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A great collection from one of the best. If I ever become a celebrity, I'm calling this guy to do my close-up.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Networking 101 (Plus 15 Great Freelance Networking Strategies)
Networking is essential to freelancers. Through networking, we build relationships with individuals and companies that may eventually become our clients.
How to Create a Google+ Business Page
So you set up your company Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook business pages and thought you were all set? Not so fast!! Introducing the latest competitor to the social media game, Google+ Business Pages.
Interview with Designer, Vladimir Kudinov
via designmodo.com
Even if you’ve never heard of Vladimir Kudinov, you’ve almost certainly seen some of his work. Originally from a small town near the Ural Mountains – Ozersk (Russia), he’s a creative designer who’s been involved in a number of high-profile site designs. Although his first passion was coding, he has developed a strong interest towards design and he decided to move to Moscow in order to follow his dream.
Get a triple-core Blu-ray laptop for $399.99
via news.cnet.com
I tend to post a lot of cheapie laptops, largely because I like things that are cheapie, but also because I think most users can get by with a dual-core processor, minimal RAM, and so on.
30+ Sport Logo Design Examples
via designmodo.com
Logo is an ideal tool which you can use to promote your business or website effectively. The logo needs to be transparent, professional and attractive. Before you finalize a logo design for your business or web property, you need to analyze the importance of a logo or its contribution towards your goals. If your logo is well-designed, your visitors and customers will be able to form an idea about the nature of your business by just having a simple glance at it. For this reason, it becomes important for you to have a logo that looks positive, prominent and attractive to your old as well as new visitors/customers. But this doesn’t imply you should go for a complicated logo design.
Your custom robot army is here - Tech Article
via news.cnet.com
My Robot Nation is aiming to make it possible for almost anyone to design their own 3D robot model--and have it delivered to their door. Eventually, the company wants to expand to a wide variety of products but is using robots as a way to establish itself.
Soft dreamy photography by Laura Ruth
via thedphoto.com
Laura Ruth loves art in all its various forms, especially photography. Her camera is truly an extension of herself and captures the way she chooses to see the world. Laura hopes to share and spread her vision, which is often described as being calming, peaceful, inspiring, uplifting, warm, meditative, dreamy, ethereal, and whimsical….
45 Latest Free Fonts To Enhance Your Designs
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Typography is the art and techniques of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Display typography is a potent element in graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using type in an artistic manner.
9 smartphones at the head of the class
Apple’s latest must-have handset is identical to its predecessor on the surface, but comes packed with a more powerful processor, improved graphics for gaming, an eight-megapixel camera, and Siri, a highly evolved voice interface system that lets you have a conversation with your phone. It’s less creepy – and much more funny – than it sounds. (Starting at $649.99, or $159.99 with contracts through Rogers, Bell, or Telus; www.apple.ca)
American Airlines files for bankruptcy
via cbsnews.com
American Airlines and its parent company filed for bankruptcy protection as they try to cut costs and unload massive debt built up by years of high fuel prices and labor struggles. There will be no impact on travelers for now, the company said.
The 8 Biggest Wind Farms in the World
via theatlantic.com
When the modern wind industry sparked to life in California during the 1980s, the maximum output of an average wind turbine was measured in the tens of kilowatts. Even stringing together hundreds of these machines only allowed a few megawatts of power to be produced, a far cry from the gigawatt-scale of a large nuclear facility.
Can AT&T scramble to make a T-Mobile deal happen?
Now that both the Justice Department and the FCC oppose the T-Mobile merger, can AT&T find a way to make a deal work? And what happens to T-Mobile if it can't?
30+ Minimal Website Design Examples for Inspiration
Need inspiration with designing a website? Here's a collection of beautiful Website Designs with a Minimalist, Simple & Clean look. Some of these designs include Minimal Color Schemes, Minimal Text used & simple layout structures.
Facebook Finally Fixed Its Terrible Privacy Policy
via gizmodo.com
Facebook's privacy record has been shaky at best. But that's about to change, thanks to today's settlement with the FTC. From now on, all privacy changes have to be opt-in for users, instead of Facebook changing it for you. About time.
Siri's first real competition hits Android phones today - video
via bgr.com
Apple’s Siri represents the birth of a new breed of voice-controlled smartphone assistant services, and it is only a matter of time before other companies begin to expand their offerings as a result.
Beautiful Examples of Crafty Packaging
via skyje.com
We all love those unique packaging ideas, especially when we can make them on our own at home. Often you just need a few supplies and a little patience to make wonderfully expressive packaging of your own. From jars to baggies to boxes, this collection covers some cool ideas to get your crafty juices flowing.
Best tech gifts under $100
via news.cnet.com
Budget tech is one of our favorite categories here at CNET, so that's why we're running not one, but two budget tech gift roundups this year.
Steve Jobs Was Right: Google IS Turning Into Microsoft
Last spring as Larry Page was preparing to retake the helm at Google, he asked Steve Jobs for advice.
Jobs told him to focus on fewer things and do them really well.
Jobs later recounted the conversation to his biographer Walter Isaacson.
40+ Useful and Fresh jQuery Plugins
via noupe.com
Plugins are there to assist you and let you perform the desired action in a more convenient and speedy manner. Therefore, today we decided to come up with an exciting and interesting collection of 40+ fresh and cool jQuery plugins for our reader’s convenience.
12 Tips for Freelance Web Designers that Will Bring You to Success
It would really be satisfying if you could handle your time, express your creativity and still be your own boss. You might want to do some freelancing job as a web designer for it could give you these benefits. You might even earn more than what you are recently earning.
50 Free PSD Files for Mobile Design and Development
Smartphones are more and more present in our lives thanks to their purpose: to help us in our day-by-day activities…The number of mobile apps is growing fast and you can find now an app for almost everything. Need a better sleep? Get an app…do you feel like there`s room for more productivity in your activities? get an app…designers are struggling to deliver professional interfaces but yet still friendly just to use the app with pleasure…I want to come in designer`s help by presenting 50 free resources for mobile design and development!
40 Amazing Wallpapers Having Animated Movies Character
via smashingbuzz.com
Holiday season ( Christmas 2011 and Happy New Year 2012 ) ahead and everyone plan their parties and shopping, but how can we ignore kids favorite topic which is cartoons, now everywhere animated cartoon movies are famous and even houseful then any action or thriller movie, this is also a passion for art and digital media houses because 3D developers are busy to film making on famous topics.
Judges overturn Galaxy Tab ban in Australia
via news.cnet.com
The Federal Court of Australia has overturned the preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in a stunning verdict read to the court this afternoon.
Xbox 360 shatters its own sales records
The Xbox 360 sold more units last week than any other week in its six year history.
Retailers and manufacturers around the world are likely breathing a sigh of relief before going off to count their new piles of cash that are hopefully being delivered in the form of gold coins that people can swim in, ala Scrooge McDuck. While that probably isn’t likely (or physically possible), there is no denying that the sales results from Black Friday and the beginning of the official holiday rush are impressive.
Word of Mouth Marketing Offline and Online
via roymorejon.com
From toothpaste to travel, there’s one thing that influences purchase decisions more than any other source: word of mouth. We like to talk. And while we talk a lot about the usual stuff, our friends, family and careers, we talk a surprising amount about products and services.
Mindblowing Paintings By Briscott
via inspirefirst.com
Painting is the artwork which take a lot of time and you become master after a lot of practice, in the painting no have any technical thing just after practice you also make a painting. Actually painting is also a type of artwork and we are presenting here only for your inspiration because sterting of any work everyoneshould need to have inspiration.
Federal judge orders Google, Facebook to “de-index” 700 domain names
In a move likely to send counterfeit product sites scrambling for new homes on the Internet, a federal judge has ordered in favor of a fashion company seeking to protect the brand.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
28 Beautiful and Free Christmas Icon Sets for Designers
via designbeep.com
Icons are important elements of modern web design so the use of beautifully designed icons can help you gain attention for your websites.Especially,if you make little changes on special days like christmas or whatever you can attract your visitors more.Well,almost a month left until christmas so i thought it is a good idea to bring together free christmas icons for your designs.There are every kind of christmas icons in the sets and i’m sure you will find a good one either for your website or for your social media profiles.
Microsoft Office Coming To iPad Next Year, Says Report
Microsoft may be bringing Office to the iPad next year, according to a report in The Daily.
The report cites unnamed sources, and says that Microsoft will also update its version of Office for the Mac next year.
The Top 10 Best Xbox 360 Games For 2011
via pcmag.com
Master assassin Ezio Auditore continues his battle against the Templars in Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Assassin’s Creed Revelations sees the expert killer following the footsteps of the legendary assassin Altaïr as he goes on a journey of revelation that takes him to Constantinople, where Templar troops threaten to destabilize the region. The game continues the series' open-world gameplay. The latest iteration includes the "hookblade," a tool which can be used to zipline across rooftops or grab enemies to yank them in for a combo attack. New to the series are trippy "Dali-esque" first-person platforming missions.
15 Great Scripts for Creating a Brilliant Forum
via devstand.com
Not long ago I published a post that talked about the most popular content management platforms available on the market and also the ones to used for creating most of the content available online today. This time I thought it would be great to help you with creating a forum… so I gathered a few scripts that come along with quality and performance.
Best Cameras Gift Guide
Welcome to the SAI: Tools 10 x 10 Holiday Gift Guide! We're picking the 10 best products from 10 different categories to round out your shopping list this year.
As part of our final week in the series we're hitting the best cameras you can buy right now.
Facebook Finally Fixed Its Terrible Privacy Policy
via gizmodo.com
Facebook's privacy record has been shaky at best. But that's about to change, thanks to today's settlement with the FTC. From now on, all privacy changes have to be opt-in for users, instead of Facebook changing it for you. About time.
Creative photography by Anton Jankovoy
via thedphoto.com
Anton Jankovoy is a professional travel-photographer, shooting in such genres as travel, landscape and portrait photography. A participant of an International Union of Wildlife Photographers (IUWP), the head manager of Zhytomyr photographers club (Photosphere) and the author of the project "Photo-Travel".
"25 Signs You Spend Too Much Time on the Internet"
via collegehumor.com
1. Whenever you find a penny or dollar bill, you hear that “Congratulations! You’ve won!” voice inside your head.
2. The prospect of any phone conversation provokes an unreasonable level of anxiety.
70 Best Websites To Download Free 3D Models
3D models represent a 3D object using a collection of points in 3D space, connected by various geometric entities such as triangles, lines, curved surfaces, etc. Being a collection of data, 3D models can be created by hand, algorithmically, or scanned. 3D models are widely used anywhere in 3D graphics. Actually, their use predates the widespread use of 3D graphics on personal computers. Many computer games used pre-rendered images of 3D models as sprites before computers could render them in real-time. In this post I collected the best websites from where you can download free 3D Models.
25 Useful Photoshop Photo Effect Tutorials
via brunomoura.net
With the help of Abobe Photoshop you can turn your usual image to an interested photo artwork. In this post I have collected useful photo effect Photoshop tutorials that may help you improve your skills. Enjoy!
RIM, Microsoft open up enterprise systems to Android and iOS
RIM is embracing Android and iOS device management with BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, while Microsoft has licensed out tech so iOS and Android apps could work with things like SharePoint, Azure, and Remote Desktop.
Facebook Chief Privacy Officer
In a blog post today on Facebook's website, CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg announced two new roles within the company's executive team: Chief Privacy Officer (Policy) and Chief Privacy Officer (Products).
6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries
via cracked.com
In real life, people don't suffer freaky events like getting struck by lightning or getting part of their brain removed and then suddenly find themselves with new superpowers, like heat vision or flight. However, people do apparently suffer freaky events and then gain the ability to do art.
Facebook Plans $10 Billion IPO At $100 Billion Valuation Next Spring
Facebook will make its debut on public markets between April and July next year and plans to raise up to $10 billion at a $100 billion valuation, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Holy Crap! Groupon Tanked Another 9% Today
Groupon is now around $15/share, losing 9% on a day when broader markets are up around 2-2.5%.
It's now well below its IPO price, and about 50% below its high of around $30.
Beautiful portrait photography by Rockie Nolan
via thedphoto.com
Rockie Nolan was born in 1990 in Lubbock, Texas. Her focus is in fashion photography and narrative portraiture. She will graduate spring 2012 from the Savannah College of Art & Design with a BFA in Photography and then plans to relocate to NYC.
When does technology become obsolete?
via news.cnet.com
I was surprised by the comments regarding the definition of "obsolete" in my post last week on timing an iPad purchase.
"I fail to see any case for "obsolescence" just because a new model of anything is released," commented "moonbeard."
20+ Must Have Mobile Apps for Designers
As a designer I regularly use these tools to help me with brainstorming ideas, color ideas, planning and scheduling. Here is a collection of helpful Mobile Applications for Designers!
eBay Sold Four iPad 2s Per Minute This Cyber Monday Morning
Online commerce giant eBay this morning ran a Cyber Monday deal for a white Apple iPad 2 WiFi 16GB, selling the popular tablet for $449 or exactly $50 off the MSRP (+ free shipping). Turns out a lot of people figured that was a great deal.
Rumor: Smash Bros-Style Game Coming To PlayStation
via ps3.ign.com
Over the last couple of days, rumors have been furiously circulating concerning a PlayStation 3-exclusive fighting game in the style of Nintendo's ubiquitous Smash Bros. series. This game, apparently called (or code-named) Title Fight, has been talked about at a personal blog called The Paul Gale Network over several posts, with the writer apparently having an inside source at the game's developer, purported to be SuperBot Entertainment.
Cool Design Resources: Winter Landscapes
Winter has already started showing its teeth and claws, lowering the mercury in our thermometers, giving more power to the wind and making the sun go to sleep earlier than we would like it to. But it takes a lot more to bring our spirits down and to prove it, we have prepared a series of both cool and heartwarming winter scenery illustrations.
Still Don’t Get Social Media? Here’s What To Do About It
via openforum.com
Do you stay quiet on social media because if you admit that you don’t get it, social media experts look at you like you have three heads? You are not alone.
How to Get Your Dream Job When the Economy is Down
Employers are posting the most job openings in the past three years, reports the Labor Department, yet there are nearly 14 million people out of work competing for these jobs. This means there’s an average of 4.2 unemployed workers competing for each opening.
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