I have officially got my icon fix for the next few months. I have spent hours clicking around on designers websites checking out their icon work. I probably downloaded about 20 free icon sets today, but have no real use for them! They are like trading cards for me. I want [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Link Love: Entrepreneurship
A collection of articles from around the web that focus on running a small business and being an entrepreneur. If you know any other good articles that focus on this topic, feel free to add links in the comment section.
iStock Now Has Subscription Plans
iStock Photo finially started selling yearly subscription packages today. I think many designers have been waiting for this for some time. The rates for the yearly subscriptions are extremly affordable if you find your self spending $100 a month on stock. I think this change will help improve the already great stock [...]
How to Build a Better Portfolio Website
All to often designers use their portfolio to flex their creative muscle. They want to show off their design and/or coding skills by creating a monster of a website. more time then not, this ends up in a visually stunning design, but lacks the fundamentals. The design may get you some street [...]
Alternatives to Apple Cinema Displays
Graphic designers and web junkies alike have always ha a fetish with large, multi-monitor displays. The Apple Cinema Displays dominated this market when they were first introduced. I mean, whats not to love about two 30 inch, bright, sharp monitors? Unfortunately, Apple has keep these monitors up to date and has left [...]
Discussion: How to make a more dynamic Wordpress sidebar?
Back before WP Designer sold out, I read a post he wrote about how static sidebar suck. I couldn’t agree with that idea more. If each page of content on your site is unique (especially blogs) why wouldn’t you want the information in the sidebar to be unique to the content on the [...]
Just for Fun - 63 Awesome Computer Case Mods
Maybe I am just a major geek, but I love to see sup’d up computer cases. Sure fans and lights are cool, but it is always interesting to see case mods taken to the extreme. Im talking about Hollywood special effects extreme. Take a look at some of these insane computer case [...]
100 Premium Wordpress Themes
This collection of premium wordpress theme took weeks to compile. I give mad props to Smashing Magazine for their original 100 Free Wordpress Themes post. I now know firsthand how long it must have took to make. This is a collection of premium wordpress themes has some of the most popular ones [...]
10 Ways to Get More Design Work
I think we as designers have all experienced the famine or feast attribute that comes with the job. While the ups and downs of freelance designing are unavoidable, there are a number of things you can do to decrease the low times. One of the best ways is to use your low times [...]
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