Thank you for 1000 followers! [Coupon]
11.02.2011, 12:49We celebrate our millenium with a give-away!
This week we breached the magical 1000 followers and would like to show our appreciation for your loyalte with some free print credit. Thanks everybody!
Quora – just buzz or here to stay? [With invites]
13.01.2011, 9:02just buzz or here to stay?
The Q&A site Quora created a lot of buzz on international tech and social media blogs. I had a look at it to tell you if it’s worth your time. We hand out some Quora invites, so you can decide for yourself after reading. Quora is basically a question and answer service most people already know from the likes of Yahoo! Answers or Facebook Answers (where it’s available).
Gadget test: the glif
06.01.2011, 10:06tripod mount & stand for your iPhone 4
Exclusively for you we tested a small and inconspicuous looking gadget which may be quite useful for owners of an iPhone 4
Winners of our Gift Wrap Competition
13.12.2010, 10:16gift wrap competition
We proudly present the winners of our Illustrator gift wrap competition.
print24 twitter Xmas lottery
03.12.2010, 15:27twitter Xmas lottery
During Christmas time we hand out even more gifts than usual. In case you weren’t fast enough to catch one of the daily Xmas shopping discounts you can now also win with your twitter account. Every day until Christmas we hand out $24/24€ print credit for print24.com. The day’s winner will be drawn the next morning and announced on twitter. Weekend drawings are announced on Monday, so there’ll be two lucky winners on a single day.
40 open psd-photoshop templates
28.10.2010, 9:5040 open files with all layers available
The Photoshop file format par excellence is the .psd format. It avoids quality degredation when you save (keyword loss-free compression) and keeps layers if you wish to. With the layer information available designers can easily understand how design elements are composed.
Designing your portfolio
21.10.2010, 11:01Design for a purpose
In Part II of our portfolio design feature we give you valuable advice on designing and marketing your portfolio. We also included plenty of links to useful tools and resources to support your project. The headings are numbered in continuation of the first part, where we already talked about planning your portfolio project. Careful planning for a clear target is really important and greatly improves the chances of your portfolio being successful. If you go everywhere you’ll end up being nowhere.
How annoying letters save our written culture
08.10.2010, 15:20CAPTCHA’s and reCAPTCHA’s
Just recently I stumbled upon an interesting article about CAPTCHA’s and reCAPTCHA’s, which made me read a bit more about this whole thing. Nowadays they are an almost omnipresent part of our online experience, especially when you tend to interact through comments or have an account on Facebook.
30 fresh logo ideas
07.10.2010, 8:0630 creative logo designs
nspiration is extremely important for the development of an artist. Sources of inspiration, such as this collection of 30 creative logo designs, play a relevant role in triggering new and fresh ideas in a designer’s mind. They also showcase what other creatives came up with and thus help to avoid accidental duplication.
Diaspora – privacy in empty space
26.11.2010, 14:26privacy in empty space
After we looked at some Google streetview alternatives and found no real ones last week let’s have a look at a supposed-to-be alternative to Facebook, called Diaspora. If you are involved with the social media or internet scene you most likely already heard about this project. If not, you’ll learn about it here.