How a Niche Email Newsletter Grew to a Million Subscribers [VIDEO]

CEO Geoff Bartakovics launched Tasting Table in 2008, to bring the world of niche and gourmet dining to discerning foodies. Four years, five cities and one million subscribers later, Tasting Table is becoming the de facto insider’s guide to adventurous… read more

7 Best Free Android Alternatives for Siri

Now that the iPhone 4S’s Siri has been cracked, the rest of the smart phone world can indulge in their fetish for barking commands at their favorite Mobile piece of plastic.

For those wondering what a Siri is, it’s Apple answer to the Personal Assistant of the future. Like a human… read more

It Works For “You”: A User-Centric Guideline To Product Pages

Product pages for e-commerce websites are often rife with ambitious intentions: Recreate the brick-and-mortar shopping experience. Provide users with every last drop of product information. Build a brand persona. Establish a seamless checkout process.

As the “strong link in any conversion” (Richmond), product pages have so much potential. We can create… read more

Make Your Website Mobile Friendly

My husband gave me an iPad as a wedding gift. I thought it was pretty cool. I had no idea how much I would use it for my job.

I take my iPad with me everywhere. I do not have an iPhone, or even a smartphone. The thought of reading… read more

2012 Calendar Design Project, Round 2

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the 2012 Calendar Design Project. Check out the 2nd and final round at the jump.

2012 Calendar Design Project, Round 2

The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought it would… read more

I Am Not a Web Designer

I am not a web designer, and nor are you. Or a developer. Or a writer. Or whatever it is you think you are. You’re not – not in any meaningful way.

Full disclosure: I am actually a web designer, probably, but stick with me here.

I thought I was –… read more

The Art of Creating Proposals your Clients will not Refuse

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The most successful and important proposal in my life was a quick win. With the ring decision aside, it was based on three fundamentally important ingredients: clarity, timeliness and problem-solving power. My intentions were clear and unambiguous, the offer was made in due time and… read more

Free Google Search Business Card Template (PDS)

Free Google Search Business Card Template (PDS)

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Frequency Makes Any Website a Video Channel

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Frequency

Quick Pitch: Frequency compiles websites’ video content into television-like channels.

Genius Idea: Using both social feeds and… read more

The Top Brands on Pinterest

On Pinterest? Follow Mashable to check out our favorite infographics, tech news, internet memes and digital culture!

There’s a hot new social networking property and, as usual, some brands have already colonized it.

As we embrace the new year, Pinterest has emerged as the answer to the question “What’s new in social… read more

Clothes Shopping With Bodymetrics Lets You Try It On for Virtual Size

Online shoppers may be able to buy clothes in their pajamas, but they never know just how well those purchases will actually fit.

That problem may soon be history — thanks to a breakthrough piece of augmented reality technology from Bodymetrics.

The company has partnered with PrimeSense on a 3D body-mapping… read more

13 Tips for Increasing Your Company’s Google Rank

Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business’s development and growth.

It goes without saying… read more

Daily Inspiration #1027

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

Creating a Modern & Stylish Business Card Design in Adobe Photoshop

Creating a Modern & Stylish Business Card Design in Adobe Photoshop

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Ways to Engage Your Clients

We’ve been talking a lot about engagement lately, so when I saw this post on Mashable about 10 easy customer engagement ideas I was intrigued.

Engagement with your clients doesn’t happen overnight or all at once. It is something that needs to be worked on consistently over time. Engaging your… read more

Are You Using Gmail to Your Best Advantage as a Freelancer?

Many freelancers use Gmail but have you considered sprucing up your settings so that each email looks more professional? Wouldn’t you prefer to have your customers and clients receive emails from your name @ your domain name dot com instead? This is really simple to set up and gives… read more

Freelance Freedom #240: Freelance Adventurer Part 1

Once a week, we feature a fantastic freelance-themed comic from the talented N.C. Winters. Why not also take a look at our comic archive?

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Why a Web designer Should not Ignore the Importance of HTML5 in Designing

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The answer to the question; why a web designer should not ignore the importance of HTML5 in designing is actually very simple. HTML5 is the language of the future when it comes to web designing. Move over Flash, HTML5 is here. But why is this language being… read more

Don’t hate freelancers with full-time jobs

Don’t hate freelancers with full-time jobs

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A Recruiters’ Perspective: Job Boards and Career Websites

Rob Byron is a Principal Consultant in the Information Technology Permanent division at Winter, Wyman. Winter, Wyman is the largest and one of the most recognized staffing organizations in the Northeast. Find out more on the Winter, Wyman blog or follow on Twitter @WinterWyman.

If you’re looking for a job, you’re… read more

How to Measure Blog Marketing Performance

How to Measure Blog Marketing Performance

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200 Creative Business Cards Designs

200 Creative Business Cards Designs

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6 Startups to Watch in 2012

An Olympic games, a U.S. presidential election and the end of the world are already planned for 2012, but we’re more excited about the startups.

Here are six of them (in no particular order) that we expect to help define the coming year. We chose companies based on the momentum they… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, January

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated staff and volunteers… read more

30 Business Card Design Tutorials to be valued for Designers

30 Business Card Design Tutorials to be valued for Designers

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Wallpaper of the Week 185 by Perttu Murto

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Perttu Murto, a 26-year-old graphic designer, art director and illustrator from Finland. Perttu has been involved in graphics for more than 8 years and his work has been featured in several prestigious design websites and magazines. In 2007 he was… read more

Get Lots of Inspirations of Professional Business Cards

Get Lots of Inspirations of Professional Business Cards

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25 Grunge Artistic Business Card Designs will Increase Readability

25 Grunge Artistic Business Card Designs will Increase Readability

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28 Creative Letterpress Business Cards

28 Creative Letterpress Business Cards

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Vizio to Roll Out Full Line of PCs at CES 2012 [PICS]

Vizio, known for its low-cost but good-quality HDTVs, will introduce five new desktop PCs and laptops at CES 2012.

Although the official announcement hasn’t been made yet, we obtained pictures of some of the surprisingly complete group of products Vizio will introduce, starting with a 27″ all-in-one PC and ranging down… read more

3 New Tools for Promoting Your Interests

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Each weekend, Mashable selects startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products.

This week we… read more

The Battle Between Your Present and Future Self, Video

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch. This week we look at The Battle Between Your Present and Future Self by Daniel Goldstein.

In this video learn about commitment devices and other tools. Discover new ways to plan… read more

Best of the Week #204

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Mindbloom Helps You Grow Your Tree of Life

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Mindbloom Life Game

Quick Pitch: Mindbloom creates interactive software designed to help you stay engaged with and… read more

30 Top Personal Business Cards

30 Top Personal Business Cards

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How to Find the Right Digital Training Tool for Your Company

Peter Bray is the chief marketing officer of Trivantis, a provider of innovative e-learning software, including Snap! by Lectora PowerPoint to Flash software and Snap! Empower Flash interactions builder. Free trials of both solutions can be found at SnapbyLectora.com.

Corporate training helps to strengthen a business by focusing on one of… read more

New ViewPhone 3 Accepts Dual SIM Cards

ViewSonic’s ViewPhone 3, which accepts dual SIM cards, will be unveiled at CES next week and be available for the first time in the United States.

The dual SIM feature, which is popular in markets outside the U.S., can be used to keep business separate from personal calls. An ad… read more

iPhone 4S is Twice as Data-Hungry as iPhone 4

On average, the iPhone 4S demands twice as much data compared to previous iPhone models, as more consumers access data-sucking features such as its voice-based assistant software Siri, according to a new study.

A study released Friday by U.K.-based telecom network technology firm Arieso found that iPhone 4S users are… read more

4 Execs Out in Sprint Reorganization [REPORT]

A reshuffle at Sprint has prompted the ouster of four executives, according to a report.

The country’s number three telecom firm is merging the sales and marketing for its business and consumer operations, Reuters reports, citing a memo written by CEO Dan Hesse (pictured) that the news service obtained. As part… read more

Eventbrite Nearly Doubled Ticket Sales in 2011

Online ticketing platform Eventbrite sold almost twice as many tickets in 2011 as it did in 2010, according to numbers provided by the company.

About 21 million tickets to everything from yoga classes to a Black Eyed Peas concert were sold through Eventbrite last year, compared to about 11 million tickets… read more

MYCO Suite: Manage Your Company Easily Online

With the advent of cloud-based computing and the ever-progressing steps in the technology world, businesses are turning much more to Internet-based programs to help them operate efficiently and keep all their resources organised. Just look at the recent rise of web-based software that is aimed solely at businesses (especially project… read more

Twitter to Host Its First Live Streaming Concert, Starring Tiësto [EXCLUSIVE]

HP and Intel will be hosting the first-ever live stream of a concert on Twitter next week at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. The headliner: electronic music master Tiësto.

The concert will kick off the launch of a new 10-episode series on YouTube called “In the Booth” — a behind-the-scenes look… read more

7 Social Media Predictions for 2012

With the year of 2011 in social media thoroughly recapped and analyzed by Mashable, it’s time to set our sights on the year ahead. While I recently shared my predictions for media and advertising, there are some broader social media trends with big implications that are worth identifying.

Be sure… read more

Sony to Name PlayStation Guru New President, Stringer Still CEO [REPORT]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has stepped aside as president, and the company will name its current consumer products chief, Kazuo Hirai, to the position, a Japanese news service is reporting.

Nikkei business daily reports that Hirai could take over for Stringer as early as April. Stringer will remain CEO and… read more

Shelby.TV Comes Closer to TV By Turning Your iPhone Into a Remote

A new iPad app wants to give users a new way to control YouTube content on their television sets.

“I don’t use the term web video,” explains Shelby.tv founder Reece Pacheco, “because it’s all just video.”

Pacheco thinks that connected TVs will soon similarly blur this line for more people, and… read more

10 OMG Cool Athlete Websites

I have always appreciated an athlete who has their own website. Especially now days when they could call it good with a Facebook fan page, or really go above and beyond with a Twitter account. Some athlete’s are active members of charity organizations, or have their own product line, and… read more

Be Ready When Someone Asks, “What Do You Do?”

I really like the 60-Second Solutions videos on Entrepreneur.com. I thought that the recent video by communications coach Carmine Gallo on creating a 60 second strategy to tell your story was especially useful.

Sometimes it’s hard to explain to people what it is you really do. Many people hear the… read more

Specialist or Generalist: What’s Your Route to Success?

At the end of last year, a fellow freelancer and I were discussing how 2011 panned out for each of us.

“It was overall successful, but when I reviewed where my income came from, I realized I’d become too focused on just one market,” she told me. “I need to… read more

Focal Points In Design Layout

Why are magazines and books always laid out the same? Even with alternative design, there is a harmony in layout or the reader’s head will explode… or they will just stop reading and skip to the next page. Successful design in publishing, advertising, web design, illustration and anything else that… read more

The Top 25 WordPress Themes Of 2011

One could argue that every year the WordPress platform gets better and better, and 2011 was no different with the release of three major updates: WordPress 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. We have seen the addition of post formats, advanced taxonomy and custom fields queries, an improved import and export system,… read more

40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites

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A charity or cause may not need the sleek sales pages of a business on the web, but a poorly designed one could still mean the difference between helping people or failing to do so. Therefore, a non profit website design should be appealing enough… read more

Nikon D4 to blow our minds?

Jared Polin from FroKnowsPhoto.com has just handed me this press release from Nikon on their new D4! Which he says is pure awesome.

Sniff test it? Yes he did… Watch the video below for Jared’s reaction to the newly announced Nikon D4

Potentially available end of Feb 2012 and coming in at… read more

New Social Network Connects Travelers with Destinations, Experts

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Touristlink

Quick Pitch: Touristlink is a social network for travelers.

Genius Idea: Social platform allows travelers to meet… read more

5 Predictions for Online Data in 2012

Josh Jones-Dilworth is the founder and CEO of Jones-Dilworth, Inc., a public relations consultancy focused on bringing early-stage technologies to market.

In the spirit of the new year, I’ve determined my online data predictions for 2012. And because I’m attempting to make this an annual experiment, let’s begin my looking back… read more

Mashable’s Digital Predictions for 2012

It’s hard to believe all that came out of the tech world in the year 2011. From drastic changes in social media trends to unexpected company acquisitions — both startups and major corporations — it goes without saying that it has been a banner year for technology as… read more

HBO Stops Discounting Discs to Netflix, Intensifying Battle for Content

The unspoken battle between HBO and Netflix got a little uglier on Thursday when it was revealed that the premium cable channnel had stopped offering DVDs to Netflix at a discount.

As first reported by the The New York Times and later confirmed by both companies, the volume wholesale discounts that… read more

30 Best Tutorials on How to Make Business Cards

30 Best Tutorials on How to Make Business Cards

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Celebrity Apprentice: Meet the Most Connected Cast Yet

Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump has been touting this season’s crop of contestants as “the best cast we’ve ever had.” We’re not sure about “best,” but the cast certainly has an unbeatable following on social media.

The celebrities’ social networks could help them in challenges that require their teams to raise… read more

27 Free Business Card Template

27 Free Business Card Template

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Reddit Gets 2 Billion Impressions in December, Leaving Digg in the Dust

Reddit raked in more than 2 billion pageviews in December, double the amount the site posted the year before

The network also disclosed that it got close to 35 million unique visitors for the period, meaning the average user viewed about 13 pages per visit. The average time on site for… read more

NewsRight: a Game Changer for Online Journalism?

The Associated Press, The New York Times Co., The Washington Post Co. and several other news organizations banded together Thursday to launch a new company called NewsRight. Its goal: let news orgs see how widely their original reporting is being spread, and let them easily license content to interested partners.

Following… read more

Facebook Business Cards Are Here: 200,000 Users Get Free Bundles

MOO Cards, the makers of MiniCards—petite-sized business cards the size of a stick of gum—DIY business cards, and postcards, wants to make artsy business cards out of your Facebook Timeline.

MOO Cards has partnered with Facebook to make what are simply dubbed Facebook Cards. Each Facebook Card is made from a… read more

Create the Ultimate Landing Page With Unbounce

Launching a new product or service via the web is no easy task in today’s fast-paced market. There’s plenty of competition and many variables involved in determining whether yours will be a success or failure. One of the metrics marketers use to determine how well their promotional web pages are… read more

Video Inspiration #51

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… read more

Unigo Uses the Power of the Internet to Pick the Perfect College

Picking a college is one of the most important decisions in a young person’s life, and Unigo.com supercharges that process by helping prospective students find a college counselor.

Unigo features a new video chat service that pairs prospective students with counselors around the country. The right professor, the right resources… read more

Facebook, NBC Joining Forces to Host Social Presidential Debate

NBC and Facebook are teaming up to co-host a Republican debate Sunday night with a unique social media component.

The debate, moderated by Meet the Press host David Gregory, will air on NBC Sunday, Jan. 8 at 9 a.m. ET, two days before the New Hampshire primary. The debate will also be… read more

RIM Cancels 2 BlackBerry 10 Phones, Now Working on Just 1 [RUMOR]

Things aren’t looking so good for BlackBerry. Amidst speculation on the phone company’s future, rumors are starting to surface that Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that makes BlackBerry has cancelled two of its next generation smart phones.

The news, first reported by Boy Genius Report, is that RIM has… read more

26 Personal Business Cards Designs

26 Personal Business Cards Designs

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Vows to Learn Code in 2012

More than 170,000 people have signed up for Codecademy’s challenge to learn how to code in 2012, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is one of them.

The challenge, Code Year, was launched by New York-based startup Codecademy on Sunday and quickly took off as Twitter and Facebook users adopted… read more

This Online Coding Contest Could Get You a Job Interview With Facebook, Apple and Amazon

How is this for a gauge of how desperately technology companies are seeking programmers? Over the weekend, any coder can audition for jobs at companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Groupon and Apple simultaneously — without changing out of their pajamas.

Programmer database startup Interviewstreet is hosting an online coding challenge called… read more

4 Online Secrets for Getting Amazing Flight Deals

The best time to travel each year is during January and February, as flight prices plummet after the holiday season when consumers try to cut back on spending. So for those not burnt out from holiday travel and can spare some extra change, the Internet is bursting with great flight… read more

A Brief History of Kodak, American Tech Icon

“You Press the Button…”

High school drop out and bank clerk George Eastman’s technological breakthrough in the late 1870s… read more

How 4 Business Students Took on the Eyewear Industry [VIDEO]

When four friends met in business school and discovered they shared a common problem — an aversion to paying hundreds of dollars for eyeglasses — they realized there was a business opportunity in it. The group founded Warby Parker, an… read more

Create a Full Page Background Image with CSS3

The other day we looked at 10 Awesome Websites With Full Screen Background Images.  At the beginning of the article I had mentioned that there were a few ways of approaching this effect, some developers prefer to do it with jQuery, some with CSS, and others with Flash.  In this… read more

Starting a T-Shirt Line with No Money

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… read more

Why Customer Service is So Important for Freelancers

The term customer service reminds me of wasted time spent on the telephone with some huge conglomerate that somehow messed up something I purchased. Right now I’m dealing with customer service for both my cable/TV company and my home/auto insurance. It’s infuriating.

But customer service isn’t just for big… read more

Cardpool: An Easy Way To Buy and Sell Gift Cards

Christmas has come and gone and you got everything you wanted, right? Like me, some of you may have gotten gift cards instead of actual presents. For most people, they are nice because it gives you the flexibility to get what you want from the store that you got it… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch: Client Disputes and Lack of Communication

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at client disputes and lack of communication. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com.

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Interview with Maria Dimova, aka Dimary

Today our guest is a graphic designer Maria Dimova (aka Dimary) from Moldova. She is a professional designer/illustrator that always makes time to work for pleasure. Exactly such artworks illustrated in this interview. Maria works in a style of fantasy and Hed Kandi. Meet the person for who vector is… read more

InstantShift’s Website Redesign

Something has changed! Are you with us? Something has definitely changed here. As our reader strength grows day by day, we have also needed to make certain changes for both our needs and those of our readers. So starting today, we’re rolling out a brand new version of instantShift (iShift)… read more

40+ Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Tutorials are one of the best ways to learn and practice new tricks using Illustrator’s various tools. Learning through a step-by-step AI tutorial not only assists you in twisting the tools, but will also let you learn how to combine them in order to generate innovative and compound vector artwork,… read more

Designers’ Guide to Float through the Invoicing Process Successfully

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Designers are one of the most interesting professionals of the world. They love their work and do it at their best; however, most of them absolutely freak out when the project comes down to the invoicing process. Basically, all creative professionals find it difficult to… read more

Censorship: Belarus Makes Certain Web Behaviors Illegal

A new law in Belarus will restrict access to foreign websites, and will require Internet cafes and clubs to report users who visit forbidden pages.

The Eastern European country’s law (Improvements to the Usage of the National Segment of the Internet, law number 317-3), goes into effect Friday — censorship… read more

How to Get the Most Out of Google Analytics

After we published a primer for using Google Analytics, readers said they were hungry for more.

Google Analytics has since revamped its design, giving it not only a cleaner look but also updated data sets. You can now find everything from real-time stats to details about which mobile device your site… read more

Citelighter Is Like a Highlighter for the Internet

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Citelighter

Quick Pitch: Citelighter keeps information from multiple web sources in one place.

Genius Idea: Making it easy… read more

Roku Streaming Stick Aims to Make Dumb TVs “Smart”

Streaming media player company Roku just announced the new Roku Streaming Stick that will turn compatible TV sets into robust Internet-connected devices.

The Roku Streaming Stick packs the power of a Roku player into something about the size of a USB flash drive. It plugs into the HDMI port on your… read more

The Crucial Skill in How to Select your Best Images

When most of us hear the phrase “photo editing” we generally think of editing a photo to enhance it in some way using computer software. Although that is usually a big component of post-production, the “photo editing” process should always start with photo selection. When photo editors edit photos, what… read more

Kodak Set to Declare Bankruptcy [REPORT]

Eastman Kodak will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over coming weeks unless it can sell its collection of digital patents, according to a report.

The Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” reports Kodak is in talks with lenders about $1 billion in funding that would keep the… read more

How to Win Friends on Facebook With Music and Movies — But Not Books [STUDY]

Want more Facebook friends? Then make sure you’re listening to the latest hit music.

A recently published study by three researchers at Harvard examines how and why people make friends on social networks. The study shows that people who share an interest in music and movies are most likely to… read more

Why Building a Business in a Boring Industry Can Pay Off [VIDEO]

After MeetingBurner.com founder John Rydell talked with his friend Noah Kagan about his bright idea, Kagan deadpanned, “I don’t understand how anybody could get up in the morning and want to work on online meetings.”

Ouch.

But Kagan had a point: the… read more

How to Mitigate Risk During Software Development

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years, CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers.

A software development client should complete a thorough “due diligence” before selecting a developer for his critical project. Then,… read more

10 Awesome Single Page Websites

These days it seems like the term “webpage” and “website” are thrown around loosely, often being used interchangeably. I can’t recall how many times I’ve been in a meeting with a client and had them tell me they’d like a webpage, which I interpret as a basic, single-page website that… read more

Quick Look: AgoraPulse

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 AgoraPulse. The developer describes AgoraPulse as a Facebook Marketing and CRM suite that helps Facebook… read more

Best of AppStorm in December

We’ve collected the top four reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in February. Whether you’re interested in Mac, iPhone, Web, or Android apps, there’s bound to be something you didn’t spot over the course of the month. Now would be a good time to explore a… read more

Architect Day: HBA Associates

Today the AD is with the HBA/Hirsch Bedner Architects Associates, a leader in hospitality interior design worldwide remains keenly attuned to the pulse of changing industry trends governed by today’s more HBA has consistently sought to maintain a group of experts from all major design disciplines, and currently employs more… read more

Wordsmith: Words that Should be Banned in 2012

I was tickled when I found this list of 12 words that should be banned in 2012 on PRDaily.com. What started in 1975 as a publicity ploy at Lake Superior State University in Michigan has turned into a phenomenon.

The List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse,… read more

How To Create Custom Taxonomies In WordPress

WordPress 3 introduced custom taxonomies as a core feature. The following release of 3.1 included many features to enhance support of custom taxonomies. Better import and export handling, advanced queries with tax_query, hierarchical support, body classes and a bunch of wonderful functions to play with were all part of the… read more

Stop Designing Pages And Start Designing Flows

For designers, it’s easy to jump right into the design phase of a website before giving the user experience the consideration it deserves. Too often, we prematurely turn our focus to page design and information architecture, when we should focus on the user flows that need to be supported by… read more

Coolest Apps From 2011 You Would Never Want To Miss In 2012

The year 2011 has ended. We have explored and reviewed so many useful tools and resources for you all the year. Today, we are going to take a look on few of the web apps we have featured that we think you would like bookmark for 2012. I hope designers,… read more

8 Strategies to Get Your Business in a Distraction Free Zone

Physical and mental distractions are stunting the growth of your freelance business. In line with getting focused on my writing career for 2012, I’ve vowed to cut out as many distractions as possible, at the computer and beyond.

Here are eight strategies to get your business in a distraction-free… read more