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Beautiful Pictures of Churches

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:29:07 +0000

I really love those old, classic churches. It might be a tiny one in a village, or it might be a gigantic one that took many, many years to be completed. No matter what kind it is, I just know that some of these are so beautiful that they deserve… read more

eBooks outnumber games in the App Store

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Appboy Gets a New Design, iPhone App and Best Buy Partnership

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:31 +0000

Back in October we wrote about Appboy, a social network for mobile app developers and users. Since launching, Appboy has continued to evolve into a community for both developers and users to find and rate apps, as well as submit ideas for new mobile applications. Appboy has just rolled… read more

Our Latest Book: How to Write Great Copy for the Web

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:30:07 +0000

Last week I introduced you to the latest collaboration between Rockable Press and FreelanceSwitch, How to Write Great Copy for the Web by Donna Spencer. I am happy to announce that the book has been launched today and Rockin’ List members get a $5 discount on the digital book, bringing… read more

Automatically open Bittorrent files using Dropbox and Hazel

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Twitter Takes on Phishing with New Security Features

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:53:00 +0000

Spam and phishing have been ongoing problems at Twitter for some time, and tonight the company announced that it is stepping up its efforts to stop them with some new features, described as being able to “detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links.”

In a blog post, Twitter… read more

GDC 2010: From concept to Top Paid with Unity iPhone

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The company was actually founded in Denmark, but has since… read more

Watch Out, Topeka: Greenville, SC Also Wants to be Googletown, USA

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:19:34 +0000

Google’s call for medium-sized cities to pilot its high-speed broadband network has attracted the marketing wit of another locale: Greenville, South Carolina.

Citizens of Greenville have launched the “We Are Feeling Lucky” campaign – an obvious play on Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button – an effort that will culminate in… read more

Daily Inspiration #452

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:46 +0000

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

HOW TO: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:43 +0000

Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it… read more

GDC 2010: Ngmoco explains how Eliminate Pro was built

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

On Android, MySpace Reigns Supreme

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:53:24 +0000

Despite CEO drama, plummeting traffic and even declining mobile website usage, MySpace Mobile for Android is the most popular social app in the Android Market and the third most popular downloaded application overall.

While Facebook might dominate social networking apps on the iPhone, Facebook for Android leaves… read more

Retweet.com Sells for $250,000

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:35 +0000

Retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The auction saw a fair amount of interest with 35 bids in total, but it appears that the winning party came in with a “buy it now” offer for… read more

How to Get Free Content and Media Hosting at Screencast.com

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:54 +0000

Let’s say you’ve created a video or image you want to share, but you don’t want it saved to your computer. You want to save it in a safe place, where you can access it at any time. You want some storage options, and the ability to … read more

How to Pop Color Selectively Using Channel Mixers and Layer Masks in Photoshop

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:15:28 +0000

By Jodi Friedman of MCP Actions: Photoshop Actions and Training

There are literally dozens of ways to saturate your colors in Photoshop. For this post I am going to focus on one way to pop colors using “Channel Mixer” adjustment layers.

To start with, locate an image that could benefit from more… read more

Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:25 +0000

New location-based social search tool FourWhere shows Foursquare tips and comments using Google Maps so you can search and discover what everyone is saying about nearby places.

Users simply input a location or address into FourWhere, right-click (control click) on the map and select display preferences. The map can display… read more

Facebook to Launch Location Features Next Month

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:57 +0000

Facebook’s move into location has seemed inevitable for some time, and it now appears that the company will reveal its plans at next month’s Facebook developer conference – f8.

According to The New York Times, the social network will incorporate location in two ways: (1) its own features for sharing… read more

Announcing Mashable’s Google Wave API Challenge

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:02:25 +0000

Mashable and the Google Wave team are proud to announce the Google Wave API Challenge, a month-long competition to create exciting new Google Wave extensions.

Google Wave’s latest updated clean API and new extension abilities allow for faster development, more opportunities for integrations and lots of exciting potential for many… read more

ShiftPlanning Makes Setting Schedules for Businesses Easy

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:38 +0000

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: ShiftPlanning

Quick Pitch: ShiftPlanning Provides free… read more

FileMaker 11 now available with charting, reporting improvements

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Launch

Right off the bat, the introduction screen is new (after the splash screen “wobbles” into view). It’s wider with more options, like a link to the online resource center. There you’ll find video tutorials, starter solutions (more on that later) and access to consultants. They’re all extremely useful… read more

Foursquare Courts Business Users with Checkin Analysis Features

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:55:37 +0000

The Foursquare platform currently caters to consumers and offers businesses the ability to provide specials. Today, however, we’re learning more information about a business dashboard — complete with checkin analytics — that’s being gradually rolled out to business owners.

While the dashboard is still an alpha product, it’s already able… read more

MacHeist Offers Early Access to Tweetie 2 for Mac

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:29:40 +0000

Tweetie for Mac is the newest bonus edition to the MacHeist nanoBundle 2, which gives Mac users an opportunity to buy a variety of software for a discounted price. Additionally, buyers will also get early access to the pre-public beta for Tweetie 2 for Mac, plus a free… read more

Win a Bokeh Kit: Competition

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:50 +0000

Today we’re giving away 6 great little kits to help you create some stunning Bokeh effects from Bokeh Masters Kit. Thanks to Udi Tirosh (follow him on Twitter here) for this offer. Here he is to introduce the concept behind the kits and to introduce the competition.

The Challenge

A while back… read more

“Tron Legacy” Trailer Featuring Jeff Bridges Hits the Web [VIDEO]

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:15:25 +0000

New Academy Award-winner Jeff Bridges reprises his role as arcade regular and computer programming genius Flynn in the trailer for Tron Legacy, which just made its official web debut today. The film is a long-anticipated sequel to the 1980s geek classic Tron, and this is the first full-length trailer.

The… read more

CSS3, Please! The Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule Generator

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:36:48 +0000

You can edit the underlined values in this css file, but don’t worry about making sure the corresponding values match, that’s all done automagically for you. Whenever you want, you can copy the whole or part of this page and paste it into your own stylesheet.

Build Your Own iPhone Specific Website

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:31:58 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve posted some legit content. I have been very busy lately with work, freelance, running BoomSkins, etc. Recently I just finished my first iPhone specific website. It was created in an incredibly short time (less than a week) and generated it’s first sale within 15… read more

Stunning Illustrations by Jessica Oyhenart

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:07:21 +0000

I was trying to figure out what to post today… so I started to check some old bookmarks I have, and my attention was caught by some awesome illustrations that I couldn’t believe I haven’t posted yet. These are stunning.

The girl behind these is Jessica Oyhenart, an awesome artist from… read more

Go Tribal Helps Friends Coordinate Informal Plans

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:59:09 +0000

Launching in beta today, Go Tribal tackles the other side of the equation from formal event services like Meetup or Plancast by helping members organize informal group plans. By identifying when users are free and available to hang out, Go Tribal hopes to eliminate some of the hassle involved… read more

15 Best Free Online Tools for Web Design & Development

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:43 +0000

15 Best Free Online Tools for Web Design & Development

Amazon is Working on a Better Web Browser for Kindle

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Ask any Kindle owner about browsing the web on the device, and you’ll get the same answer: well, you can do it, but… And then you’ll hear how abysmal the browsing experience really is. Having tried it myself, it made me want to whip up my iPhone and its… read more

Postbox adds Things and OmniFocus support

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

How to Make an Attractive Vector Butterfly

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +0000

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a vector butterfly using the blending mode from transparency box and the gradient mesh. The techniques shown in this tutorial will help you make shades on objects and liquid transition of colors. Believe me it is very easy.

Step 1

Let’s start… read more

50+ Free Resources for Charts and Graphs Solution

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:21 +0000

A chart or a graph is a visual representation of data, in which “the data are represented by symbols, such as bars, lines, or slices”. These symbols can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Charts… read more

Tuesday Total Textures #9

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:07 +0000

Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.

This week’s Textures… read more

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

5 Websites & Tools Bloggers Should Know About

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:59:39 +0000

While the job is interesting and one gets to discover the latest about the Internet, blogging is no easy task. “Time is money” could not be any truer for bloggers; impossible deadlines put us under harsh time constraints. Due to this constraint, bloggers are always actively on the lookout for… read more

How to Give Yourself a Raise Without Losing Business

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:30:40 +0000

This post is an excerpt from my eBook, The Blog Business Funnel. It teaches freelancers how to run a profitable freelance business, fed entirely by a healthy and thriving blog. This excerpt is from Chapter 7: Scaling Up. FreelanceSwitch readers can claim a special discount at the end of this… read more

30+ Corporate WordPress Themes

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:57 +0000

We’ve compiled 30+ excellent corporate WordPress themes from ThemeForest for your next corporate client. Either download the themes and customize them to your client’s needs or use these designs as inspiration to create a unique WordPress template from scratch.

Corporate WordPress Themes

Dark n’ Clean

Agivee

idea Business Shop

Creative.Biz

Universal Business

Spacio WP

Architect Day: Octavio Mestre

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:57:41 +0000

Professor of architecture in Barcelona, Octavio Mestre, who has provided numerous services to the Catalan city, now has major projects in Spain and is already present in other European countries with homes and housing of high quality.

Photos from site octaviomestre.com.

Octavio Mestre graduated with honors from the Higher Technical School of… read more

Astounding Ajax/CSS Forms: 30+ Modern Trends , Tips and Techniques

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:00 +0000

This article with the title 30 amazing css ajax form will explain the various techniques, tutorials, examples relating to the form. read more

8 Mac Apps to Embrace Minimalism

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:36:09 +0000

We posted earlier this year about how to clean up your Mac, but today I thought it would be interesting to share a selection of applications that can really simplify your Mac experience. While being “minimal” isn’t everything – and nor is it for everyone – it’s a fun exercise… read more

10 Cool Websites with Amazing jQuery Effects

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:17:00 +0000

jQuery has made our life easier to achieve great result. It’s time to show you something cool. Check out the these websites, they all are using pretty amazing animation and intensive javascript effects! read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.27

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:59:55 +0000

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.

Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy, and you’ll be kept up to date with loads of design news… read more

How to Create a Nifty Dynamic Shadow with jQuery

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:00 +0000

Learn how to create a very nifty looking dynamic shadow with a few teaspoons of jQuery, a pinch of CSS and some transparent PNG’s as Base. read more

Top 8 Dreaded Favors Asked of Web Designers

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:30:02 +0000

Long before you officially take the profession of graphic or web designer, your friends and family will support your ambitions by developing your talent. At first, your loved ones inspect your work and if they like what they see, you’ll get flooded with their requests for one page flyers, t-shirt… read more

Gowalla Launches on webOS and Vies for Your Checkins with Free Stuff

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:53:05 +0000

Foursquare is battling for your SXSW check-ins with a musical scavenger hunt. Rival Gowalla is going to go after them with free gadgets – specifically free Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus devices as part of a promotion the location-based social networking service is unveiling in conjunction… read more

Playing with Vectors in Illustrator

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:07:48 +0000

Last week I decided to spend some time playing with Illustrator and trying to come up with a cool black and white artwork. My inspiration came from some skateboard deck designs which have this sort of 3D effect without using gradients or anything, and not exactly a woodcut effect either…. read more

50 Hot New Tutorials (Part1)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:40 +0000

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up a collection of very useful tutorials from around the web from the month of February. You’ll find everything from a stunning retro futuristic… read more

Hootsuite to Integrate with Foursquare and MySpace this Week

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:28:22 +0000

Today at the #140tc Twitter Confernece in Seattle, Washington (which I keynoted this morning), Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter application will be integration with both MySpace and Foursquare, starting this week at the South by Southwest Interactive conference.

Hootsuite is one of the more popular Twitter… read more

DotNetNuke Makes It Easier For You To Build Feature-Rich, Interactive Web Sites And Applications

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:58:11 +0000

DotNetNuke Community Edition is a leading free open-source content management system for ASP.NET websites. With DotNetNuke, you can quickly and effectively deploy dynamic web applications with almost no technical knowledge, however if you are an ASP.NET developer, you can customize it in the way you want to fulfill your specific… read more

Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:56:29 +0000

I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don’t quite get, I thought I was safe in… read more

5 Advanced CSS Pseudo Classes that will Save your Day

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:33:00 +0000

In today’s article I’m going to take a look at 5 pseudo-classes that will simplify our design process and reduces a lot of time to create a certain visual effects. You will also find demonstration below each point. read more

Google vs. Yahoo: Who Has the Right Social Strategy?

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:17:21 +0000

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.

Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube; Wordpress: these companies, built from the ground-up, are mainstays in social media. None of them were created… read more

Did Blog Buzz for “Hurt Locker” Predict Its Oscar Win?

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:01:40 +0000

The blogosphere was literally split down the middle in terms of online buzz around the 82nd Academy Awards Best Picture nominees. Both Avatar and The Hurt Locker each maxed out with three quarters of a percent (.75%) of blog post buzz across the web.

The data in question comes from… read more

Make your own jQuery slider using XML

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:45:50 +0000

Make your own jQuery slider using XML

Daily Inspiration #451

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:34:29 +0000

Free Music Monday: 10 Free Tracks

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:03:54 +0000

Hey there, music fans! Thanks for joining us for Free Music Monday this week, where we offer you 10 free downloads for your eclectic listening pleasure. If you haven’t been with us before, we’re collating free and legal tracks in honor of the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter.

We happily accept… read more

Very Useful 65 Wordpress Hacks

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:20:00 +0000

You have here in this article a number of 65 interesting Wordpress hacks or articles that will teach you in detail how to edit your WP theme like a Wordpress rockstar. read more

Tweeting Bike Keeps Festival Goers Updated [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:11:47 +0000

An ongoing festival in London is offering a unique way of keeping up with happenings: following a tweeting bike on Twitter.

The East Festival — boasting a “uniquely rich creative mix of East London” — will be documented in part by the “Twike”, a two-wheeled creation from Pete Fowler, who… read more

6 Tips for Writing an Artist’s Statement

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:09:32 +0000

A Guest Post by Chris Folsom.

Recent talks with a local shop have prompted one of my least favorite tasks… writing an artist’s statement. It is an incredibly difficult task to describe your own work without sounding arrogant or self-absorbed. Worse yet, if your images span a variety of… read more

How to Create a Fancy Image Gallery with CSS3

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:39:00 +0000

Even though CSS3 is still in the development stages, it is the new craze that many web developers are excited about. CSS3 is something that will take web… read more

How Job Seekers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:33 +0000

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Whether you’re looking for your first job, exploring a career change, or… read more

“The Cove” Movie Uses Oscars to Promote Social Media Activism

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:01:10 +0000

One of the men responsible for The Cove — 2010 Oscar winner for best documentary — used the Academy Awards stage to promote a web and mobile-based activism campaign tied to the film’s save-the-dolphins subject matter.

During the acceptance speech, dolphin activist Ric O’Barry held up a sign saying, “Text… read more

3 Things to Do Before MashBash SXSWi This Sunday Night

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:49 +0000

MashBash SXSWi 2010, Mashable’s annual event at the SXSW festival in Austin, is less than 1 week away! Here’s a checklist for those wishing to attend:

1. RSVP on Eventbrite and the Facebook event page so your friends know you’re coming.

2. Add yourself to Austin Realtime, our growing directory… read more

Enter to win Trip Journal 4.0 for the iPhone DO NOT POST

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

A Private Web: Digital Journal with Penzu

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:00:20 +0000

Remember when people used to keep journals and diaries? Okay, maybe some of you still do—but mass sharing has taken over in recent years with platforms like WordPress, Tumblr and Twitter. Every day millions of people share their immediate thoughts and moments of life—to millions of strangers; what happened to… read more

5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:55:37 +0000

Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com.

Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give… read more

CSS3-Only Tabbed Area

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:46:54 +0000

When you think of “tabs”, your mind might go right to JavaScript. Watch for a click on a tab, hide all the panels, show the one corresponding to tab just clicked on. All major JavaScript libraries tackle tabs in some way. But there is a way to accomplish this same… read more

Design & Code a Cool iPhone App Website in HTML5

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Design & Code a Cool iPhone App Website in HTML5

25 of the Best Non-Profit Websites

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:49:34 +0000

In recent years the quality of non-profit websites has improved dramatically. Fortunately, a growing number of organizations are recognizing the need for a quality website and the opportunities that it presents. In this post we’ll showcase 25 well-designed sites of non-profit organizations. If you enjoy this collection please see the… read more

Why Designers Shouldn’t Settle

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:47:29 +0000

Ugly designs abound on the web, and behind each and every one of them is a “designer”.

In many of these cases the designers behind the sites are simply incompetent.

They’re often amateur designers or those who have little or no design training or people who design their own… read more

How to create thumbnail gallery using Easy front-end framework

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:54:00 +0000

With numerous lightbox scripts I have used so far, I often found myself spending much more time in setting up things then I wanted. On almost all of them you first need to mark up your thumbnail gallery, then paste some images, then paste some CSS, then initiate JavaScript… read more

Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem [VIDEO]

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:08 +0000

Remember the Pantless Knights of “I’m on a Mac” fame? Well, they’re back today with a new vid titled “The New Dork,” a parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s “Empire State of Mind” that pays tribute to social media adherents and hipsters alike.

With shoutouts to Zuckerberg, Mashable,… read more

The Perfect Office #27

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:08:59 +0000

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

New & Amazing Portfolio of Emeric Trahand

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:59:39 +0000

Graphic designer, Art director, Illustrator, Emeric Trahand works with a special emphasis on aesthetics, creative ideas and communication goals, with a very high attention to details. Inspired by everything, everywhere, interested and enthusiastic, he is in complete love with visual creation.

To check out more of his new works visit… read more

Draw a Glowing, Vector Pocket Watch – Front and Back

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:49 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to draw the front and the back side of a pocket watch from scratch. This tutorial is detailed and by the end you will know how to draw all kinds of shapes, like cog-wheels and small screws. You’ll learn to create the scatter… read more

The Ultimate (Fresh) Collection Of High-Quality Free Social Media Icon Sets

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:48 +0000

A beautifully designed icon is the perfect way to represent your product or service, and they always come in handy whether you want to place them on your blog or want to represent yourself in an outstanding manner. A comprehensively designed icon can provide your user with the memorable metaphors… read more

Progressive enhancement: pure CSS speech bubbles

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Speech bubbles are a popular effect but many tutorials rely on presentational HTML or JavaScript. This tutorial contains various forms of speech bubble effect created with CSS2.1 and enhanced with CSS3. No images, no JavaScript and it can be applied to your existing semantic HTML.

14 Free Mobile Application Development Icon Sets

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:14:15 +0000

The gap between the desktop/laptop and the mobile device is becoming smaller and smaller, it has never been a better time for mobile app development – The market is huge, very lucrative and highly profitable. Our ever growing appetite for more powerful and better mobile devices has pushed the demand… read more

40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:02:27 +0000

Photo manipulation is an art that requires lots of patience along with the expertise in Photoshop and other photo editing tools. With your creativity and imagination, you can manipulate any photograph the way you want! Now it’s all about your imagination and using Photoshop’s effects and other tools cleverly.

You simply… read more

Common Questions About Design Professionalism

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:48:52 +0000

The design profession is full of happy folks, and understanding why so many designers enjoy their work is not hard. But not all are so happy. If you’re not careful, the joy of getting paid to pursue your passion can be tainted by the less joyous realities of the professional… read more

CSS In Depth: Margins, Padding & The Box Model

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:12:00 +0000

Margins and padding are some of the most widely used styles in CSS, but are often the source of frustration in cross-browser compatibility. read more

Tumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:39 +0000

Tumblr, one of the simplest blogging platforms around, is doing really well. Situated between Wordpress, which requires a bit more effort to create and organize content, and Twitter, which requires almost no effort but also doesn’t offer many features, Tumblr is the perfect tool for users who want to… read more

50 Inspiring Textured Web Designs

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:05:49 +0000

After showing you A Showcase of Clean White Web Designs a couple weeks ago, it’s time for us to add some textured designs to our lists. Textures are a great way to give a special touch to a website. They can be used in a specific part of the layout… read more

U.S. to Allow Export of Web Services to Iran and Cuba

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:47:13 +0000

According to The New York Times, the United States Treasury Department will tomorrow give Internet services license to export consumer-aimed services like instant messaging and photo sharing to countries with which trade has previously been restricted, including Iran, Cuba and Sudan.

The United States defines these nations as “closed societies”… read more

Oscars Live Video Stream – Watch Online [Academy Awards]

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:46:46 +0000

As a result of failed contract negotiations, Disney pulled New York affiliate ABC7 off of cable company Cablevision’s channel lineup early this morning, leaving over 3 million people without a channel to watch the Oscars on tonight unless they tune in over the air.

We’d like to offer those 3… read more

“Alice in Wonderland” Has Record-Breaking Opening Weekend

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:56 +0000

Entertainment Weekly reports that Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland drew almost $40 million in box office revenue on Friday, setting the stage for what will likely have been a $100 million (or more) weekend. The film will definitely beat the previous record for this weekend of the year —… read more

Daily Inspiration #450

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:01:21 +0000

Quick Tip: Working With Illustrator’s Workspaces

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:05:35 +0000

Learn how to work with Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator. Workspaces allow you to arrange the Panels and other interface elements in Illustrator. Learn to work with the built-in default Workspaces Illustrator CS4 comes with, as well as how to customize your own workspaces to suit the type of job you’re… read more

The Basics of CSS3

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:47 +0000

The Basics of CSS3

Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:54:10 +0000

Tags: justin bieber, Top Twitter Topics, twitter

iTunes Down for Some

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:11:44 +0000

iTunes appears to be suffering downtime and other issues today. The service is at best slow, at worst not loading for some and delivering error messages for others.

It’s rare for Apple’s media store — which recently celebrated an amazing 10 billion downloads — to suffer from technical difficulties, but… read more

The Reader’s View: Best of your feedback, comments and opinions

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:45:00 +0000

To begin with, reader efinkGr had a comment for Sang Tang’s post “Mac 101: Going Commando with Command-key shortcuts in Mac OS X,” saying “You know i wish they never got rid of the apple icon on the command key. I miss it :’( ”

That prompted some… read more

5 Ways to Use Twitter to Avoid a Backchannel Disaster

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:25:26 +0000

Cliff Atkinson is author of The Backchannel: How Audiences are Using Twitter and Social Media and Changing Presentations Forever (New Riders, 2009).

What do you do when you’re giving a presentation, and notice that your audience is looking down, busily typing on their laptops and smartphones? And what about… read more

Interview with Dacosta!

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:24:55 +0000

Dacosta is an independent artist currently based in Vancouver and is the founder of Chocolate Soop, Inc. He specializes in vector graphics and character design. This self-taught designer has over 10 years of professional experience. He’s influenced by Japanese culture, graffiti and industrial design. He works in a variety of… read more

8 Great Spotify Hints, Tips and Tricks

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:59:06 +0000

We’ve already brought you a how-to guide to get started with Spotify (read that first if you don’t know what it is), but now we’re delving a little deeper into the music streaming software with a look at some hints, tips and tricks that will help you get the… read more

Playing with Watercolor Brushes and Masks in Pixelmator

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:25:08 +0000

I have already created some tutorials about watercolor effects; however, I also want to create a workflow that is extremely simple but that produces a beautiful result. Therefore, I invented this tutorial, which uses only basic watercolor brushes, a photo, and a layer mask.

This tutorial is part of a series… read more

Stunning Pieces Of Digital Art That Would Make You Say ‘Wow’

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:11:01 +0000

This is a post in which we are listing down some Stunning Pieces Of Digital Art That Make You Say ‘Wow’. These are some of the beautiful digital artwork and illustration examples. These are the wonder creations of designers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.31

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:46:20 +0000

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers.
Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to… read more

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Feb 28-Mar 6, 2010

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:43:23 +0000

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Wallpaper of the Week #90 – Neil Hanvey

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:09:56 +0000

The wallpaper of this week is an artowrk created by Neil Hanvey, a designer, illustrator and web developer from Hereford, United Kingdom. For this wallpaper Neil shows us a design to support the victims from the earthquake in Haiti, the design is called “Hope for Haiti”.

For more information we… read more

Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS]

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:50:51 +0000

We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning your office, cubicle or home office into some kind of over-the-top dork theme park, but a few witty items carefully placed here and there can brighten up the dullest work space with some geek chic.

Having an office gives you the chance to display things… read more

Best of the Week #109

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:10:20 +0000

It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. 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… read more

55 Latest Examples of Perfect Slideshow Presentation in Web Design

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:08:27 +0000

As you already seen in our previous posts about slideshow presentation designs that representing the key information in slideshow presentation is a hot trend now days. There are many reasons to use a slideshow or image slider in your web designs as the key to smart strategic web design is… read more

Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:47:49 +0000

Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic. There’s also a plethora of tools out there to help you achieve your goals. But which ones… read more

Gowalla Launches for Android

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:09:09 +0000

The battle for social geolocation domination has expanded to Google’s Android platform, as Gowalla, the primary competitor to Foursquare, has just made its debut on Google’s Android app store.

The new Gowalla 1.0 app isn’t some secondhand version of its iPhone counterpart — it’s completely packed with an array of… read more

5 Great Extensions To Manage Various Tasks On Google Chrome

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:25:17 +0000

From opening a new tab to restoring or saving our session, we perform various tasks in our internet browsers. Sometimes these tasks are present in the browser in an already convenient enough manner to make life easier for the user. But at other times, in the form of extensions and… read more

Comics of the Week #15

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:09:56 +0000

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.

The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.

These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile… read more

Xbox LIVE Beats PlayStation Network in Reader Vote

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:52:45 +0000

We had a very hotly contested matchup this week in our long-running Faceoff series, with Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE going up against Sony’s PlayStation Network for favorite online console gaming service. After an astounding 35,055 votes we’re ready to declare the winner…

… and Xbox LIVE takes the win! They’ll obviously… read more

TextMarks Makes Sending Mass Text Messages Easy

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:24:52 +0000

Name: TextMarks

Quick Pitch: TextMarks group text… read more

Major Facebook Investor Hopes to Score with Chatroulette

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:57:08 +0000

Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian venture capital firm that has invested $400 million in Facebook, has apparently made an offer to buy a piece of Chatroulette, the webcam network where you can chat with random strangers.

According to Spiegel Online, DST made an offer to 17-year-old Andrey Ternovskiy to buy… read more

The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, February 2010

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:04:34 +0000

*The Visible Measures Top 10 Webisodes Chart focuses on digital studio-driven Web series that appear on Internet video-sharing destinations. Each Web series is measured on a True Reachô basis, which includes viewership of both studio-syndicated video clips and viewer-driven social video placements. The data are compiled using the Visible Measures… read more

Conan Pledges to Change One Woman’s Life… on Twitter

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:45:16 +0000

Sarah Killen loves gummy dinosaurs, coke syrup, peanut butter and now Conan O’Brien. The Michigan gal — not a fan of Russell Bigos, her sister-in-law’s treadmill singing or cleaning — happens to be the only person that the jilted late night personality follows on Twitter.

Conan, who up until minutes… read more

20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:00:52 +0000

20 Clean And Modern Free Fonts

revMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Daily Inspiration #449

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:59:57 +0000

Freebie: High Res Spray Paint Textures

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:56:08 +0000

Today we have a high-quality set of 8 spray paint textures to release to DesignM.ag readers. The textures are from Sebastiano Guerriero of WeGraphics. This is a follow up to the first set of spray paint textures released at WeGraphics.

The textures are free for personal or commercial purposes (which includes… read more

SMILE: Weekend Photography Challenge

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:03:18 +0000

La verità dello sguardo, l’ipocrisia del sorriso – by pensatore Istintivo!

This weekend’s photography challenge is something that we should all have at least some access to – it’s to photograph and share an image on the theme of ‘Smile’.

Feel free to take whatever approach with the theme that you like… read more

10 Free 8×5.5″ Photo Albums by Pixable

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:00:50 +0000

Taking pictures of every moment in life is the norm these days, now that we have cameras in our phones, laptops and other mobile devices—not to mention ever smaller dedicated point and shoot cameras. You share all those photos on Facebook, Picasa, Flickr and similar sites, but what about doing… read more

Hulu Users Tag Leno’s Return as “Vomit Inducing” (and Much Worse)

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:59:52 +0000

Before NBC heralds Jay Leno’s triumphant return to late night (the TV ratings are great) it might want to check out The Tonight Show’s Hulu tag pages. The show has garnered seven pages of astoundingly negative user-created tags — think “sellout,” “craptastic,” “vomit-inducing,” and “coco crybaby” — that speak… read more

26 Cityscapes in Web Design to Inspire

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:30:49 +0000

26 Cityscapes in Web Design to Inspire

How Companies are Using Social Media to Make Better Decisions

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:33:22 +0000

Mat Fogarty is the Founder and CEO of Crowdcast, a leading provider of collective intelligence and prediction market solutions. You can read more of Mat’s posts on the Crowdcast blog or follow @crowdcastinc.

Collaboration and crowdsourcing are the realities of today’s public Internet, and the trend is now gaining real traction in the workplace…. read more

Shorty Awards Honor Twitter’s Finest Micro-Bloggers

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:01:27 +0000

The second annual Shorty Awards ceremony went down this week in New York City, honoring the community-nominated and voted on best of the best from Twitter.

Awards were given in 26 official categories as well as a huge selection of crowdsourced community categories. The Twitter community was invited to contribute… read more

Microsoft Allows Xbox LIVE Users to Express Sexual Orientation

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:46:46 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has changed a controversial policy for its Xbox LIVE service that banned people from expressing their sexual orientation in their user profiles.

Said to have been originally put in place to prevent the use of such terms “as insults or slurs”, it was a step… read more

Top 20 Free Windows Mobile Social Media and Networking Apps

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:58:22 +0000

There are thousands and thousands of social networking and media apps for the iPhone and for Android, we all know that. But what about all the apps for Windows Mobile? Certainly, Win Mob is no where near as popular within the mainstream of mobile users as the other two, but… read more

How to Create a Shiny Vector Strawberry – Vector Premium Tutorial

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:39 +0000

We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to control the lighting in your illustrations while creating a juicy strawberry, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

In this tutorial we will learn… read more

Free Tooltip-Style Social Media Icon Set

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:15:37 +0000

Free Tooltip-Style Social Media Icon Set

Get Your Oscars Red Carpet Livestreams Right Here! [VIDEO]

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:32:29 +0000

The Oscars will air on ABC this Sunday, March 7, but if you’re really into movies (or at least celebrities and fashion), you’ll want to watch the red carpet and backstage coverage on the web too. To that end, we’ve found three live video streams that will accompany the… read more

33 Free Blue Patterns to Download

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:34 +0000

33 Free Blue Patterns to Download

The Awesomeness of Ninjas

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:27:10 +0000

As tradition demands, we MUST have fun on friday. We all had a tough weekend, and nothing better just to chill a little bit, right? Fabio and I were talking about that fun movie Ninja Assassin… we thought it would be a great idea for a post, Ninjas!!

So I went… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #38

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:22:15 +0000

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#38 and make sure to comeback… read more

iPad ships April 3. Preorders start March 12

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:05:00 +0000

With Apple’s reportedly limited stock, will pre-orders work the way they did with the iPhone 3GS? Namely, will your reservation get you first shot at an iPad pick-up until stocks run out? Or have analysts “misunderestimated” (in the words of a certain American Idol judge) supplies, and there will be… read more

Apple job listing hints at official App Store advertising

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

A recent Apple job listing for a Senior Interactive Web Developer pretty much confirms that Apple is entering the mobile advertising business head on. The listing begins “Apple advertising is an opportunity to redefine the advertising on mobile devices. It’s an exciting environment and a fast-paced development… read more

Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital Artists, and Photographers

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:32:54 +0000

Although much valuable information for all sorts of web and print professionals can be found online, it is often difficult to weed through all the noise and find good quality content. I believe it’s vital that professionals in different creative fields supplement their online learning and research through well-edited and… read more

How to Make a Killer Viral Photo Gallery

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:45:37 +0000

This post is by the online imagery experts at Shutterstock, a subscription stock photo agency.

You see photo galleries all over the web: The top 10 such-and-such photos, or 25 amazing this-or-that pictures. If you’re like us, you click on almost every one of them. Themed photo galleries on blogs work… read more

Sites of the Week #92

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:12:05 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as FWA and Cog’aoke. Also we’re featuring a wonderful Wordpress Theme called Simplify Business and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be… read more

10 Free Beautiful Calligraphic Fonts

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:11:58 +0000

By Paul Viluda

The word “calligraphy” is derived from two Greek words, denoting “beautiful writing”. Calligraphy or the art of writing has thousands of years in its history and development, and indeed calligraphy fonts, which we often use these days on our PCs to create a postcard or a wedding invitation… read more

Recreating CNN’s Beveled Navigation Buttons with Pure CSS

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

When CNN recently redesigned their website, they created a strongly-branded and beautiful header section that includes a navigation bar with beveled buttons. Although CNN’s navigation bar utilizes CSS sprites for highlighted and active buttons, the primary design of the buttons (the beveled effect) is done with pure CSS.

A New Meme is Brewing: YouTube Caption Fail

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:46 +0000

Don’t get us wrong, we love YouTube’s new automatic captioning feature. A couple of years ago it was almost unimaginable that someone (or something) could take videos, convert speech to text, then translate that text into 20 or 30 languages, and do it all automatically, in a blink of… read more

5 Things That Can Make (or break) A Killer Website Design

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:38:00 +0000

There are things that you should (and shouldn’t) be doing during your website design process. Regardless of the size of each item on the list, the impact of each item is equally huge when you look at the bigger picture. read more

30 Powerful Wordpress Plugins For Blog Administrators

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:28:00 +0000

Best WordPress plugins to help you in administration of your WordPress blog. read more

Redesign and Other Tuts News

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:52:15 +0000

Over the last three days we’ve been steadily rolling out a new Tuts+ theme across all 8 sites. The new design is a refinement more than a big change, with lots of little improvements in usability and more suited to big screens. Read on to learn more about the redesign… read more

Creative Work of Tim & Bram Vanhaeren

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:04:06 +0000

Tim & Bram Vanhaeren are both very talented graphic designer based in Kapellen, Belgium. You are probably familiar with their work, we have already featured some of their works here on the Wallpaper of the Week and Daily Inspiration, therefore, nothing better than a post about Tim and Bram.

Tim… read more

Suite Arrival Delivers Toothpaste (And Other Essentials) to Your Hotel

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:33:00 +0000

Name: Suite Arrival

Quick Pitch: Travelers customize… read more

The Colorful Showcase Of Beautiful Floral Typography

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:02:15 +0000

Floral Typography is a form of art that coalesce typography, calligraphy, and lettering to create dynamic, flourishing designs. Since flowers are universal images that never go out-of-date, many designers opt to create floral typography for their designs. With floral typography, you can create appealing and noteworthy designs that capture the… read more

Dynamic To Top WordPress Plugin

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:16:00 +0000

This plugin for WordPress adds an automatic and dynamic “To Top” button to easily scroll long pages back to the top. read more

Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:54:55 +0000

It’s official: Twitter has surpassed 10 billion tweets. While Gigatweet’s counter is down due to over-traffic., you can tell by the actual tweet ID numbers that we have crossed the magical threshold.

The milestone shows that Twitter’s still growing at a rapid pace: it broke 1 billion tweets in… read more

Join Over a Quarter of a Million Photography Enthusiasts and Improve Your Photography Today

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:39:42 +0000

One of the most popular parts of dPS is our weekly newsletter. Each Thursday/Friday (depending where in the world you are) we send it off to 276,501 subscribers (that number is going up every minute or two as new people join).

The free weekly newsletter is:

a recap on the newest tips… read more

Tumblr Finally Lets You Add Pages to Your Blog

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:57:23 +0000

Simple blogging platform Tumblr has finally added the ability to add static pages to your Tumblelog. It’s definitely an overdue feature.

It’s kind of surprising that Tumblr has grown so much without this features. It’s almost a necessity if you’re trying to build a rich blog — companies… read more

Rumor: Sony developing PSP phone to challenge iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:00 +0000

Since the introduction of the App Store in 2008, a new mobile gaming juggernaut has emerged, seemingly out of nowhere — the iPhone/iPod touch. With the forthcoming launch of the iPad, whose larger screen and more powerful CPU could make it a gaming powerhouse, it means there are now three… read more

Sony Working on a PSP Phone and iPad Competitor

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:35:13 +0000

Consumer electronics juggernaut Sony is apparently stepping up to the plate to tackle Apple’s iPhone (and soon iPad) pantheon with a PlayStation Portable Phone, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.

If you haven’t been following the vicissitudes of the mobile rumor mill for as long as we have, you might… read more

Suze Orman Advises Mark Zuckerberg Against Buying Twitter [SPOOF VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:02:32 +0000

Twitter may be valued at $1.4 billion, but it’s definitely not a smart buy in Suze Orman’s opinion. Well, that is if you’re Mark Z., a 25 year-old degree-less professional with $300 million in liquid assets, $4 billion in Facebook stock, $2,500 in monthly expenses, and no debt.

In her… read more

Quick Tip: The HTML 5 Audio Element

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:43:32 +0000

jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide – Free Book Giveaway, Comment to win

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:36:31 +0000

For this months book giveaway we have jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide, written by Jonathan Chaffer, Karl Swedberg.
To give yourself a chance of winning this book all you have to do is leave a comment below, and tell us how jQuery has helped you improve your web development projects, or… read more

Daily Inspiration #448

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:20:17 +0000

Yahoo Mail Makes Friends With Facebook

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:18:51 +0000

In December, Yahoo revealed a new strategy: lots and lots of Facebook. Today the company announced that they’re gradually rolling out the first feature to come from the partnership — Facebook Connect integration with Yahoo Mail.

The new feature means that Yahoo Mail users can now connect their Facebook… read more

Enjoy background audio with MLB’s At Bat

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:15:00 +0000

While Apple doesn’t allow 3rd party apps to run in the background on the iPhone or iPod touch,* Silicon Alley Insider notes that you can listen to audio in Mobile Safari while using other applications. It’s this trick that MLB exploited with At Bat 2010. With the tap of a… read more

Omoby: Visual Search for the iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:58:38 +0000

Omoby can essentially be summed up in four words: Google Goggles for iPhone. The visual search app allows you to snap a pic of any object and get back a list of convenient search results, retailer pricing, and information about that product.

The technology behind the app is visual object… read more

HOW TO: Get Started With Spotify

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:53 +0000

Spotify is a free, legal, cloud-based streaming music service delivered via desktop software with a nice social twist. A Swedish start-up with offices in London, it launched back in 2008 in Europe and now boasts around five million users and around six million tracks from the major labels as… read more

American Idol Strips Contestants of Social Media Accounts

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:28:06 +0000

This year American Idol made headlines for pushing out individual Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace accounts for each of its 24 finalists. However, the show made a drastic change in strategy last night by consolidating all of them under the AI9Contestants username across sites.

Twitter followers of each of the individual… read more

9+1 Worthy Adobe Air Applications for Web Designers

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:58 +0000

9+1 Worthy Adobe Air Applications for Web Designers

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Web Development Jobs

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:50:06 +0000

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

9 Ways Freelancers Disrespect Their Own Time

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:47:49 +0000

As a freelancer or independent designer, the most valuable asset you have is your own time. Your ability to earn a living relies upon your own time management, which will allow you to perform income-generating services for clients. With effective time management you may be able to earn… read more

Send Email and SMS Messages Using Voice Commands With Vlingo for iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:56:01 +0000

Since Vlingo first introduced its voice control app for the BlackBerry more than a year and a half ago, smartphones and voice-to-speech technology have evolved quite a bit. Today, the company has launched a pretty major update to its iPhone app, adding the ability to send e-mail and SMS… read more

15 jQuery Plugins to Create Stunning Image Zoom Effects

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:45:54 +0000

15 jQuery Plugins to Create Stunning Image Zoom Effects

Simple File Sharing and Collaboration with drop.io

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:00:57 +0000

While visiting my apartment leasing office, I was randomly asked if I knew anything about computers. This question is always an interesting one as it tends to go in so many different directions. The issue at hand involved sending a ~90MB video to the corporate office of the leasing agent…. read more

Pepsi Refresh Wants to Give You $50,000 for Your Digital Pro-Social Idea

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:54:33 +0000

Last month, Pepsi made the bold move of forgoing Super Bowl ads in favor of a $20 million social media campaign centered around the Pepsi Refresh Project.

Today we’re excited to announce that we have an opportunity to get of our reader’s ideas funded to the tune of $50,000, and… read more

Microsoft’s “Project Pink” Mobile Project is Real and Coming Soon

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:01:57 +0000

When Microsoft unveiled its plans for Windows Phone 7 Series last month, one part of Microsoft’s long-rumored mobile strategy was revealed. However, the second part, Project Pink — a rumored Windows Mobile/Zune mash-up with a heavy emphasis on social networking — wasn’t mentioned at all.

Today Gizmodo is reporting that… read more

Fantastic Content Sliders for your Inspiration

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:48:27 +0000

Content sliders are extremely versatile forms of navigation that can be used to display all sorts of information, such as images, popular posts, social information and product features.

Some have automatic slideshow capabilities or buttons to scroll sideways or up and down, and most of them feature a transition… read more

How Much Are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn Worth? [REPORT]

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:32:14 +0000

For the moment, the valuations we have for private companies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are based mostly on what we know from venture capital investments that have been made in the companies.

SharesPost, however, is a company that lets owners of shares in private companies sell them to prospective… read more

3 Crisis Survival Lessons for the Social Media Age

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:55 +0000

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications, the nation’s top crisis communications firm. He blogs on emerging digital media trends and best practices for social media engagement on Bulletproof Blog. Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence.

If there was any doubt… read more

6 Places to Find Superb, High Quality Mac Icons

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:35:04 +0000

Although the icons that ship with OS X are wonderfully designed, there’s no harm in a change from time-to-time. It might be a complete rework of your system icons, or just a case of replacing one or two for specific applications.

Today I’ll be showcasing 6 places where you can find… read more

The Inspiring Work of Sam O’Hare

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:56 +0000

Earlier this morning I saw a really cool video from Sam O’Hare over at koikoikoi.com – a site filled with inspiring stuff. The thing is that Sam’s video was so cool that I decided to search more about his work to show here to you, besides the video, of course…. read more

The Inspiring Work of Sam O’Hare

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:56 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook in No Rush to Go Public

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Everyone is still trying to figure out just how big a business social networks are, how much is Facebook worth, and how much money it’ll be making in a couple of years. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, doesn’t seem worried at all.

Asked about Facebook’s plans to launch an initial… read more

Amazing Poster Designs by Paul Tebbott

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:13:07 +0000

Paul Tebbott, also known as Horizon Fire, is a self-taught graphic designer and electronic musician. His graphic work is so amazing with a unique style and great flow throughout each piece. Check it out.

To check out more of his works visit his website www.paultebbott.com and his Flickr Gallery. To… read more

Using Aperture 3’s Places

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:09:02 +0000

A Guest Post by Chris Folsom.

One of the great new features of Aperture 3 (get an upgrade from previous versions here) is the ability to add location data to photos and then display those photos on a map based on where they were taken. While similar features were previously… read more

Lucien Rose Complex in France

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:49:21 +0000

This housing complex in Rennes, France, was a project idealized by Edmond Herve, Rennes’ mayor from 1977 until 2008. Last year, 2009, the project was finally conceived by Atelier du Pont Architects as an example of modern and social architecture.

The Lucien Rose complex was built keeping the historic and the… read more

Now Embed Free Online Photo Editor In Your Website With Picmeleo

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:19:22 +0000

Picmeleo is a free online photo editor that any third-party developers can easily add Picmeleo to their web service and launch the light-weight yet powerful photo editor whenever their users need to to upload or to edit an image. By adding Picmeleo to your web service, you can now engage… read more

70+ Fresh and Inspirational Single Page Website Designs

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:49:36 +0000

As you already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and… read more

Beautiful Illustrator Artworks By Artists Around The World

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:10:02 +0000

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful software for illustrating that allows users to produce beautiful artwork, technical illustrations, and even graphics for both print and the web. Adobe Illustrator is a multipurpose vector illustration tool and its versatility makes it the most preferred choice among many professional artists and designers.

In the… read more

CSS3 Loading Spinners Without Images

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

While playing around with css-transform to make various shapes, I saw a way to create animated image-less loading spinners such as used in a lot of webapps and of course on the iPhone.

Falling Off the Wall Text Effect – Photoshop Tutorial

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:02:40 +0000

At some time or another we have all seen it – neighbourhood walls with old and deprecated graffiti or, just as common, you may have seen some flyers or posters that have been stuck for so long on these walls that they start to peel and hang on by their… read more

22 Fresh High-Quality Fonts for Your Designs

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:34:55 +0000

Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or icons, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with our readers. We try to post at least one collection of freebies every week. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on… read more

Coming Soon: How to Write Great Copy for the Web

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:47:33 +0000

A couple of years ago, FreelanceSwitch brought you How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer by Collis and Cyan Ta’eed, which helped a lot of you find your feet in the world of freelancing. Since then, FreelanceSwitch and Rockable Press have been working together to bring another great guide to your… read more

Vlingo 2 adds more voice power to iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:15:00 +0000

Logo Design: Animals – Part 1

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:56:45 +0000

The Logo Design series is up and running! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new ways to sort these listings. Today, it’s all about animals. I gotta say that this is probably the listing with most matches ever…

There are so many that we had to break it and… read more

Web Design: 40 Fantastic Examples

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:39:38 +0000

In many of my previous posts on website design I have always categorized the style of websites that I was showcasing. In this post, I have decided to compile some of the most visually appealing websites from all kinds of different design styles that are out there today. From retro inspired designs to… read more

Adobe Demos Flash 10.1 for Android on the Nexus One [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:28:30 +0000

Yesterday, we brought you an exclusive interview with Aaron Filner, group product manager of Flash, in which we discussed the fuss around Apple, HTML5 and Adobe’s multimedia platform. We learned that Adobe’s belief that HTML5 is at odds with Flash is a misperception, and we learned what to… read more

Need Interactive Charts For Your Personal Website? Try Highcharts

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:22:33 +0000

If you have a non-commercial website and you need to add charting capabilities in your website, Highcharts may suit your needs. Highcharts is a free charting control developed purely with Javascript so that you can show interactive charts on your website. Since its purely developed with Javascript, you don’t need… read more

How Topeka Became Google, Kansas: The Mayor Speaks

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:18:25 +0000

Welcome to Google, Kansas – the capital city of fiber optics, population 122,642. The small city with a big dream recently changed its name from Topeka to Google in order to show its enthusiasm for Google’s experimental Fiber for Communities program.

Mayor William W. Bunten issued a proclamation on Monday… read more

Mobile Social Networking Usage Soars [STATS]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:44:32 +0000

Digital measurement firm comScore released a study today highlighting the rise in social media access via mobile phones and offering some comparison metrics for some of the biggest social networks and their usage on mobile devices.

comScore measured the changes in both mobile browser access to social networks… read more

Coding a Complex Design into CSS and HTML: New Plus Tutorial

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:07:46 +0000

Daily Inspiration #447

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:01:05 +0000

10 Popular Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:53:42 +0000

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We searched forums, blogs, and Twitter to find out which Firefox add-ons are most popular with web developers, and we came up with this top 10 list.

Every plug-in on the list… read more

MashBash SXSWi: 3 Things to Do Before You Set Off

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:38:23 +0000

MashBash SXSWi 2010, Mashable’s annual event at the SXSW festival in Austin, is less than 2 weeks away! Here are 3 things to do before you set off:

1. RSVP on Eventbrite and the Facebook event page so your friends know you’re coming.

2. Add yourself to Austin Realtime, our… read more

RootMusic’s BandPage Makes Better Facebook Fan Pages for Bands

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:12:00 +0000

Name: RootMusic

Quick Pitch: RootMusic is all about making… read more

The Top 10 Apps for Music Streaming

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:00:56 +0000

Whether you’re at home, work or on the road, music surrounds us. In the age of the internet though, we’re no longer limited to the radio you hear in the elevator, in your car or maybe while you’re at your desk working. Not only are we no longer limited by… read more

Conan’s Twitter Team: A Small Army [PIC]

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:53:18 +0000

It takes a village to raise a Conan O’Brien tweet. Now that the (former…) late night funnyman has officially joined the Twitterverse, he revealed in a recent tweet the extensive army required to keep Team Coco afloat.

Obviously, being funny in 140 characters or less is just too much… read more

Best jQuery plugins for Twitter integration

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Today we presents collection of jQuery plugins for working with Twitter. read more