How Flying Robots Might Prevent Deforestation

Morgen E. Peck is a contributing writer at Txchnologist and Txchnologist Brasil, an online science and technology magazine. She has written about programs to drag space junk out of orbit, technology that could print houses and how to build a house on Mars.

If a tree falls in the forest and… read more

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

The Elements Of Navigation

When users look for information, they have a goal and are on a mission. Even before you started to read this article, chances are you did because you either had the implicit goal of checking what’s new on Smashing Magazine, or had the explicit goal of finding information about “Navigation… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.124)

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 and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Web Worker’s Library: Awesome Printed Web Design and Development Books

There’s no doubt that eBook devices such as the Kindle and the Nook have changed how people read books forever. At the start of 2011 Amazon reported that for the first time eBook sales exceeded paperbacks. It’s doubtful this trend will ever be reversed.

Though with E ink devices, image… read more

The Reddit User Who Landed a Hollywood Writing Deal

Leaping from whimsical Redditor to professional Hollywood screenwriter is the stuff of many Internet denizens’ dreams. But for James Erwin of Des Moines, Iowa, it’s just life these days.

During a lunch break last August, Erwin joined a Reddit thread and laid down the first installment of a sparse, noir-ish narrative… read more

The Secrets to Compelling Black and White Portraits

Black and white photographs can portray a higher level of timelessness than color images. The lack of color also gives us a better sense of the time and mood behind a portrait.  Because of these characteristics, black and white photography has maintained a strong presence in portraiture. Since the eye perceives black… read more

Creating Dashed Lines in Illustrator CS5

In Illustrator CS5, there are some new features in the stroke panel for creating dashed lines. Follow along with Jeff Witchel as he goes through options for setting up a dash pattern, creating rounded dashes, dotted dashes, and adding color to dashes and even the gaps in between the dash… read more

Gridpak: The Responsive Grid Generator

This article is the fifth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for… read more

40+ Fresh And Free WordPress Themes

WordPress is the famous blogging platform and a content management system for creating a blog or a website. WordPress themes are available there in order to customize ones WordPress blog or websites. You can choose a custom theme for your blog or website that will best represent you. since WordPress… read more

Where should I really be sharing?

Social networking is constantly evolving. In many cases, what was cool two years ago is now next to worthless. For example ‘the Digg effect‘ used to be massive and could really make a big difference to the visitors to a website.

That was then, this is now. The Digg… read more

Vertelino Magazine Free WordPress Theme

Vertelino Magazine Free WordPress Theme

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On Tastes, Trends and Personal Styles

The most important thing a designer needs to have is a good taste. A good taste at identifying great work. It doesn’t matter if your work doesn’t match up with your taste yet. It will slowly but steadily catch up. Ultimately your taste ends up defining your style…. read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.130

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 to not only… 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

Tablet Owners Are Hungry for Paid Content [STUDY]

Are you buying lots of cool new apps for your iPad? If so, you have proved a study about tablet owners right.

A Nielsen study shows individuals are loading up their Apple iPads, Amazon Kindle Fires, Android devices and other tablets with paid content.

These consumers devour professional, long-form content such… 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

Jobs Beyond Traditional Journalism

It was 2005 when I arrived on the campus of New York University for the first semester of grad school. I had lofty aspirations and stars in my eyes. I was in the Big Apple! The city was my oyster and I was ready to work my butt off… read more

Zinio: Reading Your Magazines on the Web

Ever since college, one of the things I would do to relax and take a break was to pick up a sports or tech magazine and just enjoy the articles. I loved reading magazines and I still do, but, there is a vast different in how I read them today… read more

We have 3 copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook to giveaway – Comment to enter

For this weeks giveaway we have three paperback copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook. Written by Shi Chuan, this book will show you how to plan, build, debug and optimize mobile websites.

All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is… read more

Daily Inspiration #1083

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

Perfect Mask 5

Masking for Photographers

Perfect Mask 5 is the next generation of Mask Pro from onOne Software. It can be purchased as a standalone or as part of Perfect Photo Suite 6, and promises to make high-quality masks in just a few clicks.

Perfect Mask can be accessed directly from Photoshop,… 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

Giveaway – 3 Premium WordPress Themes from ThemeFuse

Giveaway – 3 Premium WordPress Themes from ThemeFuse

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50 Time Saving Photoshop Actions to Boost Your Images

You’re a creative talent. The last thing you probably want is to be stuck performing the same task a hundred times on different images. Adobe programmers understand this. It’s why they created Photoshop Actions.

With Photoshop Actions, a set of otherwise repetitive tasks can be applied automatically, freeing you… read more

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

Ant Tales by Andrey Pavlov

Ant Tales by Andrey Pavlov

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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

My Lightroom Apps (and all Kelby Media Apps) Are 50% off Today

Hey folks! In celebration of the success of and response to Scott Kelby’s new Lighting Recipes app, we’re having a 24-hour app sale for all of the other Kelby Training apps!*

Today only, for 24 hours, all Kelby Training apps that are normally $9.99 are on sale for $4.99. Take advantage… 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

What To Do When Third-Party Services Go Awry

As a freelancer, it’s easy to get a bit overwhelmed when work is piling up in your queue. Sometimes, it can lead to mistakes or miscommunications with clients. It can sometimes be quite embarrassing.

Luckily, the solution is often very simple. Own up to the mistake, make sure it’s… read more

Freelance Training from Tuts+ Premium

Are you a passionate freelancer, or looking to make the leap into freelancing full time? We’re excited to announce that FreelanceSwitch has partnered with Tuts+ Premium to offer in-depth video courses and eBooks for freelancers as part of a monthly membership.

What you’ll get:

Freelance Bootcamp video course from James Clear… 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

The Pull of Procrastination

I try very hard not to procrastinate. I’ve been this way my whole life. In college, I’d work ahead of the syllabus just so I knew I would get everything done. For my job at the magazine, I work months, maybe a good year, ahead of time to plan… 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

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

8 Best Practices for Food Brands on Pinterest

Janet Helm is the chief food and nutrition strategist of North America for Weber Shandwick. She is the author of the blog Nutrition Unplugged and co-founder of the Nutrition Blog Network and Healthy Aperture. She has been a contributor to Cooking Light magazine and is currently partnering on a book… read more

Captivate your Audience with Typography

Modern web designers are incorporating innovative new concepts for digital type. In the previous decade we have witnessed the Internet transform into a powerful tool for sharing media all around the world. More specifically digital designers have adapted and web trends continue to change over time.

Text on a… read more

A Dad’s Plea To Developers Of iPad Apps For Children

I spend a lot of time buying and testing iPad apps for kids. To be more specific, I lovingly do this for a certain two-year-old girl who is currently on a very successful #OccupyiPad mission in my house. Through extensive observational research, I’ve discovered what works and doesn’t work for… read more

Creating Quick Captions in InDesign CS5

Learn how to use InDesign to create image captions automatically. In this video, the first example is a contact sheet where InDesign automatically creates captions based on the image file names. In another example, use InDesign to add captions to images in a newsletter using the image metadata. … read more

QR Codes and Microsoft Tags: New Promotion Generation

MS TAG PRO and CONS

Feature
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

Website Speed Part 4 : PHP Programming for Speed

Programming for speed is not what most coders think of. What they tend to consider first, and usually only, is getting it working. Sometimes people will talk of refactoring to reduce the amount of code, but again this is usually only for those that suffer with the luxury… read more

Linkswitch #97, Analytic Tricks, Fun Website Design, Your Path

Every other week we roundup some of the highest quality articles and resources that benefit freelancers from across the web. We present these articles here on various helpful topics. This week we have articles on Google Analytics tricks, a fun approach to websites, and finding your own path.

11 Google… read more

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

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40 Humorous Photo Manipulations

In this post we have collected some humorous imagery that we know will make you laugh. Many of the images blend 21st century technology with the natural world and do so in a fashion were different parts of the images are so finely blended with each other that… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.129

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 to not only… read more

Facebook Co-Founder Takes the Reins at ‘New Republic’ Magazine

Chris Hughes, 28-year-old new media mogul and Facebook co-founder, is now the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic after buying a majority stake of the long-standing progressive magazine.

Hughes revealed his plans for TNR in a letter Friday:

“Most of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators…. 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

Self Magazine to Launch Facebook Diet Program and Social Game

Women’s health and fitness magazine Self is upping its investment in Facebook. The publication is launching a social game and diet program on the social network next week.

The “Self Workout in the Park Social Game” developed by the magazine’s VP and publisher Laura McEwen is inspired by the exercise-themed events… 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

Finding Your Voice – Learn How to Stand Up and Speak Up to your Clients

Some clients already know what they need. Others don’t. So what should you do when a paying client knows what they want, but not what they need?

In this article, Eric Karkovack offers advice on speaking up when a client doesn’t actually know what they need.

In 1996, I was… read more

Enhance Your Freelance Writing Career with These 5 Tips

Every writer requires some new input at whatever stage they are in their career. Constant improvement, or kaizen as the Chinese call it, must become a part of the writer’s lifestyle. A serious writing career has demands, just like any other, and requires deliberate action towards a targeted end…. read more

Top Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques

The creative process is not a linear one. As artists and designers, we often set off in one direction only to decide that the proper solution lies somewhere else completely. Unfortunately, many of the creative software packages we use (Photoshop in particular) can be pretty unforgiving when in comes to making changes… read more

Say Hi To Anchor – A Super-Tiny CMS

I’m going to make a bold assumption here, but I bet you’ve got a blog. If you do, then you join a crowd of millions, all penning their deepest thoughts and documenting their life. It really is hard to stand out from the crowd though.

Anchor aims to fix… read more

Why Some Musicians May Not Own Their Social Media Followers

Max Blau is Paste Magazine‘s multimedia editor, where he oversees all audio, video and photo content on the website. He is also a freelance writer, photographer and videographer. Follow him at @MaxBlau or check out his blog.

When fans communicate with their favorite musicians on Twitter or Facebook, they rarely ask,… read more

Great Photography Links to Procrastinate With!

The Toad has been busy hopping all over the internet this week finding the best links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list showcases a series of really great images and blog posts sure to be enjoyed by the photography fan in all… read more

18 Free And Creative Paper Photoshop Brushes

Photoshop brushes help the designers in creating specific designs with great ease. Today we present a collection of some high quality paper brushes for you. With these Photoshop paper brushes you can give your designs a new and updated look. The paper brush sets help you create the paper like… read more

ImagePrint 9

Raster Image Processor for Professional Printing

If you do high-volume commercial or fine art inkjet printing and want to use possibly the finest ICC profiles and page layout features available, ColorByte’s ImagePrint version 9 fits the bill. ImagePrint is a raster image processor (RIP) designed to work with Epson inkjet… read more

Behind The Scenes Of Tourism New Zealand (Case Study)

In 2011 we saw the rise in popularity of two relatively new trends: responsive Web design and the use of HTML’s canvas. While some websites had experimented with both, in the last 12 months we’ve seen these trends move from the fringes firmly into the mainstream.

Responsive Web design is more… 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

Hands On with the New iPad: First Impressions [PICS]

Photos on the New iPad

Images show up sharp and clear on the iPad’s new Retina Display.

Click here to… read more

Designing Engaging And Enjoyable Long-Form Reading Experiences

Finally, some good news from the media industry: digital subscriptions are growing. We’re seeing positive reports from newspapers such as the New York Times and magazine publishers such as Conde Nast: announcements about increases in their digital content sales and paywall members.

When you have fantastic and original content, ensuring the… read more

Writing Unit Tests For WordPress Plugins

When my WordPress plugin had only three users, it didn’t matter much if I broke it. By the time I reached 100,000 downloads, every new update made my palms sweat.

My first goal for the WordPress Editorial Calendar was to make it do anything useful. I was new to JavaScript and… read more

Idea fail: why it’s hard to push innovation

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Scroll to Internal Link with jQuery

One page scrolling sites have experienced a huge growth in popularity in web design in recent years. Although this type of site isn’t for everyone, it is still useful to know how they work. Today, I will teach you how to create a very simple one page scrolling… read more

Wacom Inkling

Digital Sketch Pen and Receiver

The Inkling is a digital ink pen and receiver clip combination that allows you to draw or sketch anywhere and digitize those sketches. Simply clip the receiver to your notebook or sketchpad and you’re ready to rock! The receiver captures all of the information from… read more

Smashing Email Newsletter Turns Two Years Old: Comment and Win!

Two years ago, we launched the Smashing Email Newsletter. Today, we’d like to reflect on some of the greatest newsletter articles of the past year and celebrate this anniversary with our 100,000 readers with a fabulous book giveaway!

Back then, we planned to launch the Smashing Newsletter only if we had… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.123)

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 and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Delta Wants You to Shop Amazon While Flying

Delta Airlines announced on Monday that it’s offering free in-flight Wi-Fi for passengers — so long as they’re using it to access e-commerce giant Amazon.

Travelers onboard all Delta and Delta Connection flights with Wi-Fi connectivity will be able to visit and shop at Amazon.com and Amazonwireless.com free of charge. The… read more

The Perfect Office #129

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

Applying a Gradient to Editable Type in Illustrator

Jeff Witchel has worked out a backdoor workaround to apply a gradient to type while keeping it editable. Watch this video to learn Jeff’s method.

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5 Ways to Find Work as a New Freelancer

When I first started freelancing, I was unhappy in my job. I was working in Boston during the dotcom bubble burst of the early 2000s. There was nowhere for me to go in my current position, and the constant layoffs and cutbacks were making me nervous. So I retreated… read more

Japanese, A Beautifully Complex Writing System

As a Japanese person living in Europe, I’m sometimes asked: “Japanese is a difficult language, isn’t it?” Those asking are often surprised when my answer is a simple: “No, actually, it’s not.”

While it is true (at least to many Westerners) that Japanese is an exotic language, when compared to learning… read more

The Challenge of Responsive Images

Images are one of the most important elements on a web page in terms of user experience. Few objects on a page have the same impact on everything from emotional responses to bounce rates.

When users are viewing your site on mobile devices, small screens, or in other unusual… read more

A Showcase of Enchanting Vintage Advertisements

Everyody needs some inspiration to help unlock those creative ideas. Now, vintage posters might not be your first port-of-call when seeking inspiration. Then you have missed out. Of course, the vintage posters we have for you haven’t aged very well. But the truth is they are all in… read more

4 Reasons Why Networking Is Critical to Going Pro

A guest post by Lara White from PhotoMint. In this article, she explains why networking is critical for photographers looking to go pro. To learn more about how to get business by networking, check out PhotoMint’s new ebook, Get Connected: Build Relationships to Drive Your Business.

When you make the… read more

12 WordPress Themes to Download

12 WordPress Themes to Download

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How to Take Your PR Pitches to the Next Level

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

Often the most visible element of public relations, media relations is a tried-and-true tactic that can influence opinion, change behaviors, and generate new leads and sales. PR… read more

Linkswitch #96, Productivity, Multitasking, Go Viral

Every other week we roundup some of the highest quality articles and resources that benefit freelancers from across the web. We present these articles here on various helpful topics. This week we have articles on finding the best productivity app, multitasking effectively, and getting your posts to go viral.

20… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.128

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 to not only… read more

Daily Inspiration #1072

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

Why Is Twitter’s Logo Named After Larry Bird?

You know that blue Twitter bird that’s always popping up these days? Well, the little guy’s got a name. It’s Larry. Larry the Bird. As in, Larry Bird, the Hall of Fame basketball player.

This tidbit most recently came to light earlier this week, thanks to a tweet from Ryan… read more

HD Hero2

Professional Action Video in a Tiny Package

GoPro’s HD Hero2 camcorder packs video-recording capabilities of 1080p/30, 960p/30, 960p/48, 720p/30, 720p/60, WVGA/60, and WVGA/120, as well as photo-capture capabilities (single, burst, self-timer, and time-lapse) at a maximum resolution of 11 megapixels. And it’s all in a box the size of a… read more

HTML & CSS – Design and Build Websites Book Competition – The Winners

An unbelievable 411 comments! That is how many comments last weeks HTML & CSS – Design and Build Websites Book Giveaway generated. Its been by far and away our most popular competition ever and clearly underlines how good the book is.

It is just a pity we only have… read more

Inside The WordPress Toolbar

The WordPress Admin Bar, first introduced in version 3.1, debuted to mixed reactions. A Google search for “wordpress admin bar” returns multiple articles about how to disable or remove it. Version 3.2 of WordPress introduced new features and functionality, and version 3.3 has not only further enhanced it but integrated… read more

Top Fifteen Photography Portfolio Sites

What sets great images apart? What do the most successful photographers do to make their work stand out? Often the difference between a great photo and a great photo that captivates and prompts exploration is a good showcase.

The goal of a photography portfolio site is to make photos shine, but… read more

We have 10 ‘Basic’ Level Accounts from Quote Roller to Giveaway

Featured in this week’s giveaway is Quote Roller, a cloud-based sales proposal building application. The application makes creating great looking proposals quick and easy. Once you have sent your sales quote through the app, clients can even accept and sign it online, instantly.
This is a great… read more

Daily Inspiration #1071

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

The Basics Of Creating A Magento Module

A lot of community extensions (or modules) are available for the feature-rich open-source e-commerce solution Magento, but what if they don’t quite work as you want them to? What if you could understand the structure of a Magento module a little better, to the point that you could modify it… read more

Adobe Edge Preview 4: Web Fonts

The new Adobe Edge Preview 4 includes the ability to use web fonts. In this video, Tom Green shows users how to get the embed code for the fonts they want to use and bring those fonts into Adobe Edge. He also demonstrates the new clipping feature, which can be… read more

Why I HATE Twitter… And LOVE It!

In a recent article, I made a generalization about Twitter only being used to drive traffic to a designer’s web site or blog. There were a couple of comments, stating I was wrong. Sure, it was a generalization to save 1,200 words, telling people what they already knew, but in… read more

CSS3-Only Tutorials and Techniques for Your Next Design

Today we are showcasing some of best tutorials and techniques that will help you create beautiful and functional designs by using only CSS, focusing primarily on the properties of CSS3. All with absolutely NO JAVASCRIPT. For the most part, the techniques we have highlighted below, can be used… read more

Hands on with the new Wacom Intuos5

Wes Maggio from Wacom will be hosting a special episode of Photoshop User TV with us tomorrow at 4PM EST at http://kelbytv.com/onair . What’s even cooler is that we’re giving away an Intuos5 tablet on the show! Tune in for the details. Tonight, Wacom has taken their tablets into the… read more

Tweets At the Table? More of Us Mix Social Media With Food

Social media is changing the way we eat. Many of us are giving up around-the-table dinners to dine with their computers or phones.

A new study called “Clicks and Cravings” examines this trend — and suggests it’s not a bad thing.

More than 29% of social media users are on a… read more

‘Hunger Games’ Wants You to Tweet for Advanced Screening Tickets

Lionsgate announced a campaign Wednesday for fans of The Hunger Games to unlock free advanced screenings of the upcoming film by tweeting specific hashtags related to their nearby cities.

To generate buzz for the upcoming film, the studio launched the campaign 24 days before the film’s March 23 release. Mirroring the… read more

Lady Gaga, Oprah Launch Born This Way Foundation at Harvard [LIVE]

Pop megastar Lady Gaga will officially launch the Born This Way Foundation — an initiative aimed at boosting people’s confidence and addressing bullying with a strong online component — at Harvard University on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. You can watch the launch live in the above video.

Gaga co-founded the… read more

10 New Creative Fonts to Start Downloading

10 New Creative Fonts to Start Downloading

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20 Modern Stationery Brand Templates Fit for Freelance Identity

Do you need to carry your freelance brand into print? If so, you can hire a professional designer to assist you with creating your identity. There is another option though. If your budget is tight and time is limited, there is no better solution than grabbing a high… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: March 2012

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the… read more