Monthly Archive:
July, 2009

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.01
July 31, 2009 - 10 Comments
Inspiration, Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is a new weekly feature on Speckyboy Design Magazine, we will be showcasing the coolest and the best in web design and development.
You can send us a recommendation for this weekly post (for our review) by clicking here: Submit News.

A Gallery of Slightly Odd and Wonderful Photography from Mr Toledano
July 31, 2009 - 7 Comments
Inspiration, Photography

Mr Toledano is a photographer of, in his, own words, of “slightly odd things”. Phillip has shot a wide variety of topics from the desolation of the Arctic Circle to devlish video game enthusiasts to a surreal yet thoroughly modern exploration of the American subconscious in his series, Hope and Fear.

20 Incredible Digital Sunrise Wallpapers Viewed from Space
July 29, 2009 - 12 Comments
Inspiration, Wallpaper

Viewing the sunrise from Earth is a beautiful site,but viewing the sunrise from space is an almost moving experience. With the Sun approximately 150 million kilometers away, and with its light taking about eight and half minutes to reach us, it all adds up to a beautiful site.

Why not try an Adobe AIR RSS Feed Reader, its worth it
July 28, 2009 - 7 Comments
Application, RSS

Adobe AIR has recently surpassed well over 100 millions downloads, and its all thanks largely to the many Twitter apps available. Now, I love Adobe AIR, and hate its current reputation that it is seemingly limited to only Twitter. Why is no one downloading the AIR RSS apps? You should be, they are great, just have a look at the list below.

49 Free Windows Mobile 6+ Smartphone Apps and Services
July 27, 2009 - 32 Comments
Application, Mobile, Windows

Windows Mobile will never be able to compete with the iPhone, with the iPhone cool factor being so great, nor with the volume of apps that are available for it. What it can do, alongside Windows Mobile compatible applications, is create a smaller, sleeker smartphone, that is not just an extension of your desktop PC or laptop but a direct portable replacement.

Inspirational Design Posters from Illustrator Super Star, Frank Chimero
July 23, 2009 - 8 Comments
Inspiration

If you are not already aware of illustrator and graphic designer Frank Chimero, he was born in Long Island, New York and raised in Sprinfield, Missouri, currently teaches design and typography at Missouri State University. Chimero’s fascination with the creative process, curiosity, and visual experience informs all of his work.

30 Classic Music Albums Recreated With Lego
July 22, 2009 - 40 Comments
Inspiration, Lego, Popular

Its the turn of musical album covers to get a Lego make-over, you will find album covers from Nirvana, Oasis, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Iron Maiden… and many more. Yep, its official, there really is nothing that can not be created with Lego.

50 Social Service and Bookmarking Icon Sets for Bloggers
July 20, 2009 - 51 Comments
Free Icons, Popular

There are many elements of blogging that are essential, the most important is the ability to share your posts and information with a wider audience, and we accomplish this via the many social bookmarking services (digg, delicious, twitter…) that are available. Finding a bookmarking iconset that fits into your theme can be difficult or maybe you don’t want the boring or the bland, but you want an iconset that has been designed by a high quality designer and has something distinctive and original. Below you will find such iconsets.

25 Fresh and New jQuery Plugins and Tutorials
July 17, 2009 - 38 Comments
Ajax, Javascript, Tutorial, Web Design

With jQuery becoming ever more popular, the volume and quality of plugins and tutorials that developers are releasing and writing are increasing rapidly. If you are looking for the latest in jQuery this is the post for you, all the plugins and tutorials in this post are new and fresh, they have only recently been published (within the last six weeks).

50 Useful Tools and Generators for Easy CSS Development
July 15, 2009 - 56 Comments
CSS, Popular, Web Apps, Web Design

The tools have been seperated into the following categories: Grid and Layout, CSS Optimisers, CSS Menus Tools, CSS Buttons, CSS Rounded Corners, CSS Frames, CSS Sprites, CSS Tables, CSS Typography and CSS Forms.

A Gallery of Skillful Motion Photography: 20 Images from The Parkour Series
July 13, 2009 - 2 Comments
Inspiration, Photography

The urban environments, from photographers Alex & Cocco are about far more than bricks and concrete. Architecture comes alive when used as an urban playground, offering a never-ending set of challenging surfaces and spaces to those willing to explore them.

50 Beautiful HDR Images from 50 World Cities
July 9, 2009 - 82 Comments
Inspiration, Photography, Popular

HDR can make the ugliest, run down, industrialized cities seem appealing, and if you take quality HDR photographs of the most beautiful cities in the world thay seem to be captured from a different perspective, you seem to be able to view different elements of a familiar scene that you had never noticed before. Below, you will find 50 Beautiful HDR Images from 50 World Cities. Are any of these your city?

50 Creative and Inspirational Personal Portfolio Websites
July 7, 2009 - 38 Comments
Design Style Series, Inspiration

Creating your own personal portfolio website will probably be the most difficult design project you will do. We are our own worst critics, and no matter what, we could have always done something better or changed something. Have a look at these portfolio designs for some inspiration, they range from web design and developers (these, as expected, are pixel perfect), graphic designers (always colorful and bright) and photographers (great use of space).

40 Free and Essential Web Design and Development Books from Google
July 6, 2009 - 79 Comments
Ebook, Popular, Web Design

Google Books is perhaps one of the most untapped design and development resources…time to change all that. In this post there are over 40 web design and development books freely available from Google, they range from CSS, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, Actioscript, Javascript, Ajax, Perl, Ruby, MooTools, jQuery, Firefox and evem iPhone development. Not all books are complete, but offer plenty of information to help with your development.

Advertising the Cool Vespa, a Timeless Design Icon
July 3, 2009 - 6 Comments
Advertising, Inspiration

The Vespa, with its typically Italian elegant design, is a timeless design icon. For over sixty years now, Vespa has been building many models of its low running cost scooter using the same design basis as its original. They know it, we know it, Vespas look cool and are cool.

20+ Resources and Tutorials for Creative Forms using CSS
July 2, 2009 - 38 Comments
CSS, Tutorial, Web Design

Forms do not have to be boring and ugly, they too can be beautiful. With the proper understanding of each element (radio buttons, checkboxes, textareas..), CSS know-how, a little patience and some creativity you can make your forms beautiful. Throw in, the always important, semantics and accessibilty and things can get tricky.