Funny Logo Parodies That Will Bring a Smile to Your Face

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I’ve always appreciated logos as creative by-products of companies to present themselves visually – from simple vector graphics to intricate designs reminiscent of medieval coat-of-arms. Interestingly, logos prove that human beings are indeed visual beings. We easily recognize something based on its color, shape, and… read more

How To Improve Your WordPress Plugin’s Readme.txt

If you’re a plugin developer and you just love to write code, then writing a readme.txt file for a plugin in WordPress’ repository might be your idea of hell. When you’ve written all of that lovely code, why must you spend time writing about how to use it?

Unfortunately, some plugin… read more

Jimmy Fallon Tweets Apology to Michele Bachmann [VIDEO]

Like several celebrities before him, Jimmy Fallon has tweeted an apology. The host of Late Night said sorry this week to Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann for music played during her entrance.

Bachmann walked on stage Monday while the show’s live band,… read more

How To Create Web Animations With Paper.js

The Web is just starting to use animation well. For years, animated GIFs and Flash ruled. Text moved and flashed, but it was never seamless. Animations had boxes around them like YouTube videos. HTML5 canvas changes everything about Web animation.

The canvas element makes it possible to integrate drawings and animations… read more

Exporting From Photoshop

Congratulations. You’ve just completed a pixel-perfect mock-up of an app, and you’ve gotten the nod from everyone on the team. All that’s left to do is save the tens, hundreds or maybe even thousands of production assets required to bring it to life.

It’s probably the least interesting part of designing… read more

Competition: Win an 8gb iPod Touch Courtesy of MightyDeals.com

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Today we have the most amazing giveaway for you, courtesy of our friends MightyDeals.com.

As you probably already know, Mighty Deals is a platform to get the best deals on products and services for web professionals. The deals are highly discounted, sometimes as much as 90%… read more

Apple News Roundup: Black Friday, Jobs’ Disney Shares and Gaining on HP

As we enter into the holiday season and approach the close of 2012, Apple continues to make headlines all over the world. Join us as we take a quick look at a few prominent stories that cropped up this week.

Apple’s Black Friday Sale

Apple is promising good things for Black… read more

Billion Dollar Brothers: Entrepreneurial Lessons From the Duo Behind ‘Guitar Hero’

Bernard Moon is co-founder & CEO of Vidquik, a new web conferencing and sales solution platform, and blogs at Silicon Moon.

I met the Huang brothers, Charles and Kai, a few years ago through a mutual friend over BBQs and casual poker nights, and Kai is an occasional StarCraft partner if my… read more

Cyber Monday One-Day Only Deals

NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professional) and KelbyTraining.com have put together some unbelievable one-day only deals for Cyber Monday, but take advantage now because on Tuesday, they’ll be gone. Order online or by phone at 800-201-7321.

Check out these killer deals: Get 6 extra months of NAPP. Bring a buddy to… read more

jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery Book Competition – Winners Announced

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On the 13th of November we published the competition for two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery. The competition has now ended and it is time to announce the winners. Thanks to everybody for all the comments.

Remeber even… read more

The Big Think: Breaking The Deliverables Habit

Right there in the center of my boilerplate for design proposals is a section that I glare at with more resentment each time I complete it. It’s called “Deliverables,” and it’s there because clients expect it: a list of things I’ll deliver for the amount of money that I specify… read more

The History of Online Shopping [Infographic]

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An infographic on The History of Online Shopping is an interesting one, and much longer than you might think. Beginning in the early days of the modern computer and only allowing simple B2B transactions it has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry that all of… read more

Can Vertical Acuity Stop Your Site Losing Visitors?

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: Vertical Acuity

Quick Pitch: Vertical Acuity is a self-serve content syndication platform.

Genius Idea: Letting a website’s visitors… read more

44 Incredible Photographs of Jellyfish

While most of us cringe at the possibility of encountering these creatures, some clever photographers see the potential in capturing their image. This collection of photographs of jellyfish might have you looking for an underwater camera housing too, though some of them are taken from the comfort of a glass… read more

25 Best Free Online Magazines For Designers

25 Best Free Online Magazines For Designers

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How 5 Top Brands Crafted Their Social Media Voices

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform of marketing software, including tools for better B2B lead nurturing.

Social networks are platforms for personal connection and dialogue, a reality that has proved challenging for many companies that… read more

30 Impressive Samples of Cubism in Digital Art

Cubism is the concept of objects being broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled into abstracted forms. Instead of depicting subjects from only one viewpoint, this kind of art portrays a multitude of viewpoints to represent subjects in a greater context. A 20th century avant-garde art movement established by the great Pablo… read more

Set Yourself a Photographic Assignment

“The times I’ve learned most about some aspect of photography have been those times where I’ve intentionally set out to learn something new and where I’ve forced myself into a situation that is foreign to me and made myself work out how to photograph it.”

Image by Arty Smokes

Someone recently asked… read more

Tips on Designing Layouts Focused around Content

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In web design we frequently assume any layout with a spiffy logo and graphics will work out perfect. But designing for the web goes much deeper than attractive page graphics. The entire user experience comes into play and you have to account for a number… read more

Daily Inspiration #984

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

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.112)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Nov 14-Nov 20, 2011

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

WordPress Magazine Themes – Our Favourites

WordPress Magazine Themes – Our Favourites

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16 Online Resources for Preparing the Perfect Thanksgiving

Whether you plan to whip up a lavish feast for your in-laws or stick with the kids table, there are always ways to prepare for Thanksgiving. The tips below can help absorb some of the holiday stress, even if all you plan to do is stuff your face and watch… read more

Best of the Week #197

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

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.115

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This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims… read more

Nook Tablet Gives Kindle Fire a Run for Its Money [REVIEW]

When I told people I was reviewing the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, the first thing they asked me was: “Is it better than the Amazon Kindle Fire?” The second thing they asked was, “Should I buy it instead of the Apple iPad?”

To both questions, here’s the short… read more

10+ Best of Fashion Magazine WordPress Themes 2011 Edition

10+ Best of Fashion Magazine WordPress Themes 2011 Edition

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HTML5 Semantics

Much of the excitement we’ve seen so far about HTML5 has been for the new APIs: local storage, application cache, Web workers, 2-D drawing and the like. But let’s not overlook that HTML5 brings us 30 new elements to mark up documents and applications, boosting the total number of elements… read more

30 Amazing T-Shirt Designs for Inspiration

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As creative professionals are always seeking inspiration from all kind of medias, the t-shirt design field community is huge and highly inspiring. There are lots of communities created out there where you can create and share your ground-breaking t-shirt. The most memorable t-shirt designs are… read more

Can Occupy Wall Street Match the Tea Party’s Offline Effectiveness?

Jesse Comart serves as a communications and public affairs consultant at the Glover Park Group (GPG). Before joining GPG, he worked on policy and communications issues for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Follow Jesse on Twitter at @jcomart.

People continue to compare the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and Tea Party movements…. read more

Flipboard Upgrade Brings Tumblr and 500px Support

Flipboard, the popular news app for iPad, has announced big changes as part of its Version 1.6 update. The free app now includes Tumblr and 500px integration as well as new syncing tools.

Like the Zite did last month, Flipboard now lets families and friends who share an iPad get their own personalized news… read more

WordPress Multisite: Practical Functions And Methods

Multisite is a powerful new feature that arrived with the release of WordPress 3.0. It allows website managers to host multiple independent websites with a single installation of WordPress. Although each “website” in a network is independent, there are many ways to share settings, code and content throughout the entire… read more

Fluidity Of Content And Design: Learning From Where The Wild Things Are

Have you read Where the Wild Things Are? The storybook has fluidity of content and design figured out.

It goes that one night, protagonist Max “wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind or another.” He hammers nails into walls, pesters a small dog. Author Maurice Sendak doesn’t explain… read more

10 of the best responsive CSS frameworks you can use today

Foundation Zurb

Foundation includes a rock-solid, tested, 12-column grid which is both fluid and responsive. It adapts to different screen sizes through percentage-based widths as well as through media queries. That means you can quickly lay out complex pages without worrying that they won’t show up right on an iPhone, or… read more

Clipping Masks in InDesign

Without a dedicated menu item for creating a clipping mask, InDesign need to know the tricks for getting an image into a shape or text. AJ Wood shows InDesign users how to use the paste into command to insert an image into any fill-able frame or shape and to create… read more

Free Icon Set For Web Designers: Aroma (250+ PNG Icons)

Today we are delighted to release another freebie for our design community. There are many free icon sets out there, and there are quite many commercial ones as well. Yet a good, consistently designed icon set is always a welcome addition to any designer’s toolbox. Oliver Twardowski had released the… read more

Freelance Toolkit: How to Get Started Video Blogging

It was just a few years ago when the major bottleneck for websites was producing content — you had to be an expert in web design AND a good writer to put content on the web. Video production was even more difficult with bandwidth issues, dozens of formats to… read more

15 Responsive CSS Frameworks Worth Considering

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Taking the next step of our responsive layout coverage (we recently published the articles Responsive WordPress Themes and jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts), today we are taking a look at responsive CSS frameworks that we feel are worth your consideration.

Just like most CSS… read more

3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2012

3D Software Release Maximizes Creativity and Efficiency

Well I think the folks at Autodesk have been listening to the content creators since the last release. The new version of the Autodesk 3ds Max Creation Suite 2012 has a lot to brag about. While the Suite includes Motion Builder, Mudbox, and… read more

Assuming Leadership In Your Design Agency

There comes a point in the career of many Web designers where the logical progression in that career is to take on a leadership position. A logical step or not, when a designer “assumes” this type of a position, there is often another “assumption” happening at the same  —  that… read more

Be a mentor, find a mentor

In a previous article of mine, somewhere on the web, I mentioned finding a mentor. People commented that they would really like to find one or really needed one. None of them had any idea how to find one. The reward for opening my big mouth was a dozen or… read more

My Favorite Handwritten Fonts

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Tons of new websites are being created everyday and it is noticable that if you want to be unique and stand out from the crowd you need to find creative ways of using type, pictures and other design elements in any kind of work you… read more

Kindle Fire: The Good, The Bad and The Indifferent [META REVIEW]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire may have started shipping early, but the reviews are already rolling in. So far, everyone seems in agreement that $199 for a tablet is a remarkable feat. However, some are a little more enthusiastic about the device and its features than others.

Read on to see who… read more

Media Consumption Showdown: Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2

After our initial Kindle Fire review, we wanted to take a closer look at how Amazon’s new tablet compares with the iPad 2 as a media consumption device.

Like Apple, Amazon has paired the Kindle Fire with a complete end-to-end media solution. Users can buy apps, books, music and video files… read more

14 brilliant (and crazy) outdoor advertising campaigns

Quebec city magic festival: Magic hat and pigeons

Mercedes Benz C-Class: Blur

Specsavers: Scooter

Cedars-Sinai Spine Center: We know how you feel

Visa

MINI Cooper: Tongue

WWF & Coca Cola

Community First Credit Union: Flexible Bus

Craftsman Tools: Wrench billboard

Tropicana: Billboard powered by oranges

Hotwheels: Curl

Caribou Coffee: Ovens out of transit shelters

MAD Magazine: Light bulb

Lego: Whale

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BlozZit – Free Professional HTML/CSS Template (+Full-Layered PSD Files)

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We have a fantastic freebie for you today, you’ll love this. The kind people from More than Themes have kindly offered their beautifully crafted HTML/CSS template BlozZit to all of our readers. It comes in two color variants (light & dark) and has been built… read more

The Data-Pixel Approach To Improving User Experience

There are many ways to skin a redesign (I think that’s how the saying goes). On a philosophical level, I agree with those who advocate for realigning, not redesigning, but these are mere words when you’re staring a design problem in the face with no idea where to start. This… read more

Graslon Insight Dome Flash Diffuser

Optical Reflector System Redistributes Light

There are many flash modifiers to choose from these days, giving the end user a variety of options with which to customize their flash photography and match their style. With the bigger-is-better mantra when it comes to light, getting that big light source from a… read more

Getting Started With bbPress

Forums have been around forever, so it should come as no surprise that several plugins for the popular publishing platform WordPress provide this feature, as well as support for integrating other forum software. One project, however, has a special place in the WordPress community, and that is bbPress. This is… read more

50 Photoshop Tutorials For High Quality Photo Editing

Although for editing your photos digitally, there are numbers of different photo editing software and tools available yet Adobe Photoshop is the most commonly used and well accepted photo editing software that is being used all over the world not only by pros but also by the novices.

With Photoshop, it’s… read more

Success Happens When You Find Your Niche

Nicole Ouellette’s journey from full-time employee to small business owner isn’t atypical of many other young entrepreneurs. But it’s her perseverance and success that makes for an interesting story.

Nicole, a native of Fort Kent, Maine (as far north as you can go without being in Quebec, Canada) was working… read more

15 Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Isometric Illustrations

We’re all looking to improve our vector illustration skills, and if your focus is on learning illustration or icon design, then getting familiar with how to use Adobe Illustrator to create isometric drawings will improve your technical illustration skills greatly. Learning how to use Illustrator to create isometric diagrams, set… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.111)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our… read more

Ask Dave Podcast: All About Tool Presets

Ask Dave is a weekly podcast from Photoshop Guy, Dave Cross. In his videos, Dave answers viewer questions about Photoshop tools, actions, settings, etc. Check out the entire series on KelbyTV or subscribe to the feed.

In this episode Dave explains what Tool Presets are and how to use them.

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Analyzing Network Characteristics Using JavaScript And The DOM, Part 1

As Web developers, we have an affinity for developing with JavaScript. Whatever the language used in the back end, JavaScript and the browser are the primary language-platform combination available at the user’s end. It has many uses, ranging from silly to experience-enhancing.

(Image: Viktor Hertz)

In this article, we’ll look at… read more

Ode To a Wooden Spoon – How The Right Tool Can Help You Design Better

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Every chef has their favorite tool. Mine happens to be a wooden spoon I’ve had since forever. I call it “Suzie” (because I’m a weirdo). Some people actually keep their wooden spoons in the family for generations – talk about a collector’s item! Today, I’m… read more

Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad’s First True Competitor [REVIEW]

The $199 Amazon Kindle Fire is a worthy device. It’s not an iPad slayer, but it could be the first tablet to ably stand atop Mount Tabulous (or at least on a rock ledge just a few dozen feet lower) with Apple’s industry-dominating slab computer.

This is a product I wanted… read more

We have two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery to Giveaway

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Today we have two copies of the paperback book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery, written by Dan Wellman, to give away to two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Nov 7-Nov 13, 2011

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

Pursuing Semantic Value

Disclaimer: This post by Jeremy Keith is one of the many reactions to our recent article on the pursuit of semantic value by Divya Manian. Both articles are published in the Opinion column section in which we provide active members of the community with the opportunity to share their… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.114

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This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims… read more

12 Amazing CSS3 Tutorials to Try

12 Amazing CSS3 Tutorials to Try

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5 Steps for a Successful QR Code Marketing Campaign

Hamilton Chan is CEO and founder of Paperlinks, which provides the leading QR code infrastructure for businesses. Codes generated through Paperlinks app can be scanned by the free Paperlinks iPhone app or by any QR code reader on any smartphone platform.

While the debate rages on whether QR codes are a… read more

New Yorker, Wired and More Coming Free to Kindle Fire for 3 Months

It’s not just apps making their way to the Kindle Fire — some 400 magazines and newspapers will also be made available when the device goes on sale Tuesday, some through extensive free trials, Amazon announced on Friday.

Magazine publishers appear to be particularly bullish about the content consumption device, which… read more

Drawing with the Smudge Tool in Photoshop

Pete shows how he uses the smudge tool to add depth to his Photoshop illustrations by softening shadows.

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30 Free Vector Graphics for Your Daily Needs

Every so often, designers should make it a point to download fresh sets of vector graphics and other design resources. Whether you’re a print designer who designs posters, flyers and magazines, or a graphic designer collaborating with web designers and programmers, vector icons and illustrations will always come in handy.

There… read more

Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value

Important disclaimer: This article is published in the Opinion column section in which we provide active members of the community with the opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas publicly. Do you agree with the author? Please leave a comment. And if you disagree, would you like to write a… read more

10 Ways to Develop Yourself Photographically

1. Find Inspiration

A painter once said, “The soul of art is inspiration.” I couldn’t agree more. I can’t count on two hands the number of times I continued to work on a shoot because I was inspired by the light, or got up in the middle of the night to… read more

Peter Max: Peace, Love and Inspiration

As young kids, we all had our favorite posters adorning our rooms. From motorcycles to kittens to Justin Bieber photos… for which the coming years will hold guilt and embarrassment. Thanks to my hippie parents, I had Peter Max posters. In fact, I had a Peter Max room! While I… read more

Essential Social Networks for Freelance Graphic Designers

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If the contacts and connections aren’t there, doing business for yourself as a freelance graphic designer won’t be easy. You’ll have the talent, the tools, and the drive. But getting yourself out there is another story. It doesn’t happen overnight. You’ll need to build up… read more

Will Steve Jobs Be Time’s Next Person of the Year?

Steve Jobs has been nominated to be the 2011 Time Person of the Year. Join us as we take a brief look into why he’s being considered, who nominated him and the interesting history he has with this very title.

A Fallen Hero

The passing of Steve Jobs hit the… read more

Google: Mobile Holiday Shopping Searches on the Rise

A quarter of Google searches related to holiday shopping have come from mobile devices– at least in Australia. The search giant’s Australia site saw a 220% spike in shopping searches coming from mobile devices this year.

Australia has the second-highest smartphone usage in the world. Singapore is first. Google… read more

How Sports Illustrated Got Ahead of the Tablet Publishing Competition [VIDEO]

One of the first publications to format for the iPad, Sports Illustrated has continued to adapt its issues for tablet technology. The magazine’s editor Terry McDonell spoke with Mashable editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff at the Mashable Media Summit last Friday.

SEE ALSO: 8 Digital Trends Shaping the Future of Media [VIDEO]

McDonnell explained… read more

Lucky Mag Wants to Help Women Shop–With Their Phones

“We have one mission only,” says Brandon Holley, editor in chief of Lucky Magazine. “And that is to help women shop.” These days, that means helping women compare prices and manage their shopping lists on their smartphones.

The Lucky Shopper app for iPhone and Android devices purports to do just… read more

Securing Your WordPress Website

Security has become a foremost concern on the Web in the past few years. Hackers have always been around, but with the increase in computer literacy and the ease of access to virtually any data, the problem has increased exponentially. It is now rare for a new website to not… read more

Redesigning The Country Selector

The country selector. It’s there when you create an account for a new Web service, check out of an e-commerce store or sign up for a conference. The normal design? A drop-down list with all of the available countries.

However, when conducting a large session of user testing on check-out usability… read more

Planet Photoshop: Special Effects Text

Corey Barker is a Photoshop instructor and graphic designer who maintains a blog at PlanetPhotoshop.com. Visit his site for more tutorials and tips.

This tutorial shows a fun text effect that builds upon some previous techniques that have been posted by Corey on the Planet site.

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9 great resources for keeping your skills fresh

Whether you are self-taught, fresh out of school, or a design veteran, continuing education has invaluable long-term effects on your ability to stay competitive and business savvy.

The immediate benefits are also abundant. Emerging techniques you learn today can be applied to a client project tomorrow for added value, or to… read more

20 Awesome & Inspiring Ads from Sony

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Inspiration is very importation for visual designers. You get new ideas, your style can get shaped and influenced, and you cab become energized and increasingly more passionate towards your visual art. Well, why not use Sony as a source of inspiration? Sony is known for… read more

Could Steve Jobs Become Time’s Next Person of the Year?

Could Apple co-founder Steve Jobs become the first person to be selected after his death as Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year? A panel of experts for Time clearly think it wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC Nightly News, nominated Jobs for the honor during a… read more

Amazon Reveals Kindle Fire Apps: Facebook, Netflix, Pandora and More

Amazon disclosed Wednesday which companies will immediately offer apps for the Kindle Fire, ahead of the device’s Nov. 15 launch date.

Android apps and games from Facebook, Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, Zynga, Rovio, EA, Gameloft, PopCap, Rhapsody and The Weather Channel, among many others, will be available to buy in the Amazon… read more

Evolphin Zoom 2.8

File Versioning Done Right

Version Cue was a good idea that never took off. It was too hard to use for small agencies and not robust enough for large ones. Evolphin Zoom 2.8 fills the gap left by Version Cue’s demise—quite nicely, too. The software is easy to install and… read more

Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop

Creating a grid is typically one of the very first things you do when starting a design comp. After all, it provides the basic structure on which the rest of your design will lie. In this article, we’ll provide two different methods for efficiently establishing a grid. These methods enable… read more

Designing a Facebook Icon for the iPhone with Photoshop

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Nowadays, the iPhone and the iPad play a big part in our life, from apps to social networking, we all make use of them…what I like at apps is that all of them has fancy and glossy icons which are populating our devices and therefore,… read more

Cool Dribbble Freebies to Download

Cool Dribbble Freebies to Download

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ThemeFit Competition Winners Announced

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On the 30th of October we published the competition 10 Premium WordPress Themes from ThemeFit. The competition has now ended and we will now announce the winners. Thanks to everybody for all the comments.

Remeber even if you are not a winner you can still purchase… read more

Writing WordPress Guides For The Advanced Beginner

Creating WordPress tutorials is a fantastic way to help build the WordPress community and to increase your Web traffic. That’s no secret. Just Google “wordpress tutorial” and you’ll see hundreds of results.

The complete novice will find scores of well-written tutorials clearly demonstrating the basics of the WordPress dashboard and of… read more

An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

Contrary to what you may read, peppering your form with nice buttons, color and typography and plenty of jQuery plugins will not make it usable. Indeed, in doing so, you would be addressing (in an unstructured way) only one third of what constitutes form usability.

In this article, we’ll provide practical… read more

Ask Dave Podcast: Create Scrolling Text in Photoshop

Ask Dave is a weekly podcast from Photoshop Guy, Dave Cross. In his videos, Dave answers viewer questions about Photoshop tools, actions, settings, etc. Check out the entire series on KelbyTV or subscribe to the feed.

In this episode Dave shows users how to use Photoshop Extended’s animation panel to create… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.110)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our… read more

Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: This is War [PICS]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Demo

A look at some of the games and apps available on the Nook Tablet…. read more

Case Study: Building an ‘About the Author’ Box in WordPress 3.2

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I’m sure those of you familiar with WordPress blogs have seen the many author box designs. Most of the popular web design and social media magazines feature some type of author display box towards the bottom of each post. This features the author name, avatar, and… read more

Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2012

Advanced 3D Software

Okay, gang, hold on to your hats! Autodesk has released the new version of the Entertainment Creation Suite 2012 for Maya. This new release not only has killer upgrades to Maya but Autodesk has also made some long overdue improvements to Mudbox and MotionBuilder, as well as… read more

The Future Of CSS: Embracing The Machine

Designers hold CSS close to their hearts. It’s just code, but it is also what makes our carefully crafted designs come to life. Thoughtful CSS is CSS that respects our designs, that is handcrafted with precision. The common conception among Web designers is that a good style sheet is created… read more

Tips And Tricks: Increase The Realism Of Your Vector Images In Adobe Illustrator

Over the years, Adobe Illustrator has become one of the top applications for creating vector illustrations. There is almost nothing you can’t make in Illustrator. It is a powerful tool for creating vectors for all kind of logos, websites, icons, business cards, print materials, etc. One of the best features… read more

Wireframing & Prototyping with Adobe Fireworks – Resources and Tutorials

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Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as to why you should use Fireworks over any other graphic editor, but we won’t go into them with this post (perhaps you could… read more

The Essential Shotlist for Temple Photography (With 17 Gorgeous Examples)

If you have traveled in Asia, you know that temples are on your itinerary. The rich cultural heritage of Asia’s religions means any tour you take in Asian countries will be peppered with temples! temples! temples!

How many ways can you photograph a temple? We learned about shotlists with Ralph Velasco… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Oct 31-Nov 6, 2011

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

Four Yahoo! Web Development Tools You May Not Know About

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Anything that can save time for a web developer is well worth its weight in gold. Whether you’re looking to cut loading time for your website or make light work of placing interactive elements into a design, these four tools could help speed things up:

YUI… read more