Our favorite tweets of the week
Jan 16-Jan 22, 2012

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 and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Hextone is a smart little #tool that can help you quickly convert HEX to RGB. Check it out here: http://​bit​.ly/​y​GkSH4 The Fireworks Police: an online resource dedicated to Fireworks freebies and tools — http://​bit​.ly/​w​LBxl1 #useful /​via @smashingmag You can make a great pewter style metal text effect with just a couple of Photoshop layer styles http://​bit​.ly/​z​7fdPw Vacuum-Sealed Couples in this colorful and intriguing ​“Flesh Love” by Photographer Hal http://​bit​.ly/​w​w31eJ The Lost Art of Becoming Good at Things: have we become a society of armchair experts? http://​bit​.ly/​y​E9Ol1 Check out the humorous and brilliantly creative illustrations of Tiago Hoisel http://​bit​.ly/​z​wtj4m In need of an asset management framework for PHP? Assetic could be your answer http://​bit​.ly/​f​tjugG Make your design more pleasant to look at with these 23 Glyph, Symbols & Simple Icon Sets http://​bit​.ly/​z​fRnaT Mesmerized by the stunning Paper Sculptures of Jeremy Kool http://​bit​.ly/​w​oIohL Baby’s all grown up! Wait, what? Amusing, yet creepy parent-kid headswapping photography by Paul Ripke http://​bit​.ly/​A​lOfTW Developing a Responsive Website: Background Images http://​su​.pr/​2​TS8WG Let’s have a closer look at one of the more useful #HTML5 features: http://​bit​.ly/​x​hmDdx Creating a Vibrant Cloud Icon in Photoshop is not hard at all. Take a look: http://​bit​.ly/​A​lH3UW Tips for Keeping Focused on Freelance Deadlines http://​bit​.ly/​z​HQ4gv *some great pointers here  Check out Notification Control, a great tool to wind down your email notification http://​notifica​tioncontrol​.com/ Pixel by pixel all the way to perfection — http://​bit​.ly/​w​cMSbG — A Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art  How To Integrate Facebook, Twitter And Google+ In WordPress http://​bit​.ly/​A​tuQov <– Nice read!  Internet Blackout Aftermath – Is the Threat of SOPA/​PIPA Over? http://​bit​.ly/​w​8RGHU Fortune companies and other ​“serious” businesses have them. Should your freelancing business have one too? http://​bit​.ly/​x​aBvBh The 40 best beautifully designed typographic portraits for you to take some inspiration from http://​bit​.ly/​x​C4gii Is HTML5 ready to take the overall crown? http://​bit​.ly/​A​5MiHb Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot