The Designer Who Delivers

Whether you design and code websites all by yourself or run a small business with a pool of talent, you will always face the challenge of how much to work on a design and UI before passing the mock-ups on to the developer? Moreover, how much visual work needs to… read more

Single-Page Websites: Examples and Good Practices

By Cameron Chapman

Single-page websites are becoming more popular among web designers, both for their own projects and for client sites. There are a lot of cases out there in which a single-page site makes a lot of sense: if there isn’t a ton of content; if the content is all… read more

Six Twitter App Models That Stand a Chance

Rounding off the first-ever Twitter developer conference, Chirp, was a lightning-fast roundup of a few apps the Twitter team found fascinating enough to showcase for the 1000-hacker crowd. Each team got exactly 140 seconds to present their wares, and all showcasing apps were judged by an all-star lineup that… read more

Demand Media Exploring IPO

According to various reports, Demand Media has enlisted Goldman Sachs to explore an initial public offering (IPO). Previously, Goldman Sachs was part of a $100 million Series C round that Demand raised in 2007. The Financial Times reports that Demand could file for an IPO before the end of… read more

10 Beautiful Business Card Design Tutorials

10 Beautiful Business Card Design Tutorials

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Snacksquare Connects Foursquare Merchants to Customers

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: SnackSquare

Quick Pitch: Snacksquare is a location-based advertising… read more

Google’s $26.5 Billion Treasure Chest

Google had good news to report to shareholders during today’s Q1 earnings announcement. Revenues are up 23% year over year, totaling $6.77 billion between January 1 and March 31, 2010 — up from a paltry $5.51 billion during the same period last year. The extra $1.2 billion allowed the… read more

HOW TO: Target Social Media Influencers to Boost Traffic and Sales

Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor Solutions, provider of the leading word-of-mouth analytics and optimization platform that enables marketers to measure, manage, and monetize earned media.

Your brand has 10,000 Twitter followers and 2,000 fans on Facebook. Does that mean your social media marketing efforts are paying off? Maybe… read more

Viacom Details Secret Google Conversations About YouTube’s Pirated Content

As it continues to make its case against Google and YouTube in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit, Viacom has released previously sealed documents that the media company says show, “Google made a deliberate, calculated business decision … to profit from copyright infringement … [and] coerce rights owners like Viacom… read more

Celebrate Tax Day With Free Stuff

So you’ve filed your taxes (we hope!). Now it’s time to celebrate and a plethora of businesses are offering Tax Day deals to help you do just that.

Because we live in the age of social media, a number of businesses are leveraging their social media presence to promote their… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of WordPress Theme And jQuery Template By FlashMint

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which Win A Copy Of WordPress Theme Or jQuery Template By FlashMint. We ran the MySql random query and selected these 16 commenter to give them WordPress Theme And jQuery Template By FlashMint.

FlashMint is a leading and incomparable Flash Templates… read more

5 Ways to Reduce Social Media Distractions and Be More Productive

Scott Belsky studies exceptionally productive people and teams in the creative world. He is the Founder and CEO of Behance, oversees The 99% think tank, and is the author of Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming The Obstacles Between Vision & Reality (Portfolio, April 2010).

Those of us who are social media-savvy… read more

Google Adds Calendar Invitations to Gmail Messages

If you’re a Gmail user, you may have noticed a surprising new feature in your e-mail account this morning: There’s now an “Insert: Invitation” link adjacent to the “Attach a file” link in each new message you compose.

The invitation addition makes scheduling meetings and setting up appointments via Gmail… read more

The Onion Takes on Promoted Tweets [PIC]

So Twitter has just launched its brand new ad platform — Promoted Tweets — prompting all of us over in the social media world to wonder: What will the public at large think? Well, The Onion has once again tapped into our collective consciousness to bring us the above… read more

Beautifully Treated Black And White Stunning Photographs

The Black and white photography in this era of digital technology produces a nostalgic feel of 20th century. Although it gives the impression of 20th century but even then it is in used by many artists. We have previously featured some different types photography that inspired you a lot, so… read more

35+ Rockstar Mac Software Developers and Their Apps

Every time I find an application that I really like, I immediately check out the other applications from the same developer. You’ll find that more often than not, there is a theme (visual or practical) that ties all their applications together in such a way that if you like one… read more

Setting Your Standards as a Freelancer: A Few Suggestions

Having standards is important when you’re trying to find and work with clients on your own. It’s surprisingly tempting not to stick to your standards: a quick project that you wouldn’t normally take can look pretty appealing if you’re having a slow month. But sticking to your guns can be… read more

The recession and the Web design industry

By Andy Warpole

In the autumn of 2008, at least for a few weeks, it looked as if the very walls of capitalism were going to fall on to the heads of its participants. The once mighty Lehman Brothers, an American corporate monolith since the 19th century, imploded overnight on September… read more

Essential Guidelines for Featured Content in Web Design

As the mountain of digital content grows, all websites are looking for capabilities that help them to provide dynamic and even personalized online experiences of their visitors. Commercially-oriented sites need these capabilities so they can merchandise and monetize content, products, and services more effectively. If you surf the web for… read more

15 Tips for Freelancers: What to Do in Slow Days and Dry Times

15 Tips for Freelancers: What to Do in Slow Days and Dry Times

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Twitter Gives Developers Their Very Own Website

Today at Chirp, the Twitter conference for app developers, Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver announced the company would be giving developers their own sandbox for developing apps and getting more and better information about the Twitter APIs and roadmap.

Currently, the site at dev.twitter.com has information on @Anywhere (an important… read more

Did Twitter Betray App Developers? [VIDEO]

While at the Chirp conference for Twitter developers, we ran into iPhone developer Brett McLean, whose startup had been rightfully optimistic about their Twitter app — that is, until three days ago, when they got word that Twitter had acquired top iPhone app Tweetie and designated it the official… read more

Investors Discuss the Uncertain Future of Twitter Apps

When Twitter acquired Tweetie and made it their official iPhone app last week, dozens of lives and business plans were thrown into turmoil.

The third-party app developers and investors who had worked together to create startups around the Twitter platform were blindsided. Some lost an entire business model or were… read more

HOW TO: Prevent and Report Online Stalking

David Perry is Global Director of Education for Trend Micro, where he represents the company’s Internet security awareness endeavors as a leading authority on computer virus prevention. For ongoing updates on the latest threats, check out the Trend Micro microsite.

The social web is not just a model of our… read more

Mashable’s Adam Ostrow Talks Twitter Ads on FOX Business

Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com

This week’s biggest social media news so far has been the launch of Twitter’s ad platform. Now that Twitter’s business model has been revealed, we can finally ask: will it actually turn Twitter into a cash cow?

Yesterday, our Editor-in-Chief Adam… read more

How Companies Should Approach the New Twitter Advertising Model

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications. Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence.

By now, everyone has heard about Twitter’s move into the paid advertising world. This week’s announcement that companies will be allowed to pay to have their posts lead search… read more

Winners of iPad and Free ActiveCampaign Licenses

Finally, the day you’ve been waiting for is here… The contests’ results are in!

2048 comments were made for this amazing giveaway. This is certainly a record for any contest on WDD!

A ginormous thank you to the generous folks at ActiveCampaign for providing us with some stunning prizes (total worth of… read more

Twitter to Developers: Attach Any Data You Want to Tweets

Metadata has long been part of Twitter applications. Viewing conversation threads or learning about a user’s location has changed how users interact with content and have provided third party app developers with great opportunities to innovate on Twitter’s platform.

Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Director of Platform, announced today at Chirp, the… read more

Facebook Fans Valued at $3.60 Each [STATS]

According to a new study released by social media management company Vitrue, Facebook Fans are valued at $3.60 a piece in earned media for big brands. When scaled to Fan Pages with 1 million Fans, that equates to $3.6 million annually — and Vitrue says that this is just… read more

Twitter Launching “Points of Interest” to Tie Tweets to Places

Earlier this year we predicted that Twitter would use geotagging to identify physical places via Twitter, and today Evan Williams announced at the Chirp conference that the company is doing just that with its new Points of Interest feature.

The feature doesn’t appear to be live yet, but soon users… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Job Listings

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

650,000 TV Episodes Viewed on ABC’s iPad App

Disney’s ABC television network was the first in the industry to market on the iPad with their impressive app. Downloaders can stream TV episodes free of charge and early data is showing that they’re doing so in droves.

According to data shared with the Wall Street Journal, the ABC iPad… read more

Twitter Users React to Promoted Tweets [STATS]

Today Twitter is expected to reveal more information about Promoted Tweets, the ad platform it launched yesterday with selected advertising partners like Virgin America. While Twitter feels strongly that Promoted Tweets are different from ads, it’s clear that users are confused about the value and nature of Promoted Tweets.

Data… read more

Roughly Speaking: Character Design Sketching Approaches

Character design comes in many styles, but they all start with the rough sketch. Often overlooked in online tutorials, technique and process videos, they are the foundation to creating quality characters. The following is an overview of rough sketches from some fantastic character design artists, with many different styles and… read more

Sorting Through Information on Freelancing

The number of blogs and websites offering up information on freelancing has exploded over the past couple of years. In a way, this is a good thing: the more information freelancers have access to, the better decisions we can make and the more money we can earn. But in other… read more

Creative & Stylish Photos by Ryan Schude

Ryan Schude was born in the greater Chicagoland area in 1979. Ryan received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from St. Mary’s College in Northern California before heading to the San Francisco Art Institute for photography. After shooting freelance for a bit and then working full time as a photo… read more

Beautiful Illustrations by Pablo Bisoglio

Pablo Bisoglio is a visual artist and illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has illustrated numerous works for a range of international publishers and magazines, including: Wired (USA) Ford Magazine (Argentina), Young Creative Network (UK), Fortune-Time inc. (USA), Grupo de Revistas La Nacion (Argentina) Panasonic (UK), Roger (UK), Teachersmag… read more

Notable Makes Website Annotation Fast and Easy

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: Noteable

Quick Pitch: Notable makes it… read more

Tweets at 35,000 Feet: How Virgin America is Using Promoted Tweets

Promoted Tweets are now live. Yet, for most of us, there’s still a general curiosity about how this will work in the wild.

What does this mean for the partner advertisers? Are our search results and Twitter streams going to be spammed with advertisements now? Will Twitter ever be the… read more

New and Improved Bit.ly Arrives This Week [PICS]

URL shortening and analytics service bit.ly will soon be launching bit.ly 1.3, the newest version of the most popular URL shortener. In addition, the company is launching an enterprise version of bit.ly Pro, which will be available later today.

The new bit.ly 1.3, which will roll out later this… read more

Why Banning Social Media Often Backfires

Humans have a natural proclivity to want what they cannot have. Our insatiable appetite for sharing information, combined with the nearly limitless ways to access the web have thus far frustrated the most sophisticated attempts to block access to social media services.

From the Great Firewall of China to the… read more

Design Makeover: High-flying Redesign

Client:
Good Bird Magazine! www.goodbirdinc.com

BEFORE
I don’t have a huge number of subscribers, but the ones I do have are really into their birds.

Good Bird Magazine! is just one part of Good Bird Inc., a source of information for owners of parrots and similar birds. The complete product line includes DVDs,… read more

New Study Shows the Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 [STATS]

In a dense, 87-page report, Morgan Stanley analysts have charted the most important online trends and predicted the future of the Internet. In addition to forecasting more online shopping and showing the geographical distribution of Internet users, the study also shows a dramatic shift toward mobile web use.

Including devices… read more

10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers

**This series is supported by the Social Influence System, presented by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. To learn more visit Waggeneredstrom.com/nozombies.

Most community managers are well-versed in the basics of social media engagement. We all know how to deal with trolls and how to create conversations. Here are some interesting and unorthodox… read more

14th Annual Webby Awards: Here Are the Nominees

The nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards have just been announced. For 13 years, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has given out Webby Awards to blogs, web TV shows and other new media that has set a standard of excellence in web content.

Nominees who… read more

40 Amazing Web Apps for Freelancers

40 Amazing Web Apps for Freelancers

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Tiger Woods Ad Prompts Hundreds of Spinoffs [VIDEOS]

The Tiger Woods Nike ad is inspiring its share of viral parodies, according to Visible Measures.

This morning, the company’s blog released some pretty interesting stats with regard to the exposure that the new ad has gained; the commercial, featuring Tiger Woods staring into the camera while a voiceover… read more

16 Apps to Help Fight Email Spam

Spam tends to be an occupational hazard of using the internet. Everyday we receive tens or may be hundreds of spam mails, making life online unpleasant. All it takes is one rogue website to sell our email address and we will be in every spammer’s database in no time. Using… read more

11 Ways To Earn More Money Freelancing

It’s no secret that times are tough all over, even for those who work in the Web design industry. Maybe you’ve found full-time work as a web designer, but in this economy it’s just as likely that you’re piecing together several part-time or contract gigs just to stay afloat.

Whatever your… read more

Business Professionals Can’t Live Without Sex or Smartphones [STATS]

Smartphones tied with sex as the number one thing that business professionals can not live without in a study from cloud-based business phone system provider, RingCentral. In a survey among RingCentral’s small to medium-sized business customers in the US, the importance of the smartphone in daily and business life… read more

Social Proof, and How You Can Get Some

You’ll hear this term casually dropped on several sites that cover copywriting, but few experts ever go into detail to explain social proof. They mostly say, “Make sure you back up your claims with social proof,” and then move on to discuss something else.

Meanwhile, you’re sitting there thinking, “Great. And… read more

Baseball Teams Logo Inspiration

We have been posting about logos and logo inspiration articles of all sorts. Paulo Gabriel has provideded us with a great selection of styles so I decided to select some baseball logos to enrich the that list. What I really like about Baseball logos is that they are a great… read more

Twitter Photo Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million

Photo sharing service TweetPhoto has announced that they’ve secured $2.6 million in series A funding led by Canaan Partners.

The company — which has already seen interest from the likes of Kodak — plans to use the money to expand its reach by offering additional APIs and becoming more accessible… read more

Abduzeedo Poster Giveaway

Last week I received my posters from UPrinting.com and they look amazing. The quality of the print is really impressive. So I talked with them and we decided to give away 6 posters, yes, I said 6 posters to you guys.

The poster is 24×36 inches in semi-gloss paper with the… read more

jQuery HTML Table Toolbox

By Paul Andrew

In the 15 years since the HTML table element was first incorporated into HTML 2.0, it has been on a constant roller coaster ride. Upon its introduction it was a revelation, it was a new way for web designers to present detailed data in structured tabular format, it… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.32

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources, freebies and good reading articles that we have shared via Twitter and Facebook in the past week.

If would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can… read more

The Path To Advertising Nirvana

With advertising, a curious thing happens: most people want its benefits but are rarely willing to put up with its hassles. Those who run websites and applications have enough on their plates without having to worry about handling transactions, putting banners across their website or hearing requests from advertisers. Moreover,… read more

Meeting Your Client for the First Time

You are There

You have both turned up to the meeting for the sole purpose of getting more information about each other. You are there specifically to get more information on the client you’re potentially working for. You are also there to learn more about the specifics of a project… read more

The Multi-Billion Dollar Question: Will Users Click on Twitter Ads?

It’s official: Twitter’s advertising platform launches in the next 24 hours. The much-anticipated Twitter business model will begin appearing in search results in the afternoon, with ads on Twitter.com and within third-party apps to follow.

The launch of the new ad platform, known as Promoted Tweets, isn’t a surprise… read more

20 Beautiful Script Fonts for Your Designs

Since script fonts are based on the fluid stokes of natural hand writing, they’re a great way to add a personal touch to a design. The only issue I have with script fonts is that I’ve always had trouble finding good ones when I need them. Assuming you may have… read more

Twitter’s Ad Platform to Launch Tuesday

Twitter is going to launched its much-anticipated advertising platform on Tuesday, one day before its first-ever developers conference. The ad platform is called “Promoted Tweets” and will roll out Tuesday afternoon, starting with promoted tweets within search results.

According to AdAge and The New York Times, the platform… read more

Subtle Brilliance: Why Microsoft’s Kin Could Be Huge

Microsoft launched its latest smartphone series, titled Kin, at its “It’s Time to Share” event. Chances are, the Kin series phones are not targeted at you. Despite the marketing that reads like a walking Urban Outfitters catalog, Kin isn’t targeted at me either. Instead, Kin, formerly known as Project… read more

Creative Sessions – A New Set of Educational Posts Every Month

We’re very passionate about teaching creative skills here at Tuts+, so over the last year we’ve been planning a new stream of educational content focused on the "Why?" instead of the "How". Today we’re unveiling the newest addition to the Tuts+ family: Creative Sessions.

Every month we’ll be running a two… read more

Become a Social Network Ninja with CoTweet

Here at Web.Appstorm, we love social networks and we love the web apps that help us manage our networks. Be it for personal or for business use, it is very useful to be on top of your social network. That is why we have this ongoing series to help you… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Upcoming Social Media Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event to establish… read more

How To Effectively Manage Your Projects And Teams Online

If you are into finishing a project successfully and also on time you need to figure out a good way to communicate with your team members. Such as, “notifying every one of their tasks”, “keeping track of the progress of projects” or sometimes just a “sincere message… read more

Shazam Targets TV with iPad App

Music discovery/tagging app Shazam became a hit with listening audiences via their iPhone app, then followed suit with a smattering of apps on other platforms. Shazam now hopes to do it again on the iPad, this time with the intention of attracting and capitalizing on a television viewing audience.

In… read more

Sketch Maven: A Marketplace for Original Comic Book Art

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: Sketch Maven

Quick Pitch: Sketch Maven… read more

“The Office” Co-Producer Teams with Yahoo for Daily Web Show

Yahoo has signed a deal with Hollywood production studio Reveille to regularly produce and distribute a web video series, the first of which debuted today. It’s called Who Knew? and it’s a daily program that serves 90 seconds of infotainment related to the most read Yahoo News story of… read more

How Journalists are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Journalists are, by nature, crafty folk who are wonderfully adept at stalking… read more

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Hits Best Buy Stores Next Week

Barnes & Noble confirmed that its Nook e-reader is coming to Best Buy retail stores beginning April 18. Last week we reported on rumors that both the Nook and Amazon’s Kindle would be hitting retail stores, but it looks like the Barnes & Noble device has secured a presence… read more

Zappos CEO on How To Deliver Happiness with Social Media [INTERVIEW]

Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, April 30th-May 2nd in Silicon Valley, where Tony Hsieh will be speaking, along with staff from Google, Facebook, and Twitter. The conference explores living wisely and purposefully in our modern age. Mashable readers can use code Mashable for a… read more

Freelance Freedom #151

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FITC Toronto 2010: Design & Technology Festival

Now in its 9th year, FITC Toronto is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world. With some of the most unique and engaging presenters from around the globe, FITC Toronto is an information blitz of presentations, demonstrations, and panel discussions, sandwiched between our… read more

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Brings Sexy Back

Adobe will unveil its new Creative Suite 5 on Monday April 12th at 8AM PDT, just a few hours from now.

You can catch the official launch online here, however, if you can’t wait, we’ll be revealing all the juicy details before the official launch… right now!

The Adobe team kindly invited… read more

A Showcase of Inspiring Business Card Illustration Designs

A Showcase of Inspiring Business Card Illustration Designs

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Project Pink: Microsoft Launches Social Networking Phones Tomorrow

Microsoft is expected to reveal a line of social networking-centric phones during a live webcast tomorrow. The launch is the culmination of a long-running project within Microsoft called “Project Pink”.

The webcast carries the slogan “We’re For Sharing”, while press invites to the event read “It’s time to share”…. read more

IKEA’s Parisian Guerilla Marketing

IKEA really went all out on their latest campaign. This time they set out to the Parisian subway to prove the quality and durability of their products, which are often times deemed cheap and disposable.

For two weeks, four subway stations in Paris were fully furnished, with couches and lamps, introducing… read more

Wallpaper of the Week #95 – Justin Maller

The wallpaper of this week is a beautiful image created by Justin Maller, a freelance illustrator and art director based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been creating digital art for over eight years, and has produced professionally in both a private and studio based capacity for the last three.

For more… read more

Our Favorites Tweets of the Week Apr 4-Apr 10, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For The Worse)

Facebook can mess up your life in a whole bunch of ways. It can get you fired or evicted, plunge you into debt with its addictive games, and even (yeah, right) infect you with syphilis. We wouldn’t look at all of those as serious threats, but we all know… read more

Apple Vs Adobe: Steve Jobs Responds

Steve Jobs has weighed in on Apple’s new rule that iPhone and iPad applications must be “originally written” in C/C++/Objective-C — a mandate that’s being seen as another sleight against Adobe Flash. The response comes after an Adobe employee wrote a post telling Apple to “go screw yourself“.

Developer… read more

20 Must-Read Design, Branding, and Online Business Books

20 Must-Read Design, Branding, and Online Business Books

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24 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

Another week down, and another chance to gather all the social media wisdom from the experts and put it to good use for your personal brand, your business, or for plain old fun.

Check out these indispensable resources which include an exclusive peek inside YouTube’s inner sanctum, a swath of… read more

Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future

The future of the Web is everywhere. The future of the Web is not at your desk. It’s not necessarily in your pocket, either. It’s everywhere. With each new technological innovation, we continue to become more and more immersed in the Web, connecting the ever-growing layer of information in the… read more

Invoice Bubble Makes Invoicing Easy and Affordable

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: Invoice Bubble

Quick Pitch: Invoice Bubble… read more

How Publishers Plan to Monetize iPad Content

Macala Wright Lee is the Founder of FashionablyMarketing.Me, one of the web’s leading digital marketing blogs for fashion, luxury and lifestyle industries. You can follower her on twitter at @FashMarketing or @Macala.

Apple announced earlier this week that it had sold more than 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on the… read more

10 Free Services to Monitor Your Site’s Uptime

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

You can’t sit staring at your monitor 24 hours a day to keep an eye on your website(s), so thank the heavens for the free services out there that do it… read more

Indepth look at my freelance logo design process – Part 1

Indepth look at my freelance logo design process – Part 1

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Book Review: Making Ideas Happen

Most creative professionals have no problem coming up with ideas.

In fact, too many ideas is more often the problem rather than too few. Where we usually run into issues, though, is in the follow-through.

How do we take the brilliant ideas that we come up with on a… read more

How Businesses can Harness the Power of Online Communities

Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent.

Today, everything is social -– social commerce, social business, social CRM. The list goes on and on. But are consumer technologies like Twitter and Facebook strategic for implementing a social media business strategy? Can you measure the investment? What… read more

Lessons from Hollywood: On Getting Projects Green-Lit & Spec Work

For over a year now I’ve been working with a well-known producer/writer/director as his Internet marketing manager on two movies; one in development and the other now in pre-production. It is an interesting experience that has taught me loads about what not to do as a freelancer as well… read more

Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay

As a designer, you will eventually have to face a couple of unfortunate truths in your career. Number one: just because you wear a bathrobe for most of your “business” hours does not actually make it business attire. Number two: at some point in your freelance career, you will encounter… read more

Share iPhone Apps Easily with AppSnap

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: AppSnap

Quick Pitch: AppSnap lets you install any… read more

Quick Look: Billings Time Tracking/Invoicing

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Billings. Put simply, Billings’ logical workflow and intuitive interface make quoting, invoicing, and time tracking… read more

The 10 Best “Get a Mac” Ads

Love them or hate them, Apple’s iconic “Get a Mac” ads have made a huge impact on pop culture. Today, we’ve learned that the campaign is slated for the deadpool.

In an interview with the Onion’s A.V. Club, actor Justin Long was asked about the status of the campaign. He… read more

10 Excellent Applications To Organize Yourself

Do you face problems scheduling a get together or remembering your chores? If yes then you are one of the countless people who need a little extra help to better organize themselves.

Over the course of my blogging I have written about various programs and tools that help us improve our… read more

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community

Editor’s Note

This article is the first in our new series of “opinion columns,” in which we give people in the Web design community a platform to raise their voice and present their opinion on something they feel strongly about to the community. Please note that the content in this series… read more

How To Create An Abstract Bokeh Business Card

How To Create An Abstract Bokeh Business Card

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10 Essential Social Media Tools for B2B Marketers

This series is supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of social media as part of your overall B2B marketing mix. Register today!

Like anything else, social media marketing is easier, more efficient and more effective if the marketer has the right set of tools. While… read more