March 11th, 2010
With over 26,000 followers, West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre is the most popular club on Twitter. Just short of half a decade earlier, however, the fortunes of the historic venue and many of its neighbors on LA’s infamous Sunset Strip were waning and in need of serious attitude adjustment.
We had… read more
March 11th, 2010
These details give the designer total control, allowing them to create beautiful and consistent typography in their designs. While these details can be applied across different types of media, in this articles we’re going to focus on how to apply them to web design using CSS. Here are 8 simple… read more
March 11th, 2010
Continuing with a very source agnostic digital book strategy, Barnes & Noble has announced it will soon be offering an e-reader app for the Apple iPad.
The app will be designed specifically for the iPad’s tablet form factor, and will join B&N’s existing e-reader app family already available for Mac,… read more
March 11th, 2010
Live TV can be tough, especially if you’re in a cranky mood. Case in point: WVLT TV Volunteer News reporter Gordon Boyd, whose on-air freak-out has gone viral this week.
Reporting from a courthouse in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, Boyd seems to be having a bit a trouble wrapping up a… read more
March 11th, 2010
This weekend your photography challenge is in honor of St Patricks day (next Wednesday). It is to take a photo with the theme of ‘GREEN’ and to share it with our community.
Feel free to take any approach to the theme – it might be photographing something Green, or it could… read more
March 11th, 2010
48 images of pure inspiration…check out these great artists!
Pedro Vilas-Boas
Rik Oostenbroek
Simon Page
Jonny Wan
Rhys Owens
Anton Repponen
Alberto Cerriteño
Vicente García Morillo
Yury Ustsinau
Elzo
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March 11th, 2010
<pled under: iPad
Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ’s Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that it costs more to buy early.
I’m not sure there’s a polite… read more
March 11th, 2010
This is another one we already wrote about. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart made fun of the mainstream media coverage of Chatroulette by taking a fake spin on it to chat with reporters like Katie Couric and Brian Williams. It’s funny — check it out.
Tags: chat, chatroulette, jon stewart, live… read more
March 11th, 2010
<pan Farrior hosted a panel here on day two of the 2010 Game Developers' Conference here in San Francisco, and he told a room of press and developers about his last year in the App Store. He had attended last year's conference with a partner while considering starting up an… read more
March 11th, 2010
Last night, Reuters released their social media policy, which includes instructing journalists to avoid exposing bias online and tells them specifically not to “scoop the wire” by breaking stories on Twitter.
The strict instruction makes it clear that even though news continually breaks on Twitter first — especially in disaster… read more
March 11th, 2010
Business cards are a necessary marketing tool for any designer, and they also provide an opportunity for the designer to showcase some creativity and to make a lasting impression.
In this post we’ll feature 25 examples of double-sided business cards for your own inspiration. There are a lot of different approaches… read more
March 11th, 2010
A judge has taken Pink Floyd’s side in a court battle between the band and its label, EMI, and digital downloads are at stake. The band says its 11-year-old contract only permits EMI to sell complete albums, not individual tracks, but the label has been offering downloads of individual… read more
March 11th, 2010
5 Can’t-Miss Usability Tips for Mobile Website Designs
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March 11th, 2010
9to5 Mac reports on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a “multitasking dialog box” that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it’s new to version 3.2. Of course, there’s no assurance that this refers… read more
March 11th, 2010
How to Troubleshoot A Slow loading Site and WordPress blog
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March 11th, 2010
Practice adding animation to a video clip, adjusting position and scale, and do some experimenting with blend modes.
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March 11th, 2010
Consumer Reports asked 7,000 subscribers about their satisfaction with their computer companies across categories like problem solved, phone waits, phone staff and online support. Each answer was issued a point value, with a maximum of 100 points.
Among laptops, Apple scored 86 points. The second place finisher, Lenovo, accumulated… read more
March 11th, 2010
With iPad preorders officially starting tomorrow, attention has shifted to iPhone 4.0 software and what features it might bring to both the iPad and future iPhone models.
Apple Insider is now adding fuel to the long-standing rumors that the next big update to Apple’s iPhone OS will feature support for… read more
March 11th, 2010
RC talks about some of the new features in Lightroom3 Beta. Corey sits down Larry Becker to discuss the benefits of being a member of NAPP and dishes out a quick tip on creating star shapes in Adobe Illustrator.
You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes.
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March 11th, 2010
Find Your Favorite Design Communities on Facebook
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March 11th, 2010
If you’re a Facebooker who’s lusting after the Apple iPad (so much so that you’ve joined a Fan Page), then chances are you’re aged between 18 and 25 and have an interest in popular culture — or so says RapLeaf, a company that analyzes social media stats to draw… read more
March 11th, 2010
25 Inspiring Fire Adverts
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March 11th, 2010
Code-named “Gulftown” the 32nm, six-core i7-980X will be labeled as the i7x (”Extreme Edition”). It will be the first dual-socket, six-core processor from Intel. With 6 cores and 12 threads, a dual-configured, i7-980X Mac Pro will sport 12 physical cores and 24 logical cores with a top frequency of 3.33GHz.<br… read more
March 11th, 2010
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
One of the most powerful aspects of social media and the web is the fact that it isn’t specific to any location. So long as you… read more
March 11th, 2010
If you’re like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You envisioned having your own office on the top floor of a loft with 30-foot ceilings.
Designers would play ping-pong below; people were allowed to drink… read more
March 11th, 2010
21 Beautiful Creative Typographic Wallpapers
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March 11th, 2010
Mac OS X includes OpenGL, and the iPhone runs an embedded version of OpenGL called OpenGL ES. The mobile ES version remains in its 2.0 release and is expected to move to OpenGL ES 2.1 in the near future.
The updated OpenGL release includes enhanced shaders, better texture support,… read more
March 11th, 2010
You can now see Chatroulette users’ locations, thanks to a new Google Maps mashup that pinpoints where in the world people are signing in to the voyeuristic video-conferencing service.
The new Chatroulette Maps website presents markers of users’ IP addresses on a worldwide map, meaning less anonymity than users have… read more
March 11th, 2010
Pro Bono and Free Services: Is It Possible To Give Too Much?
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March 11th, 2010
Have you ever taken a trip to see friends or family and during the trip you’re called several times being asked, “Hey, where are you at? Are you close?” Or maybe you’re taking a solo trip and you would like people to know your last recorded location in the event… read more
March 11th, 2010
The clever 2006 card game Knights of Charlemagne has made it to the iPhone and iPod touch as a simple little number placing app [$1.99, iTunes link]. We don’t mean simple in that it’s easy to beat or uninteresting. We mean that the game is clearly designed and plays quickly…. read more
March 11th, 2010
We now know how Conan O’Brien plans to leverage the huge swell of support he found online in the wake of being forced out at NBC: a nationwide comedy tour.
The comedian announced on his Twitter account this morning the launch of TeamCoco.com, where fans can buy tickets to one… read more
March 11th, 2010
<pt kinds of games do you like?" Adam "Atomic" Saltsman asked of his panel audience at the Canabalt postmortem during the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. "Role-playing" was yelled out, as was "puzzler," and eventually Saltsman picked "platformer" as the genre. Without another word, he quietly went to work… read more
March 11th, 2010
OK, Twilight fans, brace yourself because the first trailer for the upcoming third installment of the saga — Eclipse — is now available for your viewing pleasure.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel Eclipse, and should be airing on June 30, 2010. However, you can have… read more
March 11th, 2010
IdeaFixa is a super cool Brazilian project based on collaboration of visual artists to promote ideas, talents, initiatives and professionals for all the creative fields: Photography, Design, Arts, Illustration, animation, 3D and others. So, IdeaFixa and Inesplorato are launching a new project called Garage Project.
About the Project
Garage Project is really… read more
March 11th, 2010
Inspiration: 31 Great Examples of Vintage Photography
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March 11th, 2010
According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.
Daily Mail’s article, which can (in edited form) be found here, was written by a former police… read more
March 11th, 2010
One of Twitter’s stylish touches is the “Login” dropdown on their homepage. I’ve taken some time to duplicate that functionality with MooTools. read more
March 11th, 2010
Wikipedia defines a headshot as: “A head shot is a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person’s face”.
It would seem to be a simple project for a photographer. After all, you are only worrying about a persons face, and just maybe part of their shoulders. Seriously,… read more
March 11th, 2010
There are thouasands of amazing freebies for Graphic Designers on the internet. We will hand select a collection of freebies from various websites that you can use in your designs every other week. They will include vectors, textures, brushes and more. Abduzeedo has you covered on getting you the very… read more
March 11th, 2010
13 Colorful Spring Themes to Download
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March 11th, 2010
Like some of the other iPhone search apps, you can enter the name of a business, and get a phone number, links to a website (if there is one), a mapped location, or directions. If you use the theater search, you’ll find nearby movie houses. You can also search by… read more
March 11th, 2010
We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create organic lettering, with digitally drawn lettering, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers all the techniques in creating this lettering illustration and gives advanced coloring… read more
March 11th, 2010
One of the most well-known multinational company in the world is Apple inc. It is a corporation that that designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Among its best-known hardware products are the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Because of its… read more
March 11th, 2010
Today we’re releasing another high quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members from the talented people at Go Media.
These scrolls are very organic, and have that “old-world” style that you have been looking for. A lot of these were created by hand and leave room for you to type… read more
March 11th, 2010
Roughly 3-4% of our readers view this site via a mobile device and that percentage is growing week-to-week. They aren’t very high percentages but it was certainly high enough to prompt me into action – I started considering a mobile version of this site.
Let me start by saying that I… read more
March 11th, 2010
<pthe first panel of day two here at the 2010 Game Developers Conference's iPhone gaming track, Oliver Miao of Centerscore Studios took the stage to talk about working on Surviving High School for the iPhone as a part of Electronic Arts' Mobile division. As Miao made clear early on, he's… read more
March 11th, 2010
One of the most difficult parts of freelancing is the tendency of the freelancer to eventually lose joy for the work. You may have come, like me, from a gig that paid well but didn’t fully capitalize on your talents. You decided to start working as a freelancer in order… read more
March 11th, 2010
As you people already know about wordpress that it is one of most popular blogging service, so we are not going into its detail. It is so popular because of its highly useful plugins and readily available free themes that make blogging absolutely interesting and pleasing experience. For a web… read more
March 11th, 2010
Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of forms in your mobile applications and websites is generally a good idea. When you do want input from users… read more
March 11th, 2010
We’re going to cover a few simple, yet prominent steps to designing a much more effective interface and increasing the quality of a mobile websites usability. read more
March 11th, 2010
By Bhanu Ahluwalia
Reflection Photography can spice up an otherwise lifeless photo and turn it into amazing shots. And the good thing is that this kind of photography can be explored on easily available things like Glass, Water or any shiny and reflective surface. Reflection photography is an art because you… read more
March 11th, 2010
If you’ve never been to Hong Kong, and you’ve heard legends about the busy streets of the city, you can now see how it looks for yourself without leaving your comfy chair, as Google has launched its Street View service for Hong Kong.
The huge city has been covered extremely… read more
March 11th, 2010
After reviewing Delicious Library earlier this week, I’m pleased to let you all know that we have five licences to give away to a handful of lucky readers!
Delicious Library is an app that will enable you to catalogue your books, music, software, toys, gadgets or video games. With barcode scanning,… read more
March 11th, 2010
There are twenty-three Google Chrome extensions and two themes to try out. The following extensions are no more than a few weeks old, and thus, it’s highly unlikely that you’ve seen them yet. read more
March 11th, 2010
Opera Mini 5 Beta was first introduced about 5 months ago, but owners of Android-based smartphones had to wait until now to get their hands on Opera’s nifty mobile browser.
This version is nearly identical to the Opera Mini 5 Beta for other handsets; biggest improvements are speed dial, tabbed… read more
March 10th, 2010
Last week, an App Store error got the latest version of Foursquare for the iPhone into a few users hands a little bit early.
That hiccup resulted in the app briefly disappearing from the App Store before finally returning early yesterday. Now the newly designed version of the app is… read more
March 10th, 2010
Do designers dream in Pantone with visions of rainbows in their heads? Color is a vital part of any graphic designer’s life – after all, they’re the ones paid to come up with pleasing color combinations that will sell a product. That’s why you often see a bold use of… read more
March 10th, 2010
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: Scordit
Quick Pitch: A social site where you… read more
March 10th, 2010
The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about animals. I gotta say that this is probably the listing with most matches ever…
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There are so many that we had to break it and… read more
March 10th, 2010
<puring CES 2010, HP gave the public a slight tease of its upcoming slate device. The touchscreen device, which runs Windows 7, sports a form factor similar to Apple's iPad, as well as similar uses; it supports eBooks, music, videos, and of course, the Internet. But wait, there's more. According… read more
March 10th, 2010
Hey everyone! Things are full speed ahead in getting ready to head out to Photoshop World March 24-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando! I’m pretty excited to be amongst some wonderful instructors to teach the latest and greatest in Photoshop and the web. One of… read more
March 10th, 2010
A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active.
The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out… read more
March 10th, 2010
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires and when it comes to technology, the list includes many of the same faces we see year after year.
After regaining the throne last year, Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time… read more
March 10th, 2010
Twitter has just flipped the switch on geolocation within Twitter.com. Now at least some users can pull up location-based information from individual tweets on the microblogging website.
While attaching locations to tweets has been possible for several months now through third party apps, Twitter.com itself hasn’t done much geolocation… read more
March 10th, 2010
Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.
The controller was originally… read more
March 10th, 2010
For the person who wants to use his/her computer as an interactive personal diary, there are many options available. There exist countless applications for each of the following tasks: organizing your calendar events, scheduling your tasks, recording your contacts, and taking down notes. Freeware programs available on the internet specialize… read more
March 10th, 2010
Gas Powered Games, creator of Supreme Commander 2, Kings and Castles, and Dungeon Siege, has said of the Mac: “We, as a developer, will include a Mac platform option in all of our proposals moving forward. We’re in 100 percent support of it, absolutely.” Chris Taylor, founder of Gas Powered… read more
March 10th, 2010
These WP frameworks and pseudo-frameworks range from the gorgeous to the, well, plain, but all provide strong starting points for WP theme design, saving you time. read more
March 10th, 2010
Google has just released an alternative player for Google Reader that gives those with a penchant for browsing news the ability to do so in an image-heavy, TV-like fashion.
Dubbed Google Reader Play, the new tool is an experimental Google Labs project that presents stories one by one — based… read more
March 10th, 2010
More Thoughts on Language and Coding for the Web
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March 10th, 2010
Web-based Twitter client Brizzly has three major developments to report: a new free iPhone app, a new Brizzly Guide (which gives trending topics on Twitter their own hub pages as permanent resources for information on the top Twitter discussion items over time), and the acquisition of WikiRank.
The Brizzly Guide… read more
March 10th, 2010
This is what I found that worked well for me.
1. TonePad and TonePad Pro
The iTunes Store describes TonePad Pro as “…the easiest way to make music. Discover the inner musician in you. Create songs by simply touching.” And this is exactly what I found. With a… read more
March 10th, 2010
Burnt Wood Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial
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March 10th, 2010
Last night at its Campfire One event, Google officially launched the Google Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace offers third-party developers and services a way to integrate directly with the Google Apps platform and sell that integration at whatever price point they choose. This is a huge win for… read more
March 10th, 2010
Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an… read more
March 10th, 2010
How to create a distinguishable textured web layout in Photoshop
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March 10th, 2010
<pell Clarke of Ideaworks Game Studio hosted a post-mortem report near the end of the first day of GDC 2010 about Call of Duty: World at War Zombies for the iPhone. The game was one of the first big brand hits on the App Store — it successfully brought a… read more
March 10th, 2010
It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of the country has today) to between 50,000 and… read more
March 10th, 2010
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,… read more
