Category Archives: Resources

Buckets of Inspiration – New Dribbble Feature for Design Inspiration Collectors

May
21

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Yesterday, Dribbble announced a new feature addition to it’s already awesome service called “buckets“. If you haven’t heard,�Dribbble allows designers to connect with their peers by following each other’s “shots” – 400×300 pixel crops of current work.

Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives share�shots�small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.

The latest feature, buckets, allows Dribbble members to arrange any shots into a collection, however they choose.

My Love Affair With Woopra

Aug
18

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I love looking at the analytics for my site. I love seeing what articles are most popular, what people land on the most, where they come from and where they leave.

A few months ago I learned about Woopra – a free tracking/analytics program that has a beautiful gui and some pretty freakin’ cool features.

IE6 PNG Fixes – SuperSleight & Unit PNG Fix

Aug
9

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Unit Interactive�s Unit PNG Fix A few weeks ago a new javascript, Unit PNG Fix, was released by Unit Interactive for an IE6 and below PNG support fix. Up until now I have been using SuperSleight with no issues. So I decided to do a little research this morning to find out what made Unit’s Interactive PNG fix better than good old SuperSleight.

Typography Essentials – Free Fonts, Tools and Tutorials

Aug
3

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Another important aspect in web design (combined with the right color combinations and Photoshop essentials and brushes) is getting just the right typography for your design. There are many, many free fonts available as well as tools to build your own. Not only that but you can use free online resources to determine the name of that elusive font you’ve seen used elsewhere and want to grab it for yourself.

Once you find the font perfect for your project then you have to know how to use it. While some of the best resources about learning more about typography are books (Thinking with Type and The Elements of Typographic Style are two of my favorites) there are tons of online articles and tutorials written by people in the design industry that will help you better your typography.

Even More Obscure Photoshop Essentials! The Free Photoshop Brushes Edition

Jul
27

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I’m a big fan of small sites that provide free quality content just for the love of creating various items for people to use for their own design purposes. Before I provided a list of thousands of free Photoshop essentials from patterns, to brushes and gradients. Here’s some lesser known sites and designers and their awesome brushes. Quantity may vary with these smaller sites, but the quality is remarkable!