HOW TO: Track Hurricane Earl Online

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

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

Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

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

Google Chrome Version 6 Arrives on Browser’s Second Birthday

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

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

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

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

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

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

Samsung Officially Unveils Galaxy Tab

Samsung has finally spilled the details about its long-awaited tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, during a press conference at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin.

Samsung calls its tablet a “smart media device,” and Galaxy Tab definitely has the specifications to back it up: Android 2.2 support, a Cortex A8… read more

10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

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

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

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

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

How Mastering Motion Blur Can Make You a Better Photographer

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

We’re Hiring! 50+ Job Vacancies in Social Media, Web Design, and More

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 Leverage… read more

Everything You Wanted in Illustrator CS5 Artboards

Explore the new artboard panel in Illustrator CS5 and learn about some of the new features.

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Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of August

This is a post in which we want to say a big Thank You to the SmashingApps’ fastest growing community for regularly visiting our blog. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and be the one… read more

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 1

Image by Romain Guy

As lovers of photography – we can all admit to dreaming of chucking in the day job and setting up shop as a professional photographer, but for many of us it can remain just that – a dream. But for those with the talent, support system and… read more

Android Gets Tough with Rugged Motorola Defy

Motorola’s new Android-based smartphone, the Defy, boasts an interesting combination of solid features and ruggedness that will appeal to users prone to splashing, dropping and scratching their phone.

If you saw the Defy and read its specifications, you’d think it’s just another Android smartphone: it sports a 3.7” touchscreen display with… read more

Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

This post is the final part in our Backing Up and Saving Your Images series. See previous posts on Backing up and Saving Your Images – External Hard Drives – Online Storage Sites and Software Solutions.

That crushing, sickening and agonising feeling of realising your memory card has corrupted or for… read more

Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

ADD CREATIVE EFFECTS TO YOUR IMAGES BY SOFTENING THE FOCUS

The creative folks at Lensbaby have been busy coming up with more lenses for their innovative Optic Swap System. According to Lensbaby, the Soft Focus Optic “…creates a velvety soft image perfect for portraits, flowers, landscapes, or any subject that… read more

Social Network Unites Writers and Fans of Short Fiction [INVITES]

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

Name: Fictionaut

Quick Pitch: A social network for writers that doubles… read more

40 Creative Flash Preloaders For Your Inspiration

40 Creative Flash Preloaders For Your Inspiration

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The Complete Overview of Indie Graphics Software for Mac

Everyone knows about the big guns in the graphics field. Adobe is pretty much the unchallenged master of image editing with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks. Adobe’s InDesign shares the digital publishing field, albeit grudgingly, with Quark’s QuarkXPress. Serious graphic designers find themselves stuck between these two large corporations, due in… read more

50 Refreshing CSS Tutorials, Techniques and Resources

In this CSS (2 & 3) round-up article we have focused on highlighting as many varied techniques covering as many aspects of web, mobile and application development as possible. And believe me, it wasn’t easy!
Due to CSS3s current popularity, the volume of new tutorials and fresh ideas has jumped… read more

50+ Web Development, SEO, Social Media and Sales Job Opportunities

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 Leverage… read more

Packing your Bags for a Photo Shoot

You know I write everything from experience. No point in figuring things out and not passing on the info! So here is a list of simple things to remember (or in my case, forget) when packing up your bags for a photo shoot or wedding:

Choose your bag. I have… read more

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (22-28 Aug ‘10)

Weekly Assignment

This week we got up close with some creepy crawlies in our Bugs or Insects assignment. I have to admit, sometimes it wasn’t too nice looking through the assignment, but there were some amazing details captured. And who realized that bugs were so colorful? Our winners this week were… read more

Survey Says Facebook Feeds Narcissism [STUDY]

In a rather small survey conducted by a young psychologist, Facebook was shown to have some interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults.

In a survey of 100 college students, young people with narcissistic personality traits were shown to exhibit Facebook activity that was distinctly more self-promotional. These people… read more

Mozilla’s Mobile Browser Alpha Hits Android and Nokia N900 [PICS]

Mozilla has just released the Fennec 2.0 Alpha for Nokia N900 and Android 2.0+ devices.

Fennec is the code name for Firefox mobile and includes the ability to install browser add-ons and sync with the desktop version of Firefox.

The new version comes with built-in support for Firefox Sync (what… read more

Advanced Layer Blending

Learn to use the Blend If sliders in the layer options and avoid having to create complex selections or masks.

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4 Beer Companies with Social Media On Tap

Terry Lozoff is President and CEO of Boston-based experiential and digital marketing agency Antler. He has been on the front lines of the non-traditional marketing industry for a decade and has worked with many international and forward-thinking brands including Miller Brewing Company, Liberty Mutual, Magners Irish Cider and GlobalPost.

Beer… read more

Logo Inspiration: Comic Characters

Everyone likes superheroes and other comic book characters. There is a plethora of stories and with subjects ranging from humor to the morbid. Comic books are deeply rooted in global culture, so that today we have several film adaptations of great box office.

Something that is very interesting is when we… read more

Is a color just a color?

For centuries color has been used to provide distinction between classes, businesses, kings, courts and everything else in between. So what exactly is in a color? Does it matter that purple has been used in connotations with royalty? Does it matter that most fast food places logos are red to… read more

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

HIGH ISO DIGITAL SLR

Veteran Canon EOS-1D and 1Ds shooters will feel right at home with the new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera, built on a dust- and weather-resistant magnesium alloy body. Upgraded features include increased sensor resolution and ISO, reduced noise, an increased frame rate, a new medium-sized RAW… read more

Advice from the Winners of The Money Book

During our recent review of The Money Book, we asked for your very best money-saving tips. The huge number of comments and savvy advice we received shows that our readership definitely knows a thing or two about saving pennies!

After careful consideration, Joseph and Denise, the authors of The Money Book,… read more

10 Good and 10 Bad Things About Adobe’s Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a tool for making web sites. Learning Dreamweaver can be a bit of an uphill struggle if you are new to either web design, html or the program itself. When you first open it, even the welcome screen can look daunting, there seems to be 1000 tools you… read more

Slim Web Gallery- A Free Flash XML Photo Gallery

Once Again, we’ve got something special for our community. We’ve again came up with cool freebies as promised. This is our way of saying thanks to our readers for being part of the instantShift community and helping us make it to where we are right now. We never wait… read more

Wix Competition: Win One of Three $150 Premium Unlimited Plans

Today we have great pleasure in offering our readers the chance to win one of three Premium Unlimited Plans, worth $150 each, from our friends Wix.
We do have a lot of love for Wix, they were our first long term sponsor and do hope that our readers will show… read more

Sony A33 and A55 DSLRs [REVIEW]

It’s been a great year for the DSLR. Not only have we seen the top models capture stills of amazing quality, leading to many serious workers questioning the need for medium format digital capture … and then, to many an amazed onlooker, we’ve seen TV series and feature films shot… read more

How to Photograph Bands in Bars, Part 3 – Shooting

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett.

Bars are challenging shooting environments now matter how you slice it–crappy lighting, drunk crowds, cramped spaces. Add in musicians who like to move around a lot, speakers in photographically inconvenient locations, and microphone stands that tend to bisect heads, and you’ve got an… read more

Photographing Bands in Bars, Part 2 – Set Up

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett.

Band photography in bars can be very challenging, but with a little bit of knowledge and planning you can make images that blow away the standard fan photo. In Part 1, I discussed equipment choices: cameras, lenses and flashes. In this article, I’ll… read more

10 iPhone Apps to Get You Back to School

As August nights get cooler, we begin begrudgingly counting down the remaining summer days. Once Labor Day passes, it’s back to school time for millions.

The best part of going back to school is clearly the shopping. Even though a new notebook can go a long way in preparing you for… read more

Samsung Releases Teaser for Galaxy Tab Android Tablet [VIDEO]

Samsung has just released a teaser video for its upcoming Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The Galaxy Tab website and SamsungUSA’s YouTube channel both host the video for the 7-inch device that is set to debut in Berlin on September 2.

The Galaxy Tab looks like a direct extension of the… read more

15 Must Have Photography Accessories Under $25*

A Guest post by Kat Landreth from Pare and Focus. *All prices and estimates in USD.

Photography can be an expensive hobby. Cameras cost a bundle and lenses for DSLRs often cost a lot more than the camera body. Once you come to grips with the money you spent on… read more

Beautiful Woodwork Art

By János Rácz

In the age of the Web, with personal computers and tablets, we tend to forget that art has been around for a really, really long time and that this digital field is just one of the many media in which art and design have a form. Fortunately, there… read more

Two New dSLR Cameras from Sony a33 & a55

Post from: Digital Photography School – Photography Tips.

Two New dSLR Cameras from Sony a33 & a55

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Improve Your E-Commerce Design With Brilliant Product Photos

Product photography could well be the single most important design aspect of any e-commerce website. Without the ability to touch, hold, smell, taste or otherwise handle the products they are interested in, potential customers have only images to interact with. Ultimately, the softer, tastier, flashier and more attractive your products… read more

A Showcase of Single Page Websites

When designing a website with a minimal number of pages and not a ton of content, a single-page design can be an innovative way to set the site apart.

Single-page websites often utilize JavaScript and Flash, along with HTML and CSS to fit more content on a page without substantially… read more

Creating a Mobile Version of Your Site

Despite the obvious explosion of the mobile market some website owners feel like very few, if any users will decide to browse their site using a mobile device. Well it is time to wake up and realize that there never has been a better time to ensure your site is… read more

Google Earth for Android Goes Under the Sea

According to a recent blog post from Google, Earth for Android will now allow for experiences of the submarine variety.

The latest 1.1 version of Google Earth for Android includes features that will let you delve into the mysterious depths of the ocean as well as the more terrestrial spaces of… read more

20 Very Best Coupon, Daily Deal and Social Buying Sites

With the birth of online coupon and social buying sites, the retail industry has jumped the shark. Mainstream consumers with a penchant for lifestyle products & services and consumers who belong to the long tail with a slightly obscure taste are pampered alike by these websites. After the financial downturn,… read more

Cubicle Spy: At Work with Steve Rubel of Edelman [PICS]

As part of the ongoing “Cubicle Spy” series here at Mashable, we’re taking a look inside the coolest, quirkiest, and most gadget-laden offices of people who work with social media.

For our second peek into the cube, we scoped out the office of Steve Rubel, Senior Vice President and Director of… read more

Flash Catalyst Tutorial 101 – Creating an interactive video gallery (quickly!) without writing any code

Written by Bear Travis + Tara Feener exclusively for WebDesignDev.com.

Tara and Bear are both members of the Flash Catalyst development team at Adobe, and, along with Matthew Cannizzoro, author the FlashCats blog (flashcats.net)

First things first: we think it’s easiest to learn by example. So to introduce you to using Adobe®… read more

How to Photograph Bands in Bars – Equipment

A guest post by Music Photographer Rick Bennett.

Some of my favorite photography subjects are musicians while they are performing. They tend to be having fun, they like the attention, and they’re challenging to capture well because of their environments. Capturing musicians in the wild can be tough and very rewarding.

Digital… read more

How Limitations Improve Design

We often complain about the multitude of limitations which we’re faced with every day as designers.

From browsers, to screen resolutions, to user interactions, we seem to constantly be struggling to find some way of thinking outside the tiny little box of “best practice” which we’re constrained by.

Limitations are abundant but… read more

50 Awesome New jQuery Plugins

The jQuery community never ever fails to let you down. Its constantly evolving, constantly improving and, thankfully, constantly releasing a tidal wave of fresh and powerful freely available plugins for every possible requirement.

Today we round-up the best and most powerful jQuery plugins from the last few months. You will find… read more

55 Excellent Examples of Websites Using HTML5

HTML5 is the new and updated version of the web standard and famous HTML. HTML5 has tons of new features, techniques and elements that allow designers to create new and beautiful stuff. The new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser… read more

Interview with Ricardo Gimenes

You may already know about the blog, Behind the Websites. In today’s interview we’re going to meet Ricardo Gimenes, illustrator and founder of the site. Ricardo is a São Paulo based Brazilian designer and illustrator who has worked with variety of clients around the world. He says he has… read more

Layer Basics with Photoshop Extended Video

Dave Cross reminds Photoshop Extended users that they can still use some of the basic layer functions to make adjustments to their video projects.

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5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now

What’s the first thing young women do when they wake up? Check Facebook. How do enterprise employees pass the time at work? With social media. With so many studies highlighting ever-accelerating social media usage rates, the conclusion is obvious — social media is everywhere.

What follows are five of the hottest… read more

The Classic Portrait: How to Build and Use Your Own Portable Portrait Studio

Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. In this article, Verosky explains how to create classic portraits with minimal lighting equipment. To learn more about achieving great lighting in any situation, check out Verosky’s popular eBook, “100% Reliable Flash Photography.“

In photography, there are… read more

20 Back to School Apps and Tools for Students

It’s August, which means school is about to start for many high school and college students. You’ve all probably had a nice summer, but now it’s time to get back to pulling all-nighters, listening to boring professors, and attempting to learn something useful.

A lot of you may be dreading school,… read more

Global News: A Free Wordpress News Theme – Updated!

Many of you may know that last week we released a multi-functional free wordpress news theme named “Global News” and due to some technical reasons we had to remove it from our servers. And now, after scanning all files as we promised, we are again making it available to our… read more

Designing Microsites: Factors To Consider

When creating a website, so many things need to be planned and considered before even beginning the design — content, audience, goals, usability, color schemes, and so much more.

The design of a microsite, on the other hand, would seem to be an easier task to execute. But… read more

New Android OS Honeycomb May Be for Tablets Only

We’re hearing multiple reports that the next iteration of the increasingly popular Android mobile operating system will be called Honeycomb.

The latest report comes from industry publication TechRadar UK. In keeping with the sweets-themed naming conventions, this OS will follow Cupcake, Eclair, Froyo and Gingerbread in the Android evolutionary march.

Gingerbread, rumored… read more

Facebook Places: What’s Foursquare’s Next Move? [INTERVIEW]

With the launch of Facebook Places, many are questioning the survival of the location services who pioneered the place checkin. As the head of the startup class, Foursquare is taking a majority of the punches.

Headlines like “Facebook Places Will Crush Foursquare” from PC Magazine have not been uncommon sightings. Even… read more

Top 5 Mobile Advertising Trends To Watch

The mobile trends series is supported by Samsung. Read more about the Samsung Galaxy here.

Mobile advertising is increasingly important, as cell phone adoption rates, especially smartphone adoption rates, soar. With a range of mobile advertising options, including SMS, WAP, mobile app display ads, search ads, rich media, video and push… read more

Canon Powershot S95 Released

I’ve decided that, rather than post six press releases, as I know you LOVE press releases, to post the Canon PowerShot S95 press release below as I think it’s an amazing little compact, and to link you up to all the other should you like to read about the new… read more

6 Tips for Budding Live Concert Photographers

A Guest Post by Viennese Concert Photographer Matthias Hombauer

Being a concert photographer can be very exciting. Imagine yourself standing 6 feet away in front of your beloved idol and taking portraits of them. Not only do you have the ability to shoot one image but can take hundreds of pictures… read more

25 Amazing CSS3 Experimentations and Demos

CSS3 is opening up a lot of possibilities for designers and developers. Things that used to require images, JavaScript or Flash can now be done with the power of CSS. read more

Elmedia Player For Mac Helps You View And Manage Media Files Conveniently

Elmedia Player is a convenient multifunctional media player for Mac OS X, which can play a great variety of formats. All Mac users will find its media library easy-to-use and already familiar to them from iTunes. You can create, manage and delete playlists. Also try out smart playlists: you can… read more

Envato’s 2010 Birthday Bundle – $20 For $400 Worth of Value

Happy Birthday to us! It’s Envato’s 4th Birthday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a Birthday Bundle packed with $400 worth of value for only $20.

The bundle includes four Tuts+ Premium tutorials, a $50 MediaTemple hosting voucher, five blog and website themes, five Flash and Unity3D files, six code packages… read more

10 Fabulous Online Sports Games

Still missing the World Cup South Africa 2010? Is the PGA Tour Season over? We’ve rounded up 10 of the funnest and best web-based sports games to help take your mind off your favorite sporting events until next season.

1. Hattrick

Hattrick.org

Hattrick is a web based online soccer manager game where you… read more

Interview with Featured Freelancer: Michael Saathoff

In my ongoing quest to learn more about the various ways to freelance, I keep finding interesting and helpful people right here on FreelanceSwitch.  I’m grateful that you have given me the opportunity to share what I have learned about these talented individuals.

Today I would like to introduce you to… read more

Head Up in the Clouds: Web Design that Uses Sky Elements

It is always amazing to designer incorporating different element of nature in their designs. This time the inspiration is cloud, sky and blue palette colors. In this post we are featuring some really beautiful website that used sky, cloud images and illustrations in their design.
Some of this website used… read more

Elemental – Step into the light! *draft*

I had the good fortune of chatting with a friend of mine who used to work for a large PR company, photographic gear mainly. Turns out that she has started her own company and one of her new clients are a bunch called Elemental A couple of emails back and… read more

A Sneak Peek at Premium for Non-members

Vector Premium launched in late September 2008. Since then we’ve added over 60 Premium tutorials for Premium members and hundreds of Illustrator and InDesign source files. Over 10,000 members have formed our unique Premium community. Learn more about the material and resources available to Premium members to Join Premium today.

Join… read more

Vimeo Gets HTML5-Friendly Embeds and a Roku Channel

Online video community Vimeo has added HTML5 support to its video embeds, making its content accessible on devices like the iPhone and iPad.

Although the main Vimeo website is HTML5, its embed codes have remained Flash-only. This has been frustrating for mobile users and content creators who want to be on… read more

Python blur by booq

TOUGH PHOTO BACKPACK HOLDS EVEYTHING FROM YOUR LAPTOP TO THE KITCHEN SINK

The Python blur by booq is a photo backpack designed to carry all of your digital camera gear plus up to a 17″ laptop with accessories. Booq is known for the quality construction of its bags, and the Python… read more

The 7 Useful (And Unknown) Web Browsers That Are Worth A Try

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find out of the box web browsers that you probably never heard of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for knowledge. I hope everyone of you will like this… read more

Adobe AIR Apps on Android Phones by Q4 2010

This morning at Adobe’s San Francisco offices, a few lucky press folks were told that some Android device users could be seeing AIR-built apps on their phones as soon as the end of this year.

We’ve seen a few AIR-for-Android demos making the rounds, but it was good to hear from… read more

Target to Launch Flash Sale on Gilt for Fall Designer Lines

Target is partnering with the members-only Gilt Groupe flash-sale service to create an exclusive experience around its upcoming fall capsule collections.

For years, Target has worked with big name designers — think Jean-Paul Gaultier and Proenza Schouler — to produce affordable high-end lines for Target shoppers. This partnership takes previous efforts… read more

Design a Price Tag in Photoshop

Design a price tag that can be used in print and web advertisements.

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Mastering Flickr: A Practical Guide

Flickr is probably the most famous of all photo communities on the web.

It’s a place where photographers from all over the world come together, share their work and admire the work of others.

Flickr however, like any other social network, has its own economy and social conventions.

There are professionals, celebrities, enthusiasts,… read more

10 Incredible iPhone Portrait Photographs

Following the incredible landscape photos snapped on iPhones we brought you recently, this time around we’re looking at pictures of people.

With an iPhone in your pocket, a few apps and a good eye, it seems you can take amazing portraits on the go without the expense and bulk of a… read more

Daily Inspiration #588

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

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Aug 8-Aug 14, 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

Olympus PEN E-PL1 [REVIEW]

Olympus keeps pushing the PEN, obviously feeding a market need. Now we see an entry level Micro Four Thirds model – the Olympus PEN E-PL1 – that should satisfy the less well-heeled and tech-challenged photographers out there.

It’s hard to deny the physical attractions of the new PEN: the review camera… read more

Android Froyo Coming to Droid Incredible on August 18

The Android 2.2 OS — Android Froyo — will begin rolling out over the air on the Droid Incredible starting next Wednesday, August 18.

We’ve heard from our sources that the Verizon team members already have Froyo installed on their Droid Incredibles. Now the update is essentially ready for primetime…. read more

Four Indesign CS5 Tips

RC Concepcion goes over 4 invaluable tips for document dimensions, placing images, and resizing frames automatically in Indesign CS5.

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25 Flash Portfolios for Your Inspiration

25 Flash Portfolios for Your Inspiration

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15+ Flash Websites For Inspiration

Flash websites have started to get very interesting these days. There was a time when I used to strongly discourage flash but now I think that with time, people have learned how to get more innovative with their ideas. I have compiled this list of 15+ flash websites for design… read more

Can Flash Move Forward?

There has been a long debate about Adobe Vs. Apple, or even Flash Vs. HTML5. Whatever side of the fence you are on—you probably won’t be changing your mind anytime soon. Flash brings a lot of features and creativity for web designers, but then again the promise of HTML5, CSS3… read more

Live Documents: Office in the Cloud

Every desktop user has to create a document one time or another. Even non-PC users have likely used Microsoft Office at least once in their lifetime. MS Office is more ubiquitous and is familiar to more users than MS Windows itself.

It’s only natural for competitors to come up with similar… read more

Twitter’s Official Tweet Button Has Arrived

Twitter has just launched the “Tweet Button,” an official option for web publishers to count retweets and let their readers easily share content.

As Mashable was first to report earlier this week, the new buttons both let readers quickly share stories and then lets them follow relevant users – such as… read more

Morning Brief: “Wizard of Oz” Google Doodle, Dell Thunder, Galaxy S Epic 4G

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

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

7 Reasons Why I Choose Fireworks Over Photoshop

My name is Russell McGovern and I use Fireworks to design websites. There, I said it. I could be wrong, but it feels like I’m in a small minority; among web designers, the application of choice seems to be Photoshop.

Agencies send me PSD files at work and… read more

A Beginner’s Guide to Website Feedback

The term “feedback” is coming close to finding itself in clichéd business word category (along with personal favorites “synergy” and “paradigm”). Even if for you the word itself isn’t necessarily something that you expect to see in a Dilbert cartoon, the thought of what feedback entails can be unpleasant. For… read more

The Future of Apple TV: iOS Apps, 720p and an ‘i’ Name [RUMOR]

New rumors suggest that an upcoming refresh of the Apple TV will bring iOS app support, as well as a new name for the device.

According to Engadget, the next version of the Apple set-top box will be called the iTV. Mac history buffs will recall that this was the… read more

These Macro Moths Will Stun You

If you’ve ever sat outside on a porch at night in the summer, you’ve no doubt seen moths come fluttering to the light.  Similar to, but not part of the butterfly family, there are thought to be over 250,000 different types of moths.  From a photography standpoint,… read more

Desuade Partigen 2

POWERFUL PARTICLE EFFECTS ENGINE

When I need particles, I reach for Partigen 2. Though it only works inside Flash, I export its animations for After Effects and Premiere Pro projects. Why am I gaga over Partigen? Because it gives me total control over every facet of particle creation, emission, and lifespan…. read more

13 Places to Practice Taking Beautiful Motion Blur Images

1. Trains

Image by Extra Medium

The shot of a passenger waiting on a subway platform for a train with moving train behind is always a fun one to experiment with because it contrasts the speed of a train with the stationary passenger (often being buffeted by wind of the train).

These… read more