Device-Agnostic Approach To Responsive Web Design

This is a different take on Responsive Web design. This article discusses how we can better embrace what the Web is about by ignoring the big elephant in the room; that is, how we can rely on media queries and breakpoints without any concern for devices.

The Challenge

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WDL Premium: Work – An Elegant WordPress Theme

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Today, for our WDL Premium Members, we have a beautiful premium WordPress theme for your blog. The Work theme from Theme Trust is An elegant portfolio theme built for showing off your work. This theme has a clean and professional style that is perfect for displaying… read more

Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

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How Much Code Should Web Designers Need to Know?

This is an interesting topic which isn’t often discussed between web designers. Getting started in Adobe Photoshop is difficult, and you feel an exhilarating rush when you complete your first web project. But what good is a website mockup if you can’t build it?

Arguably designers by definition do… read more

Netflix: HD on iPad is ‘On Our Roadmap,’ Not Here Yet

New iPad owners who are also Netflix subscribers — and we’re guessing there’s a lot of overlap there — may have been excited to see an update to the Netflix iPad app pop up in the App Store on Wednesday. Could this be the beginning of the HD video revolution… read more

60+ People Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

60+ People Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

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12 Awesome Websites With “Earthy Tones”

I recently met with two new clients to discuss the development of their websites.  I typically like to see if there are any specific colors they’d like to use, along with any preferences they may have towards layout and content.  I was quite surprised to hear both of them tell… read more

The Secret Source of Never-Ending Customers for Freelancers

Nine out of ten freelancers will tell you that their biggest challenge is finding new customers.

And not just any customers – we’re talking about the good customers, the ones that really want to work with you, trust you to do a good job, listen to you, accept your guidance,… read more

WordPress plugins for user-submitted & user-generated content

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Which Makes a Better Logo Design: Typographic or Symbol?

 
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Say Goodbye to User Name and Password Logins, and Hello to ‘OneID’

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: OneID Inc.

Quick Pitch: Goodbye user names and passwords.

Genius Idea: OneID has created single-click login so users… read more

How TwitchTV Built a Vibrant Community Around Game Streaming

If you’re ditching cable, there are many alternative content destinations online. If you’re a gamer, one of those is probably TwitchTV.

TwitchTV was started in June 2011 by Justin.tv founders Justin Kan and Emmett Shear. Since launch, TwitchTV has built an audience of 16 million visitors per month, with a growth… read more

55+Tree and Plant Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

55+Tree and Plant Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

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The Curious Link Between Icon Design and Candies

Do you like candies? Come on, even if your outer adult doesn’t want to admit it, your inner child is reaching with its palms out! Do you remember when you were a kid with how much attention you paid when you were selecting which candies to buy in… read more

55+ Badge & Emblem Logo Designs for Inspiration

55+ Badge & Emblem Logo Designs for Inspiration

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55 House Outline and City Real Estate Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

55 House Outline and City Real Estate Related Logo Showcase Inspiration

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Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 3

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 3 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. Check it out at the jump.

Create Your Own Skateboard Design, Round 3

The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought we would kick things off… read more

20+ examples of beautiful and inspiring fonts

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Creepy Brands: 50 Evil Logos

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Demons, devils, vampires, monsters. Thanks to Hollywood, all have managed to crawl deep within our minds, exploiting our fears, feeding on our emotions from an early age. The dark side has proven to be a vast inspiration for artists in various fields: from poetry to music to… read more

Freebie: Awesome Realistic Logo Mock-Ups

Freebie: Awesome Realistic Logo Mock-Ups

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Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop

Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop

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Flash-centric misconceptions of HTML5

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The Shock Bundle Giveaway: Win 1 Of 10 Licenses

Today we would like to present to you another amazing giveaway. WordPressthemeshock and Designrfix have teamed up to offer you the chance to win an amazing collection of WordPress Themes, xhtml templates and design elements such as icons, vector mascot sets and logo templates just to name a few. We are… read more

100 Super Creative Logo Designs

100 Super Creative Logo Designs

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Creative Logos Designed by Arslan

Creative Logos Designed by Arslan

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How to Make Your Tweets More Trustworthy [STUDY]

Ever feel like you tweet something important, but no one believes you?

A recent study shows you how to boost the credibility of your tweets, making people take them more seriously. And it’s not just marketing fluff; the study was conducted by researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University.

Among… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 12-Mar 18, 2012

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25 Crazy Typography Artworks – Logos, Posters, Packaging & Ads!

25 Crazy Typography Artworks – Logos, Posters, Packaging & Ads!

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How Booze Goes Social for Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is known for heavy boozing, and major Irish brands like like Guinness, Jameson and Baileys are taking the annual opportunity to full marketing advantage.

Thanks to digital and social media, these beverage companies have devised innovative ways to make consumers feel a part of the party without even… read more

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day: Celebrate With Google Doodles [PICS]

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Google began its St Patrick’s celebrations in 2000 with a green logo sporting a jaunty leprechaun’s hat.

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Comics of the week #121

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Best of the Week #214

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

The New iPad Is a Pure Joy [REVIEW]

The new iPad is undoubtedly Apple’s best tablet yet. Still, many users want to know: Are the new features — including the eye-popping retina display — worth it?

It’s a testament to the quality of the iPad 2 that this question is even being asked. After all, how do you improve… read more

Acclaimed Technology Investor Roger McNamee Joins Mashable Connect as a Speaker

We’re pleased to announce that Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners will be speaking at Mashable Connect, our signature conference.

Mashable’s largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in… read more

How to Extract the Facts with a Web Design Client Questionnaire

The phone calls usually go like this:

Caller: “I want a website for my business.”

You: “What kind of business do you have?”

Caller states the nature of the business, launches into a list of pages that he or she wants on the site, and then asks you for a price quote.

Not… read more

The Art Of Content Marketing

A few months ago I went to collect a friend from hospital. Arriving early, I entered the waiting room and noticed in-house magazines stacked by the door. I picked one up, grabbed a coffee and took a seat.

The magazine read like a very long press release, blabbering on about patient-centric… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch: Project Management Tools and Finding New Clients

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at project management tools and finding clients. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email to askfreelanceswitch@gmail.com.

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10 of the coolest CSS3 and CSS effects

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Logo Design: Focusing on the Symbols

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If you take a look around, you’ll find some of the most memorable or recognizable logos are those that don’t include any text. The omission of text can be a smart move in my mind, the text being the name of the actual company or brand.

There are three different… read more

Splendid Examples Of Logos That Use Negative Space

Splendid Examples Of Logos That Use Negative Space

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Amazon to Offer $10 Gift Card for $5 Next Week

Amazon will use a two-for-one gift card offer next week to get consumers to check out AmazonLocal, its daily deals service.

On Tuesday, March 20, Amazon will let consumers buy a $10 gift card for $5. The catch: They have to go to amazonlocal.com to redeem it. The card is good… read more

How Tech Helps You Make Sweet Music [CONTEST WINNERS]

Advances in digital media have dramatically changed not only in the way we consume music, but also the way we create it. First came Napster, which opened up file-sharing to the masses. Now, through services like iTunes and Spotify, we have more music at our fingertips than ever before.

A lot… read more

Former Facebook PR Head Shares Strategy for Successful Launches [VIDEO]

The Leaders in Digital Series is supported by Samsung. Follow Samsung USA on Google+ and Twitter, and like them on Facebook.

As Facebook’s first PR director, Brandee Barker dealt with everything from the launch of News Feed to the Beacon controversy to huge rounds of investment.

Since leaving… read more

10 Futuristic Products in Development Now

1. Invisible Car

To promote its new fuel cell vehicle, which has zero exhaust emissions, Mercedes pulled a stunt… read more

BBC Confirms It’s Working on an iTunes Competitor

The BBC confirmed last night that it was planning a TV-downloading service similar to iTunes. Code-named “Project Barcelona,” the service will provide downloads for both recently broadcast shows as well as parts of the BBC archive.

In a speech to the Royal Television Society in London last night, BBC Director General… read more

Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends

Since Elliot Jay Stocks so poignantly told us to destroy the Web 2.0 look, we’ve witnessed a de-shinification of the Web, with fewer glass buttons, beveled edges, reflections, special-offer badges, vulgar gradients with vibrant colors and diagonal background patterns. The transformation has been welcomed with relief by all but the… read more

Hero: A Minimal and Responsive Portfolio WordPress Theme

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Over at Theme Trust, we just released a brand new WordPress theme. Hero is a responsive and minimal portfolio theme for creative types who want to show off their best work and highlight their services. One of the key features of this theme is the parallax… read more

Illustrator Quick Tutorial: Vector 3D Warped Logos In Gradient Color

Illustrator Quick Tutorial: Vector 3D Warped Logos In Gradient Color

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An explanation of Photoshop Blending Modes

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20+ Impressive Pixel-Inspired Logo Designs

20+ Impressive Pixel-Inspired Logo Designs

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iPhone Case Turns SoundCloud Clips Into 3D Sculpture [VIDEO]

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

Get ready to turn your top tunes into physical art. Shapeways, a 3D printing company, introduced its latest project, Vibe, at SXSW last weekend.

Vibe is a custom iPhone case created from your favorite sound from SoundCloud…. read more

Jacob Cass Joins “Deeply Graphic” Podcast to Talk Logo Design

Jacob Cass Joins “Deeply Graphic” Podcast to Talk Logo Design

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Daily Inspiration #1082

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

Learn From What You Love to Use

I love Dropbox. Finding this interview with one of Dropbox’s founders, Drew Houston, was like finding buried treasure.

In case you haven’t heard of Dropbox before, it’s a file-hosting service that lets people access their files from their computers, smart phones, tablets, you name it. More than 50 million… read more

Sorenson Squeeze 8

Video Compression and Publishing Suite

If you work with video, chances are that Sorenson Squeeze is one of your go-to items for compression and, as the hardware improves, it makes sense that the software moves forward with it. Sorenson Squeeze 8 brings performance without limiting you to making videos anchored… read more

8 Features that Make Google+ Better than Facebook and Twitter

Numbers can tell a story. As of December 2011, Facebook had 845 million monthly active users. As of September 2011, Twitter had 100 million active users. As of January 2012, Google+ had more than 90 million active users.

Facebook and Twitter reached those numbers in years. Google+… read more

WordPress for Photographers: Top Tips and Professional Resources

Believe it or not, there was a time when WordPress was regarded as a great blogging platform, but that was all. Build an entire site on it? No way!

Well, that was then, this is now. These days, WordPress is powering some of the biggest names in news, music, fashion,… read more

The LessMoney Conference from the guys at LessEverything

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When Grandparents Meet Photo Booth [VIDEO]

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

What’s better than watching a sweet elderly couple use a webcam for the first time? Seeing an army of grandparents each trying out Apple‘s Photo Booth and its effects.

The funny video — which first appeared in… read more

Wifarer Offers Turn-by-Turn Directions Inside Large Venues

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Wifarer

Quick Pitch: Indoor positioning technology app guides users through large venues.

Genius Idea: Wifarer is partnering… read more

Respect Thy Typography

Good typography shouldn’t have to rely on ornamental crutches to stand tall. Yet despite all the tools and knowledge available to us, we readily embrace a flourishing, decorative typography, with cheap tricks used in a misguided attempt to make it “pop”. This ancient art may rapidly be gaining popularity, but… read more

Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 2

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own Skateboard Design, Round 2

The… read more

Crowmoor

Crowmoor is a dry English-style apple cider by Sinebrychoff. Sinebrychoff is the oldest industrially operating brewery in the Nordic countries and one of Europe’s most modern breweries.

I teamed up with Fake Graphics and advertising agency Taivas to create a dark and moody moor imitating… read more

15 dummy text generators you should know

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Council Created to Regulate Aggregation, Bloggers

Information hits the Web and just like that the news spreads like fire. Stories are frantically re-reported and some are missing an important detail — attribution.

David Carr, media reporter for The New York Times, wrote an article on Monday about a group of editors who plan to establish guidelines for… read more

How to Become a Graphic Designer

In a society filled with rapidly changing technology, graphic design has become a very important profession in our increasingly visual world. As the information age matures, one thing is becoming clear: we live in an increasingly visual world. From advertisements to web pages, and corporate reports to corporate logos, the… read more

30 Examples of Beautifully Shaded Logos

30 Examples of Beautifully Shaded Logos

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30 Gorgeous Examples of Retro-Style Logo Designs

30 Gorgeous Examples of Retro-Style Logo Designs

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What Is Your All-Time Best Apple Story? [CONTEST]

Last week we asked you to predict Apple’s next game-changing innovation. We wanted you to think big, but also to be realistic. It’s highly unlikely, no matter how much we all wish for it, that the iHover is anywhere near done.

With iOS, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Apple has innovated… read more

40+ Sensational Travel Logo Designs for Inspiration

40+ Sensational Travel Logo Designs for Inspiration

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QR Codes and Microsoft Tags: New Promotion Generation

MS TAG PRO and CONS

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Pro
Cons

CMYK colors
More attractive
More expensive to be printed

Small footprint
Less invasive, more info in smaller area to cover
Not really useful, particularly if displayed on screen, posters or billboards

New technology
Appealing and visual based
Less supported

The content is on MS servers
More detailed metrics
You can change the content whenever you… read more

Break Into the Venture Capital World with Enloop

Running a business takes money. In most cases, you need quite a lot of it, and at times the revenues won’t be enough to keep the business afloat. Sure, you can dip into your savings or get a loan, but the ideal solution would be to bring in investors to… read more

What’s new for designers, March 2012

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50 Legendary Logos with Mythical Creatures

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A successful logo design always depends on being able to reflect the entire personality of a company into a single, symbolic design. Since ancient times, people have managed to capture, define and conceptualize human emotions, strengths and weaknesses into creatures of legend and myth that impersonate exaggerated… read more

10 Awesome Accessories to Organize Your Office

1. LEGO Stationery Art Carousel

Add a colorful dash of blocky fun to your desk with this organizer. It… read more

Tamron 18-200mm Zoom F/3.5-6.3 lll VC REVIEW

A Guest Post by Michael Agliolo.

Lens: Tamron 18-200mm zoom F/3.5-6.3 lll VC – model B011
Review Camera body: Sony A Nex 5k – Digital Camera

Got a chance to take a test drive with the new Tamron 18-200mm zoom F/3.5-6.3 lll VC – model B011 Lens.

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Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 5-Mar 11, 2012

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20 Awesome Logo Designs Showing Symmetry

20 Awesome Logo Designs Showing Symmetry

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Quick Look: Hike Video App

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 Hike Video App. The developer describes Hike Video App as an app that offers more… read more

Best of the Week #213

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Comics of the week #120

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The iPad Is Now Available For Horses [VIDEO]

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

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What kind of tablet would @horse_ebooks use?” Could there possibly be a device that’s equestrian-friendly? Consider your questions answered — horses love the iPad!

This week, the long-awaited unveiling of the… read more

March Madness: 6 Sites for Creating Your Ultimate Bracket

Time to iron your favorite jersey, slap some war paint on and dust off that foam finger: March Madness is about to begin! Whether you’re an NCAA Basketball superfan or a casual bystander, everyone can get swept up in the magic and drama of the Big Dance. Of course, one… read more

Tips for Designing a Compact Website Layout

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It can take a lot of additional effort to build mobile-specific website templates. HTML and CSS have come a long way but there are still plenty of standards and loopholes to jump through. And with the mounting increase of various mobile devices there are more platforms… read more

Predict Apple’s Next Game-Changing Innovation [CONTEST]

IPad launch day has come and gone. The flurry of excitement surrounding the big Apple product announcement has died down, at least until the new iPad releases on March 16.

The new device is an upgrade to the previous iPad 2, offering new features like the retina display, 4G LTE… read more

The Smashing Book #3 Cover Design

Around the end of October last year, Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine asked me if I would be interested in contributing to the new Smashing Book #3. There were a few options as to how I could contribute to it. But since my days were already filled until Summer 2012,… read more

Book Suggestion – Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

The book suggestion of this week is about colors, one of the most important skills for any designer. The book is called Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design and it’s not only a very useful book, it’s a very well designed one.

Since color… read more

20 Famous Logo Design Tutorials You Will Want To Learn!

20 Famous Logo Design Tutorials You Will Want To Learn!

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Free download: Slab concrete buttons

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Designing my own logo: the final design and tips for creating yours

Designing my own logo: the final design and tips for creating yours

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Apple Quietly Rejects Google Maps in iPhoto for iPad

When Apple unveiled iPhoto for iPad, it demonstrated the many departures from the desktop version, including the the multi-touch editing, visual brush palette and AirPlay slideshow streaming. What Apple didn’t mention was that it wasn’t using Google Maps anymore.

When you check a photo’s location data in the OS X version… read more

Daily Inspiration #1077

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

Quick Tip: Create a Coat of Arms Logo with a Texture Background

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an organic, natural looking confectionary logo by adding a textured background. Major techniques covered in the tutorial include outline, swirls, warp and blend mode. Lets’ begin!

Step 1: Create the Outline

Before we create the contour of the logo, we will… read more

Win the brand new iPad with MightyDeals.com

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jQuery Mobile Tutorial: Creating a Restaurant Picker Web App

With an increase in the number, diversity and complexity of smartphones, more and more companies want to have their own mobile app, but creating a native app can be pretty expensive. It requires special skills, as well as special coding tools, and then there is also the need to build… read more

50 Detailed Icon Design Tutorials for Photoshop

We are visual creatures. As much as we like to think we appreciate the inner quality of things, the reality is that we start off judging every book by its cover. It comes as no surprise then that icons have a huge impact on how we experience the… read more

How Brands Are Using Promotions to Market on Pinterest

Pinterest’s traffic and engagement are spiking, and marketers want a piece of the action.

After launching branded profiles, many businesses are now developing promotions on the platform, encouraging users to follow the profiles of individual brands and pin items from their websites.

Most recently, British Midland International (bmi) launched a “Pinterest Lottery.”… read more

5 Social Media Mistakes to Avoid

I love articles and blog posts telling me what NOT to do. I always read them with a little trepidation, hoping I’m not making the mistakes the writers are warning me about. But it’s also a good way to learn.

I’d much rather learn from someone else’s mistakes than… read more

50 Mind-Blowing Levitation Photography

Levitation by Nadia Kim

Levitation by DigitalRev

Levitation by Damon Dahlen

Levitation by Tony Romano

Levitation by Sally Wittenoom

Levitation by kh2rac

Levitation by Vanilla Twilight

Levitation by Hayashi Natsumi

Levitation by M Chen

Levitation by Angie Windsor

Levitation by James Crawshaw

Levitation by Aubrey Green

Levitation by David Nguyen

Levitation by Damon Dahlen

Levitation by Ryan Carey

Levitation by Andrew Wong

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Idea fail: why it’s hard to push innovation

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