Smashing Book #3: Redesign the Web

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How to Use Textures in Your Designs the Right Way

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Textures are a wonderful tool to use for all kinds of design. Not only can textures make something look more interesting, they also add a sense of material realism that people can connect to. There are very few materials in the “real world” that do not have… read more

Faded Glory: A Showcase of Low Saturation Photography

There are many photographers who aim for vibrant explosions of color in their work. Using these bright hues to connect with and move the viewer. Though there are some who take a different path for reaching their audience, however color still plays a part. They actually process the photos to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.131)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

40 Fresh Business Card Print Design

40 Fresh Business Card Print Design

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A Photographer’s Guide to the Gorgeous Colours of Venice

It’s romantic, beautiful and a photographer’s paradise yet Venice can at times be a hard place to photograph. It is one of the most visited cities in the world and as such you can have a frustrating time trying to capture its beauty. In this short guide we will show… read more

Check the Background of Your Shots Before Shooting

Those who follow me on Instagram (follow me at darrenrowse) will have seen this one already but I thought it’d be a fun one to share again – to make a point.

Check the backgrounds of your shots before shooting!

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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Presets – Spring Color, Flare & Haze

This week, Laura (from Pretty Presets) was kind enough to donate some more free presets for me to give away. The images below show the before/after samples of the 2 presets included in the download below (from the Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection). If you like ‘em, she–™s got… read more

Color Psychology: What Color Says About You

There’s a reason you see a smattering of women in red business suits in the crowd when you watch the State of the Union address on TV. Red is a power color, and these are powerful women!

The colors you choose to wear and even brand yourself with say a… read more

50 Photoshop And Illustrator Tutorials For Creating Text Effect

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are tools that every designer and artist use, interact and rely on for completing his design work. These tools cannot be overlooked no matter how smaller or bigger your design work is. Thus, learning to use this most important and crucial designing tools inside out is… read more

Beauty and Portraits on a Budget

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If you have ever had any interest in beauty or portraiture, but found yourself frustrated not being able to afford expensive lighting, studio space and more – fear not! With a quick visit to a local signage or art supply store you can buy the right… read more

How Web Developers and Designers can Work Together

Within any field of application production you often find the workload split between design and development. It’s a simpler process to let the designer handle creating the user interface while the developer codes it into reality. This is the case for desktop applications, mobile apps, and especially websites.

In this article… read more

Refining Your Design In Adobe Fireworks

While certainly not as well known as Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks is a great tool for creating user interfaces, website designs and mock-ups, wireframes, icons and much more. However, most designers who have been using Photoshop for years may find Fireworks a bit awkward at first. Fireworks does have a slightly… read more

Quick Tip: How to Draw an Apricot with the Mesh Tool

Follow this simple but detailed quick tip and learn how to draw an apricot using the Mesh Tool. It includes step by step instructions about how to create all the mesh points and lines plus all the color shades used so you can draw a realistic apricot from scratch…. read more

Create Video Game Cover Art in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Creating fictional video game cover art in Photoshop is a great way to exercise your creativity and practice your skills. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Sheridan Johns will explain how to create a video game character concept using digital painting techniques. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium… read more

26 Resources for WordPress Tutorials Themes and Plugins

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Freelancing seems like one of the most lucrative job titles. And it’s true that setting your own hours and working on interesting projects can be a lot of fun. But there is also the matter of looming deadlines and touchy clients you need to keep satiated.

One… read more

Tablet Story – Making A Website Tablet Friendly, Known and The Unknown facts

Remember the joy and happiness when you first got your hands on the magic iPad. Yeah, iPad has undoubtedly changed the way we used to browse the web. It is slim, sexy and simply irresistible and therefore, it is no wonder it is admired and adopted by millions of people… read more

Decibel: Lossless Audio and Beyond

Like many among us, I am not accustomed to paying for a music player. I am happy with iTunes and Winamp in both Windows and Mac. Still, if you are looking forward to pushing the boundaries in playback quality and revolutionary user interfaces, there are a handful choices available in… read more

Freelance Freedom 257: Over Inspiration

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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Create a Vector Space Composition in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vector space composition featuring the planet Saturn. We’ll use simple shapes, various Blending Modes, and follow a strait-forward workflow that is as simple as a basic circle. Check this out yourself at the jump.

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First, we’ll create a background for… read more

Giveaway: Win Free Commercial License Membership with Graphstock

We are again excited to present you with special, more exciting prizes. InstantShift again came up with cool freebies giveaway as promised. This is our way of saying thanks to our readers for being part of the iShift community and helping us make it to where we are right now.

We… read more

Adobe CS6 Available For Purchase, Creative Cloud Coming May 11th

Adobe has announced the immediate availability of Creative Suite 6, the next reincarnation of its popular graphic and web design software. The company’s official store has been updated with all the new products and users can either purchase the software outright ready for download or upgrade from previous versions of… read more

50 Fresh and Free Texture Packs To Spice Up Your Designs

All designers should have a healthy collection of resources in their toolbox. Always ready for any possible scenario. So, just to help your collection we have for you today 50 fresh, free and fantastic texture packs that are freely available to download.

You may also like:
50 Fantastic… read more

World of Watercolor: Beautiful Watercolor Effects in Web Design and Tutorials

Using watercolor in web design is not a new thing that designers are implementing, by any means. In fact, it has been used in web design for years. In no small part due to the fact that digital watercolor effects are inspiring and attention-grabbing, and on top of that, easy… read more

25+ Free And Useful PSD Files For Designers

25+ Free And Useful PSD Files For Designers

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20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

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One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other… read more

Amazing Showcase of Yellow in Webdesign

Amazing Showcase of Yellow in Webdesign

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30 Very Useful Illustrator CS5 Tutorials

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up an amazing collection of high quality Adobe Illustrator cs5 Tutorials from around the web. You’ll find everything from How To Create a Grainy… read more

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – April 2012

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – April 2012

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Huntsy: A Smart Dashboard for Your Job Search

Ask any job seeker, and he’ll tell you that looking for a job is, in and of itself, a job. It’s time-consuming to prep your cover letter, tweak your resume, follow up and plan your interview, especially when you’re applying for multiple positions. Sure, you could make an intense, color-coded… read more

Photoshop Tutorial Roundup – April 2012

Photoshop Tutorial Roundup – April 2012

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3D Printing Gives Amputees Custom-Designed Legs [VIDEO]

A San Francisco company called Bespoke Innovations is using 3D printing and modeling technology to give prosthetic limbs new life as custom-designed, wearable pieces of art.

Here’s how it works: First, the company 3D scans both customers’ natural and prosthetic legs. A 3D computer model is created, maintaining as… read more

What Photographers Must Know About Using Extreme Wide Angle Lenses

Many photographers dream of owning one of the super wide lenses. Not a fisheye but a lens so wide it verges on fisheye. However as well as being expensive, there are some steep learning curves to overcome when using such wide lenses. In this brief article we will discuss a… read more

50 Great User Interface Kits for Web Designers

50 Great User Interface Kits for Web Designers

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What Beer Can Teach Us About Design

What Beer Can Teach Us About Design

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Klout CEO Hints at Redesign, Local Feature, Brand Page Update

Klout has had a busy few weeks, unleashing an iPhone app, brand pages and a new API. But more changes are on deck.

Klout CEO Joe Fernandez hinted at those developments on stage and backstage at Mashable Connect in Orlando.

The San Francisco-based startup will announce this month four more partners… read more

Icon Designs In Websites: 12 Tips To Make The Most Of Them

Icon Designs In Websites: 12 Tips To Make The Most Of Them

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Google Translate Beat Boxes When You Type This Gibberish

From “do a barrel roll” to “let it snow,” Google’s been known to have some whimsical tricks up its sleeves.

Now, you can enjoy some a cappella, sung by Google Translate.

If you insert the below nonsensical string of characters into Google Translate, set the “to” language to German and press… read more

5 Tips for Creating a Workflow for Speed Portrait Shoots

When I was in Colombia last month, my photography team took on the challenge of photographing portraits for an entire orphanage full of adorable and energetic children. We had about 20 minutes one morning to photograph all 60 or so kids. There would be no other opportunity to do so… read more

Daily Inspiration #1127

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Why Apple Won by Betting Against the Web

Roger McNamee, the managing director and co-founder of venture capital firm Elevation Partners, has a theory about how Apple became the biggest U.S. technology growth story of all time:

“The thing that made Apple successful was betting against the web,” he said on stage at Mashable Connect Friday.

While Google adopted the… read more

18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers

18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers

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10 Fantastic Examples of Vintage Postcard Designs

10 Fantastic Examples of Vintage Postcard Designs

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5 Socially Conscious Startups You Need to Know Right Now

In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.

By harnessing the power of the web and digital technology, these companies have offered resources to women-founded startups, funded socially conscious ideas and used… read more

8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures

Ever noticed how some people’s vacation pictures are often an imitation of the postcards they could have easily bought at the airport on their way home? Whether it’s the Eiffel Tower or the Sidney Opera, it’s common to try to capture those iconic images. After all, it’s one reason why… read more

How Instagram Took America by Storm [INFOGRAPHIC]

Have you caught Instagram fever?

The flaming hot mobile app and recent $1 billion Facebook acquisition now has more than 40 million users.

This Online Colleges infographic shares some impressive stats behind the viral mobile photography app. Instagram gains one new user every second. One billion photos have been taken with… read more

Perché Pinterest fa tanto bene… al porno

Lo hanno etichettato come la rivelazione dell’anno. Poi, dopo un primo sprint iniziale, ha perso quasi tre milioni di utenti in neanche due mesi. Mentre tutti ne discutevano con il solito approccio filosofico, qualcuno un po’ più smaliziato è rimasto a guardare nell’ombra facendosene un’idea diversa. Carino questo Pinterest. Con… read more

Unique 3D portraits using the screw art, by Andrew Myers

Unique 3D portraits using the screw art, by Andrew Myers

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50 Stunning design portfolios you MUST see before (re)designing yours

50 Stunning design portfolios you MUST see before (re)designing yours

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32+ Awesome Examples of Typography in Web Design

32+ Awesome Examples of Typography in Web Design

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8 Amazing Tree Vector Resources

8 Amazing Tree Vector Resources

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Design Critique: Josh Dick’s Portfolio Site

Design Critique: Josh Dick’s Portfolio Site

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Amazing Apps for Designers on Android

Amazing Apps for Designers on Android

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Reasons to Become a Freelancer

For me personally becoming a freelancer was one of the best ideas I’ve ever had. Being a freelancer beats all jobs I have had in the past and maybe more that 99% of all potential jobs I could realistically expect to have. And I certainly can’t complain of… read more

30 Logos Including Animals

30 Logos Including Animals

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25 Inspiring Logos with Innovative Use of Typography

25 Inspiring Logos with Innovative Use of Typography

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Wallpaper of the Week 202 by Timothée Mathelin

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Timothée Mathelin also known as “shift”. Timothée is a freelancer graphic designer from France and has been featured on Abduzeedo other times.

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5 Tips To Improve Your Photography

5 Tips To Improve Your Photography

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Outstanding Composition Of Still Life Photography

Outstanding Composition Of Still Life Photography

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GIF Logos Pros and Cons: 5 Examples for Design Inspiration

GIF Logos Pros and Cons: 5 Examples for Design Inspiration

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Brand new free fonts that Are surely very useful in your upcoming designs

Brand new free fonts that Are surely very useful in your upcoming designs

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Talent Markets – Your Freelance Design Career Firestarters

Talent Markets – Your Freelance Design Career Firestarters

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10 Free Cute Vector Tree Illustrations

10 Free Cute Vector Tree Illustrations

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Shapeways CEO: 3D Printing Will Fuel Creative Commerce

Although 3D printing has been around since the ’80s, it only recently moved out of specialty prototyping shops. As the technology becomes more accessible — allowing anybody to design anything they want — it could revolutionize the way products are made and distributed.

“We think it will give rise to a… read more

Use Red Patterns and Create an Eye-Catching Design

Use Red Patterns and Create an Eye-Catching Design

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European Space Probe to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moons [VIDEO]

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced this week that it’s spending $1.3 billion on a 2022 mission to explore Jupiter’s largest moons. Watch the video above to see why scientists are hopeful that the Jovian system is a sweet spot for extraterrestrial life.

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will… read more

47 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Mashable won a Webby Award for our business coverage, so how on earth could you let yourself miss our latest digital media resources? Just kidding — for whatever reason you couldn’t keep up this week, check out our features roundup for the best social media, business and tech resources.

This week,… read more

Cool Workspace Designs That Will Make The Working Hours a Joy

Cool Workspace Designs That Will Make The Working Hours a Joy

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For Lower-Profile Olympians, Social Media a Key to Branding Success

Ricky Berens is a world-class athlete, but he’s no Michael Phelps. The two teamed up to help the United States win a relay swimming gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and will probably both participate in the 2012 Games. But outside the pool their lives couldn’t be more different.

Berens… read more

6 Sizzling Must-Have Gadgets for Summer

For the Summer Gadget Series, our Mashable tech experts road-tested some of the hottest tech toys around to spice up your arsenal of vacation must-haves.

On this list is a little something for every kind of weekend warrior. Whether you’re into high-velocity white water rafting, taking in the sights of… read more

30 Productive Marketplaces To Buy and Sell Stock Images

30 Productive Marketplaces To Buy and Sell Stock Images

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Shopping App NetPlenish Is a Win for Consumers and Sellers

NetPlenish CEO Dave Compton believes “there are two types of shoppers: convenience and price-driven.”

Compton says his wife was faced with a common shopping problem — having to visit multiple stores to find the best deals. It was a weekly challenge for her to find a particular brand of dog… read more

Life-Size 3D Holograms Bring Us Closer to ‘Teleportation’ [VIDEO]

Will life-size holograms of your colleagues and friends be the new norm? The Human Media Lab of the Queen’s University in Canada says yes.

Researchers were inspired by Star Trek-like teleportation to create the TeleHuman cylindrical telepresence pod. A long tube is outfitted with six Microsoft Xbox Kinect… read more

Why Marketers Should Get to Know Customers’ ‘Digital Selves’

Today’s marketers are under-utilizing the large amounts of personal data their customers are sharing publicly every day, according to Adobe’s senior manager of social-media products, Chad Warren. By looking at their customers’ activity not just on social networks but all over the web, brands can potentially engage with them in… read more

Architectural Photography Tips

Architectural Photography Tips

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Show Us Your ‘Supermoon’ Photos

“Supermoon” sounds like something out of a sci-fi narrative, but it’s actually a special astronomical phenomenon.

Tonight the moon will be full, but that’s not what makes tonight’s moon super. Tonight is also the closest the moon will pass to earth in 2012, meaning it will appear bigger than normal… read more

Why Online Organizing Is Changing Politics: ‘It’s the Network, Stupid’

Joe Trippi, campaign manager for Howard Dean’s underdog 2004 presidential bid that began and ended on the web, has a piece of advice for anybody running a political campaign: “It’s the network, stupid.”

Trippi, who literally wrote the book on digital politics, told a packed house at Mashable Connect that the… read more

25 Creative Typography Print Ads

25 Creative Typography Print Ads

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Nikon Coolpix P510 Review

In this reviewing business you occasionally get waylaid: in preparing a new camera review I usually begin with the text sources and specs data to feel my way. In this case, I did so, quite carefully, but dug into the wordage of the Nikon Coolpix P5100. Wrong!

The way model numbers… read more

Why Marketing Is Broken and How to Fix It

The marketing world needs to stop being so afraid and start solving problems, according to Cindy Gallop, an entrepreneur and consultant whose prescription for growth calls for synthesizing creativity and data collection.

Gallop, who spoke at Mashable Connect Saturday morning, critiqued the current state of marketing, which she believes is driven… read more

Alcoholic Spray Promises a Few Seconds of Instant Intoxication [VIDEO]

The product featured in the above video may be the perfect accessory for a Saturday night. Meet the “Spray That Makes You Drunk” — WA|AH Quantum Sensations — created by scientist David Edwards and designer Philippe Starck.

The WA|AH spray lets users skip breakfast, lunch and dinner and go straight… read more

Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

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A Free 3D Silver Social Media Icon Set

A Free 3D Silver Social Media Icon Set

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Why the Future of Social Is in the Palm of Your Hand

When I leave the house in the morning, the first thing I check is that I have my phone with me. It’s not my keys nor my wallet, but my phone that I’m most worried about forgetting.

My mobile device has become my lifeline in a lot of ways — and… read more

Amazing Logo Designs With Fluid Shapes

Amazing Logo Designs With Fluid Shapes

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U.S. Army Captain Dies During Skype Session

U.S. Army Captain Bruce Kevin Clark, 43, died during a Skype video call with his wife on Monday. Clark was an army nurse stationed in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom at the time.

The circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown, according to CNN.

The army will be… read more

Here’s the Best Time to Share on Pinterest

If you’re doing most of your sharing on Pinterest from the office, you’re doing it wrong. The best time to share things on Pinterest is Saturday morning, according to data from Bitly, the URL shortening service.

Hilary Mason, Bitly’s chief scientist, revealed the nugget during a talk at Mashable Connect in… read more

Lessons Learned in a Columbian Orphanage

It has always been a dream of mine to work at an orphanage.

I know. It’s a little bit random, and not exactly typical for an American girl. But it’s true: working at an orphanage was my earliest dream job. I think I was 9 years old. I don’t remember what… read more

How Will We Interact With Technology in the Future? [CONTEST]

One of the biggest ongoing evolutions in technology has been the way we interact with devices.

Whether it’s function keys on a mainframe, the trackpad on a laptop, or a touchscreen on a smartphone, product interfaces are constantly changing to improve usability. Soon we may not even use our hands… read more

Fonts of Famous Brands Free Downlaod

Fonts of Famous Brands Free Downlaod

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Best of the Week #221

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

Video Pick: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch.

This week we look at Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. presented by graphic designer Chip Kidd. In this video we learn about the art of book cover design…. read more

CodeBox: Manage Your Snippets Effectively and Efficiently

A snippet, in terms of coding, is a small piece of code that you can use over and over again in various projects. So as a developer (or designer for that matter), it’s useful to have your snippets readily available while you’re working on your next big project.

This is where… read more

The Digital Illustrations of Steve Argyle

In this article we will take a look at the work of digital illustrator, Steve Argyle. Argyle’s illustrations do a fantastic job of portraying emotion, movement, and action. His work features some of our favorite characters from the Star Wars Universe and more. Let’s take a look! It is the… read more

10+ Fresh and Useful Pure CSS3 Tutorials [No Javascript] | gonzoblog.nl

10+ Fresh and Useful Pure CSS3 Tutorials [No Javascript] | gonzoblog.nl

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25+ Beautiful Macro Photography

25+ Beautiful Macro Photography

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You! Be Informed! #0003

Another week has ended, and now it’s time for another roundup of design news! We spent the week poring through our RSS readers and sharing links we found interesting, and I hope you find them useful. Read on and learn a thing or two about the current goings on in… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.137

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only… read more

Photographers: You Won’t Want to Miss This

Light Stalking just got a whole lot better for photographers

Our community has grown incredibly fast over the last few years. We are now a strong group of over 500,000 photographers (and growing daily) We know that you are extremely passionate about the art of taking beautiful photos. So, we are… read more

Meetings.io: Online Group Video Chats Without the Hassle

Scheduling meetings online is a pain, period.  If you think Skype makes your life easy, well, think twice. First of all, you need to have an account with them, then download and install their bulky software, then pester your friends to do the same if they haven’t done so already… read more