It seems that long before Red Bull , Radio Stations and unknown hip-hop artists started visually polluting our streets with promotional vehicle wraps, Volkswagen was were already driving down a similar road, but one that was designed quite a bit better.
I’ll be honest, when I first heard about SpiderOak , I wasn’t sure what to think. I certainly do not like spiders, and I’m terrified of oaks, so I was a little worried about what I had gotten myself in to. Luckily, SpiderOak has nothing to do with either spiders or oaks.
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Backup Your Computer: SpiderOak Review
If you’ve got a lot of old pages in table layouts and you’re reluctant to change them simply because they work fine right now, well, here’s a tip that could help. By using temporary CSS styles you can review the layout of your page and then convert it more easily. How to Update Old Web Pages Use Temporary CSS Styles to Update an Old Document How to Convert the BODY Tag to CSS Converting Web Sites to XHTML+CSS: Why Go Through All the Work?
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Help Updating Table Layouts to CSS
There was a time when iTunes was a little software company called SoundJam—that is, before it became an Apple product and took over the music industry. Since joining the Apple stable of products, iTunes has undergone numerous transformations
I was in my local wine shop in Brooklyn and came across this Moonshine by Kings County Distillery (also in Brooklyn). In this photo the bottle and label look a bit sterile but in the store it definitely grabbed my attention. Definitely feels prohibition era
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Moonshine Packaging
We have seen, a business card can impress and make people notice and remember you.
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30 Unusual Creative Business Card Designs For Your Inspiration
With the Gulf oil leak capped—but the aftermath still in full effect—many oil and energy companies are desperate to distance themselves both from British Petroleum and the oil industry in general. While this seems like a sneaky and even deceptive move, it may be necessary in order to maintain customer loyalty in a world where traditional oil-based energy is looking dirtier than ever. Chevron was the first company to take bold measures to showcase their environmental aspirations .
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Petroleum Companies Reach for Less Oily Image
The recent publicity and ranting about Twitter’s onMouseOver flaw* got me thinking about our perception of software quality and expectations of risk. Why is there no room for error when Twitter makes a mistake yet we put up with so many bigger – and more personal – issues in our everyday lives? Imagine if every quality issue we experience in our daily lives resulted in the alarm such as the Twitter discovery?
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Why all the hoopla over the Twitter onMouseOver flaw?
Personal websites are becoming increasingly popular and they are often provide an excellent source of design inspiration. In this post we’ll feature 25 examples of well-designed personal websites. This showcase presents a variety of different styles.
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Personal Websites: 25 Examples for Your Design Inspiration
This article is for the rest of us – people who are NOT professional copywriters, but need good copy and good headlines for our websites and email newsletters .
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3 Headline Formulas For Non-Copywriters
Last week I started a discussion of IA and offered 4 principles of information architecture based on the work of Dan Brown. This week I want to continue with the last 4 of the 8 principles Dan provided in his PDF
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4 More Principles Of Information Architecture
Today, at SophosLabs, we encountered another interesting rogue security software variant, Troj/FakeAV-BTN . When run, Troj/FakeAV-BTN poses as Microsoft Security Essentials Alert and detects only one file as “Unknown Win32/Trojan”. When user wants to remove this fake threat, this malware offers “Scan online” option
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Choose your FakeAV?
At this year's Photokina – the annual international photography festival held in Germany – Leica Camera AG announced the release of its newest item.
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Leica launches new camera with user-friendly features
Today we look at an interview with the artist Francisca Prieto from Insideout, take a tour of Dave Chihuly’s boat house with shelterrific, ponder the visualizations of race and ethnicity in cities across the U.S. by Eric Fischer, and take a step back with vintage inspired print series by Blue Art Studio. Interviews Francisca Prieto [ Insideout ] Have you always been creative, even when you were a child
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Eclectic Color Roundup: Interview, Studio Tour, Infographics and Posters
Today, we will create a nice wallpaper using stock vectors, images and a bit of imagination. Along, we will also learn some photo retouching techniques, enhancement and changing the lighting source. Difficulty: Beginner – Intermediate Completion time: 1-2 hours Tools: Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 VIEW THIS TUTORIAL
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Create a Fantastic Grayscale Wallpaper in Photoshop
Before you break in to any kind of web site design projects, you need to think about developing with a Search Engine Optimisation or SEO friendly technique. SEO is one of the most important things when you start website designing. When you start designing the website you have to take special care that your website design much be SEO friendly.
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10 Search Engine Optimisation Tips & Tricks for Web Designers
Tedious and very professional sites, that’s what Russian website design are all about. Some of them found inspiration in the old regime and exploited the specific minimal graphic with strong message and deep impact on the subject; even though these particular pages are not elaborate as they are sparkling through graphic and concept, they remain still, very functional, pleasant and powerful tools. Mainly, these guys make an interesting and original object which exploits positively a negative concept (if analyzing a bit the movement).
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30 Interesting Russian Website Designs
It’s not an easy solution to find and buy a qualitative web hosting service. Whether you are creating online business, sharing views online or providing important information – you need a trustworthy web hosting support. WebHostingSearch is meant to simplify your life, save time, money and efforts
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WebHostingSearch- Your Guide in The Ocean of Hosting
For today’s news round-up we take a look at whats new and cool in the world of icon design tutorials. We have picked four such tutorials which we feel are that good that we simply had to share them with our readers. How To Create a Detailed Briefcase Icon Follow this step by step guide to create a detailed briefcase icon, building the rough outline with basic shapes, then adding depth and definition with various Photoshop layer styles such as Inner Glow and Stroke.
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Creative Icon Tutorials for Photoshop
Business cards are one important part of how you promote your business to others. Business cards can be just as important as the identity of your web site for business cards can be a great interactive elements, plus the ability to have real texture, different materials and shapes. Whether you plan to make your own business cards but have no idea or some inspiration to get started
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30 Creative Business Card Designs for Your Inspiration