Monthly Archive:
October, 2008
October 28, 2008 - 15 CommentsGraphic Design,Logo
Does anyone actually these web apps? Don’t get me wrong, I am not a logo designer, but I know what I like. Some of these logos are the ugliest looking monstrosities I have ever seen (almost as bad as animated gifs).
October 26, 2008 - 13 CommentsAjax,Javascript
Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications…20 Amazing Javascript Prototype Scripts, Elements, Widgets, Classes.
October 26, 2008 - 52 CommentsGraphic Design,Inspiration,Logo,Popular
If, like me, you sometimes feel like the worst logo designer in the world, and your lacking the creative flair that is blessed to the few, then this is the post for you. A little sprinkle of inspiration may help.
October 23, 2008 - 156 CommentsWordpress,Wordpress Plugins
This article came about after a comment from Andrew Pitchfordon the article 10 Amazing Wordpress Plugins for Flickr, he had enquired about eshopping plugins. So here we are, 10 of the most powerful shopping/ecommerce plugins for Wordpress.
October 22, 2008 - 7 CommentsRSS,Web Apps
I simply use Firefox and Google to keep up to date with my feeds, there are quite a few other methods. But,this is not what this article is about. It is a compilation of 20 RSS web based apps that have something unique, original and helpful. Something to spice up your feeds.
October 20, 2008 - 106 CommentsWordpress,Wordpress Plugins
There are many, many Social Bookmarking options available for Wordpress, I have tried to sift through as many as I could to give you the best 20.
My favorite is Sociable, which I use on this site. Thats not to say it is the best, the idea is to find the plugin that best fits into the theme and style of your site.
Graphic Design,Photoshop
11 Free (grungy) Typography Photoshop Brushes Sets, Over 40 Brushes.
October 19, 2008 - 31 CommentsAjax,Javascript,Popular,Web Apps
35 Easy to use Free Ajax Navigation Solutions
The article is split into the following categories: General Nav, Tabbed Menu, Tree-Style Menu and Dock Menus.
Graphic Design,Photoshop
20 Amazing Vintage Brush Sets for Photoshop – Over 50 Brushes for you to play around with.
October 15, 2008 - 6 CommentsFirefox Extensions,Software
Last week I posted the article 9 Amazing Adobe Air Apps that make Twitter even easier, and quite a few of you have emailed me to say that they use Firefox to control all there tweeting via extensions.
Upon investigating, I think they might be right.
Wordpress,Wordpress Plugins
Flickr, like twitter and YouTube seems to be everywhere nowadays. And just to make things that little bit easier here are 10 WP Plugins to integrate Flickr directly into your blog.
October 12, 2008 - 11 CommentsPatterns
8 Addictively Fun Background Generators for Designers.
Don’t you just love generators, even if some are not that useful, they are great for playing about with.
Inspiration,Showcase,Typography
25 Examples of Amazingly Creative Typography Art.
What is type/text art? It is art created solely by using letters and numbers.
It is really is an amazing art.
Software
21 Excellent Dreamweaver Extensions for CSS Productivity and W3C Standards.
15 of these extensions are freeware, the further 6 were that good I had to include them. They are worth the price.
Popular,Wordpress,Wordpress Plugins
Is it time to take your Wordpress Blog to the next level? Has the time come to take your blog up to the level of professionalism that all the top blogs use?
Here are some easy to use but powerful Wordpress plugins that will help you on your way, they range from Newsletters, RSS, Legalities, creating Directories, User Login… I hope they help.
Cheat Sheets,Popular,Typography
This Reference Sheet was created to emphasize the many options available within CSS, particularly for Typography.
So, what are you waiting for, get creative with your headlines!
Nostalgia
Of course you will remember them, they were that horrible, badly designed navigation icons you seen everywhere on the internet. That was the days when graphic design and web design were so far apart that every site you turned to looked ugly, and they were made worse by those little blinking, color blind images that were trying to point you in the right direction.












