Best of the Web: August 2010

September 3rd, 2010
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Designrfix

Today we are showcasing “Best of the Web”. We have scoured the internet in search of other design driven blogs and websites to showcase what they have to offer for the month of August, 2010. There is … read more

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Better Manage Your Small Business’s Social Media Presence [APPS]

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Sprout Social

Quick Pitch: Sprout Social delivers comprehensive tools that… read more

An Analysis of Typography on the Web

September 3rd, 2010
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Typography is one of the most—if not the most—important aspects of Web design. Some would argue that it takes up to 95% of web design . . . so why do we often neglect its importance? The readers that come to your site will often decide whether or not to… read more

Daily Inspiration #605

September 3rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

A World Without E-mail: One Man’s Vision of a Social Workplace

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Luis Suarez has a dream, and it’s one that many of us with our overloaded inboxes could well buy in to — a world without e-mail.

In fact, it could be argued that Suarez is living the dream. In less than three years, he’s been able to reduce 90% of… read more

Facebook Search Now Displaying Top “Liked” Stories from Across the Web

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

In today’s world of real-time status updates, search is evolving to account for the social nature of the web. Facebook is pushing forward in this direction with on-site search functionality that now displays search results — for Facebook and web content — based on “Likes” and shares.

Facebook appears to have… read more

A Showcase of Inspirational E-Commerce Website Designs

September 3rd, 2010
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A Showcase of Inspirational E-Commerce Website Designs

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FAQs of Logo Designing – a Designer’s Perspective

September 3rd, 2010
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FAQs of Logo Designing – a Designer’s Perspective

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NVIDIA Updates Mobile Lineup with GeForce 400M Series GPUs

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Today, NVIDIA announced the GeForce 400M Series, a major addition to its lineup of mobile graphics processing units (GPUs).

The 400M series features seven new processors, including the GTX 470M and GTX 460M monsters aimed at “enthusiast users,” as well as the GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and… read more

HOW TO: Score the Best Fashion Deals on the Social Web

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.

Just because the economy is still depressed… read more

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 2 – Getting Started

September 3rd, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Image by Romain Guy

Getting started

Once you have the intention and the funds (see Part 1 of Becoming a Pro Photographer) in place it’s time to consider the legality, rules and regulations and all the red tape of what you need to do. In the UK the government provide a range… read more

Explore Space with NASA HD for iPad

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

NASA has just released an iPad version of its official NASA app for iPhone.

NASA HD is a free app that lets users view thousands of NASA images, information about current NASA images and videos, as well as live stream NASA TV.

The app also includes access to curated topic… read more

Design An Angry Vector Turtle Character In Illustrator

September 3rd, 2010
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Design An Angry Vector Turtle Character In Illustrator

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My Camera and I: Weekly Photography Challenge

September 3rd, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Image by GiselaGiardino

Your challenge this weekend is to take and share a photo of you with your camera.

Yep – it’s self portrait time – but we want to not only see you (or part of you – you can have some anonymity if you prefer) but also your prize and… read more

Social Media Grammar: The “Checkin” Conundrum

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Alanna Francis is a SEO Specialist and Grammar Enthusiast at the website design company Blue Fountain Media, where she specializes in e-commerce marketing. She writes for the company’s web design and SEO trends blog and you can follow her on Twitter @AlannaFrancis.

We’re thrilled that the Associated Press has recently released… read more

30 Nice Email Newsletter Designs for your Inspiration

September 3rd, 2010
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30 Nice Email Newsletter Designs for your Inspiration

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Inspired By Creativity – Logos & Logotypes

September 3rd, 2010
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Inspired By Creativity – Logos & Logotypes

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Psdtuts Presents Exclusive Wallpapers by Jennifer Cirpici

September 3rd, 2010
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Another extremely talented designer by the name of Jennifer Cirpici has volunteered to create two exclusive wallpapers for the readers of PsdTuts+. This months exclusive wallpapers feature something for everyone, on one hand we have a beautiful scenery shot with lots of bright colors, and on the other we have… read more

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Determine Restaurant Wait Times Before You Leave the House [APPS]

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

If you’re anything like me (too impatient to boil water), you hate waiting to be seated at restaurants — those blinking, vibrating beeper things really are instruments of the devil, no? Well, The Onion’s A.V. Club has come up with a solution for you: a crowdsourced iPhone app that lets… read more

A Collection of PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials

September 3rd, 2010
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A Collection of PSD to HTML Conversion Tutorials

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InDesign and Bridge Contact Sheet

September 3rd, 2010
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Assemble a photograph contact sheet in InDesign.

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Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

Buried in last night’s update on skyrocketing mobile usage, Twitter CEO Evan Williams revealed that the company now has more than 145 million registered users.

The last time Twitter went on the record with member registrations, it was touting 105 million registered users. That stat came just four months ago, which… read more

Psdtuts Presents an Exclusive Wallpaper By Ee Venn Soh

September 3rd, 2010
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Another extremely talented designer by the name of Ee Venn Soh has volunteered to create an exclusive wallpaper for the readers of PsdTuts+. This month’s exclusive wallpaper features an awesome combination of colorful and exotic images that form "The Beautiful Peephole". We also catch up with Ee Venn Soh and… read more

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Mashable Giveaway: Win A SANYO Dual HD Camera

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

We’ve partnered with SANYO to give away 20 newly released SANYO Dual HD PD2 cameras. From today until next Friday, we’ll be giving two readers a camera each day, with six winners on the final day.

So how do you win? Simple. All you have to do is answer the question:… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #64

September 3rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#64 and make sure to comeback… read more

Morning Brief: Ubuntu 10.10 Beta, Plex Partners with LG, Verizon Prepaid Plans

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

Create a Graffiti-Inspired Illustration Using Photoshop and Illustrator

September 3rd, 2010
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Photoshop and Illustrator compliment each other in many ways. Today we will demonstrate how you can use them in tandem to draw and color a graffiti-inspired illustration. Let’s get started! Before You Begin Before you begin, it’s always good to do a bit of planning. For graffiti art, do some… read more

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The 7 Must-Have Apps For Android Phones To Make Your Lives Easier

September 3rd, 2010
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Smashing Apps

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find incredibly useful and life saver FREE apps for your android that you probably never used of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for get in your knowledge…. read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch #18: Job Estimating Tips, Pricing Quotes

September 3rd, 2010
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Freelanceswitch

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, Travis King and Thursday Bram look at estimating and how to start charging for your work.

Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered,… read more

80+ Latest and Inspirational Single Page Website Designs

September 3rd, 2010
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InstantShift

As you’ve already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and… read more

Sites of the Week #118 – Ronin Giveaway Winners

September 3rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

For this Sites of the Week, we’re announcing the winners for the Ronin giveaway, check it out below! Also we have selected some great sites such as Quipsologies and Relogik. As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more

How to Make a Cheeky Squirrel using Corel DRAW X3

September 3rd, 2010
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Vector Tuts

This tutorial will provide you with an overview of the basic tools and ways of creating images in Corel DRAW. Using a hand drawn sketch as the basis of the illustration, you will create objects using some special tools and learn different ways to work with color.

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Launch CorelDraw. Import… read more

40 Awesome Works of Art Made From Paper

September 3rd, 2010
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Noupe

By Tim Mercer

Paper is a humble medium. It’s often cheap and you probably have some within 20 feet of you right now. Most of us just use it for jotting down ideas, writing notes or doodling but some resourceful artists out there use it to create stunning works of art.

Often… read more

Flickr Groups for Logo and Web Design Inspiration

September 3rd, 2010
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Flickr Groups for Logo and Web Design Inspiration

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In-Depth Review of Tumblr’s Custom Theming Ability

September 3rd, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.

No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of … read more

Beautiful Houses: Paraty House in Rio de Janeiro

September 3rd, 2010
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The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more

3D Artworks That Create Unbelievable Optical Illusion On Streets

September 3rd, 2010
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3D Artworks That Create Unbelievable Optical Illusion On Streets

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50 Fresh and Beautiful Ecommerce Websites II

September 3rd, 2010
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Specky Boy

Well-designed ecommerce and shopping cart websites are regularly referred to for web design inspiration by creative and experienced web developers. They are also being featured on various CSS website galleries, and in fact there are more than a few gallery sites that are solely dedicated showcasing beautiful and standards compliant… read more

Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design

September 3rd, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and their own trial and error. In light of this, we can draw a number of parallels — some philosophical, to a… read more

NASA Plans to Visit the Sun

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

If you’ve seen Danny Boyle’s movie Sunshine, you may be a little disappointed: NASA’s mission to visit the Earth’s Sun won’t include sending people up there. But it will be sending a spacecraft into the Sun’s atmosphere, approximately four million miles from its surface. The project, called Solar Probe Plus,… read more

Ultimate List Of Web Design Checklists

September 3rd, 2010
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Ultimate List Of Web Design Checklists

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The World Collabs #4 – with Nik Ainley

September 3rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo takes pride in being one of the worlds leading design blogs. Having interviewed a bulk of the most infamous creative geniuses, we want to use our potential to introduce a new star on the Abduzeedo stage …YOU.

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This is our fifth contest for The World Collabs. Our new cutting… read more

The World Collabs #5 – with Nik Ainley

September 3rd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Abduzeedo takes pride in being one of the worlds leading design blogs. Having interviewed a bulk of the most infamous creative geniuses, we want to use our potential to introduce a new star on the Abduzeedo stage …YOU.

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This is our fifth contest for The World Collabs. Our new cutting… read more

Twitter for iPhone/iPad Getting Push Notifications Soon

September 3rd, 2010
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Mashable

We’ve just gotten an email from Twitter stating that staffers are testing push notifications amongst themselves and the company will be rolling this feature out to all users soon.

Push notifications would enable users to get instant, real-time updates for certain types of tweets — probably DMs and @replies and perhaps… read more

Robot Posters Inspiration: 18 Mighty Fine Designs

September 3rd, 2010
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Robot Posters Inspiration: 18 Mighty Fine Designs

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Spaced Out

September 2nd, 2010
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Creattica

A Retro-Futuristic Design that combines vector elements with Photoshop blending techniques. This design was featured on Design Instruct and PSD Tuts.

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Awesome Watercolor Illustrations by Dmitriy

September 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Watercolor is definitely one of the most awesome techniques of illustration. I find truly amazing of how much control and precision artists have over their watered inks to form precise art.

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And I’m probably overwhelmed by it because I have no idea how to do it… but yet, I know something… read more

Celebrate the Cow

September 2nd, 2010
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This is an homage to a very cool Flickr group that we stumbled across recently. Our own cow mascot at Light Stalking gets quite a few comments. Here are a few more cows to lighten up your day.

Photo by Ecatoncheiras

Photo by Stephi

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HOW TO: Track Hurricane Earl Online

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Hurricane Earl is expected to wreak some havoc on the East Coast this Labor Day weekend. According to the the National Hurricane Center, Earl is expected “pass near the North Carolina outer banks tonight [Thursday]… and approach southeastern New England Friday night.”

President Obama has declared a state of emergency for… read more

Excellent Mockup And Wireframing (9) Web Apps Which You Would Love To Know

September 2nd, 2010
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Smashing Apps

A wireframe or mockup tool is a must have tool for every web designer and developer. These tools have their importance in web designing and development world. It is good to use them because it saves your time and efforts, a mockup or wireframe can give you the whole idea… read more

Liberate Your Video with Pixorial

September 2nd, 2010
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Web App Storm

We human beings have come almost a full circle in communicating with each other. From the paintings in caves during stone age, we have now come to communicating with images & combination of fast moving images (videos) in this modern age. When a picture speaks thousand… read more

Facebook Beefs Up Security with Remote Logout Feature

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Facebook is bolstering the security of user accounts through the launch of a new feature that gives users the ability to see their overall account activity and remotely log out of active sessions.

Have you ever logged into your Facebook at a public computer, but forgot to log out when you… read more

Daily Inspiration #604

September 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

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

Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

September 2nd, 2010
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Digital Photography School

Going hand in hand with the previous Travel Photography Subject: Food, is what goes on behind the scenes. Some will consider food and food preparation one and the same and photograph them as such. But I have often found the ceremony, skill, art and heart that goes into creating… read more

8 Funding Contests to Kick Start Your Big Idea

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter.

Taking a business from idea to reality involves a good deal of attrition, ingenuity, and compromise. But no matter how much… read more

Free Book Competition “WordPress 3 Site Blueprints”, Comment to Win

September 2nd, 2010
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Specky Boy

It has been a while since we last ran a good web design book giveaway, and if you are a WordPress developer or you are currently learning WP, you will certainly love this competition. What we have on offer is the chance for two of our readers to win one… read more

Quick Tip: Create a Realistic Credit Card in Photoshop

September 2nd, 2010
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In today’s quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a realistic-looking credit card using Photoshop and Illustrator in just a few short steps. Let’s get started! Step 1 To speed up the process, we will begin by putting together some basic graphics in Illustrator. Make a 3.5in by… read more

How Social Data Built a Better Health Care App

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 7-8.

Every year, poison control centers get more than one million calls for pill identification…. read more

Tips to Improve Your Design Blog

September 2nd, 2010
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Tips to Improve Your Design Blog

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Beautiful Photos of New York City by James Maher

September 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

James Maher is a professional photographer and the operator of the Maher Fine Art Photography Gallery, his work is primarily focused on New York photography, but also of various travel spots around the world, and we have to agree that he has some classic photos of New York City.

For more… read more

On the Concept of Process

September 2nd, 2010
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I’m going to start this discussion of by revealing a secret about my own design work: I don’t have a process. At least, I don’t have a rock solid, time tested step by step formula that I follow for all my projects. That’s not to say that I shoot from… read more

45 Useful Photoshop Actions for Effective Photo Enhancement

September 2nd, 2010
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45 Useful Photoshop Actions for Effective Photo Enhancement

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Google Chrome Version 6 Arrives on Browser’s Second Birthday

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the Chrome browser first hit the web. In that time, Chrome has come to control more than 7.5% of the worldwide browser market, according to Net Marketshare. Sure, Internet Explorer and Firefox hold 60.4% and 22.9% respectively, but if one… read more

Artistic Expressions: Needlework

September 2nd, 2010
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Layers Magazine

Some things can be so complex. Isn’t it great that Photoshop makes them easy? All you need to know is how things work and you can do whatever your imagination conjures up.

One of the billboards in my Times Square painting contains a model wearing an intricate, crocheted top. I’ve no… read more

40+ Various High Quality Free Paper Patterns and Textures

September 2nd, 2010
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YouTheDesigner

Paper will never leave our lives, no matter how digitized we get. Its potential for beauty is celebrated in many designs today, whether in textures, layers, or other additional effects.

These following paper textures and patterns range from the simple to the exquisite, from the crumpled and colored to… read more

40+ Creative Logo Designs Using Punctuation Marks

September 2nd, 2010
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40+ Creative Logo Designs Using Punctuation Marks

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Ambitious Online Banking Alternative Scores $2.9 Million in Series A

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Banksimple has just raised $2.9 million in a Series A round to fund their ambitious alternative online banking startup for full-service, fee-free banking. The round includes investments from First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures, a collection of industry veterans with extensive startup portfolios.

Banksimple’s mission is to reinvent the… read more

15 Essential Back to School Podcasts

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington.

With another long hot American summer coming to a close, many students are scrambling to get back… read more

10 of the Web’s Most Insightful News Infographics

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

A picture is worth a thousand words. But if you include an entire database, make it interactive, and add filtering options, the word-to-picture exchange rate is even better.

Infographics at their best are more than just pictures — they can provide new understandings, succinct summaries, or just plain old fun.

In that… read more

45 Fantastic and Splendid Digital Painting Tutorials

September 2nd, 2010
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Noupe

We all have our spirit of imagination from our childhood — we give a shape to our thoughts by drawing image on school yard, on a piece of paper or on a digital tablet. Photoshop, Wacom and Illustrator are beautiful tools that help us transform our imagination into beautiful drawings…. read more

30 Fantastic and Splendid Digital Painting Tutorials

September 2nd, 2010
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Noupe

We all have our spirit of imagination from our childhood — we give a shape to our thoughts by drawing image on school yard, on a piece of paper or on a digital tablet. Photoshop, Wacom and Illustrator are beautiful tools that help us transform our imagination into beautiful drawings…. read more

Photoshop Tutorial: A Multi Color Fire Effect in Photoshop CS5

September 2nd, 2010
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Photoshop Tutorial: A Multi Color Fire Effect in Photoshop CS5

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Blogging Basics for Designers: Choosing a Name and a Platform

September 2nd, 2010
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Blogging Basics for Designers: Choosing a Name and a Platform

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At Least we Dream – Digital Art

September 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Jonathan M. Foerster is an amazing digital artist with such rich style full of colorful shine elements that intricate the eyes as they look for an understanding. I could look at each piece for a long time and still find the details that will change my point of view.

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To… read more

Dried Ink Stains: 20 High Resolution Brushes – Premium Psdpack

September 2nd, 2010
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Today, we have a new set of Premium Brushes available for Psd Premium Members. This set was crafted by Grant Friedman of Colorburned and includes 20 High Resolution Photoshop Ink Stain Brushes. If your next project calls for a grungy, stained look, then this set is perfect for you. Learn… read more

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13 Fun Self Portrait Mirror Shots

September 2nd, 2010
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Digital Photography School

It’s perhaps a little cliche – but we’ve all done it. A camera, a photographer in front of a mirror. Here’s 10 shots that caught our eye today with photographers, their cameras in front of mirrors (PS: this is the theme of the next weekly photography challenge – so get… read more

Gorgeous 21:9 LCD TV from Philips Goes 3D

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Think what you will about the ultra-widescreen, 21:9 format Philips is pushing, but you can’t deny that its cinema-proportioned Full HD LCD TV is gorgeous. Now, Philips plans to push it even further, with a 58-inch, 3D version of the device.

The device, called Philips 3D Cinema 21:9 Platinum, sports a… read more

Morning Brief: iTunes 10 & Ping Now Live, Samsung Unveils Tablet, Twitter’s iPad App

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

Picturesque: Give Your Images a Magic Touch

September 2nd, 2010
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Mac App Storm

There are a number of mammoth picture editors that can do just about anything with an image. Then there are a few very effective smaller-scale apps that have a lot of power while remaining simpler to use – a personal favourite is Acorn. But if you’re someone with… read more

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

September 2nd, 2010
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Smashing Magazine

They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs, color scheme and introductory copy show vastly different aspects of the restaurant experience. Moody warm tones create atmosphere, vibrant… read more

Keeping Clients: Ongoing Clients & Agency Work

September 2nd, 2010
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Freelanceswitch

By definition, the word “freelancer” implies that you are self-employed take on several projects from multiple parties. Many freelancers find this sort of a glamorous life, but in a sense I have to argue against it. In fact, there’s not too much that is desirable about scraping for food. And… read more

Creating Psychedelic Character Art Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

September 2nd, 2010
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Vector Tuts

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to make a psychedelic comic style character and background with Adobe Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

Starting with a hand… read more

Discover What Type of Designer Are You?

September 2nd, 2010
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Discover What Type of Designer Are You?

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35 Inspiring Food Packages

September 2nd, 2010
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Abduzeedo

Continuing our posts showing you beautiful and inspiring packages, we gathered some really nice examples of food related packages. From catchup to peanuts and honey, we will show a little bit of everything to illustrate that no matter what your product is about, a nice and well designed package always… read more

The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Pop Art

September 2nd, 2010
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The Influence of Art History on Modern Design – Pop Art

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Working For A Web Design Agency

September 2nd, 2010
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Web Designer Depot

The most obvious job for a web designer is working for a web design agency, but if you’ve never done that before… then how do you know what to expect? Is it even the right path for you?

Setting foot in an agency for the first time can be daunting. It’s… read more

Competition Responds to Apple TV and Ping

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Apple made a lot of announcements today, from the new Apple TV to the Ping social network for music built into iTunes 10.

Because Apple is entering some new market segments (or, in the case of Ping, some new markets, period) Apple is now a direct competitor to a number of… read more

45 (Fresh) High Quality Photoshop PSD Files

September 2nd, 2010
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45 (Fresh) High Quality Photoshop PSD Files

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20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

September 2nd, 2010
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Specky Boy

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my… read more

HOW TO: Get Started with HTML5 Boilerplate

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

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

This is not your father’s world wide web. Thanks to soaring smartphone sales, new tablet devices like the iPad, and the burgeoning trend of connected devices, individuals are accessing and experiencing the… read more

Twitter’s iPad App: All the Bells and Whistles

September 2nd, 2010
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Mashable

Twitter has just announced the service’s official iPad app.

It’s free and comes with a slew of touch interface bells and whistles built right in. The app is intended to allow for seamless navigation between tweets, photos, web pages, videos and other media and updates. It’s also usable even for those… read more

10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

September 2nd, 2010
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Web Design Ledger

When it comes to adding JavaScript functionality to a website, jQuery has become the solution of choice for web designers and developers. With it’s ease of use and ever-growing selection of plugins, there’s really no point to look elsewhere. Awesome jQuery plugins are popping up everyday, and we’re always on… read more

Logo Design: Boats

September 1st, 2010
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Abduzeedo

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Last week we had a post on 3D logos… today it’s all about logos with boats!

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As usual, we’ll search for logos in these galleries: Logopond, Logo Faves, Logo… read more

Secure Your Data in the Cloud with CloudSafe

September 1st, 2010
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Everything’s stored online nowadays. Contact information, bank details and even your files. But just how secure are those backups?

CloudSafe helps to secure online files by the use of heavy encryption. In this article, I’m going to be showing you how to set up a virtual safe where you can store… read more

A Detailed Look into Popular Styles in Web Design

September 1st, 2010
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A Detailed Look into Popular Styles in Web Design

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iTunes 10 and Ping Are Here, Bringing Mixed First Impressions

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

iTunes 10 is now live and available for download. It comes bundled with its own killer feature: music-centric social network Ping.

Announced just this morning, the new iTunes/Ping one-two combo pack a mighty punch. But can this dynamic duo deliver on its promise to revitalize music-based social networking? And will Ping… read more

Morning Brief: iTunes 10 & Ping Now Live, Samsung Unveils Tablet, Twitter Releases iPad App

September 1st, 2010
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Mashable

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in… read more

How Mastering Motion Blur Can Make You a Better Photographer

September 1st, 2010
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One of the great things about stepping up from compact cameras to SLRs is the amount of extra control you get over the final shot. While that control can be used in an almost infinite set of combinations, one of the more popular and effective ways to… read more

Quick Tip: What you May Not Know About JavaScript’s Logical AND Operator

September 1st, 2010
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In today’s video quick tip, we’ll be reviewing JavaScript’ logical AND operator. Those of you who are just beginning to get into JavaScript, or even a library like jQuery, might not realize that they can even be used as micro if statements! Subscribe to our YouTube page to watch all… read more

Poster Design Inspiration: 40 Examples by Creative Designers

September 1st, 2010
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Poster Design Inspiration: 40 Examples by Creative Designers

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