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1 Nov
A collection of creative beautiful app icons
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As computers, phones and tablets have improved their designs, and as people have become used to apps being as beautiful and intuitive as they are functional, it’s become more and more important to fit in with the aesthetic.
An app may be well built, and can do a job well, but if it’s icon looks anything less than stellar then it can let the user experience down.
Beautiful, well designed app icons can help the app to stand out, and can ensure the app get’s a spot on the taskbar, or on the iPhone and iPad screen, where it deserves.
We’ve selected a showcase of beautifully designed app icons that look and feel at home on the sleek interface of OS X or iOS. Read more
15 Sep
A more versatile Mac with Parallels 7
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[Editor's note: This is a sponsored review for Parallels 7]
One of the long-standing complaints about Macs is that there are more limited software options than for Windows-based PCs.
While the gap has closed in recent years as Macs become more popular (and let’s face it: there are some awesome Mac-only programs that PC owners are rightfully jealous of), there are still programs you can only run on a PC.
And even if the programs you want are available for the Mac, what if you already have Windows licenses for them? Do you really want to spend hundreds of dollars on buying the exact same version of your software, just for a different platform? Can you even afford to do that? Probably not.
Sure, you could use Bootcamp, but that means every time you want to run a Windows program, you’ll need to reboot your Mac. Not the most ideal solution if you’re in the middle of a project. Especially if you use a mix of Mac and PC programs for your work. This is where Parallels comes in… Read more
11 Aug
Better proof approval and management
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Disclaimer: This is a sponsored review for Approval Manager
Any time you’re working in a team environment, it’s likely you’ll need a series of permissions and approvals for various stages of your project.
Managing all these approvals, making sure that they’re done on time, and making sure that the right versions of everything are getting passed along to the right people can be a headache for even the most organized of project managers.
Add into the team mix approvals from clients and it becomes an even bigger hassle.
The truth is, a dedicated proofing and review system is pretty much a necessity for any designer working in a team environment. Without it, you run the risk of missing approvals from necessary team members, screwing up your entire project timeline.
Approval Manager is a great answer to this kind of situation. Read more
19 May
BundleHunt returns with more design awesomeness
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The folks at BundleHunt have done it again and are back with another great bundle full of all the hottest apps for Mac OS X along with a nice selection of design goodies.
This time around, there are 13 items inside the bundle which are worth a whopping $780.
But fear not, the bundle sells for a mere $49.99 which translates to a whopping 93% discount!

This is a truly great bundle and probably one of their best so far with some really amazing design gems in an affordable package.
I think this is a great collection and an amazing value for any designer, and wait till you see what’s inside… Read more
8 Feb
The Hunting Continues! Meet BundleHunt 3
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After creating two successful bundles for creatives, our friends at Bundle Hunt are back with their latest installment of popular design resources and applications packaged into one neat and powerful bundle.
This time, the bundle includes 20 great design items valued at over $1,200 and is now on sale for only $49.
The new bundle includes fantastic products such as the Pictos Icon Set, GoMedia Arsenal Ultimate Vector & Font Collections, WordPress themes from Press75, the newest Smashing Magazine eBook and a 3 month MultiSitePlan from WPEngine.
BundleHunt 3 was released yesterday and will be available for 14 days for $49 (regular price is $1,287). Read more
21 Oct
The 20 Most Popular Design Tools and their Users
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Ever wondered which are the most popular design tools and their number of users? We did too!
So we partnered with Mostash to create an exclusive infographic depicting the 20 most popular design tools, calculated using a ‘magic’ formula based on the results taken from three different popularity ranking websites.
We used the stats from Software Informer, Wakoopa and iUseThis. For the number of tweets per minute, that you’ll see below, we used the wonderful Twitter Tussle.
The artwork was done by Ricardo Cavolo (all credits appear at the bottom).
Surprised by the results? Some tools that we were expecting to see in the top 20 are actually way down below…
To view the infographic at a larger resolution, simply click on the image below. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think… Read more
4 Oct
The New Bundle Hunt is Out!
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A few weeks ago we gave away some copies of Bundle Hunt to some of our readers. As you probably know by now, Bundle Hunt compiles awesome applications, products and services and slash the price really low to make it as affordable as possible.
Today, the Bundle Team has announce a brand new Bundle, called simply Bundle Hunt 2. I’m personally excited to see some great Mac apps, attractive icons and some professional fonts bundled all together in a really high quality package.
The new bundle is packed with even more applications at much higher discounts than before. As usual, Bundle Hunt delivers a high quality collection of goodies, including many Mac apps, fonts, WP themes and much more.
And there’s even a daily lucky draw for Twitter followers! Read more
26 Mar
Intro to Git for Web Designers
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Unless you’re a one person web shop with no team to collaborate with, you’ve experienced the frustration that goes along with file sharing. No matter how hard you try, when multiple people are working on a single project without a version control system in place things get chaotic.
If you work with developers on the buildout and implementation of websites, the merge between front-end templates and back-end functionality can be a scary black hole.
Issues like overwrites, lost files, and the all-too-common “working off a previous version” phenomenon crop up constantly. And once back-end functionality has been put into your templates, you become terrified to touch them for fear of breaking something a developer spent a great deal of time getting to work.
In addition, even if you have a common repository that everyone is pulling from odds are at least one member of your team forgot to grab the latest files and is about to blow things up with their latest additions.
In this article, I’ll give you a quick review of Git, an excellent version control system.
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