, they’re extremely hard to resist. A new study has been released that suggests that Twitter, email and other online communication is more addictive than cigarettes, alcohol or sex. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

• Want To Work At Twitter? They’re Hiring A New VP Communications

  Lauren Dugan

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:30 am

  The rumor mill is churning today over Twitter’s vacant VP Corporate Communications spot, left open when the former VP jumped ship in November. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

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• Turn.js page turn plugin

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  7 Feb 2012 | 5:35 am

  jQuery plugin that adds a beautiful "page turn" transition similar to flipping a book or magazine for HTML5.

• 42 Logo Designs With Creative Use of Pen

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  2 Feb 2012 | 9:14 pm

  A showcase of creative logos where the "pen" is the focal point.

• 5 Tips for Designing iPhone Apps in Photoshop

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  2 Feb 2012 | 3:22 am

  Some tips on creating the mockup and basic skeleton of your iPhone App in Photoshop.

• Beating Borders: The Bane of Responsive Layout

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  This article looks at how CSS's "outline" and "box-sizing" properties can help resolve issues that arise in percentage based layouts.

• Web Typography for the Lonely

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  Cutting edge experiments with HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics to create interesting typography effects.

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• Entrepreneurs bloom at Mars Area High

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:34 am

  T.J. Pieffer, 15, of Mars, is the star of a weekly show, "Teej Tuesday," which he broadcasts on YouTube.

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  8 Feb 2012 | 11:30 pm

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• Domtar Teams with Hatch Show Print to Boost AIGA's Design for Good

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:15 pm

  Domtar Corporation has collaborated with Hatch Show Print to create a limited edition poster that supports AIGA's "Design for Good" initiative - an effort to recognize and support pro bono social engagement design projects.

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• The Weekly Wraparound: February 3

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  Top stories this week: A new partner at Pentagram, Bloomberg Businessweek’s newfound edge, learning responsive design as you go, Design Envy picks from Joan Raspo and more.

• The Weekly Wraparound: January 27

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:22 am

  Top stories this week: redesigns, Facebook’s IPO, IxDA People’s Choice Award, a dearth of critical discourse on design, Design Envy picks from Jonnie Hallman and more.

• What role do design competitions play?

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am

  Through member surveys, conversations with stakeholders and conference sessions, AIGA has been examining the role of annual design competitions. AIGA Executive Director Ric Grefé explains the thinking behind new programs and competition structures. 

• The True Partnership: How to Get Great Design Solutions

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  There are three general types or client/designer relationships: boss/worker, friends and partners. All three types have their place, but only one of them offers the potential for truly great design to emerge.

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  20 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am

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• US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:31 pm

  redletterdave writes "Following the precedent set by commercial airliners, the U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing heavy flight bags with light and efficient Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircraft. The devices will reportedly be used by the crews on the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft. There are several benefits to using electronic flight bags instead of physical versions. For one, the iPad can instantly update charts electronically, while the AMC would require flying charts get reprinted every 28 days to stay…

• Labor Activist: Apple May Be Terrible, But All Others Are Worse

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:07 pm

  CheerfulMacFanboy writes "Labor Activist Li Qiang wants you to know that the iPhone 4 in his pocket is not an endorsement of Apple's policies, just an acknowledgment that the company is doing a better job of monitoring factory conditions than its peers. The founder of leading advocacy group China Labor Watch (CLW) told us that, though the Cupertino company does more-thorough inspections than competitors, it is responsible for poor working conditions at its suppliers' factories and needs to invest some of its record-breaking profits in improving them. 'Although I know that the iPhone 4 is made…

• The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers

  Unknown Lamer

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:02 am

  New submitter HungryMonkey writes "According to the latest EBITDA numbers from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, the subsidies they have to pay Apple in order to carry the iPhone are drastically reducing their profits. From the Article: '"A logical conclusion is that the iPhone is not good for wireless carriers," says Mike McCormack, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "When we look at the direct and indirect economics that Apple has managed to extract from the carriers, the carrier-level value destruction is quite evident."' So one money sucking leech has attached itself to another money sucking…

• Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit

  Soulskill

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:51 pm

  redletterdave writes "Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win up to $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name 'iPad' in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of…

• Apple Intern Spent 12 Weeks Porting Mac OS X To ARM

  timothy

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:29 am

  An anonymous reader writes "Apple hasn't released a Mac OS X device running on ARM yet, but a recently discovered thesis from a former Apple intern going by the name of Tristan Schapp details a 12-week project carried out in 2010 to port the OS to the ARMv5 architecture. The port got as far as booting to a multi-user prompt, but then hit hurdles to do with drivers and cache. The good news is that same intern now works for Apple as part of the CoreOS team. With rumors last year that a MacBook Air running on ARM could appear by 2013, could he be part of a team making that happen? If he is, I…

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  After the release of the DMXzone Tabs, comes a new version of our popular Facebook Fan Page. We've improved the extension installation for DW CS 5.5+ and now you can build new Facebook Fan Gates or keep them up to date within the latest versions of Dreamweaver. This amazing extension is all you need when looking for an easy way to customize your Facebook Fan Page Tabs. It enables you to use all the DMXzone extensions and empower your Fan Gates!If you still don't have the Facebook Fan Page, for a limited time you can get it on a discounted

• Moving Web Page Elements Using The CSS3 Translate Transform

  DMXzone

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

  CSS3 offers a wealth of possibilities in terms of visual and interactive effects, even allowing you to create animated elements without the need for either Flash or JavaScript. In this tutorial we’ll go through the process of translating a page element using a CSS3 transform.

• 3D Gallery with CSS3 and JQuery

  DMXzone

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

  With 3D transforms, we can make simple elements more interesting by setting them into three dimensional space. Together with CSS transitions, these elements can be moved in 3D space and create a realistic effect. Today, we want to share an experimental 3D gallery with you that uses CSS 3D transforms.

• Designing for Responsiveness

  DMXzone

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

  A designer’s role is no longer to produce a mockup and then pass it off to the developer because responsive design is not just a two step process, it is a series of revisions. Most of which are made in the browser. It is a collaborative effort between the designer and developer, no longer two separate tasks. In this tutorial you can find some tips and a general workflow to make the transition from designing static sites to designing responsive ones a little easier.

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• Flex 5 UIComponent should have Behavior Design Pattern [part 2]

  Badu's Flex Blog

  21 Jan 2012 | 2:30 am

  I’ve been asked for an example, so here it is. Read this first, but look to it as an abstraction. package org.apache.flex.five.corebehaviors { import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.events.FocusEvent;   import org.apache.flex.five.interfaces.IBehavior; import org.apache.flex.five.interfaces.IUIComponent;   public final class FocusListener implements IBehavior { private var _target : IUIComponent;   public function FocusListener(target : IUIComponent) { _target = target; _target.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, focusInHandler);…

• Drawing Display Objects into Bitmaps with BitmapData.draw() Method - AS3 How-To

  Flash and Math

  8 Jan 2012 | 7:30 pm

  In many circumstances you may want to draw a DisplayObject into a Bitmap. For example, to take an image 'snapshot' of a Sprite. The important BitmapData.draw method became even more important in development for mobile as Bitmaps are easier to process by mobile devices than vector content. We discuss the method with special emphasis on the second, often overlooked, transform matrix parameter. AS3 Flash source files provided.

• BitmapData.draw or cacheAsBitmapMatrix or Vector Content - AIR Mobile Experiments

  Flash and Math

  19 Dec 2011 | 9:48 pm

  Suppose you want to zoom and pan a MovieClip with static but otherwise complex vector content. From the point of view of performance - memory and frame rate - is it better to leave it in the vector form, draw a scaled up version into a BitmapData or use cacheAsBitmapMatrix AS3 method available in mobile AIR? We compare these three techniques and provide Flash source files and AS3 code which make it easy to test. Also, we show how to create one-finger panning effect.

• AS3 DisplayObject Auto Sorter

  blog.natejc.com

  30 Nov 2011 | 12:39 am

  A common issue I have while creating Flash/ActionScript 3 games is needing to depth sort DisplayObjects based on some property of the display object itself (most often, their y coordinate). I do this so often that, a while back, I created a special class that extends Sprite and automatically handles this for you. I thought

• Using Flash to Skin Flex Components

  jester (jessewarden.com)

  25 Oct 2011 | 6:22 pm

  I’ll add more later… busy… package {   import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.display.BlendMode; import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.geom.ColorTransform; import flash.geom.Matrix;   import mx.core.UIComponent;   [DefaultProperty("children")] public class FlashSymbolContainer extends UIComponent {   private var _children:Array; private var childrenDirty:Boolean = false; … Continue reading →

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• Moving Web Page Elements Using The CSS3 Translate Transform

  DMXzone

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:21 am

  CSS3 offers a wealth of possibilities in terms of visual and interactive effects, even allowing you to create animated elements without the need for either Flash or JavaScript. In this tutorial we’ll go through the process of translating a page element using a CSS3 transform.

• Flash builder gotcha: Main application must be in the list of application paths

  TomKordys Blog

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:37 am

  Note to self I got this weird error when I was trying to change local output folder of my project Main application must be in the list of application paths. Changing it from bin-debug to anything else would simply not allow me to click OK. Solution is quite simple, you have multiple applications in one [...]

• Digital Clock

  Adobe Flex cookbook

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:16 am

  I need a simple digital clock, but did not find any such standard component. Then using Timer and Date class I tried to create a Digital Clock in ActionScript.

• Jarimatika Flash Lite Application

  perkembangan flash lite

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:22 am

  This 3 student ; Nur, Risang and Asrori become more populer around student in Indonesia after launching their flash lite apps called Jarimatika. Jarimatika stand for Jari (Finger) And Matematika (Math). This app help student to learn deeply more about calculating, manipulating numbers with finger as calculation tools.This simple step just bring them as finalist in Lomba Karya Ilmiah Remaja in Indonesia. Most student, specially in elementary school having much proble in math. While they used to call Calculator apps in their celular phone. So this is the best combination with phones, apps and…

• NTUGuide – My new app on wp7 marketplace

  Flashactions

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:35 pm

  I know this is not the best place, considering the blog’s title itself claims to be “Flash”.  I don’t wish to get into this debate of Flash Vs Silverlight or Flash Vs HTML5. I am a programmer and I see technologies as tools. The more tools I can effectively use, the more stronger I become. As a [...]

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• Let Me Sink - Emotional Rainy Scene Photo Manipulation

  Photoshop Tutorials

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:37 am

  In this tutorial I'll show you how to create an emotional photo manipulation called "Let me sink". We'll come through techniques of manipulating, retouching, using brush, layer mask, adjusting light and shadow a well as other several techniques to create an emotional rainy scene. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/let-me-sink-emotional-rainy-scene-photo-manipulation.html)

• Copy Appearance from one object to another in Adobe Illustrator

  adobe Photoshop Secrets

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:21 pm

  In Adobe Illustrator you can quickly copy appearance from one object to another using Eyedropper tool. Basically it is copy-paste done at once. Appearance want to say: Stroke, Fill, Live Effects (Roughen, Zig Zag) even and Photoshop raster Effects. First select Eyedropper tool (I) from toolbox, press Ctrl on your keyboard to temporary switch to Selection tool. Click object you want to transfer appearance to select it. Release Ctrl to switch back to Eyedropper tool then click on object from which you want to copy appearance.

• How to Create a Chocolaty Valentine’s Day Card for Your Girlfriend

  Photoshop Tutorials

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:37 pm

  This Valentine’s day, show your true love with a Valentine’s Day card! Whether it’s for your partner or yourself, you’ll have a fun time making it. This tutorial will show you how to create an easy swirling background and how to use layer styles to create a chocolaty text effect. Once you’re done, feel free to customize it with personal photos or just a few cute hearts. Read more... (http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/text-effects/create-a-chocolaty-valentines-day-card-for-you-or-your-girlfriend.html)

• A better Photoshop grid for responsive web design

  Jeffrey Zeldman

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:36 am

  IN MAKING the move to responsive web design, one of the potential hurdles is the rather awkward maths for calculating the percentage-based widths necessary for fluid layouts. If, for example, you’re designing with a 960px grid in Photoshop and you have six columns, each 140px wide, you divide 140 by 960 to get your percentage-based [...]

• Process Multiple Files in Photoshop Elements

  adobe Photoshop Secrets

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:10 pm

  Photoshop Elements offers feature similar to Image Processor in Photoshop, similar but not exactly the same with some advantages and disadvantages. Advantage is that you can apply Quick Fix without recording actions and to add watermark text if you want, disadvantage is that you can not control Quick Fix. There is one option not covered in video tutorial: Same as Source below Destination folder. Use this option if you want to save images in same folder but keep in mind that original files may be replaced. For example if you want only to resize JPEG images and save them with

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• Native Extensions with Nick Kwiatkowski: The Flex Show Episode 160

  The Flex Show

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:27 am

  We sat down with Nick to talk about . Notes Jeffry's February Album Writing Month Page 360 Mac Dev (Catch it next year) Native Extension List on Adobe.com ExtensionsforAIR.com Sponsored By Register Now for 360 Flex Denver to learn from the Flex Experts Contact E-mail Jeffry and John Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook +1 us on Google+

• New logo for Apache Flex

  Leonardo França - English Version

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:27 am

  The new Flex Apache logo was chosen by a contest in late January. The total number of submissions received was astonishing. The contest received a total of 54 submissions. While some designers submitted multiple logo’s, most of the submissions were … Continue reading →

• Flash Builder Performance Issues

  Day2Day Development

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:14 am

  I currently use FlashBuilder 4.6 Premium Standalone for Flex and AIR development. I find that many of the features built into the IDE are helpful and I find it to be very useful. However, the biggest problem I run into is that I constantly run out of memory. I have already adjust the memory and [...]

• Flex User Group 2012 Tour European Dates

  Ben Forta

  6 Feb 2012 | 6:14 pm

  Following up on the Flex User Group 2012 Tour: North America Dates dates (mentioned recently), Flex User Group 2012 Tour: European Dates have now also been posted.

• Minko “ShaderLab” sneak peak: Embedding Shaders In A...

  Flash Daily

  4 Feb 2012 | 3:59 am

  Minko “ShaderLab” sneak peak: Embedding Shaders In A Web Page “The ShaderLab is a Flex web application. It’s really easy to use and anyone can start playing. The only requirement is to know shader basics and 3D maths. The tool is actually so powerful that you can build an entire hardware accelerated particles engine without a single line of AS3. ShaderLab will provide a “Share” button “à la Youtube”. It will provide an HTML code - an iframe really - to embed your creations on your blog/website”

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• Tablets equipped to challenge iPad’s authority in 2012

  Digg

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:16 pm

  With amazing figures to show for iPad's sales, do other tablets stand a chance against Apple's deftly fueled onslaught?

• Apple's iOS 5.1 update rumored to launch March 9

  Digg

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:57 am

  Profiles created for different iPhone operators point to early March as a possible date for the release of iOS 5.1, one that could coincide with the debut of the iPad 3. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Apple.

• The best iPhone tethering apps (and one to avoid)

  Digg

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:34 am

  Wireless carriers have us right where they want us. When there are only four significant national providers in the US, there’s only so much competition for our business. So when they all band together (even if only in mindset) and decide on a “new rule,” customers are forced to play along.

• Google Drive Cloud Storage Near Ready

  Digg

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:41 am

  Google is said to be close to launching its own cloud-storage service that is set to compete with Dropbox. The tip-off was offered to the Wall Street Journal, which says that it has talked to ‘people familiar with the matter.’ The long-rumored service dubbed 'Drive'

• Apple to Introduce iPad 3 in First Week of March

  Digg

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:12 am

  AllThingsD, which has an accurate track record in revealing Apple's new product media events, is reporting that Apple will hold an event to...

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  NFL.com

• After blocking Bucs interview, Packers promote McAdoo

  La Canfora, Jason

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:55 pm

  The Green Bay Packers have agreed to a contract with Ben McAdoo to name him their new quarterbacks coach, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.

• Packers QB Rodgers might host 'SNL', says he'd counsel Luck

  NFL.com

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:45 am

  Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told ESPN Radio in Milwaukee on Tuesday that he got some feelers about appearing on "Saturday Night Live" and spoke with some cast members over the weekend.

• Bucs' Schiano blocked from interviewing another OC candidate

  La Canfora, Jason

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am

  Green Bay has blocked tight ends coach Ben McAdoo from interviewing for the Buccaneers' offensive coordinator position.

• Packers' Rodgers voted AP NFL Most Valuable Player

  Associated Press

  4 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm

  Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was announced as the NFL's Most Valuable Player on Saturday night at NFL Honors, beating out Saints QB Drew Brees in a landslide.

• Only 246 fans displaced at 2011 Super Bowl took seats for XLVI

  Associated Press

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:51 pm

  Of the roughly 3,200 fans who found themselves scrambling in last year's Super Bowl seating fiasco in Dallas, 246 took the NFL up on its offer of a ticket to Sunday's game in Indianapolis between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.

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• Giveaway: 100 Custom Flyers from Next Day Flyers

  Jacob Gube

  23 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am

  Advertise here with BSA We’ve partnered up again with our wonderful friends at Next Day Flyers to give away two sets of 1/4-page flyers with free shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. Each set contains 100 flyers. Flyer printing can be used and customized for a variety of purposes including promoting a club event, marketing a small business and sending out announcements. Read on to see how you can win! ** Update: Giveaway Period Has Ended ** About Next Day Flyers Next Day Flyers is an offset printing company offering an array of printed materials such as flyers, business cards,…

• The Proxority Principle in Web Design

  Jacob Gube

  18 Jan 2012 | 5:27 am

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• Giveaway: 10 Subscriptions to Mindomo (Mind-Mapping App)

  Jacob Gube

  18 Jan 2012 | 5:20 am

  Advertise here with BSA Mindomo, a mind mapping application for brainstorming,  has teamed up with us to give out 10 Premium Account subscriptions for one year (worth $65 each). Read on to see how you can win this awesome prize. ** Update: Giveaway Period Has Ended ** About Mindomo Mindomo is a simple mind mapping application, which can be used individually or in group for creative idea generation, gathering project requirements, building quick site-maps and simple project management. A designer’s mind map created by Mindomo. Mindomo allows easy development of a design concept or idea.

• Announcement: Winners of PSD2HTML.com PSD to Conversion Services

  Jacob Gube

  14 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am

  Advertise here with BSA We had a great giveaway from our friends at PSD2HTML.com, a leading provider of PSD to HTML conversion services. In this post, we’d like to announce the two winners who’ve won themselves $400 and $300 worth of PSD2HTML.com services, as well as three free pages of design to mobile template conversion. The Winners The first prize winner receives $400 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion, while the second prize winner gets $300 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion. Below are…

• Giveaway: 5 Free Deals from Deals2Have

  Jacob Gube

  10 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am

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• 30 Beautiful Multi-Colored Websites

  Brant Wilson

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:52 am

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• 28 Cute Children’s Book Illustrations from Digital Artists

  Jake Rocheleau

  1 Feb 2012 | 2:36 pm

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• 40 Negative Space Logo Designs

  Brant Wilson

  27 Jan 2012 | 6:51 am

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  Brant Wilson

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:48 am

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• 10 Essential Guidelines for Freelance Collaboration

  laura

  19 Jan 2012 | 7:22 am

  Advertise here with BSAFreelance collaboration is on the rise. Increasingly, teams of freelancers are now doing the work that in-house departments used to do. Graphic designers are now working on teams with writers and programmers. But many freelancers are used to working alone. Collaboration definitely requires freelancers to make a few adjustments. In this post, I’ll provide ten essential guidelines to help you put the pieces together for freelance collaboration. If you enjoy this post, you may also enjoy reading 15 Questions to Ask Before Collaborating. Guideline #1: Do Your Homework…

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• Part of Your World

  Chris

  21 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am

  play pause mute unmute Rogie King sings “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid on autotune. Dug this one up from a few years ago. You’re welcome, Rodg.

• We Finally Have an UpThemes Facebook Page

  Chris

  9 Jan 2012 | 11:56 am

  It only took a few years, but UpThemes finally has a presence on Facebook! Like us now so we can get a vanity URL and also so we can share awesome WordPress theme news and info with you.

• We Just Joined the 19th Century! We Have a Facebook Page!

  Chris

  9 Jan 2012 | 11:39 am

  I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that we now have an official UpThemes Facebook page!

• It’s Light Snow outside!

  Chris

  6 Dec 2011 | 1:55 am

  Currently it’s 32 degrees Fahrenheit in McKinney, TX.

• New on the UpThemes Blog: Extreme Cyber Monday Deal – 50% OFF

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  28 Nov 2011 | 8:25 am

  UpThemes is excited to present an exclusive deal on all club memberships during Cyber Monday! Save 50% on all themes and club memberships by entering the coupon code “CYBERMONDAY” during checkout. This deal is valid today only, so make sure to take advantage of it before it’s gone!

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• Cabello by a2rhitektura

  Amy Frearson

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:14 am

  Threads of plastic hang like hair from the ceiling of this dark beauty salon in Belgrade, Serbia. (more…)

• Share by Thomas Bernstrand for Nola

  Rose Etherington

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:04 am

  Stockholm 2012: these outdoor chairs by Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand are joined together like shopping trolleys to encourage park visitors to tidy them away when they leave. (more…)

• Duikklok by Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten

  Amy Frearson

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:23 pm

  Huge window bays project from the fat cylindrical volume of this apartment block in Tilburg, the Netherlands, by Dutch architects Bedaux de Brouwer. (more…)

• House in Tijuana by T38 studio and Pablo Casals-Aguirre

  Amy Frearson

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am

  Architects T38 studio and Pablo Casals-Aguirre have completed a house in Tijuana, Mexico, with a twisted first floor that cantilevers across the garden. (more…)

• Alexis by Martin Jančok and Aleš Šedivec

  Amy Frearson

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:34 am

  This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double up as an informal auditorium. (more…)

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• Toledo Zoo

  Armin

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:48 am

  Established over 100 years ago, the Toledo Zoo has over 9,000 animals representing over 800 species. A new logo was introduced recently. Thanks to Matt Rower for the tip. Don't forget to cast your vote about this post online

• Brandiose is Grandiose

  Armin

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:34 am

  Established in 2000 as Plan B Branding by life-long friends Jason Klein and Casey White, Brandiose, as the new company has been named, is a branding firm focused on designing official logos and uniforms for Minor League Baseball teams with awesome names like the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Having been called to the Majors, they also revitalized the Cincinnati Reds logos and uniforms. With the new name comes a new identity with lettering by Ken Barber. The Brandiose signature pays tribute to the mid-century lettering that captured an optimistic, utopian view of…

• Ecova

  Armin

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:53 am

  The result of the recent merger between Advantage IQ and Ecos, Ecova is a "total energy and sustainability management company". The new identity was designed by Sandstrom Partners. Don't forget to cast your vote about this post online

• Rescuing the American Red Cross

  Armin

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:31 am

  Established in 1881, the American Red Cross is one of the most well-known emergency response organizations in the world aiding victims of natural disasters and other emergencies. It counts with more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees across 700 national chapters. Recently, a new logo and design standards designed by Turner Duckworth have been quietly implemented. The Brand Standards manual can be seen here [PDF] and covers more than is represented in this post, in case you are interested. The pin is a symbol of enthusiastic participation. It is a personal, grassroots and…

• SOCAN

  Armin

  7 Feb 2012 | 4:15 am

  Established in 1990, SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) represents and works with more than 100,000 Canadian composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers "to protect, preserve and promote the performing rights of music creators." At the end of January SOCAN introduced a new logo. Story here. Don't forget to cast your vote about this post online

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• How To Create a Cool Vector Yeti Character in Illustrator

  Chris Spooner

  5 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a cool vector Yeti character. We’ll use as many basic shapes as possible to achieve that quirky style of illustration, then bring the character to life with a palette of cold colours. Despite the use of basic shapes this tutorial includes a good spread of intermediate to advanced tools and techniques.The Yeti character we’ll be creating is made up of basic shapes to maintain that simple illustration feel. The plump round shapes all help create a friendly and loveable character while the high shoulders and wide stance give him…

• MOO Luxe Business Cards Giveaway for Members

  Chris Spooner

  2 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  The awesome folks from MOO have arranged some great product giveaways for Access All Areas members in the past, and today they're back with an offer for their latest business card product - Luxe. At triple the weight and thickness of standard business cards and featuring a stylish seam of ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful design resources, and there's plenty…

• 30 Illustrator Video Tutorials Every Designer Should See

  Chris Spooner

  29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  If you’re trying to learn a new application there’s nothing better than having an expert guide you through the various menus and tools. This post rounds up 30 of the most detailed Adobe Illustrator video tutorials and screencasts on the web. Each one features a mix of clear commentary and useful techniques that will help you on your way to becoming an Illustrator pro.Digital Inking Demonstration & TutorialHow To Setup and Design Business Cards in Adobe IllustratorAdobe Illustrator Tutorial – Object Expand FeatureHow To Warp Text in Adobe IllustratorHow to use the Symbol…

• MightyDeals Giveaway for Access All Areas Members

  Chris Spooner

  24 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  This week MightyDeals have arranged a great offer for Access All Areas members. They are giving away any of their current deals to 5 lucky winners! Fancy some new vector resources, a premium font to add to your collection, or maybe a book to learn something new? Log in and ...Log in to your Access All Areas account to read the rest of this post.Not a member? Becoming an Access All Areas member gives you the ability to view exclusive members-only content just like this. The premium category is already packed full of discount codes and useful design resources, and there's plenty more to come!

• How To Create a Vibrant Abstract Shards Poster Design

  Chris Spooner

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  Follow this step by step Illustrator and Photoshop tutorial to create a cool poster design of vibrant shard graphics. We’ll create the array of shapes with Illustrator’s vector tools before finishing off the poster with some subtle textures in Photoshop.The design we’re creating today features a range of sharp vector shard shapes each with a vibrant mix of colours. These colours interact with the help of blending modes to create an intricate piece of digital art.View the abstract shards poster designOpen up Illustrator and use the Pen tool to create a random triangular shape…

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  DesignApplause

• Cool japan – “future tradition wao” exhibition.

  PRand

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:43 am

  click > enlarge In the spirit of beating to death a duality design vision in 2012 here is another wonderful example happening this weekend in NYC: Cool Japan – Future Tradition venue: capsule studio | 873 broadway #204 date: 10 > 12 february | 9a > 7p / 6p on 12 february Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts

• New alessi cocktail set calls back 1950s bar style.

  Perrin Drumm

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:02 am

  click > enlarge It’s only the beginning of February and already Alessi is killing it with their (Spring/Summer) 2012 collection. Last week I was impressed by Marcel Wanders’ “Dressed” collection and this week I’m digging Giulio Iacchetti’s “Ape” aperitivo set. Alessi specialized in cocktail products in the 50s and Iacchetti’s design is a clear callback to those days. Designed to be used either in the home or restaurant/bar, the set includes a bowl and spoon for mixed nuts, a container for olives, a toothpick holder, a bowl for chips, a…

• Owen Gatley’s 50s-era infographics

  Perrin Drumm

  7 Feb 2012 | 4:31 am

  This week I came across Owen Gatley‘s bright and cheerful information graphics and was immediately reminded of 50s Fortune, when the magazine was in its heyday in terms of infographics, thanks to their Bauhaus-trained art director, Walter Allner. For those of you who were reading magazines back then, you’ll remember that this was a time when adverts for liquor and men’s ties hogged the margins, destroying any sense of graphic clarity, but Allner did away with all that, making room for double-page, full-color spreads to illustrate information that was difficult to understand.

• Breaking down the new london design museum.

  Perrin Drumm

  6 Feb 2012 | 4:05 am

  click > enlarge Earlier this week it was announced that the Design Museum, currently located in east London, would relocate in 2014 to a site at the Commonwealth Institute. Chances are you’ve caught a whiff of the buzz already. Here’s how the renovation adds up: Number of years the site stood vacant: 12 Interior design: John Pawson Why you should know him: Recently he’s done stage design for major ballets and operas as well as a temporary exhibition in the Geometric Staircase of St. Paul’s Cathedral. See all his work. Number of floors: 5 Square-meters: 10,000 (about 33…

• Alessi. The spring/summer 2012 duality preview 1.

  PRand

  5 Feb 2012 | 9:32 pm

  moka alessi | alfonso mendini | click > enlarge Only a glimpse of the Spring/Summer 2012 line and our focus ( not Alessi’s ) will be the theme of duality. Let’s start with “old and new” via the “Moka Alessi” by architect Alessandro Mendini’s homage to Alberto Alessi’s maternal grandfather, Alfonso Bialetti, creator of the indispensable Bialetti Moka Express that is a mainstay in many Italian kitchens. [ bialetti moka express ] all-time | guido venturini ‘All-time’ represents both “formal and casual” with minimal flowing smooth…

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  Spot Cool Stuff: Design

• Fingerprint Rings

  Spot Cool Stuff

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:35 am

  Here’s a creative idea that’s part artsy, part CSI and all cool: fingerprint rings. That is, a ring with a fingerprint implanted into the metal. Each person’s fingerprint is unique. So incorporating the fingerprint of your special someone on an engagement ring or wedding band is a way of making the jewelry equally as unique. (Insert a pun about fingerprint rings possessing a “personal touch” here.) For such an unusual sounding idea, a surprising number of jewelers offer fingerprint rings. Here’s a rundown of our four favorites: brent & jess Master…

• 2 Cool London Bookshelf Staircases

  Spot Cool Stuff

  3 Feb 2012 | 11:11 am

  Spot Cool Stuff loves books. And we love creative staircases. So it isn’t surprising that we’re drawn to cool stuff at the confluence of both. Here’s a look at two unusual architectural designs that combine stairs with bookshelves. Has it happens, both are located in London. And neither has an owner that’s about to move their book collection to an Amazon Kindle anytime soon. Levitate Architects Bookshelf Staircase Private home, North London Necessity breeds innovation, they say. And that’s exactly how this cool bookshelf came about. The owners of a small 70…

• Cool—and Functional—Kitchenware from Architec

  Spot Cool Stuff

  11 Dec 2011 | 4:30 pm

  Durable, environmentally friendly and cool looking. Those are the first three adjectives that come to mind when we think of Architec Housewares, one of Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite designers of cookware. What Architec’s hot pads, cutting boards and mixing bowls are best known for, though, are their non-slip properties. For cooks who have suffered our share of burns, cuts and spills this is no small thing. A look at our three favorite Architec items: Silicone HotGrip Architec’s HotGrips are so flexible and squishy that they provide almost the same tactile experience as grabbing…

• The Moses-Inspired Trench Bridge

  Spot Cool Stuff

  1 Dec 2011 | 1:32 pm

  When at water level, you can’t really see the bridge that crosses a moat to the 17th-century Fort de Roovere. View it from a bit of elevation, though, and the bridge isn’t only visible but looks rather puzzling. That’s because the bridge—near the coastal town of Halsteren, Holland—doesn’t span over the water. And it doesn’t skim along the surface of the water. Instead, the bridge goes through the water. Looking at the bridge head on, the effect is quite striking. The water appears to part Red Sea-like. No wonder locals have nicknamed it the “Moses…

• THE Art Museum Book

  Spot Cool Stuff

  1 Dec 2011 | 1:25 pm

  If you could curate the ultimate art museum with an unlimited budget what works of art would you choose to display? A team of over 100 editors, art historians and archeologists spent more than a decade tackling that very question. The result of their collective research is displayed in an epic volume titled, appropriately, The Art Museum. Read the rest on our book review blog

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  Logo Design Blog

• 6 Reasons Why Your Business Should Not use Google Analytics Alone

  Ben Johnson

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:35 am

  A website without analytics and a website owner unaware of the intricacies involved in the traceability of websites using Google analytics are sure to lag behind in the competitive business world. Although, the God-Like image of Google has made organizations completely dependent on its tools for rankings, analytics and reputation management. But here are six beefy reasons to why you should not use Google Analytics alone.

• Why is it Necessary for the Domain Name and the Website Name to be Similar?

  Ben Johnson

  23 Jan 2012 | 2:05 am

  Most people make the mistake of naming their websites and their domains differently. It is good to be creative with names but sometimes this creativity may cost a lot. Most effective website names are usually the ones where the domain name is either identical or at least similar to the website. This will do one good thing, something which every website businessman wants for their websites; it will make the name search engine friendly.

• How to Find a Reliable Web Design Service?

  Ben Johnson

  17 Jan 2012 | 2:44 am

  The foremost thing to understand is: what do we mean when we say that we are looking for a reliable web design service? In simple words, it means that we need to acquire the expertise of a company that will create a design to perfectly represent our business model. Plus, a reliable service also offers revisions to ensure your complete satisfaction. If for some reason you are not satisfied with the design, they will happily make modifications according to your needs and business requirements.

• Make Your Facebook Timeline a Social Resume

  Ben Johnson

  11 Jan 2012 | 10:20 pm

  As most of you probably know, Facebook is in the middle of updating everyone’s profile to the new Timeline format. Not only does this new layout and design enhance your Facebook browsing experience, but it can also be used as a tool to affirm what you’ve stated on your curriculum vitae and cover letter.

• Logo Evolutions in 2011

  Ben Johnson

  1 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm

  In 2011, some big organizations thought of bringing change to their corporate identities and accomplished it brilliantly through small amendments in their logo. They needed the change for better positioning, an enhanced brand image and for a stronger market presence.

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• 40+ Marvelous Wolverine Illustration Artworks

  Ronald Bien

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:00 am

  Undeniably, the X-men series have introduced classical comic superheroes that have become legendary and infamous. Among its many amazing characters to have been born and become a phenomenal success is Wolverine also known as Logan. Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing [...]

• Reasons Why You Need Good Listening Skills

  Ebrian Acebedo

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:30 am

  When you are into designing, you would need to possess some skills which are needed in order for you to succeed. Whether you are working in a design company or you are freelancing, the skills you need to learn are still the same. We cannot deny it that there are really some requisites that could [...]

• 30 Romantic Valentine Wallpaper Collection

  Sarah Corres

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am

  We have recently featured wallpapers as 2012 starts its Year of the Dragon. Everyone is surely looking forward this month since it is believed to be the Month of Love. And since it is, this collection would fill your desktops with L-O-V-E as we have gathered these from all over the web for you. There [...]

• 30 New Minimal WordPress Themes

  Ebrian Acebedo

  8 Feb 2012 | 4:00 am

  Minimalism is described as movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. Designers have put this concept into use to ensure that the content of a [...]

• 100+ Free Valentine and Heart Patterns

  Joan Mae Maguale

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:30 am

  If there is one occasion that most people prepare for, that would include the day of hearts. On this day, many people exchange cards and other stuff to show their emotions of love, appreciation, gratefulness, care and friendship. There are many great gifts you can buy from the mall ranging from Valentine’s Day cards to [...]

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  A List Apart

• Responsive Images: How they Almost Worked and What We Need

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  With a mobile-first responsive design approach, if any part of the process breaks down, your user can still receive a representative image and avoid an unnecessarily large request on a device that may have limited bandwidth. But with several newer browsers implementing an “image prefetching” feature that allows images to be fetched before parsing the document’s body, some of the web's brightest developers are abandoning responsive images in favor of user agent detection, at least as a temporary solution. For us standardistas, UA detection leaves a bad taste in the mouth. More…

• Pricing Strategy for Creatives

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Strategic pricing helps your brand and helps you to make more money. Issuing a price is like handing out a business card—it’s a great branding tool, but be careful about what it says to your market. Beginning relationships with customers at a high price makes the statement: “we’re good at what we do and we know it.” Fighting with a competitor over a low price says “I’m uncertain about my abilities, so I’ll take what I can get.” Failing to use a considered pricing policy will leave you treading water in a sea of design mediocrity, allowing you to just stay afloat while you…

• Building Twitter Bootstrap

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Bootstrap is an open-source front-end toolkit created to help designers and developers quickly and efficiently build great stuff online. Its goal is to provide a refined, well-documented, and extensive library of flexible design components created with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for others to build and innovate on. Today, it has grown to include dozens of components and has become the most popular project on GitHub, with more than 13,000 watchers and 2,000 forks. Mark Otto, the co-creator of Bootstrap, sheds light on how and why Bootstrap was made, the processes used to create it, and how it…

• An Important Time for Design

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Design is on a roll. Client services are experiencing a major uptick in demand, seasoned design professionals are abandoning client work in favor of entrepreneurship, and designer-co-founded startups such as Kickstarter and Airbnb are taking center stage. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that design has a massive role to play in the evolution of the web and the next generation of web products. The result, says Cameron Koczon, is that designers have now been given a blank check—one that lets web designers band together as a community to change the way design is…

• A Pixel Identity Crisis

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  The pixel has long been the atomic particle of screen based design: a knowable, concrete unit of measurement. But layouts based on the hardware pixel are fast becoming an endangered species. Even the introduction of a new, W3C standard reference pixel, although it promises stability in the long-term, can't help us navigate the current chaos. Consider the two "standard" pixel definitions and 500 "standard" viewports your user's Android device may support. To create designs that transcend platform differences—the promise of the web and standards—you must normalize pixels across devices.

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• Are There Problems Web Apps Can’t Solve?

  Jim Hoskins

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  I’m a developer, have been for a long time. I’ve been wrting code for the web for the past decade in my life. I think I might be stuck in a bubble, I look to the web to solve problems that can be solved better in simpler ways. And looking around, I know I am not the only one. I want to tell you a story of a couple of problems that we’ve tried to solve several times with technology, when all we needed was a couple dollars worth of office supplies. The Lunch Party I’ve been working with Nick Pettit since 2007, before we came to Carsonified and Treehouse. In our last job…

• Rails 3.2.1

  Jason Seifer

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Greetings, folks! If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest Rails news, we have a new version! Ruby on Rails 3.2.1 has recently been released with some very welcome changes! Faster development mode – Rails now only reloads the classes you’ve actually changed between requests in development mode. Explain queries – In development mode, you can automatically show the explain of certain queries by calling .explain at the end of your query. The results will go in your log. Active Record Store – Active Record now has a built in way to do key/value storage right…

• Treehouse Groups are live!

  Ryan Carson

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:45 am

  You can now create a Treehouse Group Account for your company, university, school or any grouping of two or more people. Group plans are 25% cheaper so it’s a great way to save money. We’ve added a simple Groups Dashboard that allows you to see … Group Activity: Who’s watching videos and unlocking Badges Ranking in your Group, based on Badge unlocks More info … Group pricing is 25% off normal prices, which allows people with large groups to save a bit of money. You only need 2+ people to sign up. If you’re already a Member, you can’t be brought into a…

• Free Video: Getting started with iOS development

  Amit Bijlani

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:38 am

  In this 6 minute video, we will get you started with iOS development by learning about the benefits of Apple’s iOS Dev center and how to gain access to the integrated development environment (IDE) called Xcode. This video is from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos on topics like … Accessibility CSS3 Aesthetic Foundations Django HTML CSS HTML5 iOS Development JavaScript jQuery NoSQL PHP Responsive Web Design Ruby Ruby on Rails UX Version Control WordPress Theme Design New videos are added regularly, so it’s a great way to stay…

• Another Round of Treehouse Nerd Merit Badges!

  Nick Pettit

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  We recently launched Treehouse and, thanks to you, it’s been successful beyond our wildest expectations. Thank you all so much! We had so much fun celebrating with our previous giveaway, that we thought we would do another one.If you tweet to @treehouse the name of your favorite web app, we’ll randomly pick 10 winners to receive a "Mike the Frog" Nerd Merit Badge! Here’s a picture of what they look like:

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  Noupe

• A Look at Inspiring Website Designs of Musicians

  Tom Ross

  8 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am

     As with designer’s, musician’s websites are often some of the most creative, and for good reason. The website designs of musicians should ideally epitomize their sound in a visual medium. It should capture their brand in an online presence. This is a subtle art, which not all musician’s websites master. However, when done effectively you can almost feel the artist’s music flowing through the web page. Often subtle visual details can evoke their music, whether it be a soft pastel gradient, or shocking/emotive background photo. Today we look at a huge…

• Time for Mail: Services That Improve Gmail Productivity

  Kevin Muldoon

  7 Feb 2012 | 1:03 am

     Gmail exploded onto the internet in 2004 (beta) offering users a whopping 1GB of storage. This was unheard of at the time with the largest email service Hotmail only offering a few megabytes of storage. Currently Gmail offers 7GB of free storage with competitors such as Hotmail offering 5GB of storage and Yahoo offering an unlimited amount. Gmail is popular with business users due to how quick, reliable and customisable it is. In addition to the experimental add ons that Google offers through Google Labs, there are a lot of 3rd party tools and services that help you enhance…

• Gaining Perspective: A Showcase of 3D Digital Renders

  Angie Bowen

  6 Feb 2012 | 12:59 am

     With the design communities ever pressing pursuit of inspiration and the growing popularity of three dimensional digital renderings, we thought this was the perfect opportunity for these two paths to cross for Noupe’s readers. So we went out across the internet in search of some truly inspired pieces of art that have crossed into the third dimension to showcase for you here. Rendered to perfection by some wonderful digital artists. So take a look below at the 3D digital renders we have collected for you, and see some breathtaking results. The rich fullness the artists…

• Incredible Hand-Drawn Works (With a Digital Twist)

  Tom Ross

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am

     Within the creative community there seems to be an ongoing divide between the realms of digital art, and traditional (non-digital) art. Often traditional art is viewed as somewhat archaic, conjuring images of the Mona Lisa or a Monet landscape. Whilst these masterpieces, and much of traditional art is of course pivotal to our conceptions of art and creativity, there still exists this divide in relation to the digital medium. The smooth gloss of a photo manipulation has nothing to do with a beautiful oil painting. Or does it…? Today I challenge the divide between old and…

• Fashion Forward: Showcase of Fashion and Editorial Photography

  Robert Bowen

  2 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am

     As we have undoubtedly heard our entire lives, a picture speaks a thousand words. And while that may be true of most, there are those who seek to tell a bit of a story with their works. Editorial photography, and perhaps some would say to a lesser degree fashion photography, is an area where a lot of effort goes into creating a story out of the piece. Through the costuming and composition, these shots come to life and their stories are told to the masses. Below we have gathered a collection of fashion and editorial photography from some wonderfully talented shutterbug…

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• Pears

  Dan Cederholm

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pm

  Yesterday, on stage at An Event Apart Atlanta, I announced Pears: an open source WordPress theme for creating your own markup & style pattern library. I wanted to create my own database repository of commonly used patterns and figured the tool might be useful for others as well. Breaking interfaces down into patterns has been immensely helpful in learning and re-evaluating the best possible code to implement them. I’ve just gotten started and will be adding more as I create them. But Pears isn’t about how I code these patterns—it’s a tool for creating your own. The…

• Bulletproof Web Design, Third Edition

  Dan Cederholm

  20 Dec 2011 | 8:07 am

  Yesterday, a copy of my latest book arrived in the mail, the Third Edition of Bulletproof Web Design. The first edition came out back in 2005, and I’ve been revising it every few years. This latest edit was a bit larger than the 2nd because so much has changed. HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design—all of these things dovetail nicely into the core bulletproof concepts from the original book. If you have the 2nd edition, the new version is likely not a necessary upgrade (New Riders probably loves me for saying that). Meaning, the guidelines for building flexible websites are still there,…

• My New Ride

  Dan Cederholm

  25 Oct 2011 | 5:57 pm

  A month ago I made one of the best purchases I’ve made in a long time. I bought a kick scooter. Not one of those aluminum things with rollerblade wheels where the handle is so short you have to hunch over—but a scooter built for adults. Check out this video that shows how the KickPed operates—particularly how it folds up. After a fair amount of research I found the KickPed, which is a custom model designed by NYCEWheels. It’s not cheap, but it’s built for the streets of New York and is supposedly maintenance free. The wheels are wide, solid rubber, the birch footboard is…

• New Work: Instapaper 4 Icon

  Dan Cederholm

  17 Oct 2011 | 10:08 am

  I had the honor of creating the new Instapaper icon thanks to Jason Santa Maria and his art direction. The new app is superb, and it’s out today! Read all about it from creator Marco Arment and Jason.

• Adapted

  Dan Cederholm

  19 Aug 2011 | 11:09 am

  There’s no doubt that employing a mobile first, responsive design approach to a new project is a wonderful way forward for many sites. I think the most exciting thing about seeing these best practices develop over the last few years is that it finally feels like web design. Finally. That we’re not designing sheets of paper that happen to be on screen. So yes, for new projects under the right circumstances a responsive plan is often the ideal. But what about existing sites? The ones that were designed before browsers supported media queries and before smart people started stitching…

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  DevWebPro

• Google’s Above-the-Fold Algorithm Change Will Penalize Many Sites

  Rene LeMerle

  3 Feb 2012 | 4:51 am

  Continuing its efforts to keep its search results more quality-oriented, Google recently announced a significant algorithmic change. The change looks at the layout and amount of content on a webpage, if the ads above the fold are excessive, your site can be penalized and downgraded in the search results. As Matt Cutts wrote on the Google Webmaster Central Blog post. We’ve heard complaints from users that if they click on a result and it’s difficult to find the actual content, they aren’t happy with the experience. Rather than scrolling down the page past a slew of ads, users…

• How can you hack the LocalDictionary on a Mac system?

  Dave Taylor

  2 Feb 2012 | 8:48 am

  Another question about the built-in Mac spell dictionary. (I did read the previous question How can I forget or edit a learned word in the Mac spelling dictionary?) Under User>Library>Spelling> I have both LocalDictionary and en. What is the relationship between these two? Adding a great number of specialized, technical words one at a time as they appear in my writing is taking a lot of time. Is there a way to add a great number of (specialized) words to one of these? Dave’s Answer: Great question and an interesting one both, because it turns out that the Mac OS X spelling…

• Optimizing MySQL: The Slow Query Log

  Michael Marr

  31 Jan 2012 | 12:02 pm

  I prescribe to the slow and steady approach in life. It’s a proven methodology in becoming succesful (just ask the Tortoise and/or the Hare). However, slow and steady is typically not acceptable in data computation, and SQL is no different. Thus, MySQL provides a Slow Query Log. Do you use the slow query log? Let us know your tips/stories in the comments section. The long_query_time parameter in your MySQL configuration becomes the baseline for which queries will end up in your slow query log. If no value is specified, the default value of 10 is used. Changing the default to any number…

• Using Free Transforming To Show Perspective in Flash

  Chad Sweely

  27 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm

  In this tutorial, I will show you how to display perspective (near to far) using objects in Flash with help of the Free Transform Tool. For a simple example of this, I will be showing you how to make a car from the distance become near. Step 1: Creating The Flash Document: After you have opened Flash, create a new document and resize your new Flash document in the Properties Inspector. To do this, click on the Size button with the default dimensions on the Properties Inspector Within the Document Properties window, make the dimensions of your Flash document 500 x 383. This will be the size of…

• Average Search Rankings Redefined By Google

  Navneet Kaushal

  27 Jan 2012 | 7:27 am

  The definitions of average position in the search query report in Google Webmaster Tools and search optimization report in Google Analytics is being changed by Google. The change was revealed in the Google Webmaster Blog and Google Analytics Blog. What’s the new definition? As per the new definition, your search ranking will be determined by the average of the top ranking of the site for all searches, as opposed to all URLs listed and average that. Please note that only the top rankings will be taken. Earlier, the average search ranking was gathered by taking all the positions of your…

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• Top Most Important & Crucial Points To Consider Before Becoming A Freelance Logo Designer

  Lief

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:50 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet You may have thought that you could just up and start freelancing any day, but there are some top most crucial points before becoming a freelance logo designer, that you must first consider. Freelancing is not as easy and comfortable as it sounds. In fact, it could be quite tough. Even though logo designing might be your passion, you could still find it a lot of hard work. Before taking up freelancing, people usually feel that it could not be any worse than working under others in a regular office job. But if you look closely, it can be worse. Actually, it could…

• 40+ Amazing Examples of Music Inspired Design – Artwork, Concepts, Illustrations & Photography

  Andy Sowards

  6 Feb 2012 | 10:48 pm

  Advertise here with BSATweet So we all know music rocks, literally (hehe herp derp ). Today we have some amazing examples of how music can influence a workflow or a design in a totally awesome way. Music can make anything more creative, or motivate you to do your best on any given task (great to listen to while designing or developing btw!). Drool over these awesome artworks, concepts and designs that were inspired by the true power and beauty of music! Enjoy! The audio above is the engine revs the Moog would produce. Once again, the theme of using something recognizable and something alien…

• Here There Be Dragons! Dealing with Nightmare Clients & Challenges As A Freelance Designer

  Michael Dambold

  6 Feb 2012 | 11:25 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet In the great fantastic world of design, professionals are like knights, claiming prizes and rewards while fighting fierce dragons and vanquishing evil foes. At least, we think ourselves kin to the great knights of old. In many ways, we may be correct. While we may not be Knights of the Round Table or regularly hold Court with King Arthur, we deal with many challenges as they would. The difference is our enemies are time and budget, and our dragons are challenges we face. The challenges are not only with producing an excellent product, but producing any product…

• Epic Giveway! – Win A $75 Printing Credit For FREE From Next Day Flyers

  Andy Sowards

  6 Feb 2012 | 8:34 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Do your old business cards or marketing materials need a new look? Do you find yourself crossing off information from printed flyers and writing in the correct info? Time to update people! Here’s a chance to do it without spending a dime. Next Day Flyers, the premier source for all of the printing services a business needs is offering 1 lucky winner a $75 credit toward anything on their site. Next Day Flyers has tons of products that just about anyone can find useful. They offer brochures, tickets, DVD inserts, menus and more. So if you need to update your…

• The Future of Networking on 10 Gigabit Ethernet

  Brian Johnson

  3 Feb 2012 | 11:34 am

  Advertise here with BSATweet Intelligence In Software: IT Software Strategy The Future of Networking on 10 Gigabit Ethernet The rise of cloud computing is a bit like that of a space shuttle taking off: When the rocket engine and its propellants fire up, the shuttle lifts slowly off the launch pad and then builds momentum until it streaks into space. Cloud is now in the momentum-building phase and on the verge of quickly soaring to new heights. There are lots of good reasons for the rapid rise of this new approach to computing. Cloud models are widely seen as one of the keys to increasing IT…

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• 30 Free UI Kits Featuring Detailed Web Elements

  Chris Spooner

  5 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  When working under time constraints or on a tight budget crafting every single UI element by hand in Photoshop just isn’t economical. Thankfully there’s a range of ready-made web elements available in UI kits that can be quickly copied over to your own website or web app design projects. This post rounds up a collection of 30 detailed user interface Photoshop kits that can all be downloaded absolutely free!Blaubarry UI Kit by Mikael EidenbergGrey UI Kit by Anthony AubertinFree PSD File: UI Elements by Matthew DanielsApple Styled UI Elements by Pranav PramodUI Oink! by James…

• Line25 Sites of the Week for February 3rd 2012

  Chris Spooner

  2 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm

  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 Allison Grayce, Michela Chiucini, Vimeo, Ausin Eastciders and Highlighter.Allison Grayce NoldView the websiteMichela ChiuciniView the websiteVimeoView the websiteAustin EastcidersView the websiteHighlighterView the website

• 25 Examples of Super Wide Website Designs

  Chris Spooner

  29 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  As monitor resolutions become larger, websites become wider. This showcase features 25 awesome website designs over 1000px in width. Many of these super wide designs are built as responsive layouts, which allows the designer to accommodate even the largest of screen sizes with the max-width property without chopping off elements on smaller resolutions.Michela ChiuciniDave GamachePark La FunMichael SchmidBrad EvansTommyHatBoxCarter DigitalPhilip MeissnerAndrew RevittPelican FlyForefathers GroupStephen CaverInformation ArchitectsSmashing MagazineUPPERDOGNew Adventures in Web…

• Line25 Sites of the Week for January 27th 2012

  Chris Spooner

  26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  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 rtraction, Bear CSS, Graz Secrets, Circles and Unify.rtractionView the websiteBear CSSView the websiteGraz SecretsView the websiteCirclesView the websiteUnifyView the website

• How To Display a Message on Old WordPress Posts

  Chris Spooner

  22 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm

  If you post helpful information on your blog chances are some of your early posts are now outdated as technologies have changed over the years. Let’s take a look at how we can add a mix of PHP tags to our WordPress themes to automatically add a small disclaimer or warning message to posts over X years old.The little snippets of code we’re going to add to our theme will allow us to display a message above our post content, but only on posts over a number of years old. We might only want to display this message on certain types of posts, in my case it’s only my tutorials that…