How to Create Contact Sheets in Lightroom

February 18th, 2012
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Historically a contact sheet was a page of images each printed at the same size as the film negative – they were used as a reference for the images on the film roll. They were called contact sheets because the film was placed in close contact with the paper when… read more

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Tumblr for Small Business

February 18th, 2012
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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

With the rise of Pinterest and Tumblr’s astounding growth, it seems that 2012 may be the year of the visual platform. Tumblr surpassed 15 billion monthly pageviews… read more

DoodleDesk: Draw On Your Desktop

February 18th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

One area where I still prefer the old way of doing things over a computer is in scribbling and doodling to reach an idea. As much as some may argue, writing in a computer just isn’t quite up there with paper and pen in terms of creative freedom, and doodling… read more

HOW TO: Follow London Fashion Week Via iPhone, Social Media and Web

February 18th, 2012
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London Fashion Week kicked off Friday — and fortunately for those of us outside the ropes at Somerset House, brands and media are making the week more accessible than ever before.

Forty-six fashion shows will stream the unveiling of their Autumn/Winter 2012 collections live from London this season, up from 32… read more

10 Social Media Tips for Bloggers

February 18th, 2012
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Liz Borod Wright, a freelance writer based in New York City, runs the popular travel blog, Travelogged. She is also a social media consultant and an adjunct for social media at Columbia Journalism School’s continuing education program.

When it comes to building an audience and driving traffic, bloggers are turning to… read more

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February 18th, 2012
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Your Bandwidth Will Be Throttled. Here’s Why

February 17th, 2012
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The days of all-you-can eat mobile bandwidth are already ending, and landline broadband could soon follow suit. You, my data-hungry friend, my not be ready for it, but your Cookie Monster-like habit of gobbling up data has made this a certainty.

You may rail at the injustice of it all,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1060

February 17th, 2012
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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

Pinterest Porn: Are Breasts and Butts Offensive or Art? [POLL]

February 17th, 2012
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Sandwiched between Pins of clothes and crafts on Pinterest are pictures of breasts and butts.

Every so often, a Pinterest Pin shows scantily clad or even naked men and women — sometimes in pornographic positions. Some users view the images on the 2-year-old social scrapbooking site as art, while others are… read more

3D Printer Brings Internet Memes Into the Real World [PICS]

February 17th, 2012
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1. Sad Keanu

Now you can physically place poor, sad Keanu anywhere you want. You can put him on… read more

Web App Analyzes Tweets in Real Time for a Record of Historic Events

February 17th, 2012
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If you’ve tweeted a lot about the Occupy movement, the Syrian Protests or the Egyptian Revolution, Twitris may have considered what you said and recorded it.

Dr. Amit P. Sheth, director of the Kno.e.sis Center in Dayton, Ohio, developed the idea for Twitter research when he was monitoring what was happening… read more

DAWN: Weekly Photography Challenge

February 17th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Earlier today we posted 24 Beautiful Dawn Images – with the hope of giving you a little inspiration to set those alarm clocks a little earlier this week and to get out at – or before – sunrise to take some dawn images of your own.

So let’s make ‘Dawn’ the… read more

Beyond Burberry: How London Fashion Week Is Ramping Up Digital

February 17th, 2012
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Burberry might be the hot ticket when it comes to pioneering digital initiatives during London Fashion Week, but that doesn’t mean a wealth of other British brands aren’t giving it a go as well.

Participating fashion and media brands are once again focusing on reaching mass consumer audiences throughout the week…. read more

24 Beautiful Dawn Images

February 17th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Dawn is such a wonderful time to photograph life. Sun breaking the horizon, dew on grass, mist hovering over landscapes… of course, that’s only if you’re awake to see it.

Here’s some shots taken at dawn to give you a little inspiration to set that alarm clock one day this week… read more

70 Best Photo Manipulation Tutorials of All Time

February 17th, 2012
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InstantShift

Creating photo manipulations using Photoshop isn’t as easy as you see here. But it’s a passion for many designers out here including me. One should have lots of patience and creativity to turn a simple photo into an amazing visual art. Sky is the limit when you open image in… read more

Designing the Web: Photoshop Tutorials for Designing a Website

February 17th, 2012
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Noupe

For those of us in the business of designing the web, one area of resources that always prove invaluable to have in our design arsenals is tutorials. Learning how other web designers have crafted their designs, and which tools they always rely on can always help to guide us as… read more

Beautiful Houses: Casa Marítimo

February 17th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more

88 Links That Are Like Crack for Photographers

February 17th, 2012
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Back from a brief hiatus, the Toad has been busy hopping around the internet looking for the best tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list contains some of the very best images, tips and tricks from some of the most talented artists.  We really… read more

24 Creative Duotone Photographs

February 17th, 2012
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When you’re looking to create a certain mood or feeling in your imagery, many photographers turn to monotone or duotone. And while most go with subdued tones to evoke similar feeling to black and white photographs, duotone can also be used in a way to spruce up the feeling too…. read more

17 Beautiful Free Floral Pattern Sets

February 16th, 2012
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Smashing Apps

Are you looking for some cool and appealing pattern collections? If yes, then look no further, this article is just for you! Here we are showcasing some free to use Floral pattern collections that will help you making your art works look even more appealing and tempting.

You can utilize these… read more

Mitt Romney’s Google Problem: ‘SpreadingRomney’

February 16th, 2012
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Like Rick Santorum before him, Mitt Romney’s got a Google problem. The second result when searching for the presidential hopeful is “SpreadingRomney.com,” a satirical site that lampoons Romney for leaving his dog atop his station wagon during a long family drive.

SpreadingRomney seeks to redefine “Romney” into a verb meaning “to… read more

Daily Inspiration #1059

February 16th, 2012
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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

Pixable Brings the Hashtag to Facebook Photos

February 16th, 2012
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Photo-sorting app Pixable is bringing the Twitter-style hashtag to Facebook photos.

The startup’s core service sorts images from your Facebook and Twitter feeds into piles such as “Top of the Day,” “New on Twitter” and “New Profile Pics.” Now you can tag the photos in these categories with hashtags… read more

New Robotic Arm Looks Nothing Like Our Own [VIDEO]

February 16th, 2012
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Will our robot overlords one day have appendages with five digits like us humans? We’d have to guess otherwise — could that really be the most efficient method? A new robotic arm from Cornell and the University of Chicago shows off a technique that might be more dexterous and… read more

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Talk Tech at a Mashable Meetup

February 16th, 2012
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The Mashable Tech Talk meetup is less than a week away!

Mashable community members have organized more than 150 Mashable Tech Talk events for Feb. 22.

At these Meetups, the conversation will be centered on new and innovative technology and how those technologies will change the industry as we know it…. read more

Quick Tip: Create An Alien Character Using the Width Tool

February 16th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

In this tutorial we will be creating a little alien guy very quickly, by taking advantage of the Width Tool. We will also be using the Ellipse tool, Pen Tool and the Pathfinder panel. Let’s begin!

Step 1

It all starts with a pencil sketch. I have it saved as a JPG… read more

20 WordPress Themes That’ll Give Your Site Suave

February 16th, 2012
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Web App Storm

WordPress has been the base of many people’s blogs for quite a while now. It offers many great features on a stable platform and is also very easy to operate. The best part is customization: there are thousands of WordPress themes and plugins to enhance your readers’ experience. You can… read more

How to Use the Human Form to Give a Sense of Scale to Your Images [With Examples]

February 16th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

At times when you’re photographing scenes like landscapes or architectural structures it is difficult to convey to those viewing your images the scale of what you’re photographing – particularly when the main element in your shot is big.

One technique to bring scale to your image is to include something within… read more

Plan the Best Content for your Emails

February 16th, 2012
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InstantShift

Email marketing is one of the really successful techniques currently used in the marketing world. It has become one of the most popular techniques in recent years and is an indispensable part of online marketing.

Sending mails keeps your site active among your audience and increases visits and clicks on your… read more

The Jeremy Lin Meme Roundup [PICS]

February 16th, 2012
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1. Linsanity

The classic.

Click here to view this gallery.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has certainly taken the… read more

Panda Live Stream Hopes You’ll Fall in Love With the Planet

February 16th, 2012
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Mashable

Wildlife enthusiasts, nature buffs and, most importantly, puppy cam lovers are in for a treat when they see the latest in furry live streams: the 24-hour-a-day panda stream.

Philanthropic media organization Explore.org has launched the first HD video live stream of pandas, from the world’s largest panda reserve in Ya’an… read more

Why QR Codes Won’t Last

February 16th, 2012
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Mashable

Jon Barocas is the founder and CEO of bieMEDIA, a Denver-based online marketing and media solutions company that specializes in video content production and distribution, mobile visual search, technology platforms, SEO, VSEO and more.

Like most technology fans, I am always ready and willing to try any technology that promises to… read more

Embracing GTD with FacileThings

February 16th, 2012
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Web App Storm

It’s great that there’s a spectrum of task management web apps to help you get things done. Each of them offers a different approach and interface, so you can choose from a wide variety to find the app that works best for you. After all, everybody has their own way… read more

Why Birds Are a Photography Favourite

February 15th, 2012
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Bird photography is always a popular topic among outdoor photographers. The challenges presented in trying to get a good photograph of a bird though, are difficult to understate. Besides the skittish nature of the animal, problems with weather, wind, light and backgrounds always seem to throw themselves into your path…. read more

Daily Inspiration #1058

February 15th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Lightroom Video – Making Selective White Balance Changes

February 15th, 2012
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Lightroom Killer tips

I always like it when new features come out in Photoshop or Lightroom and I end up using them in ways that I didn’t originally think I would. Take for example the addition of Temperature and Tint to the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter in Lightroom 4 Beta. When I… read more

Twitter Tool Will Help Journalists Break News [VIDEO]

February 15th, 2012
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A new software tool will help journalists see breaking news tweets as they are happening. The program, called Seriously Rapid Source Review, is still under development — but will act like a sieve that pull tweets from key sources currently sharing reports, images and video from the ground.

Researchers… read more

Freelance Photography: Digital vs. Film Case Study

February 15th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

Last week, the British Journal of Photography helped spread the news that Kodak will stop producing digital products as part of their ongoing strategic review? What is Kodak going to do? Refocus on good, old fashioned film.

At first, this sounded like brand suicide to me. But then I read… read more

Typography Mania #119

February 15th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

Click here to check out all the previous Typography… read more

Quick Tip: How to Illustrate a Saw Blade with Inkscape

February 15th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

This Quick Tip will teach you how to create a saw blade with a shiny disc using just basic shapes like rectangles, circles and triangle. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find… read more

6 Ways to Add Drama and Mystery to Your Images

February 15th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Recently at a get together with 6 photographer friends we started chatting about the idea of adding Drama and Mystery to images.

Don’t ask me how we got to the topic but the conversation was so good that I decided to ask each photographer for their favourite technique for creating Dramatic… read more

6 Tips for Designing a Promotion Worthy Business Card

February 15th, 2012
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Freelanceswitch

You might not always know when an opportunity for networking or the chance to expand your client base will present itself. Incorporating personalized business cards into your professional and personal marketing efforts is a positive way to ensure opportunities will not be missed.

But before you can promote, you need… read more

How to Build a Stylish CSS3 Search Box

February 15th, 2012
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Specky Boy

A search box is probably one of the most common UI elements around, and I think there is no need to explain its purpose anymore. Whether it’s about a website or a web application, to increase user experience for it, you may want to add a stylish search… read more

Daily Inspiration #1057

February 14th, 2012
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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

Tic Tac Launches Augmented Reality-Enabled Times Square Billboards

February 14th, 2012
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Mashable

Tic Tac is the latest major brand to embrace augmented reality, and it is doing so in a big way: With three billboards in New York’s Times Square.

The billboards are the latest element of Tic Tac’s “Shake It Up” campaign, which centers around a mobile app (for iOS or Android)… read more

Community Project: Customized Name Tag, Round 1

February 14th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 1 of the Customized Name Tag Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Customized Name Tag Project, Round 1

The designs… read more

Return To The Scene Of The Crime: Shooting Mundane Scenes In Different Light To Improve Your Photography

February 14th, 2012
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We all have parts of our life that are mundane. Even the most seasoned traveler has mundane tasks or habits that seem anything less than glamorous. While there is certainly something to be touted and enjoyed from the exotic images we all love, there is also some thing to be… read more

OPEX

February 14th, 2012
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A Teenage Jeremy Lin Imitates NBA Players on His Xanga Blog [PICS]

February 14th, 2012
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“this is what a regular headband looks like on a sexy guy”

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As if… read more

Black and White Flowers – A Study in Form

February 13th, 2012
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This is a guest collection by Tom Dinning. Download Tom’s latest book, “Learning to See” for free here.

They say you can win the heart of a woman with a bunch of colourful flowers. My success rate in that endeavour has been limited so I’m not one to comment. But I… read more

Daily Inspiration #1056

February 13th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Gingrich Is First Candidate to Activate Facebook Timeline

February 13th, 2012
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Newt Gingrich, ex-Speaker of the House and Republican presidential hopeful, has turned on Facebook‘s new profile option, Timeline.

Maybe he was inspired by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who did the same last week? Not exactly. According to Vincent Harris, who runs Gingrich’s new media efforts, the team switched to Timeline… read more

Ingimage, Your Free Subscription to Quality Images

February 13th, 2012
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3 Minutes with Photographer Steven Bumgardner

February 13th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Photography has always been a powerful medium to share images, but it has consistently been most powerful when used to share stories. As digital SLRs increasingly include video functionality new opportunities are emerging for photographers to enhance their storytelling with video and videographers to return to their roots with still… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Photo Transformer

February 13th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

Our featured sponsor this week is Photo Transformer, an amazingly simple and fast way to find and process images.

Photo Transformer is a super fast image browser. No need to build a library, just point it at a folder or directory of folders and it will instantly dive in and find… read more

Nikon School – My First HD SLR Workshop

February 13th, 2012
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I’m on my way back to Tampa this morning after a really cool weekend with the guys from the Nikon School HD-SLR Video Workshop. I had planned on attending one at the end of last year but I couldn’t make it. While talking to a friend at Nikon a few… read more

How to Create a Vintage Type Postcard

February 13th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Follow this in-depth look at the process of designing type for a vintage style postcard in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Harken back to an era when postcards were all the rage with this friendly type style. The tutorial will delve into clipping masks, using bitmap images, working with layers and type… read more

20 @fontface Icon Sets

February 13th, 2012
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Specky Boy

The pros for using @fontface for icons far outweigh the cons. First of all, there are the obvious benefits of being infinitely scalable and being able to style them dynamically using any CSS property (color, gradients, shadow…). Secondly, its much easier to manage one single font file as… read more

Why Shooting to the Right Gives You Better Final Images

February 12th, 2012
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Some of you may have heard this term before, some not, but for everyone, it’s a great tip for optimizing the quality of the image coming from your sensor. So to understand how to shoot to the right, first we need to understand the camera’s histogram.

Virtually all DSLRs and many… read more

Daily Inspiration #1055

February 12th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Photo Inspiration: Travel Photography From Around The World Project

February 12th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Today I am starting a new (semi-)regular series on DPS. On this site we have great content with step by step instructions, gear reviews and information on all forms of post processing. I want to add to that content a form of inspiration that mixes practical tips for every day… read more

1,000 shots a day {the National Geographic photographer}

February 12th, 2012
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I can’t remember the last time I read something about photography that wasn’t online. I picked up National Geographic’s recent 50 Greatest Pictures issue recently and was totally enthralled by reading about the behind-the-scenes on some of their most iconic images. One line jumped out at me massively:

“A photographer shoots… read more

Usability Rules for Content Sites

February 12th, 2012
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Specky Boy

Content sites, such as blogs, article directories, image galleries, video galleries, etc. are a major category of sites and if you haven’t designed such a site until now, you can be sure that sooner or later you will. Designing a content site is in many aspects easier than… read more

Thinking vs Feeling Photography: Discuss

February 11th, 2012
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Today I read an interview with photographer Bruce Gilden (warning, some of Bruces images are confronting) whose photography of his time in Haiti was featured in the January edition of Leica’s LFI magazine.

In the interview Bruce was asked about the how he seems to have a real instinctual energy in… read more

Picking A Waterfall Shutter Speed For The Best Look

February 11th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Capturing a waterfall is a matter of personal taste. This post will not tell you you should always use shutter speed 1/X and life will be fine. To the contrary, this post is meant to show some examples of what different shutter speeds do to a moderately distant waterfall so… read more

Kim Jong-Un Death Rumor Sparks Twitter Frenzy

February 10th, 2012
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Mashable

Rumors of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s death took Twitter by storm Friday.

The report, which originated on the Chinese microblogging service Weibo, has not been substantiated by any formal press. But that didn’t stop it from going viral on the Internet. “Kim Jong-Un” is currently trending on Twitter and ranks… read more

5 Ways to Market Your Brand on LinkedIn

February 10th, 2012
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Linda Coles is the author of the book Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days (Wiley) and is a social media speaker and consultant at Blue Banana.

LinkedIn provides plenty of marketing opportunities, but lets take a look at some of the lesser-known tools. Although not all are free, try… read more

Curse You Pinterest, I’m Hooked

February 10th, 2012
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Mashable

What the hell is going on with Pinterest? It’s suddenly on the tip of everyone’s tongue, influencing countless web designs, and has infiltrated most of my other social networks. Even I have fallen under its spell, and I am not necessarily happier for it.

The site, which is ostensibly still in… read more

CIA Website Down, Anonymous Taking Credit

February 10th, 2012
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Anonymous, continuing an unusually active run of activity, took credit for bringing down the Central Intelligence Agency’s website Friday afternoon. As of 3:50 p.m. ET, the site remains inaccessible.

“CIA TANGO DOWN: cia.gov,” reads a tweet from an Anonymous-affiliated account.

CIA TANGO DOWN: cia.gov #Anonymous (via @RT_America) goo.gl/zBW2b

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February… read more

Daily Inspiration #1054

February 10th, 2012
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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

French Prez Nicolas Sarkozy Turns On, Fills Up His Facebook Timeline

February 10th, 2012
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Mashable

Facebook users have a love-hate relationship with Facebook Timeline, which encourages users to share their life story in photos and milestones. So where does French President Nicolas Sarkozy fall on the amour-haine spectrum? J’adore, it seems, as Sarkozy has enabled Timeline on his profile.

Sarkozy’s Timeline page has has just under… read more

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Breakthrough: Organic Computer Could Change Everything [VIDEO]

February 10th, 2012
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Scientists have created a biological computer capable of extracting hidden images on a DNA chip.

There’s nothing new about a computer reading images encrypted on DNA chips, but this is the first computer made only of biomolecules. The scientists behind the research in California and Israel say they don’t… read more

Abandoned: Weekly Photography Challenge

February 10th, 2012
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Earlier today we posted a series of photos on the themes of Abandonment and Urban Decay (uplifting stuff wasn’t it). I thought it might make a good theme for this weeks photography challenge too.

While not everyone will have an atmospheric abandoned factory to race out and photograph – hopefully it’s… read more

Designing a Custom iPhone App Navigation Bar

February 10th, 2012
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App development for iPhone and iPod Touch has become a booming industry. Designers from all over the world are jumping at the chance to have their ideas published into the App Store. It’s no surprise more tech enthusiasts are moving onto Apple devices.

It can be tough… read more

Vectortuts+ Workshop #7

February 10th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump.

How to Participate:

This workshop… read more

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A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients

February 10th, 2012
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Smashing Magazine

Are you fascinated by dynamic data? Do you go green with envy when you see tweets pulled magically into websites? Trust me, I’ve been there.

The goal of today’s tutorial is to create a simple Web app for grabbing movie posters from TMDb. We’ll use jQuery and the user’s input to… read more

Everything you Need to Know About Camera Flash

February 10th, 2012
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InstantShift

Flash is a useful source of artificial light in photography. In early days of photography, when there was no electricity the photographers used powdered magnesium, which they used to burn to produce a ‘flash of light’!

Unless you’re a professional photographer, the chances are good that the camera you’re using –… read more

Top Valentine’s Day Graphic Design Tutorials

February 10th, 2012
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Noupe

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and designers are eager to try out their creative skills. With the holiday comes a time of bright colors, attractive graphics and shimmering effects which can make for some romantic manipulations. We have collected some very useful tutorials, which will help you use Photoshop… read more

Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These Words [INFOGRAPHIC]

February 10th, 2012
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Mashable

Next time you write an email subject line, think twice about the words you’re using.

Loading your message with words such as “confirm,” “join,” “press,” or “invite” is not a good idea if you want a response, says data from Baydin, the makers of email plugin Boomerang.

Baydin recently extracted data from… read more

17 Most-Popular Photos From Flickr Commons

February 9th, 2012
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Female Aircraft Worker

“Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies.”

Image courtesy of The Library… read more

Easily Create a Facebook Store with Tabjuice

February 9th, 2012
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Web App Storm

Have you ever wanted to sell stuff directly from your Facebook page? While most businesses would still think a traditional website was an absolute necessity, plenty of advertisements today seem to want people to go to their Facebook fan page more than anything else. And no wonder. So many people… read more

Daily Inspiration #1053

February 9th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Hipstamatic Releases Lens for New York Fashion Week

February 9th, 2012
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Mashable

In conjunction with New York Fashion Week, iPhone photography app Hipstamatic has released a cool-toned lens (i.e., filter) designed to capture the aesthetic of classic American beauty.

The lens was developed in partnership with fashion photographer Chiun-Kai Shih, whose work has appeared in GQ, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, among other well-recognized… read more

Live LOLz: Cheezburger Plans Grammy Awards Memes in Real Time

February 9th, 2012
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Mashable

I Can Has Cheezburger plans to turn the 54th Grammy Awards into a laughing matter by giving viewers an outlet to write funny captions for red carpet and ceremony photos.

The “Live LOLing” event starts Sunday at 4 p.m. PT when Cheezburger’s ROFLrazzi site, Twitter profile and Facebook page will… read more

Wolfram|Alpha Pro – Crunching Your Data, and the World’s

February 9th, 2012
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Web App Storm

The world around us is filled with data. We live in the information age, and often, our greatest challenge is not that we don’t have the right data, but we don’t know what to do with it. Wolfram|Alpha is an innovative service that tries to take some of the complexity… read more

The Properties of Identity

February 9th, 2012
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Abduzeedo

This is an illustration series by Alex Varanesse, he believes that if identity can be reduced solely to a finite set of properties—and I’ve always believed that it can—then this series serves as a woefully incomplete but sternly determined starting point.

A collection of [seemingly] random visual ideas produced over a… read more

25 Evokative Images of Abandonment and Urban Decay

February 9th, 2012
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Digital Photography School

Today I found myself surfing through flickr admiring a growing number of images on the theme of abandonment and urban decay. While perhaps not an every day kind of subject for most of us – there’s a growing number of photographers exploring a theme that can produce striking images. Here’s… read more

When the storm comes

February 9th, 2012
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Creattica

Personal Project // Check out my Behance Portfolio! or see me on deviantArt // © Moritz Kellermann 2011 // Thanks for watching, MOEY!

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New Course: Creating Vector Art

February 9th, 2012
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Vector Tuts

In this Tuts+ Premium course, illustrator Von Glitschka teaches you a professional workflow for Creating Vector Art. Over 12 lessons and 2.5 hours of total video, you’ll get tips and techniques for sketching, using helpful plugins, Von’s “Clockwork Method”, working with shapes, using the pathfinder, layering heirarchy, coloring and detailing…. read more

Study More Efficiently with Mental Case

February 9th, 2012
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Mac App Storm

Flashcards have long been a great way to study – whether you’re preparing for an exam, learning a new language, or want to memorize the flags of the world. Mental Case is an application for Mac, iPad, and iPhone which takes the concept of flashcards and makes them far more… read more