A Nice Dose of Python Tutorials For Professionals

February 28th, 2012
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A Nice Dose of Python Tutorials For Professionals

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Next Google Doodle Combines Leap Year and Rossini [PIC]

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

Leap Year and the 220th birthday of Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini both fall on Wednesday. This doesn’t pose a dilemma for most people, but the team that puts together Google Doodles only has one shot at presenting a logo on Feb. 29.

It’s responded to the challenge by combining the… read more

Aperture Three – Viewing the Images

February 28th, 2012
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Aperture is about viewing and managing your images and as such your primary workspace is going to be the viewer. As we mentioned in the last tutorial, Aperture’s main window can be used in three basic modes, Browser, Split View and Viewer and in this tutorial I will discuss some… read more

How to Take Gorgeous Photos of Your Kids: 29% Off Today Only

February 28th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Today is 29 February (at least it is here in Australia as this post goes live) and we’re celebrating the ‘leap year’ with 29% off our super popular Kids Photography eBook – Click!

One of the team here at dPS HQ – Shayne Tilley our marketing guy – celebrates his birthday… read more

6 Tips for Better Facebook Parenting

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom.com, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust.

Recently, many people chimed in about the “Laptop Shooting Dad‘s” reaction to his 15-year-old daughter’s Facebook posts. Not only is the subject of social media parenting popular, but… read more

Primary Night in Michigan and Arizona: A Social Media Snapshot

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

It’s primary day in America, folks: citizens in Michigan and Arizona are headed to the polls Tuesday to vote for their preferred Republican candidate to go up against President Obama in November. As we’ve seen in the past, the social web is aflame with posts, tweets and videos from the… read more

Build a Commenter Community with Disqus

February 28th, 2012
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Web App Storm

I am a strong believer in the idea that no website would be successful without input from its visitors. After all, those are the website’s audience, and as such, have the biggest opinion on the sort of things that are posted because otherwise. Otherwise, why would they visit? If you’re… read more

Apple Wins a Treasure Trove of Multi-Touch Patents [VIDEO]

February 28th, 2012
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Call it a coincidence: The same day Apple issued invites to a press event to reveal the next-gen iPad (and more?), the company was also awarded 24 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for its multi-touch tech.

The patents, revealed by Patently Apple, include the Magic Mouse’s… read more

2012 US Election Campaign Logos – Who Will You Support?

February 28th, 2012
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2012 US Election Campaign Logos – Who Will You Support?

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On Tumblr, The New York Times Opens Its Photo Archive

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

The New York Times has added a whimsical new tentacle to its digital and social reach with a Tumblr blog dedicated to photographs from the Gray Lady’s storied past.

The Lively Morgue, as the new Tumblr is called, launched Monday with a black and white photo of news images being… read more

Don’t Want Your Video to Become a Viral Sensation? Givit Controls Who Sees It

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

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: Givit

Quick Pitch: Givit is private video sharing made easy.

Genius Idea: Desktop and mobile apps designed to… read more

Daily Inspiration #1069

February 28th, 2012
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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

WikiLeaks Release Shows U.S. May Charge Julian Assange [REPORT]

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

Nestled in Monday’s WikiLeaks cache of 5 million emails from security company Stratfor was a nugget of particular importance to the secret-sharing organization: An email that suggests the U.S. government has unreleased criminal charges against founder Julian Assange.

“Not for Pub — We have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls protect,”… read more

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Interview with Vector Artist Caramelaw

February 28th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

Today we have a special guest here at Abduzeedo, I’m proud to present this interview with Sheena Aw, also known as her illustrator alias Caramelaw. She told us more about her story, her creative process and other cool topics. Check it out.

You can see more of Caramelaw’s work at her… read more

LowePro DSLR Video Fastpack 350 AW [REVIEW]

February 28th, 2012
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Use In Real Life

I know those numbers often don’t mean a lot without real world use. I’ve tested a number of LowePro and other packs and my expectation for this pack as that I could carry my main body with power grip and longer lens plus a couple of lenses…. read more

9 Cool Ready To Use Auto Completion Scripts

February 28th, 2012
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Smashing Apps

In this round up, we have put together a beautiful collection of some auto completion scripts that will help you enhance your user experience. An auto completion or suggestion script is a valuable way that can make completing online forms easier for your visitors. It is particularly helpful when you… read more

Quick Apply in InDesign CS5

February 28th, 2012
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Incorporate your keyboard into your InDesign workflow and use it to navigate through menus and styles by using the Quick Apply in InDesign.

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Avoid Translation Mistakes When Designing for Foreign Markets

February 28th, 2012
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Specky Boy

The process of designing a website can present enough pitfalls at the best of times. A good site presents quality content that informs, engrosses and still delivers SEO, all served up in easily digestible, well ordered chunks. It should be clear and easily navigable, with graphics that catch… read more

Mission Transition

February 28th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Life and nature are one big transition. The sun slowly rises to mark a new day and then slowly sets to mark the end of the day and the beginning of night. We are created in the womb and from small cells we grow, are born and gradually age until… read more

Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam

February 28th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be launching a new community project that combines both, the Vectortuts+ Custom Skateboard Jam. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own… read more

25+ Professional Resources for Getting Started as a Freelance Editor

February 28th, 2012
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Launching into a career as a freelance editor is relatively easy. Unlike our web and graphic design colleagues, editors can start working on their own without too much investment in expensive software or equipment.

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Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Rusted Metal Sign Textures

February 28th, 2012
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Bittbox

Today’s textures come from a rusted metal sign on the outskirts of a gravel pit. It sits along a hiking trail in a small local mountain range. Each texture is 4500×3000.

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Create an “Inception” Inspired Movie Poster – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

February 28th, 2012
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Psdtuts+

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Mark Mayers will take inspiration from the Inception movie of a few years ago. The film used breathtaking special effects to create a world of impossible reality. This concept is by no means new, in fact the most well-known illusions of reality were created… read more

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How to Choose the Right Shutter Speed

February 28th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Taking good photographs isn’t just about buying the most expensive camera available. Whether you’re a wedding photographer or an amateur looking to turn professional, it’s important that you understand shutter speed and how it can affect the photos you take.

What is Shutter Speed?

The easiest way to explain shutter speed… read more

How to Illustrate a Sausage with Ketchup

February 28th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

What can one say about sausage? A sausage is an appetizing food that allows any person to feel the strength returning after hunger. And if you want to increase your vector illustration skills, then learn how to draw a sausage with ketchup in Illustrator. Let’s get started!

Step 1

First, illustrate the… read more

The Ghostwriter, The Sculptor, and The Diplomat

February 28th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

If you can write in someone else’s voice, writing for voice –e.g., scripting or outlining speeches and presentations for corporate executives, small business owners, and public officials — can be a lucrative niche. One of the great things about it is that once an executive (or that person’s “handlers”)… read more

Logo Design in 2011, A Case Study

February 28th, 2012
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InstantShift

2011 was the year that defined the importance of HTML5 and CSS3 and the best proves are the websites and applications based on these. In spite of this fulminate ascension, many other web design domains exploded or continued the expansion in the previous year. Logo design is one of… read more

Free Quality Photoshop Brushes for Your Design Arsenal

February 28th, 2012
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Noupe

With so many free Photoshop brushes being shared around the web, it can always be a bit tricky to sort through the masses to grab those true quality packs that are available. So we have once again, sought to help out our readers by doing some of the work for… read more

Gemini: Meet The Gorgeous New Duplicate Finder From MacPaw

February 28th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

MacPaw is at it again and has released a brand new app to the world: Gemini, The Duplicate Finder. The folks over at MacPaw are no strangers to the Mac ecosystem, and have released some greats apps in the past, most notably CleanMyMac.

Although not a revolutionary concept, Gemini takes a… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.122)

February 28th, 2012
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Specky Boy

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

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic!

February 28th, 2012
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YouTheDesigner

If you were with us back when we first launched our Graphic Designer Survey, we’re glad to let you know that we’ve just released the first of a series of infographics we’ve made from the survey’s results! This one is about popular graphic design software we use today, and statistics… read more

5 Great Ways to Keep Track of Your Stuff

February 28th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

As a recent college graduate and thus an official member of the “real world,” I’ve been learning about all kinds of exciting things like how to file my taxes, the joys of job-hunting and the need for renter’s insurance. I decided that if I was going to take the time… read more

Josip Kelava: Artist Of The Day

February 28th, 2012
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Designrfix

Josip Kelava is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists… read more

21 Examples of Fixed Position Menus in Web Design

February 28th, 2012
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Web Design Ledger

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A fixed position menu is that one that is fixed relative to the browser window, not only to the page, which means that if you scroll up and down the fixed menu will remain in the same position – so the user can quickly access the… read more

Free HTML Templates: Download More Than 50 Superb Designs

February 28th, 2012
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Designrfix

If your next design project involves creating a website for yourself, you do not want to miss this article. Sometimes designing your own website from scratch can be a timely and daunting task, and going to the professionals can be very costly. I have scoured the internet in search of… read more

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25 Examples of Professional Typography in Web Design

February 28th, 2012
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25 Examples of Professional Typography in Web Design

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Introducing Digital Artist Sebastian Andaur

February 28th, 2012
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Sebastian Andaur is a young 17 years old self-taught digital artist from Chile of South America. Loving colours since he was born, Sebastian was first introduced to Photoshop when he was only 12 years old. Now he works with a variety of techniques, styles and colours; all coming together to… read more

20+ Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

February 28th, 2012
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20+ Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

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Quick Tip: Enhancing Textures Using Photoshop

February 28th, 2012
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Quick Tip: Enhancing Textures Using Photoshop

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Weekly Poll: Which Twitter Client is Your Favorite?

February 28th, 2012
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Which Mac Twitter App Is Your Favorite?

The world of Twitter clients is an ongoing obsession of mine. The history of how third party developers have helped push the platform forward and then left the market disgruntled at how they’ve been treated by Twitter is fascinating. Looking back we can… read more

45 (More) Really High Quality Free PSD Files For Designers

February 28th, 2012
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45 (More) Really High Quality Free PSD Files For Designers

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Photoshop Tutorial: Create A Battery Icon.

February 28th, 2012
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Photoshop Tutorial: Create A Battery Icon.

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FBI Shuts Down 3,000 Warrantless GPS Devices After Court Ruling [VIDEO]

February 28th, 2012
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The FBI shut down 3,000 GPS-based devices this week in a response to a court case ruling decided on Jan 23.

The U.S. Department of Justice is now dispatching officials to remove the devices, which were not authorized by warrant to be attached to vehicles.

In United States vs. Jones,… read more

How Startups Can Build Lasting Relationships With Journalists

February 28th, 2012
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Mashable

Dmitry Dragilev is the marketing lead at ZURB, the interaction design firm behind ZURBapps, a suite of apps that helps people quickly design great products through rapid prototyping, iteration and user feedback.

It’s a week before launch and you’re hoping to score some awesome traffic from a well-known publication. Here is… read more

17 Creative Uses of Lens Flare (And How to Get The Effect Yourself)

February 27th, 2012
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For many years in photography, lens flare was actively avoided by photographers. Flare, which is basically light scattered within the lens due to unplanned reflection and lens impurities, was considered as something that ruined a photograph. Equipment like lens hoods were invented to help prevent it. But times change and… read more

Free Photoshop Thor Style

February 27th, 2012
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Free Photoshop Thor Style

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How to Add Photos to Your Facebook Map

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

1. Your Map

To manage your map, click on the “map” box in your favorites section, beneath your cover… read more

Daily Inspiration #1068

February 27th, 2012
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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

Email Overload? This Startup Lets You Unsubscribe to All Mailing Lists at Once [INVITES]

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Yesterday I was subscribed to 271 newsletters. Today, after putting about 10 minutes of effort, I’m subscribed to just the 17 of them I find useful — and they arrive at my inbox packaged in a single email.

Hallelujah.

Unroll.me, which started as a simple hack for unsubscribing to emails, is… read more

Meet the Developers: Garrick van Buren of Typerighter

February 27th, 2012
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It’s always exciting to come across a new tool that actually becomes a part of your daily workflow. I try out new apps all the time, and minimalist writing apps are a particular favorite of mine. Most fail to make the writing experience perfectly smooth, and usually have too many… read more

Mind Blowing Matte Paintings for VFX

February 27th, 2012
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Mind Blowing Matte Paintings for VFX

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Common Sense in Web Design? Sadly Not For Everyone

February 27th, 2012
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Common Sense in Web Design? Sadly Not For Everyone

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How to Turn Off Google Search Plus Your World Results [VIDEO]

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

If you are tired of seeing the pileup of social content from Google+ friends every time you use Google, you can now do something about it. Here’s how to get old Google back and block the personalized results that Google Search, plus Your World spews up.

When the Google… read more

MasterImage 3D Tests Glasses-Free Tech on Qualcomm Tablet

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

MasterImage 3D is showing off its glasses-free technology at the 2012 Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona this week on a tablet manufactured by chip supplier Qualcomm.

Qualcomm’s MDP Tablet 3D Edition — which boasts a Snapdragon S4 processor — will feature MasterImage 3D’s latest glasses-free technology called Cell-Matrix Parallax Barrier… read more

Angelina Jolie Hilariously Legbombs the Internet

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Angelina Jolie’s right leg has been everywhere since she first stepped onto the red carpet at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night. Not only was her exposed leg and dramatic pose the talk of the Oscars, it’s now been hilariously superimposed into various pictures across the Web.

A photoshopped… read more

35 Rare Photoshop Bokeh Effect Brushes

February 27th, 2012
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35 Rare Photoshop Bokeh Effect Brushes

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Fake Apple iStoves Seized From Chinese Warehouses [VIDEO]

February 27th, 2012
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A Chinese company likes the iPhone so much that they named a stove after the Apple brand.

This is the latest of many Chinese companies to sell fake Apple products, but perhaps the first documented pseudo-Apple home appliance. Apparently, the company sold portable gas stoves engraved with the Apple… read more

Online Marketing for Photographers: The Lessons I Paid For

February 27th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

A Guest Post By Kristen Simental

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When I decided to get serious about marketing, I did some research and felt that online marketing was the way to go. All right, I saw that everyone else was doing it. In the course of a year, I thought I was… read more

Niche Media, Gilt to Launch Shoppable Luxury Magazine

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Niche Media, publisher of high-end regional magazines including Gotham, Hamptons and Ocean Drive, is launching yet another luxury lifestyle title, this time in partnership with Gilt Groupe and Hudson News.

Du Jour, scheduled to launch this fall, promises to be multi-platform from the get-go, spanning print, web, mobile, social and email… read more

Google: 850,000 Android Devices Activated Every Day

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

To ring in the first day of Mobile World Congress, Google revealed some new statistics about how far its Android mobile operating system has come. Close to a million Android devices are activated every day, the company says, and there are now 450,000 apps in the Android Market.

The news comes… read more

Twitter Must ID User Who Threatened Michele Bachmann, Judge Rules

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Twitter users who threaten presidential candidates with violence can’t expect to stay anonymous.

Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of Washington’s federal trial court decided last week that prosecutors can request Twitter to unmask a user who threatened Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) with sexual violence…. read more

8 Strategies for Launching a Brand Presence on Pinterest

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Charles Nicholls is an expert in ecommerce, web analytics, social media marketing and online buyer behavior. He is also founder and chief strategy officer at shopping cart recovery company SeeWhy. You can follow Charles on Twitter @webconversion and read his blog.

Many marketers have heard of Pinterest, but despite this, most… read more

Nokia’s 41-Megapixel Camera Phone Takes Marvelous Photos [PICS]

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Hanging Out

The crisp detail of the PureView is evident, as the horizon is sharp as well as the… read more

Groupon Reports Mobile App Growth, International Expansion Plans

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Groupon announced at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that it experienced a record-breaking month in December among mobile app users, as one quarter of all Groupon vouchers were purchased via a mobile device.

The deal-of-the-day site said usage of its mobile app more than tripled… read more

Getting Started With Filter Forge 3.0

February 27th, 2012
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Psdtuts+

Photoshop’s default filters and effects don’t always give you the look and flexibility that you are looking for. Over the last several months, we have been introducing you to Filter Forge, a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply 4,000 amazing effects to your images, and even create your… read more

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Learn to Leverage Twitter

February 27th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

Freelancers and small business owners can learn a lot from how bigger businesses use their social media. You’re not going to be able to capitalize on everything these larger companies can, because your business model is different. However, there are some things big companies do to leverage their Twitter… read more

37 Fresh And Free Icon Sets In PSD Format

February 27th, 2012
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Smashing Apps

Here is a fresh and absolutely free collection of Icon sets PSD files for all those designers who are looking for high quality icons PSD files that they can alter in accordance with their own needs. High quality freebie PSD files are the designers’ best friend that always comes in… read more

Focus On: Mobile App Design Trends for 2012

February 27th, 2012
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Specky Boy

Mobile applications are on the rise as more consumers switch over to smartphones. Between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system there are plenty of wonderful apps to browse through. The past year has built up a catalog of exceptional design patterns which will continue over into 2012.

In… read more

When The Project Is Over – The Follow-up Meeting

February 27th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

At the end of a project, there are a couple of things you can do. You can hand the files or materials off to the client, a printer or upload them to a server. Then, you bill it and forget it.

Bad idea.

A better idea is to conduct a follow-up… read more

Create a Baseball-Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop

February 27th, 2012
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Psdtuts+

Applying texture to a text effect can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will explain how to create a baseball-inspired text effect using layer styles, patterns, and brushes. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Grass Texture 1… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a Cute Cartoon Dinosaur

February 27th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

This Quick Tip will show you how to create a cartoon dino using only basic shapes like rectangles and circles. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find the tool and function… read more

Moon Games

February 27th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

French landscape astrophotographer and astronomy journalist Laurent Laveder created a fun series of ‘moon’ images with a twist. Using a few simple props and the human form he’s transformed the moon into all manner of objects. He’s also pulled together a small book – Moon Games – featuring some of… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Business Icons

February 27th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Anastasiia Kucherenko. It’s filled with 10 illustrated business icons. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump!

New Tuts+ Premium… read more

Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text?

February 27th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Depending on who you follow and what you read, you may have noticed the concept of “responsive text” being discussed in design circles recently. It’s not what you might imagine — resizing and altering the typography to make it easier to read on a range of devices — but rather… read more

Create a Mosaic Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator and Scriptographer Plug-in

February 27th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

In today’s tutorial we will learn how to create a vector mosaic from a raster image using a Scriptographer plug-in, which allow us to widen the standard functions of Adobe Illustrator. To create a vector portrait we will use the scripts developed by Russian designer Vladimir Seregin.

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The Scriptographer… read more

80+ Awesome Freebies from Dribbble Community

February 27th, 2012
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InstantShift

Creativity means a lot in any kind of presentation. Whether it’s a logo, banner, advertisement or a complete design; being able to inject creativity into it not only helps in floating the message around, it also leaves solid impression on the viewer.

Good design is not easy thing to create, or… read more

A Showcase of Beautiful Bird Photography

February 27th, 2012
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Noupe

Nature photography is often more beautiful than photography featuring manmade subjects, as it presents us with the beautiful randomness of the world around us. Some of the most stunning creatures within nature are birds. With around 10,000 species of birds, bird photography presents us with an endless variation of colors,… read more

Things I Hate about My Clients

February 27th, 2012
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Specky Boy

In the Things My Clients Hate. What about Yours? article I discussed 5 things my clients hate. Now, let me present the other side of the story – i.e. 5 things I hate about clients. Well, with so much hatred, it might sound like we freelancers and clients… read more

Wunderkit Finally Hits the Mac

February 27th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

If you spend any time at all with your nose in the realm of productivity software (and you know we do), then you’re probably aware of the splash that 6Wunderkinder made when they finally opened their super-secret new web app, Wunderkit, to public beta just a mere few weeks ago…. read more

Adobe Primetime Highlights Brings Video into the Digital Publishing Circle

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

BARCELONA: Here at Mobile World Congress, Adobe has unveiled Primetime Highlights, a powerful new tool for converting video highlights into publishable, ad-supported, fully distributed clips in a matter of minutes.

Primetime Highlights is part of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DSP), a set of turnkey hosted services that allow publishers to create… read more

9 Ways 3D Printing Can Change the World

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

What once seemed like something straight out of The Jetsons has become a very common utility across all industries — 3D printing could very well revolutionize the way we manufacture, research and fix things.

Although this new(ish) form of technology is widely recognized as a way to produce mass amounts… read more

The Eclectic Work of Mike Harrison

February 27th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

Mike Harrison is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary freelance art director, designer and illustrator, currently based in London. Through the years of crafting himself and his career he has experimented with almost every style and discipline in the book and still continue to try new techniques and mediums on a regular basis…. read more

Fun With Fonts: 5 Free iPhone Games for Typography Fans

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

1. Helvetica vs. Arial

Can you tell the difference between Helvetica and Arial? This game puts you to the… read more

Sacha Baron Cohen Red Carpet Shenanigans Go Viral

February 27th, 2012
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Mashable

Sacha Baron Cohen dumping faux ashes of late dictator Kim Jong II on Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet of the 84th Academy Awards went viral Sunday night, as the video and animated GIF showed up on Twitter and various Tumblr sites.

Baron Cohen — who was dressed in character as… read more

Oscars 2012 Live Blog [TRANSCRIPT]

February 27th, 2012
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The 84th Academy Awards airs tonight, and we’re capturing all the action for you from Mashable HQ in New York City. Join us as we dish the details before, during and after the ceremony, which starts at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Starting at 7:30 p.m. ET, our team will talk all… read more

Aperture Software (Part Two) – Introducing the Interface

February 26th, 2012
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In the first of this series of tutorials, I showed you how to import images into Aperture, Apple’s image management software for Mac OSX. With the images now safely in an album we are going to have a closer look at the basics of the Aperture interface.

Lets start at the… read more

The Long and Winding Road to Personal Heads-Up Displays

February 26th, 2012
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Mashable

With the rumors churning about Google’s potential “heads-up display glasses” coming out at the end of the year, we thought it was important to look back at the history of this technlogy.

Heads-up displays allow users to receive data on a screen in front of them, so they don’t have to… read more

HTC One S and One V Announced in Barcelona [PICS]

February 26th, 2012
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Mashable

BARCELONA: Besides showing us the drool-worthy flagship and king of the new One line of devices, the HTC One X, Taiwanese mobile giant HTC also launched two cheaper devices: the HTC One S and One V.

The HTC S features the same unibody design as the HTC One X in a… read more

Oscars 2012: Who Will Win? Oscar Predictions According to Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

February 26th, 2012
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Mashable

Do you need some last minute help with your Oscar pool?  The 84th Academy Awards won’t start announcing the winners of its major awards until tonight — however, Webtrends Design Lab analyzed 476,000 tweets to gather detailed Oscar winner predications.

Every year particular films generate hype; however, that hype has often be difficult… read more

Daily Inspiration #1067

February 26th, 2012
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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

Sony Announces Two New Xperia Smartphones

February 26th, 2012
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Mashable

As expected, Sony unveiled its Xperia P and Xperia U dual-core smartphones at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona on Sunday. It was the first press conference for Sony since it spun off Ericsson, with Sony’s smartphones now originating from a division called Sony Mobile Communications.

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20 Strange and Hilarious Google Street View Sightings

February 26th, 2012
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1. A Fleet at the Ready

Take a minute and think about the gargantuan task of photographing every inch… read more

Are You a Binge Photographer… or a Snack Photographer?

February 26th, 2012
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We had a great discussion last week on our Facebook page about this so I thought I’d ask the question here on the blog too:

Is your photography done in sporadic bursts or are you a steady shooter?

I’m not talking about when you’re on a shoot and shooting fast –… read more

Jeremy Roberts: Artist Of The Day

February 26th, 2012
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Jeremy Roberts A.K.A JPRart is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these… read more

Sony DEV-5 Digital Recording Binoculars Review

February 26th, 2012
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My experience with binoculars has mainly revolved around visits to motor sports, surf carnivals and performances like musicals or opera.

So I can, without fear of contradiction, say that we can safely discount use of the DEV-5 in theatres and the like: for one thing you’d quickly get tired of sitting… read more

20 HDR Photographers Worth Watching

February 26th, 2012
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Do you need a twist on your photographic inspiration? Check out the following HDR photographers. The techniques they use to create surrealistic images combine multiple exposures to capture a wider range of value and color.

Since most HDR photography is used to achieve difficult exposures with wider dynamic ranges,… read more

Has Apple Lost Its Outsider Status?

February 26th, 2012
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Despite operating within the profit-driven world of consumer technology, Apple has often maintained a distinctly rebellious public persona. Launched by two former telephone hackers Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (in addition to Ronald Wayne), Apple forged their own path by ignoring the status quo and offering such innovations as the… read more

Free Stock Photos Images: Free Download Stock Images

February 26th, 2012
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Free Stock Photos Images: Free Download Stock Images

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