UI Design: Aside Magazine

I don’t see these posts about UI Design as a regular series, but much more like the possibility to share some amazing design pieces whenever we run into them, just like the Aside Magazine.

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This magazine was done entirely using HTML5, which is pretty awesome. I’d love to see some other… read more

Mastering Photoshop Techniques: Layer Styles

Layer Styles are nothing new. They’ve been used and abused again and again. Despite their ubiquity, or perhaps because of it, many designers do not yet realize the full potential of this handy menu. Its beauty lies in our ability to create an effect and then copy, modify, export, hide… read more

Conde Nast Elevator Twitter Account Goes Silent To Save Mystery Author’s Job

Sometimes, the absurdities of one’s workplace are just too delicious not too share. That was the idea behind short-lived Twitter account, @CondeElevator, which went silent Thursday to preserve the anonymous tweeter’s job at the media company.

@CondeElevator first came on the scene August 6, launching with the tweet: “Woman #1 to… read more

The Making of iPad Head Girl [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

Remember that iPad Head Girl video we posted the other week? Well, the folks behind the head have posted a video explaining just what went into creating the cranium, a clever ad campaign for Cosmo‘s iPad-only… read more

How Blurb Tapped Into the Burgeoning Self-Publishing Industry

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For the last six years, Eileen Gittins has made it her mission to help anyone and everyone… read more

How To Build A Better Web Application For Your Business

Are you fed up with hearing about yet another Silicon Valley Web application built with fairy dust and funded by magic pixies? If so, this post is for you. Most of us will never get to work on a Web application that is funded by venture capital and for which… read more

Top 6 Mistakes Beginning Freelance Writers Make

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Starting a freelance writing business can be overwhelming. As you start to look for those all-important first clients, you may second guess your every move.

Making some freelance mistakes are inevitable and even beneficial. Remember the old adage that you learn from your mistakes? However many… read more

Better proof approval and management

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored review for Approval Manager

Any time you’re working in a team environment, it’s likely you’ll need a series of permissions and approvals for various stages of your project.

Managing all these approvals, making sure that they’re done on time, and making sure that the right versions of… read more

Showcase Of Effective and Creative Pricing Page Designs

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Every premium web application/service developer is well aware of the importance of showcasing pricing information on their website in an easy-to-read and stylish manner. Not only can a well thought out pricing table showcase all available buying options, they can also be designed to encourage and… read more

Talib Kweli Visits Turntable.fm, Gets First Verified Account & Own Avatar

Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli was one of the first musicians to get into Turntable.fm, the still-in-beta service that lets users spin tunes in avatar-filled chatrooms. Now he has his very own avatar — and Turntable’s first verified account.

Turntable.fm posted a video of Kweli at the startup’s office, as well as… read more

Social Good Summit Snags New Speakers From Skype, United Nations Foundation & More

We’re excited to announce that Tony Bates, Christy Turlington Burns, Heather Armstrong, Kathy Calvin, Brandon Litman and Boaz Paldi will be joining our dynamic lineup of speakers on stage at September’s Social Good Summit. Ted Turner, Lance Armstrong, Elie Wiesel and many other innovative technologists and passionate activists also will… read more

Photographer Spotlight: Matt and Agnes Hage | HagePhoto

This commercial photographer spotlight features outdoor adventure photo team Matt and Agnes Hage. From their Anchorage base camp, the two branch out to assignments all over Alaska, the American West, Canada, the Pacific Islands and the Patagonian Andes. HagePhoto has worked with clients including Backpacker, Outdoor Life, Backcountry, Cascade Designs,… read more

Techniques For Gracefully Degrading Media Queries

Media queries are the third pillar in Ethan Marcotte’s implementation of responsive design. Without media queries, fluid layouts would struggle to adapt to the array of screen sizes on the hundreds of devices out there. Fluid layouts can appear cramped and unreadable on small mobile devices and too large and… read more

FreelancerPro Interview: Making a Living Writing with Carol Tice

Carol Tice has made a name for herself in the writing industry. Not only is this Seattle area resident a well-known wordsmith, but she’s carved out a niche for helping other writers to establish and grow their talents through her award-winning blog, makealivingwriting.com and her eBook by the… read more

REVIEW: “Andes” by Andrew Gibson

The talented Andrew Gibson has recently released another invaluable photography ebook, this time covering the topic of traveling to South America. In the simply-titled “Andes”, Andrew discusses his journey through South America and reveals the hows and whys to some of the most impressive photos I’ve seen.

Andrew starts… read more

Gilt Launches Full-Priced Men’s Retail Site

Gilt Groupe took the wraps off its latest ecommerce venture, a full-price fashion retail site for men.

Park & Bond is Gilt’s second departure from the business model it was built on, that of online flash sales. Until this year, the New York-based startup, which employs more than 600 people but… read more

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My last vexel work, one I did for Advanced Photoshop Magazine. You can find an entire tutorial about my method.

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Designing For Android Tablets

More than ever, designers are being asked to create experiences for a variety of mobile devices. As tablet adoption increases and we move into the post-PC world, companies will compete for users’ attention with the quality of their experience. Designing successful apps for Android tablets requires not only a great… read more

40 Inspirational Infographic Blogs, Portfolios, Showcases, and Resources

Every now and then we all need a good dose of infographic goodness. Varied, emotive and often surprising, infographics help us absorb facts and figures in the most effective way possible: visually. Go on, grab a cappuccino and dive into this collection of infographic resources.

Blogs and Posts

Infographic of Infographics

Yes, this… read more

Showcase of Web Design In Argentina Pt.2

Last week we brought you the first installment of an inspiring look at the state of the web design industry in the country of Argentina. This week we cap off the look with more insightful interviews, site showcases, recommendations and more. Let’s dive right in.

Excerpt from Part One

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How to Shoot Portraits with Inexpensive Equipment

Photography can be a pretty expensive hobby. There are legends about folks who have maxed their credit and minimized their bank accounts because of all the expense of building their gear inventory, all in the hope that the next purchase will transform their portraiture to awesome sauce. Every… read more

Review Of Cross-Browser Testing Tools

At some point in the future, the way that all major browsers render Web code will likely be standardized, which will make testing across multiple browsers no longer necessary as long as the website is coded according to Web standards. But because that day is still a way off (if… read more

International Beer Day: 8 Social Websites for Brew Lovers

That’s right beer lovers, August 5 will now and forevermore be known as International Beer Day. If you thought all your hops loving had to take place offline, think again.

International Beer Day started in 2007 when Jesse Avshalomov persuaded his local bar to celebrate. The following year, the site’s celebratory… read more

Powerful Titles for Your Blog Posts

Titles and headings have the difficult intent of sum up the whole article content in a few words. Those words have to be attractive, eye-catching, tell the story and transmit curiosity to invite the reader in continuing his reading.

Are your titles powerful? Are they able to stick the readers? Do… read more

Sites of the Week #165

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Pro Foods and GiftRocket. Also we’re featuring an amazing phtography portfolio from Shaw & Shaw, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we… read more

The Neglected Necessities Of Design

Right now is an exciting time to be in the Web design community. Every month we seem to stumble on a new thought-provoking way to put our expanding tool set to use for our clients and the patrons of the Web. Many designers are chomping at the bit to litter… read more

Are Freelance Coaches Worth the Money?

There’s no shortage of coaches popping up online – from life coaches to business coaches. So it’s no surprise that there are coaches targeting freelancers.

Most coaches make grandiose promises about how they can help your freelance business and they charge hundreds of dollars for their services. They promise… read more

Lollapalooza in Photos: Check Out This Instagram Aggregator

Lollapalooza kicks off Friday in Chicago. If you’re unable to attend, take heart: You can still look at snaps, all cast in various flattering filters evoking the 1970s.

Behold Lollagram, a fun little hack created by PR firm Golin Harris that aggregates pictures from the festival tagged with words pertaining to… read more

Writing for Photography Magazines – An Editor’s View

A Guest Post by Andrew S Gibson who’s new eBook – Andes – has recently been launched on Craft and Vision (for just $5).

There’s one way to get your photos published in photography magazines that I didn’t mention in my previous post, and that is to write an article accompanied… read more

Quick Tip: Create Compound Frames in InDesign CS5

By using the pathfinder panel within InDesign CS5 it is possible to create a compound frame that can be used to import an image to create a unique effect. Find out more about Compound Frames at the jump.

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Start by creating a number of frames to work with. Select the… read more

How To Handle The Business Side of Design

Starting a small business involves a lot of hard work and also requires the proper knowledge of how to manage it all. Having a degree in web development or graphic design is one thing, but does it really qualify you to be a business owner? More than likely it does… read more

Utilizing The Power Of Recycling In Web Design

Truth be told, I am a philistine. When people talk about recycling, I don’t think of saving the planet.

In my earlier post, “Lessons Learned: Productivity Tips For Running A Web Design Business,” I wrote about how we can reuse and recycle what we do in the Web industry to save… read more

AOL Launches Editions: iPad Magazine, Flipboard Competitor

AOL has released ‘Editions’, a social newsreading app for the iPad, furnishing device owners with yet another way to get their news fix.

Like forerunners Flipboard and Zite, Editions pulls in data from your social networks (in this case, Facebook and Twitter) to help deliver a personalized news feed in a… read more

Economist Launches Android App, All-Access Subscriptions

The Economist rolled out both an Android tablet edition and all-access subscription options Tuesday.

The newsweekly joins Sports Illustrated and Time in its multi-platform subscription offering, which enables readers to access all versions of The Economist, including its print, smartphone, tablet, audio and web editions, for a single rate. (Prices vary… read more

iPad Head Girl Shills For Cosmo for Guys [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

You know that old expression: “I can read you like a book”? Well, a new viral video promoting Cosmo‘s new iPad-only magazine for men pretty much epitomizes it — with a techie twist.

Monday, Cosmopolitan — of… read more

New High-Quality Free Fonts

Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them… read more

Apple Launches iCloud, News Corp Investigation Continues: This Morning’s Top Stories

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today.

Apple Launches iCloud Beta

Apple has unveiled the beta for iCloud, the company’s new suite… read more

Architect Day: John Pardey Architects

John Pardey was born in England in 1956, graduated in 1981 and founded his own firm two years later. With more than 30 awards, has published his work in books and magazines around the world, featuring an architecture full of details.

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A Guide to Freelance Writing as a Career

Writing is an essential job skill. Businesses nowadays require writers in a variety of capacities, which has expanded the freelance writing field. If you are interested in working as a freelance writer, it’s time to begin setting your rates, marketing your services and managing your projects.

Writing pushes you to extend… read more

Target Markets for Business Ghostwriters

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While many business rely on hired writers to generate content, whether marketing material or documentation or training guides, “ghostwriting” business communications is a somewhat more rarefied skill. I’ve written previous posts on Freelance Switch about this kind of ghostwriting as a satisfying and lucrative specialty.

I’m… read more

How Getting a Guide Can Get You Better Travel Photos

If you’re thinking of planning a photo trip, there are a few things you have to do beforehand to prepare properly. First, you’ve got to research your destination, to find out what you can photograph and an itinerary that will maximize your photo opportunities. Second, you’ve got to… read more

Cosmo Launches iPad-Only Magazine for Men

Cosmopolitan, long the resident authority on heterosexual dating and mating for teenage and adult women alike, has launched its first magazine for men, CFG: Cosmo for Guys.

Men won’t find this guide to women by women on newsstands, however. Instead, CFG is launching solely on the iPad, available via the… read more

Day of the Designer: Simon Birky Hartmann

Editor’s note: This is the first in an interview series called Day of the Designer, where we’ll have a designer cover the basics of one of their works days. They can include pictures and screenshots of their day, share workflow tips, describe how they promote themselves and utilize social sites,… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Box Shot 3D

We’d like to take a moment to say a big thank you to this week’s sponsor, Box Shot 3D.

As a graphic designer, I am constantly faced with the task of creating 3D product mockups. Unfortunately, 3D modeling programs are extremely expensive, quite cumbersome and can take years to master. Box… read more

Digital Artwork by Martin Grohs

Martin Grohs is a 24-year-old ditigtal artist and designer based in Leipzig, Germany. His work is really inspiring, bringing a mix of 3d and photo manipulations that really stand out. Martin has been creating digital art for the past 4 years, he’s been featured many times in photoshop magazines… read more

Showcase of Web Design In Argentina Pt.1

Argentina is a melting pot of races and cultures, and its people have developed a complex identity. Tango, political passion and soccer are just some of the features of this South American country’s make-up.

Argentina is an important cultural center, with a plethora of museums and art galleries where the European… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: August 2011

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the… read more

18 Essential Free Photoshop Tutorials for Black and White Photography Lovers

Black and white can add drama and emotion to many different kinds of photographs. There are however, many different ways to convert your digital images to black and white and an almost limitless amount of effects that you can apply after that. Here are some of the best… read more

Inside Sports Illustrated: Building a Magazine for the Digital Age

Among magazines, Sports Illustrated has emerged as a leader in the digital age.

In addition to its print edition, the title has produced a tablet edition for the iPad every week since it debuted last June and more recently added to its roster weekly editions for Android and webOS tablets. Sports… read more

Best of the Vector Web – July 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating isometric 3D architectural lettering, rockstar clubtastic shades, as well as stylized logos, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in… read more

Linkswitch #79, More Refereals, Brand Myths, Mutimedia Savvy

12 Brilliant Articles on How to Get More Referrals

So if referral business is the Holy Grail for freelancers, why do so few freelancer know how to get more referrals? How do you ask for referrals? When do you ask for them? Are there actions you can take to make… read more

Best of the Week #182

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

Private Site Connects Fashion Designers & Editors for Shoots

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: TheRunthrough

Quick Pitch: A B2B service that connects fashion editors with samples from leading design houses.

Genius Idea:… read more

Design Legacy: A Social History Of Jamaican Album Covers

Mention Jamaican music to someone who isn’t a fan and you can bet that a fairly predictable image pops into the head of your listener. Chances are this image looks something like the cover of Bim Sherman’s Exploitation:

Same old Rastafarian colors… Some guy with dreads… A title that refers broadly… read more

Interview with Timba Smits + Giveaway

I was one of the lucky winners of his book giveaway at OFFF Barcelona this year. After his presentation I knew he deserved a spot on our magazine. This is by far the most interesting interview i’ve done. Check it out.

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60 Google+ Photographers to Inspire You

One thing that photographers can always benefit from is inspiration, and what better way to find inspiration than to see what other photographers are doing. In the not so distant past I used to find inspiration looking in the photography section of local bookstores or magazine racks, but now the… read more

Getting Published in Photography Magazines – An Editor’s View

A Guest Post by Andrew S Gibson.

With the release of Mitchell Kanashkevich’s eBook ‘Getting Published in Photography Magazines’ as part of the ‘Going Pro: How to Make Money From Your Photography‘ kit I thought it worthwhile to look at the process from the point of view of the photography magazine… read more

Quick Tip: The Gap Tool in InDesign CS5

The Gap Tool can be used to adjust the white-space in-between and around page items. This tool holds the ability to allow the user to work quickly with item heavy layouts as well as viewing real-time changes.

Step 1

The Gap Tool is an awesome tool in its own right however,… read more

Style Mixing, Lifestyle Illustration – Adobe Illustrator CS5, Vector Premium Tutorial

Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. In today’s tutorial I’m going to show you how a mixture of styles can produce and effective lifestyle illustration, while giving thought to basic body language and what views will focus on.

This Premium Tutorial is Filled… read more

Examples And Tips For Using Illustrator’s Warp Tools

Adobe Illustrator is one very useful program for creating vector artwork. The tools and features available in Illustrator make it easy to create digital illustrations, whether from scratch or by tracing a photograph.

But this is not all Illustrator can do. Businesses can create impressive graphs using Illustrator’s Graph tools. Marketers… read more

The Open Source Movement

The open source movement or philosophy is something that I am truly passionate about, and something that can have beneficial effects for all industries related to technology and its use. In this article, I’ll outline information about the philosophy, what it means for the web design industry, how you can… read more

Freebie: Professional E-Commerce Icons Set (20 Icons)

Today, we are glad to release a set of 20 high quality E-commerce Icons in 64×64px, available in .png-format. This set was designed by Web Icons Set with the purpose to be used in e-commerce websites and has been exclusively released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The set includes… read more

The State of the Tablet and Ereader Market

The Consumer Trends Series is supported by CBS Interactive, which helps you find the perfect audience with a network of #1 sites like CNET, CBS.com, CBS Sports and GameSpot. For more, visit CBSInteractive.com/ideal.

For relatively recent innovations, commercial tablets and ereaders have taken the market by storm.

In the tablet category,… read more

What Web Designers Can Learn From Video Games

Games are becoming more Web-like, and the Web is becoming more game-like. If you need proof of this, you have only to look at Yahoo Answers. Random questions are posed, the top answer is chosen, and credibility points are given to the winner. It’s a ranking system that accumulates and… read more

Google lancia Think Quarterly ed entra nel mercato dei magazine online

Google si butta nel mercato dei magazine on-line e, come annunciato ieri nel blog ufficiale della compagnia da Susan Wojcicki (Senior Vice President of Advertising), lancia un esperimento editoriale chiamato Think Quarterly.

Il magazine è nato con l’intento di fornire ai partner della società di Mountain View, e più in… read more

Time, People Top List of “Digitally Savvy” Magazines

L2, a think tank specializing in luxury brands, released the latest in its series of Digital IQ surveys Tuesday. It highlights magazines that are thriving and those that are struggling under the wave of digital technology that has reshaped the magazine environment over the past five years.

Of the 87… read more

Tablet Publishing: Why Sports Illustrated Is Looking Beyond the iPad

The magazine industry’s current interest and investment in tablets beyond the iPad can be described as tentative at best.

It’s not terribly surprising. Even by the most conservative of estimates, the iPad will make up the lion’s share of worldwide tablet sales for the next three to four years. Nearly seven… read more

Paste Magazine To Premiere Slow Club’s New Album on Turntable.fm

Paste magazine will premiere English folk-rock band Slow Club’s upcoming disc Paradise via still-in-beta startup Turntable.fm on Tuesday.

Slow Club’s sophomore album drops on September 13, but fans can check out tracks and chat with the band in Paste‘s Turntable room today at 2 p.m. ET. (And you can check out… read more

40 Alluring Illustrations for your Inspiration

Illustrations can come in a variety of different styles and forms.  From abstract, to photographic, artist use different means to display their personality in their work.  In this post I will share with you 40 illustrations for your inspiration.

2011 Recent Personal Work

A Huddled Mass of Liberties

Die Young at… read more

Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry

In recent years there has been a move away from generalist Web designers to specialists such as content strategists, user experience architects and front-end coders. Where once there was a single job, there are now many, with ever-narrower spheres of responsibility.

While my peers are becoming more specialized, I have stoically… read more

Increase Productivity, Escape to a Quiet Place

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Freelancing, by definition, is a solitary existence. You probably sit at a computer most of the day, writing, designing, drawing, networking, and have little face to face interaction with peers who work in your industry.

I don’t know how you write, but I need it to be… read more

Daily Inspiration #883

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

Does Your Digital Marketing Agency Have a Creative Office Space? Send Us Your Photos

When you spend eight hours a day in your office, a stimulating work environment is key to creative success.

That’s why many digital marketing agencies — where creativity is everything — have made a solid investment in office space. Whether it’s ergonomic desk setups, interactive wall art or office pets,… read more

Quick Tip: Using the Auto-Fit feature in InDesign CS5

The introduction of the Auto-Fit feature to CS5 should not be over looked. By the end of this Quick tip you – the designer – will be able to save some valuable time when importing images and graphics. Let’s take a look.

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To open the Auto-Fit feature go to Object… read more

Flipboard Begins Displaying Ads

Flipboard has begun displaying ads in its popular social newsreading app for the iPad as part of a freshly inked deal with magazine publisher Conde Nast.

As of Monday, full-page American Express ads, like the one pictured to the right, now appear between content pulled in from The New Yorker‘s… read more

Email Is (Still) Important And Here Is Why

Social media is more than a buzzword. It’s now a lifestyle decision for a lot of companies. Many individuals and organizations have abandoned a traditional Web presence (which used to mean a website and email address) in favor of a Facebook page coupled with a Twitter account.

So, where does this… read more

My Free WordPress Premium Like Magazine Themes Collection

My Free WordPress Premium Like Magazine Themes Collection

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Illustrator’s Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction

A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Ian Yates was first published on October 4th 2008.

Type is an essential part of Illustrator; whether you’re desktop publishing, designing logos, or using type for image building,… read more

Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools and Design Strategies

Back in January, we published an article on responsive design, “Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How to Use It.” Responsive design continues to get a lot of attention, but considering how different it is from the “traditional” way of designing websites, it can be a bit overwhelming for… read more

How To Sell Your Designs Without The Sales Pitch

Let’s face it: sales make the world go round. But as a Web designer, you’re concerned more with fonts, color, hierarchy and images than with the sales process. Some believe that designs sell themselves; while this may be true for a few designers, it is certainly not the case for most.

Whether… read more

30 Login Forms with Creative Design

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On many sites, the one page that people see over and over again is the login page. That makes it important to not only make it something worth looking at repeatedly, but also easy to use, as the designers below have done. Effective and pleasant… read more

Olsen Twins & Anna Wintour Interpreted as Techie Art [PICS]

The artist who brought you Twitter’s fail whale has joined the fashion realm — but still with a tech twist. Yiying Lu debuted Wednesday two of her 10 illustrations that will appear in Meets Obsession magazine’s “10 Most Intriguing in Fashion” feature next month.

Lu shared her interpretations of fashion… read more

Lessons Learned: Productivity Tips For Running A Web Design Business

It didn’t work out as you expected, did it? The freelance life was supposed to give you more time with the family and free you from that incompetent boss. You even thought you might be better off financially. Instead, you’re working longer hours and under constant stress, worrying about various… read more

40 Best Free WordPress Magazine Themes

40 Best Free WordPress Magazine Themes

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ESPN Releases Social Game for Sports Fans on Facebook

ESPN is mixing its sports prowess with the increasingly popular casual gaming sector by releasing its second social game, ESPN Sports Bar & Grill.

The game, now playing on Facebook, was developed in collaboration with Playdom and tasks players to run a virtual sports bar. It’s also presented by Samsung,… read more

Time Unveils All Access Print, Online & Tablet Pricing Plan

Attempting to bridge the online and offline worlds, Time has announced an “All Access” payment plan that lets consumers get print, online and tablet versions of the title at one price.

The initial All Access plan charges $30 per year for 56 print issues plus full online access for tablet apps…. read more

Architect Day: Saunders Architecture

Architect, born in Newfoundland and graduated in Halifax, Canada, leads the firm Saunders Architecture in Bergen in Norway. With stunning visuals of their projects, also has works in England, Denmark, Sweden and Canada.

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Todd Saunders was born in 1969 in Gander, Newfoundland, and received his degree in… read more

Create An HTML/CSS Mobile Web App Using Sencha Touch

The world of mobile app development is quickly becoming a crowded and complicated space, especially for those outside of the development niche.

“Which development platform should I use?” “Do I go native or Web-based?” “Which devices should I plan for?” “Can I build my mobile website by hand or should I… read more

Seven Guidelines For Designing High-Performance Mobile User Experiences

A positive first impression is essential to relationships. People look for trust and integrity, and they expect subsequent encounters to reflect and reinforce their first impression. The same principles apply to brands and their products. Design plays an important role in building lasting relationships with end users and, thus, in… read more

Global Web Design Trends: South America

We live in a global world that has an overflow of information. The Internet has given us access to very different cultures and allowed us to share much more information than ever before. But do different regions have their own specific Web design trends?

Design usually has to do with creating… read more

Orbit and Reveal: jQuery Plug-Ins For Image Sliders and Modal Windows

A visitor comes to your website all giddy to learn more about your product, when suddenly a snazzy slideshow loads with some snap. Impressed, they go to register and are greeted by a most elegant modal window. At this point they are finally overjoyed by the velociraptor that suddenly charges… read more

Photography in Harsh Mid-Day Light

Photographers have been fighting with harsh mid-day light since the birth of the camera. Excessive contrast, blown highlights, hard shadows, washed images and other generally unflattering features are common to mid-day light. We’ve actually written a couple of times here at dPS about working in mid-day light, but it’s a… read more

Can Web Video Views Predict Box Office Magic for Harry Potter?

Matt Fiorentino is the director of marketing for Visible Measures. Previously, Matt was a freelance journalist for the Associated Press, The Dayton Daily News, and The American Magazine. He lives with his wife in Newton, Massachusetts.

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 hitting theaters this… read more

Email Newsletters Worth Subscribing To

Staying on top of the most recent developments in your craft takes time, especially when you have to scan websites daily for articles and news worthy of your attention. Quality newsletters do the job for you. Just check your email inbox every couple of days to find a condensed and… read more

How to Prepare a Well-Focused Graphic Design Portfolio

A graphic designer has to take care of its portfolio because it is the way in which he presents his abilities. The portfolio is a collected sample which showcases your creativity and ability and you need to submit it properly to your public. Potential employers or clients may read it… read more

The Secrets Behind Successful Design Podcasts

In a time when designers are often too busy to network and seek further education, podcasts have become available to teach so we can learn while we go about our business. I recently “met” Kitty Florido on Twitter when I asked for graphic design podcast recommendations. Florido is a graphic… read more

4 Types of Lighting and How to Shoot in Them

Light is the main ingredient in the mix of elements that make an image. Content, composition, technique will all pale if the light isn’t “right.” But is there a “right” light? Here are some common lighting situations that could help you create compelling shots. Stalk the light, and… read more

Learning To Use The :before And :after Pseudo-Elements In CSS

If you’ve been keeping tabs on various Web design blogs, you’ve probably noticed that the :before and :after pseudo-elements have been getting quite a bit of attention in the front-end development scene — and for good reason. In particular, the experiments of one blogger — namely, London-based developer Nicolas Gallagher — have given pseudo-elements quite… read more

5 Ways NOT to Use Twitter for Freelancers

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Twitter is a great social media resource for any business, freelancing included. It can help you brand yourself, build a network of like-minded users, promote your work, and share news about your business. As the social media manager for three print publications,… read more

50 Must Have Cheat Sheets For Web Designers & Developers

Today we are featuring a collection of more than 50 extremely useful cheat sheets that every designer and developer must have. A cheat sheet is a guide of a peculiar programming language, software or framework that can be printed for easy access.

Cheat sheets are basically intended for those designers and… read more