Photos make for lasting memories. They are shared among family and friends and lead to stories about past events and fun. And we have been creating photo albums which tell the story of those memorable events for decades. With the rise of digital photography more and more often photos remain… read more
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If you like memes and alcohol, you’ll love this new drinking game that uses 24 memes as spaces of a board game. Cheers to that! Reddit‘s kc_sharky unveiled the game Thursday on… read more
This week has been full of great tutorials, photography and truly interesting blogs to enjoy and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy collecting links to share with everyone. The end result is this comprehensive page of great resources to visit showcasing incredible talents and posts in the exciting field of… read more
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Blackberry Playbook 2.0, which arrived earlier this… read more
From a site starting out offering images at 500 pixels on a side, 500px is making the jump to stock agency with a just announced Market offering. In a message this morning, 500px was a bit vague about the nuts and bolts of the offering, but did state the images… read more
A lot of time and energy is required to build mobile iOS/Android apps. Aside from the coding and UI design you need to plan functionality ahead of time. This way you can start programming immediately and implement key features without a hassle.
The best way to start off a… read more
If you’re looking to improve your vector design skills, learn how to use Illustrator on a deeper level, and discover how to create vintage vector graphics, then you’ve landed on the right article. We’ve assembled a collection of tutorials that show you how to create vintage illustrations, and retro graphics… read more
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Savvy tech consumers are slowly adapting to a world where smartphones and tablet PCs are commonplace. With these new devices comes a revolution of mobile software which we have never seen before. Mobile dev studios are popping up everywhere to showcase and market their latest app… read more
Recently, we were lucky enough to receive a review copy of Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook from the good folks who work with Kevin. It’s a new addition to Kevin’s already impressive work in education material and we have been going through it quite thoroughly. For those of you who like… read more
What’s a University of Alabama freshman to do after instant Internet fame invades his life because of a viral cardboard cutout of his face? If you’re 19-year-old Jack Blankenship, you flag down Beyonce and Jay-Z at a New York Knicks game Monday night.
“Beyonce laughed and did ‘The Face!’ Jay-Z did… read more
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
Described as an ‘enthusiast camera’, this one took me quite by surprise. With a new camera for review I normally take it out of its box, tap a few buttons, power up, then delve deeper.
So where was the ‘on’ button? Ain’t none.
You get the thing to come alive by manually… read more
Each time you develop a theme you’ll have to deal with the same, repetitive tasks. E.g. you need a certain folder structure to organize your PHP, CSS and JavaScript files or you rely on features like layouts, compression and caching. Because you don’t want to start from scratch,… read more
It used to be hard for me to say ‘no’ to people. I think the sheer confusion people have over what freelancers actually do all day makes us an easy target. But just because many of us work from home, doesn’t mean we aren’t working. On the contrary, I’d… read more
When the project is over, it really isn’t.
You might breathe a sigh of relief, but there’s still much to be done. We hear a lot about how to land clients, estimating and managing projects, but the follow-up seems to get forgotten and that’s what this is series all… read more
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Fuel Your Creativity recently spoke to Peter Jaworowski, a designer from Poland who is the Executive Creative Director and Partner at Ars Thanea (check out their blog) to get a feel for his influences and practices as a designer. Ars Thanea works with a raft of really… read more
Adbuzeedo and Arte Limited is happy to giveaway one print from Perttu Murto, a graphic designer, art director and illustrator based from Finland. We have a choice of three artworks where you can choose the one you want to get if you’re the winner!
Each artwork is 1 of 200 limited… read more
Photoshop actions are excellent tools for speeding up your workflow. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Diego Sanchez will use Photoshop actions to create a cocktail blueprint from scratch. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your digital illustration skills to the… read more
Creating a Grunge, Wooden Typography Effect in Photoshop CS4
An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe.
Chief Francis Kariuki — or, @Chiefkariuki, as he’s known online… read more
A Guest Post by by Gavin Phillips
What is High Dynamic Range Imaging? (HDR)
HDR is when you take 3-5 or 7 photos at different exposure settings, and then merge them into a single image using speciality software. What you get are beautiful photos with incredible detail, controlled lighting and accurate colour…. read more
Historically a contact sheet was a page of images each printed at the same size as the film negative – they were used as a reference for the images on the film roll. They were called contact sheets because the film was placed in close contact with the paper when… read more
It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more
The days of all-you-can eat mobile bandwidth are already ending, and landline broadband could soon follow suit. You, my data-hungry friend, my not be ready for it, but your Cookie Monster-like habit of gobbling up data has made this a certainty.
You may rail at the injustice of it all,… read more
1. Sad Keanu
Now you can physically place poor, sad Keanu anywhere you want. You can put him on… read more
After several grueling days I had finally finished the proposal. I sent it off and waited for a response. Nothing. After a few weeks, I discovered that they were “just looking”. Despite the urgency and aggressive timeline for the RFP (Request For Proposal) plus the fact that we had done… read more
Email marketing is one of the really successful techniques currently used in the marketing world. It has become one of the most popular techniques in recent years and is an indispensable part of online marketing.
Sending mails keeps your site active among your audience and increases visits and clicks on your… read more
Over the last 100 years or so advertising has been integrated into every walk of life. Whether you are working on the internet, relaxing at home watching TV or getting the bus or train to the cinema; you cannot avoid being bombarded with advertisements from all angles.
The sheer volume of… read more
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: Stealth
Quick Pitch: Search the web anonymously
Genius Idea: Stealth is a search engine that… read more
Realistic Smoke Effects in your Digital Print Designs Through Photoshop
Jon Barocas is the founder and CEO of bieMEDIA, a Denver-based online marketing and media solutions company that specializes in video content production and distribution, mobile visual search, technology platforms, SEO, VSEO and more.
Like most technology fans, I am always ready and willing to try any technology that promises to… read more
There are lots of obvious things you need before you can start a photography business. And as much as this seems like a hobby that you can make money through as you learn, it’s not really that simple if you want to establish an honest-to-goodness business. I mean, how many… read more
LightSquared, a planned U.S. nationwide cell carrier, has been blocked by the FCC due to the interference its signal causes to GPS devices.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, announced late Tuesday that LightSquared’s network can result in GPS glitches, regardless of planned fixes by the carrier’s engineers. In… read more
Last week, the British Journal of Photography helped spread the news that Kodak will stop producing digital products as part of their ongoing strategic review? What is Kodak going to do? Refocus on good, old fashioned film.
At first, this sounded like brand suicide to me. But then I read… read more
20 Creative Examples of Typography in Print Ads
Yes, the brand new Smashing Book #3 is coming. The printing press is warming up, the illustrations are finished, and the chapters are being proofread. This third book is the best printed book we’ve produced so far: it is a valuable, cutting-edge, high-quality printed book that any Web designer should… read more
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In today’s world advertisement plays a very important role. For a product or company to be successful the advertisement must deliver a powerful message. In this roundup we are featuring some fresh and creative print advertisements. Enjoy!!
Pilates With Gerda: Belly Bag
Stabilo Boss: Highlighted, Maria Antonieta
Samsung… read more
You might not always know when an opportunity for networking or the chance to expand your client base will present itself. Incorporating personalized business cards into your professional and personal marketing efforts is a positive way to ensure opportunities will not be missed.
But before you can promote, you need… read more
Tic Tac is the latest major brand to embrace augmented reality, and it is doing so in a big way: With three billboards in New York’s Times Square.
The billboards are the latest element of Tic Tac’s “Shake It Up” campaign, which centers around a mobile app (for iOS or Android)… read more
Happy Valentine’s Day from You The Designer! Whatever relationship status you have right now, here’s a way for you to spread the love for now up to the rest of the week!
You The Designer has written a lot about T-shirt design in the past because, what better way… read more
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: Parse.ly Dash
Quick Pitch: Parse.ly Dash puts online publishers in the driver’s seat by showing them… read more
President Obama released his proposed 2013 budget Monday, and it gives us a glimpse into the president’s hefty tech and science wish list.
This includes wireless broadband, science and tech education, protection from cyber attacks, intellectual property rights and technology in government.
Follow along as Mashable digs up the details on… read more
Today, we have a useful compilation for our readers of fresh web UI kits, mobile UI kits and wireframe kits complete with PSD files that will certainly come in handy when you are designing projects. Some basic user interface elements are always welcome toolbox additions by designers. We need them… read more
Enjoy uploading pictures to the Internet via Instagram? Now you can turn your collection into a poster.
Thanks to London-based online retailer Firebox, Instagram lovers can create their own poster by selecting their favorite photos to build their own.
By clicking the Buy button on Firebox’s Instagram poster product page, Instagram members… read more
When Will Web Typography Catch Up With Print
Curt Finch is the founder and CEO of Journyx, a company that offers time-tracking and resource management software. Connect with him and Journyx on Facebook and Twitter.
Social media has emerged like an errant piece of debris from a tornado, and has smacked the world of business in its metaphorical face…. read more
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
Blue Ivy Carter on Tumblr
More than a month after Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first child to the… read more
What the hell is going on with Pinterest? It’s suddenly on the tip of everyone’s tongue, influencing countless web designs, and has infiltrated most of my other social networks. Even I have fallen under its spell, and I am not necessarily happier for it.
The site, which is ostensibly still in… read more
Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business’s development and growth.
Your company’s Twitter handle has… read more
We’re well into 2012, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, which may include attending one of the many Web design and development conferences that will be held in the upcoming months. To help you out with your plans, we’ve once again… read more
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Are you in the need for some stickers for your business, your career or just for fun? Well you can win 300 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 100 clients that… read more
The disgruntled teenage daughter of a tech-savvy, gun-toting father just got a very public lesson in respecting one’s elders.
“That right there is your laptop,” the father, named Tommy Jordan, says in a YouTube video while pointing a video camera at a computer on laying in a patch of… read more
Creating a legal entity for your startup will establish much-needed separation between you and your business. Shielding your personal assets is the first and foremost reason to think about incorporating.
But let’s face it. When it comes down to choosing a business structure, small business owners are typically concerned about… read more
Have you ever wanted to sell stuff directly from your Facebook page? While most businesses would still think a traditional website was an absolute necessity, plenty of advertisements today seem to want people to go to their Facebook fan page more than anything else. And no wonder. So many people… read more
Fairy Tale Bookclip by i3Lab.
Liquid Bookmark by Kyouei Design
Jacket+Bookmark by Icoeye
Wicked Witch Bookmarks by Woodland Honey
Leaf-it Bookmark Post-its by Sangwoo Nam – Appree
Favbook by Ilshat Garipov
ABRACADABRA bookmark by Jung-Hyun Lee, Won-Sik Chae & Rhea Jeong
Pointing Finger
Animal Bookmark
The Bedside Bookmark Abode
Magnetic Photo Bookmark by Photojojo
Pagecues by London Design Studio
Haptic Penna by… read more
At the moment, we are sharing with you a very comprehensive list of fresh social media icons so that you can use them on your website or blog. The icon sets presented in today’s collection can very easily be integrated within the design and theme of any website or blog,… read more
In this post, we’ll be sharing with you a collection of useful tutorials that will help you to to use Adobe Illustrator in a variety of new ways. Whether you are a pro or a budding novice, you are bound to find something that will help you.
Below we… read more
Epic Giveway! – Win A $75 Printing Credit For FREE From Next Day Flyers
Archan Nair is a really kind person and one of the top notch digital artists nowadays. This is actually our second interview with him, as we always like to know more and more about him and all his knowledge thru this years working on the creative field. Hope this conversation… read more
Before the very first page of a book has been read, you’ve already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. The paper stock, the thickness of the binding, the aroma, the color of the type and even the texture of the cover; the very character of the book is… read more
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Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz wants Instagram users to translate his new song, “I Won’t Give Up,” into a… read more
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
New Print Inspiration Examples To Inspire You
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been under fire from world leaders to step down this week. He’s also under fire from hacktivist group Anonymous, who leaked hundreds of his office’s emails on Monday.
While Anonymous is infamous for its hacking know-how, it doesn’t take a genius computer programmer to guess one… read more
The Federal Aviation Administration is finally making the leap from radio-based navigation to a modern GPS system.
Congress passed Monday a $63 billion bill to fund and extend the FAA’s programs through 2015, reports ABC News. For the past four years, the FAA has been surviving on life support. Some… read more
It takes a lot of work to get a new client. Unless you have a regular stream of referrals coming your way, you may need to do all the legwork yourself by approaching potential clients, contacting them, and testing if they’d be interested in your services. This often… read more
Social media analytics provided to Mashable show which endorsers — and endorsees — won biggest on Super Bowl Sunday.
Getting a celebrity to shill products during the game’s valuable advertising time can do wonders to imprint a brand in consumer consciousness. But that plan can also backfire, with the celebrities… read more
Kevin Wildenhaus, Ph.D., is director of science and innovation at Wellness & Prevention, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. Dr. Wildenhaus is a clinical psychologist specializing in health behavior change and practical, effective health intervention programs.
Health risk assessment (HRA) is continually evolving to meet the ever-changing demands of the health… read more
This is a guest post from Izabela Korwel. Check out Iza’s amazing macro photography on her blog, follow her on Twitter, Facebook and also on Google +!
Flowers are the easy subjects to come by and to photograph, even close to home. You can go to local park or find a… read more
Chaos struck the Philippines on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central island of Negros, causing fears of tidal waves and a tsunami.
The quake and its 200-plus aftershocks caused landslides and the death of at least 12 people, according to Reuters.
News of the earthquake and a… read more
Need a new jawbone? Now you can print one.
An 83-year-old British woman recently underwent the first-ever custom transplant of a lower jaw made by a 3D printer.
According to 3Ders.org, the Biomedical Research Institute at Hasselt University in Belgium announced last week that it implanted a printed jawbone in June,… read more
When conducting user research, we all know that asking the right questions is just as important as how you ask them, but how do you know exactly what questions to ask? What if the discussion topic is very personal? How do you get a complete stranger to open up? There… read more
In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Tim Kyde will explain how to create chewing gum packaging in Photoshop and Illustrator. We will begin by showing you how to create print-ready artwork and then how to render that artwork as a mockup that can be presented to clients. If you are… read more
A Guest post by Jenika McDavitt from Psychology for Photographers.
“At all levels of income, the typical response is that one needs 20% more to be happy.” – Richard Easterlin
The photographer’s equivalent to Dr. Easterlin’s statement is probably “Whatever you charge for your work, the typical response is that you’re 20%… read more
The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is only eight days away and the Recording Academy is kicking off the next phase of its digital and social campaign. Under the heading of “We Are Music” the Academy and its partners are harnessing the power of social, mobile and digital to make the… read more
35 Adobe InDesign Tutorials – Enhance your Print Medial Skills
Have I mentioned how much I love photography and technology. Here’s a good case for mixing them together.
As you say previous on the Q&A with Uncornered Market, creating panorama’s can create some amazing images. I took their methodologies and applied them to some of my own panoramas, which do not… read more
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Companies that rely on a visual or photographic web presence often find it difficult to convey their media on Twitter. Take, for instance, apparel brands that need… read more
Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
Century 21 has enlisted a team of celebrities for its first-ever Super Bowl commercial.
Reality TV star and business mogul Donald Trump, Pro Football Hall of Fame member Deion Sanders and Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno… read more
Social and mobile technologies aren’t just important for guerilla marketing campaigns and grassroots outreach.
They’re also changing how the world’s biggest broadcast media companies do business.
Mashable recently spoke with top executives and personalities from the sports behemoth ESPN during the company’s biggest week of the year for Super Bowl… read more
Mashable’s Davos coverage is presented by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment.
GE’s Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock sat down with Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore to talk about her role leading business… read more
Red Bull sponsors several extreme sports pros who produce videos with gnarly titles such as “Wakeboarding in the Swamps of Louisiana” and “Dust and Bones.” But through a partnership with online health startup Fitocracy, the company now wants to motivate average joes to submit decidedly non-extreme reports with names such… read more
There are a lot of stories written about home-based businesses—trust me, I just did a Google search. Working from home has changed drastically over the years, thanks to technology.
If you think back not even 20 years about home-based businesses, you might envision a low-tech service business such as a… read more
From Amazon’s runaway success with the Kindle platform to Apple’s new iBooks Author tool to help writers create interactive eBooks for their iPad iBooks store, eBooks are the story of the day for digital media. If you’ve ever considered writing a book or creating a new magazine, you’ll want to… read more
Will an IPO change Facebook? The sudden influx of $5 billion (and more) will certainly give it lots of opportunity, though it’ll also mean Facebook will soon answer to shareholders. And those shareholders will demand that the company keep increasing the value of their investment.
In his letter within the IPO… read more