Over 80 Photography Links For True Addicts

As we head into the Easter long weekend, the Toads are pleased to share this weeks list of tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs.  A wonderful week exploring the world of photography is reflected in this weeks list of links from Toad Hollow Photography.  We really hope you enjoy viewing… read more

MLB Fan Cave: The Core Of Major League Baseball’s Social Strategy

On Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, the MLB Fan Cave was alive with energy. Nine baseball uber-fans, still pleasantly reeling from their meeting with former New York Yankee Bernie Williams, were watching three important things occur: The Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers game, the Atlanta Braves vs. New York… read more

Nyan Cat Survives 1 Year as an Internet Sensation

Nyan Cat, the Internet’s favorite 8-bit animated feline, turns one year old today after surviving a whirlwind 12 months as a Pop-Tart-shaped viral sensation.

Illustrator Chris Torres introduced Nyan Cat to the masses on April 5, 2011, when he uploaded a video of it to YouTube. The clip has… read more

Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2

Property lists are designed specifically for Objective-C apps to store and retain data. These are straight XML files formatted for easy access to bundles and application resources. There isn’t anything overly confusing about Property Lists, but they are unconventional compared to web applications.

In this guide I’d like to… read more

Advanced Dust Correction in Lightroom

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This tutorial has been transcribed from the SLR Lounge Adobe Lightroom 4 DVD Guide, a 14 hour DVD featuring over 130 tutorials for mastering Lightroom.

As we all know, dust spots on our images can be quite a annoying little pests to deal with. Just when you think you have them… read more

Types of Posts and How to Successfully Combine These on a Web Design Blog

Having a blog could be dangerous because, for many of us, the entire process of administering and maintaining can turn into an addictive task, one not being happy until a new post is published; moreover, the addiction may be acute and one will wait for the first reaction of the… read more

Interview with Kevin Blanchard aka Annihilist

Today our guest is a real master with Gradient Mesh. He creates high quality artowrk. “Don’t be afraid to jump in and swim. Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop are playgrounds” – says Kevin. Today he is going to share some secrets of his craftsmanship with us. Learn after more about… read more

Give Yourself a Makeover With Perfect365

In today’s great world of digital photo retouching, it’s rare to see a published photograph that hasn’t been retouched in some way, often drastically so. This retouching process has also begun to permeate our world of social media, with photos becoming more and more obviously retouched or edited in some… read more

Instagram and Pinterest: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Marketing has taken more evolutionary leaps in the past two years then it has in the time since cave men adorned their spears and clubs with rocks and bones to differentiate their awesome possessions. Throughout the history of marketing and advertising, there have been a couple of commonalities: The first… read more

Turning 2D Into 3D: Seeing The New Angle

If you haven’t seen the viral pictures of English artist Julian Beever’s work, then you aren’t on the web enough. Mr. Beever started as a street artist who figured out how to make his pastel chalk drawings on hard sidewalks turn into three-dimensional scenes that amazed and delighted passersby. Beever… read more

Enigmatic Black and White Flyer Design Tutorial with Photoshop

With this tutorial I wanted to create a club flyer design that was not your typical “scantily clad” affair that appeals to the more discerning club goers. So, with a few easy Photoshop and Illustrator effects, and my preference for black and white elegance, I created this enigmatic… read more

Hang Ten! How the History of Surfing Went Digital

For the typical land-locked folk, all one needs to learn about surfing can be found on the Wikipedia entry for surfing. The page is filled with a bulleted history, surfing physics, maneuvers, dangers, locations and of course, a photo of the correct way to make the universal surfing Shaka sign… read more

Billable.Me: Easily Bill Your Clients

Being a freelancer, I’ve tried many applications to help me produce effective and professional invoices for my clients. I’ve experimented with everything from Microsoft Word to other applications on Mac OS X and iOS. Recently, I have come across Billable, a web-based application for invoicing clients.

Billable allows you to easily create beautiful and… read more

LG Viper Will Be Sprint’s First LTE Phone

The LG Viper will be Sprint’s first LTE handset. Sprint announced Tuesday that pre-orders for the handset will officially begin on April 12, with the phone becoming available on a yet-to-be-announced date later this month.

The LG Viper was announced at CES in January. The 4-inch touchscreen handset comes running… read more

White House: Yes, We’re Still Anti-SOPA (But Pro-ACTA)

A White House annual report on Intellectual Property reaffirmed President Obama’s stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): American intellectual property needs to be protected, but SOPA was too broad a bill.

This new report indicates that the White House is willing to support new intellectual property legislation in Congress,… read more

Drop Caps: Historical Use And Current Best Practices With CSS

The practice of using a large letter to mark the start of a text has been around for almost two thousand years. Illustrated caps increased usability by marking important passages and guiding readers through the text. Unlike their historic counterparts, drop caps on the Web don’t add value in terms… read more

More Great Business Card Templates from GraphicRiver

It’s been almost a year now since I did my last business card template roundup. As design trends tend to come and go, I thought it might be a good time to have another.

Here’s are a few of my favorite business card templates from our sister site GraphicRiver. Enjoy!

Quirky… read more

Vectortuts+ Celebrates 30,000 Facebook Fans – Comment to Win!

In 2009 we launched our Facebook fan page, four years and lots of posts and comments later we’re proud to announce that we now have over 30,000 fans! To celebrate this milestone Vectortuts+ is giving away some fantastic prizes, including a grand prize of a 1-year membership to Tuts+… read more

White House to Developers: Help Us Build Job Search Apps

The White House has a request for app developers around the country: help young people find summer jobs.

It’s the administration’s first-ever “Code Sprint,” an open-source development free-for-all — sort of like an Iron Chef competition for coders.

The secret ingredient? The government’s “Summer Jobs+” API, a search tool designed to… read more

How to Import Photographs into Lightroom

Before you can truly harness the power of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, the most essential thing you must know is how to import your digital photography files into a catalog.

As mentioned in the previous tutorial, Lightroom is a modular based program where you can organize, develop, print, share and display your… read more

Christina Milian of ‘The Voice’ Touts New Facebook Voting for Live Shows

Grammy-nominated singer Christina Milian, who has elevated The Voice‘s online clout as season two’s new social media correspondent, faces her first live show Monday night.

During the live performance shows, Milian and host Carson Daly will guide viewers in learning about the final 24 singers and the slew of ways… read more

Smart Sand Can Clone Objects, Says MIT

Forget smart cars, smart appliances and smartphones. MIT researchers are taking intelligent inanimate objects to a more granular level: smart sand.

The effect they’re aiming for, as described on MIT’s news site, is this: You would bury an object in smart sand. Seconds later, you’d be able to pull from… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: BatchGeo Pro

Our sponsor this week is BatchGeo Pro, the simplest, fastest way to create a custom map with your own data. Whether you need to present detailed info on a map, create private maps for your team, or download customized maps to use as you want, BatchGeo Pro is a great… read more

Best of Tuts+ in March 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Turning propaganda poster images into modern web design

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The Importance of White Space: Take a Breath Already!

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One very important concept in any area of design, including interface design, is that of space. What is space?

Well, obviously we aren’t talking about needing any kind of extended astronomical knowledge; space is the area with which we choose to do things. Today we will talk about this… read more

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 Review

This is how I see the game these days:

Compact digicams are the family/personal cameras used by almost everyone.

Mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras like Sony’s NEX and Olympus/Panasonic’s Micro and Macro Four Thirds models are shooting what the bread-and-butter DSLRs used to care of.

Upper end DSLRs are quickly taking over the role… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 26-Apr 1, 2012

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Language of Photography

Like any other profession or a technical job, photography as an art and as a science has some very distinct technical words which facilitate an easier communication of ideas and perceptions. Without them it would be almost impossible to communicate and get understood in an effort to do justice to… read more

The Problem With Today’s Journalism Students

Dave Copeland of ReadWriteWeb talks about what I preach to my journalism students every week in his blog post titled “Want To Save Journalism? Start At The Bottom“. It’s not enough to just be a good writer or a good photographer these days—you have to be good at everything.

“When… read more

Online Tools Reveals How Politicians Will Affect Your Wallet

Five different candidates for president means five very different economic plans. But whose would really benefit you?

You can find out with Politify, a new online tool that encourages users to “rethink democracy.”

Politify is simple: Enter your income, martial status, age, ZIP code, number of children and students in your… read more

Swole.me: Simple Automatic Diet Planning

In this day and age, everyone knows how hard it is to maintain a balanced diet and keep up with exercise. With fast food, donut shops, and frozen dinners tempting us at around every corner, it’s no wonder! Luckily, for those of us who’ve decided to put our foot down… read more

Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review

When I first heard about this little number I was sceptical: Why? Whaffor? What’s doing?

Then, when I actually held the magnesium alloy bodied, mirrorless interchangeable lens camera in my sweaty palms at a spiffy harbourside press preview, the penny finally dropped.

It comes at a time when some camera companies are… read more

FREE 1800 Custom Stickers Giveaway From 1800PostCards.com

Win 1800 Custom Stickers from 1800Postcards.com!

Are you in the need for some stickers for your business, your career or just for fun? Well you can win 1800 Custom Stickers for Free from 1800Postcards.com!

1800Postcards.com is the retail branch of Circle Press, a high-end commercial printing firm with a roster of Fortune… read more

Are Job Ads Phishing For Free Innovation?

A recruiter recently announced an employment opportunity but it came with a test. Candidates would have to write a business plan they would implement in their first year with the company. The request was to “be innovative with your thinking!”

The recruiter insisted candidates needed to “wow!” this company. With the… read more

Create a Melting Woman for a Fictional Ice Cream Brand Advertisement – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Mark Mayers will show you how to create print-ready artwork for a "Chilli & Chocolate" flavored fictional ice cream brand. In the process we will show you the steps required to combine professional photography, courtesy of John Wood to create a melting woman that… read more

Is Kickstarter the Future for Tech Hardware Entrepreneurs?

Lance Parker is building something he says will bring a new level of convenience and security to on-the-go computing — and he’s funding the project through Kickstarter.

His product is called Compude, a tiny device that allows users to take a data-locked version of their personal computers’ contents with them,… read more

Daily Show Correspondent Jason Jones Joins #WellEndowed Twitter Campaign

Edge Shave Gel has handed its Twitter account over to Daily Show Correspondent Jason Jones as part of its latest social media marketing campaign, which casts him as an “Edge fund manager.”

The brand is encouraging people to tweet an explanation of why they should receive a “micro-grant” of $50,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1094

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Turn Your Tweets Into Toilet Paper — for $35 a Pack [VIDEO]

Last year Bill Gates announced plans to revolutionize the toilet. Now one startup is attempting to revolutionize toilet paper -– by putting tweets on it.

The service, called Shitter, will take one or more feeds from your Twitter account and print those tweets on toilet paper you can then display… read more

30 Ways Your Business Should Leverage Social Media This Year

Social media is big in business circles and every business is scrambling to implement social media strategies to take advantage of this new opportunity. If your business is not already on the social media bandwagon, you still have time to create a social media strategy and start getting social.

Here is… read more

15+ InDesign Tutorials for Magazine and Layout Design

Do you want to learn to how to design a magazine in InDesign? Discover industry standard workflows for print design professionals, magazine layout design tips, and follow how to design a magazine cover layout that attracts attention. These are just a few of the topics you’ll find in this roundup… read more

Helvetica and the Vignelli Canon: How Typefaces Ought to Be in Graphic Design

I had my first brush with typography when I had a subject about freehand lettering in high school. In that class I was exposed to lettering and some of typography’s history. From there, I began admiring different type designs on printed material, from magazines (Ray Gun, Esquire) to posters (“Your… read more

Design Trends: The Present, The Future, and You

Whether you agree with them or not, design trends can teach us important lessons on what works and what doesn’t for users. They’re popular for a reason. The true value of a trend, however, lies in its longevity. If you can identify trends that have the potential to… read more

Panasonic Remote App Lets You ‘Flick’ Videos From Phone to TV [VIDEO]

Ever wanted to quickly check out a video from your phone on your TV? If you have a Panasonic set, that just got a lot easier.

Panasonic recently updated its Viera Remote smartphone app with a new ability called Media Flick that lets you start streaming media to your set… read more

How Ghana Is Using Social Media to Promote Voter Registration

Ghana’s general elections are coming up this December, and to help streamline the voter registration process, the country is now implementing its first-ever biometric voter registration — in other words, using fingerprint technology to help verify identity. Ghana is also using social media to publicize the process, correct misconceptions and… read more

A Rough Guide to Image Resolution

Digital photography has brought with it a whole host of acronyms, technical terminology and undecipherable jargon, image resolution being one of the most mysterious. In this short guide we will attempt to explain and hopefully demystify the strange pixelated world of resolution.

So lets start with what comes out of your… read more

Daily Inspiration #1093

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Nyan Cat Stars in iOS Adventure Game [VIDEO]

Nyan Cat will shortly turn one year old — and to celebrate, he’s speeding through another video game. The 8-bit animated feline stars in the kooky Nyan Cat Adventure, which recently landed in Apple’s App Store.

The meme-inspired $0.99 game has five modes and eight playable characters, including Nyan Cat dressed… read more

Redesigning With Personality

We are very happy to present a sample chapter from the upcoming printed Smashing Book #3, written by Aarron Walter. In this chapter, Aarron explains how sharing our personalities can help us create lasting relationships with users, and how it can improve the bottom line of our business. The sample… read more

Quick Tip: Creating a Tri-fold template in InDesign CS5

In today’s quick tip we are going to set up a template for a Tri-fold leaflet, which will be roll folded. Once completed the template will serve as a base to design onto and can saved as a master template for future use. Let’s begin!

Here is a visual of how… read more

Preparing for Earth Hour: Vectors, Icons, Stock Photos, and Inspiration

This 2012, Earth Hour is happening on Saturday, March 31st from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Aside from the tools and downloads available on the official website, we thought we’d give you more comprehensive resources if you’d like to contribute with a more design-savvy flair!

For those of you who need some… read more

Freelance Guidelines for Getting Paid on Time

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The lifestyle of a freelancer can be very hectic at times. You have to juggle multiple projects and meetings with clients all to make sure your bills are paid. And the only way you’re going to keep ahead is by managing your money properly!

Freelancers don’t often… read more

Can Voice Recognition Tech Crack the Trayvon Martin Case?

The shooting of Trayvon Martin has ignited passionate responses everywhere, but the only person who knows what really happened the night of the shooting is Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, and he may be lying. However, there’s one piece of evidence that could be integral in proving Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence:… read more

Why Good Photography Isn’t About the Gear

This is a guest post by Phil Hill, a travel photographer from the UK based in Australia. You can see more of Phil’s great work at his travel photography blog or follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

With the release of the Nikon d800 and the Canon 5d mk3 many people will have no doubt begun checking their… read more

Daily Inspiration #1092

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

State of the News Media 2012

The Pew Research Center recently released their State of the News Media study for 2012, and, believe it or not, it’s not all bad news!

The annual study is an analysis of the health of journalism in America. This year’s study includes special reports on the impact of mobile technology… read more

Getting to Grips with HTML5 Browser Compatibility

Over the past few years, HTML5 has gone from mythical creature to vivid reality and has taken its share of hits from skeptics and experts alike as to its readiness and viability. Now, in 2012, HTML5 is ready for use with all modern browsers, including IE9. It has… read more

20 Inspiring Examples of Textures in Web Design

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Here at WDL we love textures, specially because they can add personality, depth and style to websites, print, apps and everything else you can think of. From gathering free textures to showcasing examples of textures in action, we like to keep our readers up to date… read more

Creating Die Lines for Die Cut Printing in Adobe Illustrator

Creating Die Lines for Die Cut Printing in Adobe Illustrator

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Your Social Media Persona

I got a call yesterday from a publishing house in New York City. One of my former interns had given them my contact information to use as a reference for the job she was applying for. I was pleasantly surprised to get the call.

A lot of the former interns… read more

Print Ready Business Card Design with Custom Lettering

Print Ready Business Card Design with Custom Lettering

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Guidelines to Follow when Building for the App Store (iOS & Android)

There are a lot of factors to consider before building and submitting a mobile application. Developers have plenty of resources on the web for consulting official documentation. But there are some traits you should consider about the overall process.

Whether you are building for Apple or Android-powered devices will… read more

Matthew Hawkins: Toying Around With Paper Engineering Creativity

When I was with a former employer there were rumors of upcoming layoffs (obviously the rumors ended up being true or I wouldn’t be referring to it as a FORMER employer). The company denied the rumors, which sent employees a message to be nervous. Sure enough, layoffs started. First it… read more

‘Ancient GPS’ to Reveal 8,000 Years of Ordinary People [VIDEO]

People who really want to leave behind evidence of their existence, and have the means, will do so — whether the evidence is the great pyramids of Egypt, Machu Picchu or the iPad.

But what about people on the opposite end of the spectrum, the little guys who happened… read more

World Water Day: Saving Water Through Canvas Art

World Water Day: Saving Water Through Canvas Art

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Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

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First Live Daily Comedy Series to Premiere on YouTube

Online entertainment studio My Damn Channel is planning to launch the first live, daily comedy channel in partnership with YouTube next week. It’s part of the Google-owned video network’s initiative to build out its catalog of original, cable TV-like programming.

The channel, called “My Damn Channel Live,” will be hosted by… read more

A Collection Of Creative Print Ads For Inspiration – 30 Examples

A Collection Of Creative Print Ads For Inspiration – 30 Examples

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Weird And Wonderful, Yet Still Illegible

First a question (or perhaps a Freudian jab at your subconscious): What does this shape represent?

Could it be a trowel, a duck, an ornamental motif, or a seed-pod? I know, Aladdin’s Lamp! What if I told you it was an alphabetic character? What alphabet would you assign to it? Cham?… read more

Improve Your Workflow By Eating Out – The Link Between Restaurants And Design Meetings

Let’s face it: when we eat out at a restaurant, we usually aren’t making the most logical choice on any front. Restaurants are quite a bit more expensive than cooking meals at home; they’re also less nutritious, less filling, and sometimes the quality of the food or the… read more

Which Makes a Better Logo Design: Typographic or Symbol?

 
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10 Apps for Keeping Up with Pop Culture

1. PEOPLE Celebrity News Tracker

If you’d rather not subscribe to the print edition, the PEOPLE Celebrity News Tracker… read more

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

What Every Beginner Needs to Know About Product Photography

Photography is more than just sunsets, memories of vacations, family gatherings and weddings – it’s actually in our life every single day.  Product photography ranges the gamut from cereal boxes and billboards, to the photos you see on Amazon and every other online retailer.  Someone takes those photos, and those… read more

Eventbrite Builds its Own iPad Card Reader

Taking a hint from mobile payment companies like Square, Eventbrite has created its own branded credit card reader for the iPad.

The card reader, which is launching on Tuesday, integrates with the company’s “At the Door” iPad app. Launched in June, this app allows merchants to accept payments, print tickets… read more

8 Ways to Give Your Gadgets a Spring Cleaning

1. Microfiber Cloth

The tried and true original, and the best for cleaning all types of surfaces. Gently rub… read more

Daily Inspiration #1087

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Interview with Elaine Penwell

Today we have a special interview with one of the most talented paper cut artist out there: Elaine Penwell. With a work higly inspired on fabric patterns and 1800s fashion, this gifted artist told us more about her, her artwork and it’s process.

You can see more of Elaine’s artworks at… 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

A Discussion on Content Mills

Before I discuss writing for a content mill, it’s best to determine exactly what a content mill is. And, depending on who you ask, they will probably have a different definition.

Content mills (or farms) have been around since the 90s. The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy have described… read more

20+ examples of beautiful and inspiring fonts

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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

Daily Inspiration #1086

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Samsung NX200 Review

Samsung has sure rattled the cages of companies like Apple in its chase for market share in the smart phone market. The winner? Who knows.
But one thing is certain: if there had not been an iPhone to bump against in the first place, Samsung would still be happily making… read more

Quick Tip: Using the Print Booklet Feature in InDesign CS5

Sitting at the bottom of the File menu within InDesign is the Print Booklet feature. This feature has the potential to virtually cut out imposition time and for that reason it should not be overlooked. As print machines, paper sizes and ways of working vary I will try to keep… read more

40 Extremely Controversial Print Ads

40 Extremely Controversial Print Ads

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Daily Inspiration #1085

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

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

Canon Powershot G1X Reivew

My first glimpse of this unit was just prior to Christmas. Obviously Canon was mighty proud of it and, despite the Yuletide pressures, was keen to show it off, guarded by a raft of non-disclosure tie-ups.

For some years now the G series has been the company’s compact camera tour de… read more

How a Mysterious Robot Dinosaur Won Over Tech’s Top Influencers

“Wait, are you going to write my answers in human talk?” a man wearing a grey cardboard dinosaur head asks me. His hands are covered in what looks like metallic duct tape, and I can see a microphone secured to the bottom of his cardboard snout.

He switches back to his… read more

Write: Lightweight Word-Processing Done Right

The word-processing app market is flooded with alternatives, most of them already very well established like the popular options of Pages or Microsoft Office’s Word. There’s even a whole other market for super simple or “distraction-free” word processors, which we’ve covered before.

However, there’s not really an in-between alternative. Something that… read more

Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Encyclopedia Britannica officially announced it would scrap its print edition on Tuesday in the face of plummeting sales. For many, this was a foregone conclusion. In a world of infinite and instant knowledge, the idea of owning a $1,395 32-volume hardcover library that’s outdated the moment you crease the… read more

20 Professional Print Ads for Inspiration

20 Professional Print Ads for Inspiration

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Kids and Tech: Parenting Tips for the Digital Age

Parents had enough to worry about before their children could bully each other online, meet dangerous strangers without leaving the house, and switch between tasks at a rapid-fire pace. Some parents have even questioned whether their children will ever be able to concentrate.

In a world where, according to one… read more

Safari Update Brings Faster JavaScript and No More Flickering Windows

Apple has released another update to Safari, version 5.1.4, which has a total of 83 improvements to its performance, stability and, most importantly, security. The renewed offering of Apple’s default browser, which was released on Monday via the Software Update, is available to OS X Snow Leopard and Lion users… 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

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

Photography Links That Will Rock Your World

This week has been filled with great photography, tutorials and interesting blogs as shared by some truly gifted artists.  The photography community has been busy, and Toad Hollow Photography has compiled this list of some of the very best pieces encountered during their weekly adventures.  We sincerely hope you enjoy… read more