Tommi Tawast. Design blog and a personal portfolio. http://www.tommitawast.com/blog Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Very good SEO guide for designers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TommiTawastDesignBlogAndAPersonalPortfolio/~3/Nl1CBswaAdU/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/08/26/very-good-seo-guide-for-designers/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:20:54 +0000 Tommi http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/08/26/very-good-seo-guide-for-designers/  

There’s a very good article on SEO on WebDesignerWall.

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/general/seo-guide-for-designers/ 

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]]> http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/06/19/cross-browser-compatibility-is-one-of-the-most-time-consuming-tasks-this-makes-it-a-lot-easier/feed/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/06/19/cross-browser-compatibility-is-one-of-the-most-time-consuming-tasks-this-makes-it-a-lot-easier/ Super easy favicon tool http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TommiTawastDesignBlogAndAPersonalPortfolio/~3/hFV9BFAVSjc/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/04/13/super-easy-favicon-tool/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:48:28 +0000 Tommi http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/04/13/super-easy-favicon-tool/ Just found out about this online tool.
It seems to be very helpful. 

http://www.genfavicon.com/

A favicon (short for ‘favorites icon’), are litle icons associated with a particular website or webpage, shown next to the site’s name in the URL bar of most browsers. The most common sizes for favicons are: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128. Browse to the file’s location on your computer to select the image and press “Upload Image” button to generate a favicon for your site

Once you have created your favicon.ico file, upload it to the root directory of your website and put the following code in the header of your html page:

 ”<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”/favicon.ico” />“ 
]]> http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/04/13/super-easy-favicon-tool/feed/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/04/13/super-easy-favicon-tool/ Web design resources: techniques and inspiration http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TommiTawastDesignBlogAndAPersonalPortfolio/~3/N9UqazKAq38/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/03/31/web-design-resources-techniques-and-inspiration/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:54:23 +0000 Tommi http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/03/31/web-design-resources-techniques-and-inspiration/ Good list of resources. Didn’t really have the time to go through it yet, but I’m sure there’s at least a couple of very useful links.

http://www.designinterviews.com/?p=692 

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This site is updated every day with new Brushes for Photoshop.

http://www.brusheezy.com/ 

]]> http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/16/stupid-name-cool-brushes/feed/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/16/stupid-name-cool-brushes/ VW Touran tv-spot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TommiTawastDesignBlogAndAPersonalPortfolio/~3/Wu4dyd8jcSA/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/15/vw-touran-tv-spot/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:23:01 +0000 Tommi http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/15/vw-touran-tv-spot/  

Super funny and clever Touran Park Assist tv-spot from VW. Great use of music in this ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYnj_1dbTU

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Here’s links to some of the best showcases for inspiration.

http://www.thefwa.com/

http://www.faveup.com/

http://www.behance.net/

http://www.netdiver.net/

Adobe showcases

Ja Suomesta Internet-sivustoja:

http://www.rekaksois.com/liukuhihna/ 

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Here’s links to some color theme sites. I find these very useful when designing a website.

Adobe Kuler
http://kuler.adobe.com/

Wellstyled.com color schemes generator 2
http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

Colour lovers
http://www.colourlovers.com/

Color hunter 
http://www.colorhunter.com/

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(i’ll be adding more in next two weeks)

the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007-114.aspx 

]]> http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/12/best-of-2007-collection-tutorials-showcases-articles-etc/feed/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/12/best-of-2007-collection-tutorials-showcases-articles-etc/ Preview fonts in Finder http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TommiTawastDesignBlogAndAPersonalPortfolio/~3/X_IA2v8U51c/ http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/11/preview-fonts-in-finder/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:14:05 +0000 Tommi http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/11/preview-fonts-in-finder/ Great feature in Leopard:

Using Cover Flow in Finder you get a great preview of fonts and with Quick Look (just hit space-bar) you get a full-alphabet-preview.

Mac OS X Tips & Tricks:

http://www.macosxhints.com/

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/

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