Our Favorites Tweets of the Week Apr 11-Apr 17, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

9 Ways to Do Good With 5 Minutes or $25

Social media can be a huge boon for non-profits, NGOs and causes. Many are finding ways to let folks help those in need with small actions and donations. Here are nine ways you can make a difference in people’s lives with just a few minutes of your time or… read more

Dear Foursquare: This Is Not the Right Time to Sell

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.

It’s undeniable: Foursquare has been on fire in a way that no startup since Twitter has come close to achieving. It’s… read more

250 Business Cards from PrintRunner: Winners Announced

A couple of weeks ago PrintRunner teamed up with us to give you a chance to win 250 business cards. To be eligible, all you had to do was leave a comment on that post. We had a great response, and today we are announcing the 10 winners. Congratulations to:

Cathy… read more

40+ Essential iPhone Apps for Freelance Web Designers

For one reason or another, a lot of freelancer designer use iPhone for their daily work. As a full-time freelancer and part-time geek, I also like to manage my daily activities with applications on iPhone too. iPhone based applications have many advantages over software that you have to download and… read more

Interview with Tony Soh

To many in the vector community Tony Soh needs little introduction. Tony runs an excellent vector blog called Vector Diary and is an all-around great illustrative designer. In addition to this, he also wrote the first tutorial for us here at Vectortuts+ and regularly contributes to various creative blogs… read more

Microsoft Office 2010 Ready for Release

Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, marking the end of development for the popular office software. Now the software will be distributed to manufacturers, followed by businesses, retailers, and customers.

In general, when a piece of software reaches the release to manufacturing stage, it… read more

Rec.fm: Recommend Your Favorite Products for a Cause

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

Name: Rec.fm

Quick Pitch: Trusted recommendations and social media… read more

Daily Inspiration #485

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

HOW TO: Boost Your SEO with a YouTube Channel

Mitchell Harper is co-founder of BigCommerce, a leading provider of shopping cart software used by more than 40,000 organizations worldwide. Mitchell has written and published over 300 articles relating to software development, marketing, business, social media and entrepreneurship.

While many companies are still focusing SEO efforts on their websites,… read more

HOW TO: Maximize Your Content’s Reach on the Social Web

Bill Flitter is an experienced entrepreneur and expert in online advertising. His newest venture, Dlvr.it, helps publishers easily syndicate, measure and increase the reach of their content.

We have all heard that “content is king” — Sumner Redstone deemed it so, then Rupert Murdoch upped the ante, calling it “emperor.”… read more

Sites of the Week #98

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Navflow and Vtravelled. Also we’re featuring the Brizk’s portfolio and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more than happy to… read more

Facebook Twice as Popular as Google in the Workplace [STATS]

Business employees are visiting Facebook from the workplace more than any other internet site, including Google, Managed Security Services company Network Box discovered in a recent study.

The company looked at 13 billion URLs used by businesses in the first quarter of 2010 and found that 6.8% of all business… read more

100 Refreshing Black & White Business Cards

100 Refreshing Black & White Business Cards

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Apple Remains America’s Most Innovative Company [REPORT]

BusinessWeek and Fortune have both released their annual rankings — the 50 Most Innovative Companies and the Fortune 500, respectively — and Apple has strong showings in both publications.

For the sixth consecutive year, Apple ranked number one in BusinessWeek’s 50 Most Innovative Companies report. When you consider that BusinessWeek… read more

Useful Design Tips For Your iPad App

With tools like Appcelerator’s Titanium and some JavaScript programming skill, creating native iPhone and iPad apps is simple. The danger is in not being always on the look-out for the kind of design pitfalls that plague many products in the App Store. In this post, we’ll consider some design tips… read more

5 Ways For Small Companies To Better Engage Reporters

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

While a good public relations person can do wonders for any business, some smaller companies just don’t have the budget, especially at early stages when every… read more

Sony Ericsson Returns to Profitability

It’s no secret that Sony Ericsson has been struggling for the last couple of years. It posted its last profitable quarter back in 2008, and 2009 has been especially tough for the company, which ended Q1 with a 369 million euro ($499 million) loss.

The first quarter of 2010, finally,… read more

Get Business Buzzing with a Buzz Piece

Photo by JSmith Photo.

Most business models can attest to the power of a buzz piece. This marketing tool provides valuable information for prospective clients, the ability to transform readers into customers and a ton of exposure. So if you don’t have one, you should absolutely consider it.

Here’s what you… read more

Win Free Print Package from UPrinting- Winners Announced!

A weeks ago, we created a contest at instantShift called Win Free Print Package from UPrinting! had announced the giveaway of 2 free print packages which includes business cards, postcards, cool canvase print etc. each from UPrinting.

We’ve got more than 140 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we… read more

The Designer Who Delivers

Whether you design and code websites all by yourself or run a small business with a pool of talent, you will always face the challenge of how much to work on a design and UI before passing the mock-ups on to the developer? Moreover, how much visual work needs to… read more

Single-Page Websites: Examples and Good Practices

By Cameron Chapman

Single-page websites are becoming more popular among web designers, both for their own projects and for client sites. There are a lot of cases out there in which a single-page site makes a lot of sense: if there isn’t a ton of content; if the content is all… read more

Six Twitter App Models That Stand a Chance

Rounding off the first-ever Twitter developer conference, Chirp, was a lightning-fast roundup of a few apps the Twitter team found fascinating enough to showcase for the 1000-hacker crowd. Each team got exactly 140 seconds to present their wares, and all showcasing apps were judged by an all-star lineup that… read more

Demand Media Exploring IPO

According to various reports, Demand Media has enlisted Goldman Sachs to explore an initial public offering (IPO). Previously, Goldman Sachs was part of a $100 million Series C round that Demand raised in 2007. The Financial Times reports that Demand could file for an IPO before the end of… read more

10 Beautiful Business Card Design Tutorials

10 Beautiful Business Card Design Tutorials

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Snacksquare Connects Foursquare Merchants to Customers

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

Name: SnackSquare

Quick Pitch: Snacksquare is a location-based advertising… read more

Google’s $26.5 Billion Treasure Chest

Google had good news to report to shareholders during today’s Q1 earnings announcement. Revenues are up 23% year over year, totaling $6.77 billion between January 1 and March 31, 2010 — up from a paltry $5.51 billion during the same period last year. The extra $1.2 billion allowed the… read more

HOW TO: Target Social Media Influencers to Boost Traffic and Sales

Ben Straley is the CEO of Meteor Solutions, provider of the leading word-of-mouth analytics and optimization platform that enables marketers to measure, manage, and monetize earned media.

Your brand has 10,000 Twitter followers and 2,000 fans on Facebook. Does that mean your social media marketing efforts are paying off? Maybe… read more

Viacom Details Secret Google Conversations About YouTube’s Pirated Content

As it continues to make its case against Google and YouTube in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit, Viacom has released previously sealed documents that the media company says show, “Google made a deliberate, calculated business decision … to profit from copyright infringement … [and] coerce rights owners like Viacom… read more

Celebrate Tax Day With Free Stuff

So you’ve filed your taxes (we hope!). Now it’s time to celebrate and a plethora of businesses are offering Tax Day deals to help you do just that.

Because we live in the age of social media, a number of businesses are leveraging their social media presence to promote their… read more

5 Ways to Reduce Social Media Distractions and Be More Productive

Scott Belsky studies exceptionally productive people and teams in the creative world. He is the Founder and CEO of Behance, oversees The 99% think tank, and is the author of Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming The Obstacles Between Vision & Reality (Portfolio, April 2010).

Those of us who are social media-savvy… read more

Google Adds Calendar Invitations to Gmail Messages

If you’re a Gmail user, you may have noticed a surprising new feature in your e-mail account this morning: There’s now an “Insert: Invitation” link adjacent to the “Attach a file” link in each new message you compose.

The invitation addition makes scheduling meetings and setting up appointments via Gmail… read more

Beautifully Treated Black And White Stunning Photographs

The Black and white photography in this era of digital technology produces a nostalgic feel of 20th century. Although it gives the impression of 20th century but even then it is in used by many artists. We have previously featured some different types photography that inspired you a lot, so… read more

35+ Rockstar Mac Software Developers and Their Apps

Every time I find an application that I really like, I immediately check out the other applications from the same developer. You’ll find that more often than not, there is a theme (visual or practical) that ties all their applications together in such a way that if you like one… read more

The recession and the Web design industry

By Andy Warpole

In the autumn of 2008, at least for a few weeks, it looked as if the very walls of capitalism were going to fall on to the heads of its participants. The once mighty Lehman Brothers, an American corporate monolith since the 19th century, imploded overnight on September… read more

Essential Guidelines for Featured Content in Web Design

As the mountain of digital content grows, all websites are looking for capabilities that help them to provide dynamic and even personalized online experiences of their visitors. Commercially-oriented sites need these capabilities so they can merchandise and monetize content, products, and services more effectively. If you surf the web for… read more

Twitter Gives Developers Their Very Own Website

Today at Chirp, the Twitter conference for app developers, Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver announced the company would be giving developers their own sandbox for developing apps and getting more and better information about the Twitter APIs and roadmap.

Currently, the site at dev.twitter.com has information on @Anywhere (an important… read more

Did Twitter Betray App Developers? [VIDEO]

While at the Chirp conference for Twitter developers, we ran into iPhone developer Brett McLean, whose startup had been rightfully optimistic about their Twitter app — that is, until three days ago, when they got word that Twitter had acquired top iPhone app Tweetie and designated it the official… read more

Investors Discuss the Uncertain Future of Twitter Apps

When Twitter acquired Tweetie and made it their official iPhone app last week, dozens of lives and business plans were thrown into turmoil.

The third-party app developers and investors who had worked together to create startups around the Twitter platform were blindsided. Some lost an entire business model or were… read more

HOW TO: Prevent and Report Online Stalking

David Perry is Global Director of Education for Trend Micro, where he represents the company’s Internet security awareness endeavors as a leading authority on computer virus prevention. For ongoing updates on the latest threats, check out the Trend Micro microsite.

The social web is not just a model of our… read more

Mashable’s Adam Ostrow Talks Twitter Ads on FOX Business

Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com

This week’s biggest social media news so far has been the launch of Twitter’s ad platform. Now that Twitter’s business model has been revealed, we can finally ask: will it actually turn Twitter into a cash cow?

Yesterday, our Editor-in-Chief Adam… read more

How Companies Should Approach the New Twitter Advertising Model

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications. Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence.

By now, everyone has heard about Twitter’s move into the paid advertising world. This week’s announcement that companies will be allowed to pay to have their posts lead search… read more

Twitter to Developers: Attach Any Data You Want to Tweets

Metadata has long been part of Twitter applications. Viewing conversation threads or learning about a user’s location has changed how users interact with content and have provided third party app developers with great opportunities to innovate on Twitter’s platform.

Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Director of Platform, announced today at Chirp, the… read more

Twitter Launching “Points of Interest” to Tie Tweets to Places

Earlier this year we predicted that Twitter would use geotagging to identify physical places via Twitter, and today Evan Williams announced at the Chirp conference that the company is doing just that with its new Points of Interest feature.

The feature doesn’t appear to be live yet, but soon users… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Job Listings

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

650,000 TV Episodes Viewed on ABC’s iPad App

Disney’s ABC television network was the first in the industry to market on the iPad with their impressive app. Downloaders can stream TV episodes free of charge and early data is showing that they’re doing so in droves.

According to data shared with the Wall Street Journal, the ABC iPad… read more

Twitter Users React to Promoted Tweets [STATS]

Today Twitter is expected to reveal more information about Promoted Tweets, the ad platform it launched yesterday with selected advertising partners like Virgin America. While Twitter feels strongly that Promoted Tweets are different from ads, it’s clear that users are confused about the value and nature of Promoted Tweets.

Data… read more

Sorting Through Information on Freelancing

The number of blogs and websites offering up information on freelancing has exploded over the past couple of years. In a way, this is a good thing: the more information freelancers have access to, the better decisions we can make and the more money we can earn. But in other… read more

Creative & Stylish Photos by Ryan Schude

Ryan Schude was born in the greater Chicagoland area in 1979. Ryan received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from St. Mary’s College in Northern California before heading to the San Francisco Art Institute for photography. After shooting freelance for a bit and then working full time as a photo… read more

Notable Makes Website Annotation Fast and Easy

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

Name: Noteable

Quick Pitch: Notable makes it… read more

Tweets at 35,000 Feet: How Virgin America is Using Promoted Tweets

Promoted Tweets are now live. Yet, for most of us, there’s still a general curiosity about how this will work in the wild.

What does this mean for the partner advertisers? Are our search results and Twitter streams going to be spammed with advertisements now? Will Twitter ever be the… read more

New and Improved Bit.ly Arrives This Week [PICS]

URL shortening and analytics service bit.ly will soon be launching bit.ly 1.3, the newest version of the most popular URL shortener. In addition, the company is launching an enterprise version of bit.ly Pro, which will be available later today.

The new bit.ly 1.3, which will roll out later this… read more

Why Banning Social Media Often Backfires

Humans have a natural proclivity to want what they cannot have. Our insatiable appetite for sharing information, combined with the nearly limitless ways to access the web have thus far frustrated the most sophisticated attempts to block access to social media services.

From the Great Firewall of China to the… read more

New Study Shows the Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 [STATS]

In a dense, 87-page report, Morgan Stanley analysts have charted the most important online trends and predicted the future of the Internet. In addition to forecasting more online shopping and showing the geographical distribution of Internet users, the study also shows a dramatic shift toward mobile web use.

Including devices… read more

14th Annual Webby Awards: Here Are the Nominees

The nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards have just been announced. For 13 years, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has given out Webby Awards to blogs, web TV shows and other new media that has set a standard of excellence in web content.

Nominees who… read more

16 Apps to Help Fight Email Spam

Spam tends to be an occupational hazard of using the internet. Everyday we receive tens or may be hundreds of spam mails, making life online unpleasant. All it takes is one rogue website to sell our email address and we will be in every spammer’s database in no time. Using… read more

11 Ways To Earn More Money Freelancing

It’s no secret that times are tough all over, even for those who work in the Web design industry. Maybe you’ve found full-time work as a web designer, but in this economy it’s just as likely that you’re piecing together several part-time or contract gigs just to stay afloat.

Whatever your… read more

Business Professionals Can’t Live Without Sex or Smartphones [STATS]

Smartphones tied with sex as the number one thing that business professionals can not live without in a study from cloud-based business phone system provider, RingCentral. In a survey among RingCentral’s small to medium-sized business customers in the US, the importance of the smartphone in daily and business life… read more

Social Proof, and How You Can Get Some

You’ll hear this term casually dropped on several sites that cover copywriting, but few experts ever go into detail to explain social proof. They mostly say, “Make sure you back up your claims with social proof,” and then move on to discuss something else.

Meanwhile, you’re sitting there thinking, “Great. And… read more

Twitter Photo Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million

Photo sharing service TweetPhoto has announced that they’ve secured $2.6 million in series A funding led by Canaan Partners.

The company — which has already seen interest from the likes of Kodak — plans to use the money to expand its reach by offering additional APIs and becoming more accessible… read more

Abduzeedo Poster Giveaway

Last week I received my posters from UPrinting.com and they look amazing. The quality of the print is really impressive. So I talked with them and we decided to give away 6 posters, yes, I said 6 posters to you guys.

The poster is 24×36 inches in semi-gloss paper with the… read more

jQuery HTML Table Toolbox

By Paul Andrew

In the 15 years since the HTML table element was first incorporated into HTML 2.0, it has been on a constant roller coaster ride. Upon its introduction it was a revelation, it was a new way for web designers to present detailed data in structured tabular format, it… read more

The Path To Advertising Nirvana

With advertising, a curious thing happens: most people want its benefits but are rarely willing to put up with its hassles. Those who run websites and applications have enough on their plates without having to worry about handling transactions, putting banners across their website or hearing requests from advertisers. Moreover,… read more

Meeting Your Client for the First Time

You are There

You have both turned up to the meeting for the sole purpose of getting more information about each other. You are there specifically to get more information on the client you’re potentially working for. You are also there to learn more about the specifics of a project… read more

The Multi-Billion Dollar Question: Will Users Click on Twitter Ads?

It’s official: Twitter’s advertising platform launches in the next 24 hours. The much-anticipated Twitter business model will begin appearing in search results in the afternoon, with ads on Twitter.com and within third-party apps to follow.

The launch of the new ad platform, known as Promoted Tweets, isn’t a surprise… read more

Twitter’s Ad Platform to Launch Tuesday

Twitter is going to launched its much-anticipated advertising platform on Tuesday, one day before its first-ever developers conference. The ad platform is called “Promoted Tweets” and will roll out Tuesday afternoon, starting with promoted tweets within search results.

According to AdAge and The New York Times, the platform… read more

Become a Social Network Ninja with CoTweet

Here at Web.Appstorm, we love social networks and we love the web apps that help us manage our networks. Be it for personal or for business use, it is very useful to be on top of your social network. That is why we have this ongoing series to help you… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Upcoming Social Media Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event to establish… read more

How To Effectively Manage Your Projects And Teams Online

If you are into finishing a project successfully and also on time you need to figure out a good way to communicate with your team members. Such as, “notifying every one of their tasks”, “keeping track of the progress of projects” or sometimes just a “sincere message… read more

Shazam Targets TV with iPad App

Music discovery/tagging app Shazam became a hit with listening audiences via their iPhone app, then followed suit with a smattering of apps on other platforms. Shazam now hopes to do it again on the iPad, this time with the intention of attracting and capitalizing on a television viewing audience.

In… read more

Sketch Maven: A Marketplace for Original Comic Book Art

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

Name: Sketch Maven

Quick Pitch: Sketch Maven… read more

How Journalists are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Journalists are, by nature, crafty folk who are wonderfully adept at stalking… read more

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Hits Best Buy Stores Next Week

Barnes & Noble confirmed that its Nook e-reader is coming to Best Buy retail stores beginning April 18. Last week we reported on rumors that both the Nook and Amazon’s Kindle would be hitting retail stores, but it looks like the Barnes & Noble device has secured a presence… read more

Zappos CEO on How To Deliver Happiness with Social Media [INTERVIEW]

Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, April 30th-May 2nd in Silicon Valley, where Tony Hsieh will be speaking, along with staff from Google, Facebook, and Twitter. The conference explores living wisely and purposefully in our modern age. Mashable readers can use code Mashable for a… read more

FITC Toronto 2010: Design & Technology Festival

Now in its 9th year, FITC Toronto is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world. With some of the most unique and engaging presenters from around the globe, FITC Toronto is an information blitz of presentations, demonstrations, and panel discussions, sandwiched between our… read more

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Now Available

Although there’s a heated Adobe vs. Apple discussion going on, creative professionals are probably much more excited about the latest version of Adobe’s Creative Suite, which is now officially available.

Besides the new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite 5 also brings Flash Player… read more

A Showcase of Inspiring Business Card Illustration Designs

A Showcase of Inspiring Business Card Illustration Designs

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Our Favorites Tweets of the Week Apr 4-Apr 10, 2010

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

20 Must-Read Design, Branding, and Online Business Books

20 Must-Read Design, Branding, and Online Business Books

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24 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

Another week down, and another chance to gather all the social media wisdom from the experts and put it to good use for your personal brand, your business, or for plain old fun.

Check out these indispensable resources which include an exclusive peek inside YouTube’s inner sanctum, a swath of… read more

Invoice Bubble Makes Invoicing Easy and Affordable

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

Name: Invoice Bubble

Quick Pitch: Invoice Bubble… read more

How Publishers Plan to Monetize iPad Content

Macala Wright Lee is the Founder of FashionablyMarketing.Me, one of the web’s leading digital marketing blogs for fashion, luxury and lifestyle industries. You can follower her on twitter at @FashMarketing or @Macala.

Apple announced earlier this week that it had sold more than 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on the… read more

Book Review: Making Ideas Happen

Most creative professionals have no problem coming up with ideas.

In fact, too many ideas is more often the problem rather than too few. Where we usually run into issues, though, is in the follow-through.

How do we take the brilliant ideas that we come up with on a… read more

How Businesses can Harness the Power of Online Communities

Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent.

Today, everything is social -– social commerce, social business, social CRM. The list goes on and on. But are consumer technologies like Twitter and Facebook strategic for implementing a social media business strategy? Can you measure the investment? What… read more

Lessons from Hollywood: On Getting Projects Green-Lit & Spec Work

For over a year now I’ve been working with a well-known producer/writer/director as his Internet marketing manager on two movies; one in development and the other now in pre-production. It is an interesting experience that has taught me loads about what not to do as a freelancer as well… read more

Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay

As a designer, you will eventually have to face a couple of unfortunate truths in your career. Number one: just because you wear a bathrobe for most of your “business” hours does not actually make it business attire. Number two: at some point in your freelance career, you will encounter… read more

Share iPhone Apps Easily with AppSnap

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

Name: AppSnap

Quick Pitch: AppSnap lets you install any… read more

Quick Look: Billings Time Tracking/Invoicing

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Billings. Put simply, Billings’ logical workflow and intuitive interface make quoting, invoicing, and time tracking… read more

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community

Editor’s Note

This article is the first in our new series of “opinion columns,” in which we give people in the Web design community a platform to raise their voice and present their opinion on something they feel strongly about to the community. Please note that the content in this series… read more

How To Create An Abstract Bokeh Business Card

How To Create An Abstract Bokeh Business Card

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10 Essential Social Media Tools for B2B Marketers

This series is supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of social media as part of your overall B2B marketing mix. Register today!

Like anything else, social media marketing is easier, more efficient and more effective if the marketer has the right set of tools. While… read more

LinkedIn Adds Former Ask.com CEO to Its Board of Directors

LinkedIn has added Skip Battle, the former CEO of Ask.com and a current board member of Netflix and Expedia.com, to its board of directors. Battle is the first independent director to join LinkedIn.

According to Reuters, the 66 year old former executive joined the LinkedIn board several weeks ago,… read more

6 Ways Brands are Using Social Media For Real-World Action

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The Basics of Business Card Design

The Basics of Business Card Design

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3 Tips for Managing Your Online Reputation

Antony Mayfield is iCrossing’s Senior Vice President, Social Media, leading the company’s services and innovation efforts related to the social web. He is also the author of Me and My Web Shadow, a newly released everyperson’s guide to the social web. You can find him on his… read more

You’re Failing as a Web Developer — and Here’s Why

There is endless content available in the world of web design blogging telling us how to do things right, and how to succeed at our chosen profession.

That’s obviously a good thing, and it will certainly continue that way. But once in a while we need reminders on… read more

60 Fascinating AppStorm Reader Setups

After featuring our huge roundup of stylish Mac setups last week, we then asked you to submit your own setup for inclusion in another post. We’ve gathered 60 of your setups over the past week, and found out about some great new gadgets and software in the process.

Without further ado,… read more

Meet the Investors Who Cashed in on Facebook’s Divvyshot Acquisition

Hot on the heels of Facebook’s acquisition of photo service read more

Turning Your Knowledge into Products

One of the big downsides of the freelance world is that when you’re not doing billable work, your income goes to zero. So, there’s a lot of talk about creating income streams that aren’t dependent on your selling your time.

Turning your knowledge into a product – or a product line… read more

How to Create a Captivating, Self-Promotion Kit

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create a self-promotion kit, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers all the techniques in creating one illustration that can be used in various compositions to… read more