Web Based SEO Applications and Online SEO Tools
Share As we move more and more into doing things via ‘clouds’ and online web based applications; one of the few things that I have yet to find is a truely comprehensive intermediate web application for search engine optimisation.. I soon came across one that seemed to fit the bill.
WorkSnug – Finding Places To Get Design Work Done On The Go
Share WorkSnug is a really cool augmented reality iPhone app that enables you to find great places to work nearby, from cafes to coworking spaces, complete with reviews.
70 GigaPixel Photo of Budapest
Share Whilst going through my RSS reader, I came across this amazing achievement of tech and photography via Photography Blog. An amazing 70 Gigapixel 360° panoramic photograph of Budapest.
Quote Robot – A Nifty Little App!
Share Quote Robot is an app that I came across recently that seemingly streamlined the tedious task of writing proposals for lots of freelance designer’s out there. Intrigued, I signed up and have been giving the free trial a run for its uhh… money.
5 New & Amazing Features in Adobe Illustrator CS5
Share The other day we blogged about the amazing things we liked about Adobe Photoshop CS5. Today it’s Illustrator CS5′s turn. As keen illustrator users ourselves, any new features is a party in our minds!
Compositing and Selecting Hair in Photoshop CS5 – Amazing
Share With all the talk about the content-aware features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 – I think the following feature has been somewhat over shadowed but for me its ridiculously intuitive. I love it! I am already imagining the hours of time it is going to save me when retouching photographs.
QuickGamma – Calibrate Your Monitor Free
Share A while back, I made a post showing a free utility available for mac that was very comprehensive in calibrating a LCD screen. You can view that here. However, it was only available for Mac, QuickGamma is the nearest substitute for the estranged Windows users. I have not personally had a chance to test [...]
Grade/Score/Analyse Your Blog
Share Whilst on twitter, I came across this nice little tool to help grade your blog via a tweet by Rutiso It then provides an analysis of your blog and outputs a score out of 100. It functions/looks vry similar to hubspot’s ever popular Website Grader. The tool can be found here: http://blog.grader.com/
What is the best 22″ 24″ 28″ 30″ graphic design photography monitor
Share Whilst searching the web for a comprehensive resource to help me to decide what monitor to buy, I came across this great thread on the AnandTech Forums: Best Monitor for Purpose The thread is segmented into different purposes you may require monitors for. Here is the section related to Design:
Clean Up and Speed Up Your Mac
Share During my web travels I found this great article to help keep your Mac firing on all cylinders at the speeds we all need and love: http://lifehacker.com/5252183/clean-up-and-revive-your-bloated-sluggish-mac
7 Things To Consider When Starting As A Freelance Designer
Share Many just pick up and go when entering the freelancing world, but to ensure things go smoothly for everybody involved, there are a few considerations. Setting up a small studio, office or dedicated work area within your household; keeping the font police off your heels, invoicing and paying correct taxes etc are vital. Being [...]
How to Calibrate Your Screen/Monitor for free
Share Whilst surfing the web after buying my new Samsung T220 monitor, I was looking for a way to calibrate, as out of the box it was glaringly bright – great for movies etc – poor for design work. What I ran into was Supercal. Is a great tool, and after running a few test [...]
Speed Up Adobe Illustrator Performance
Share Speed Up Adobe Illustrator Performance on Windows http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=320782&sliceId=1 Excerpt: By configuring your system to run efficiently, you increase the amount of memory available to applications and ensure that they run smoothly. Increase the amount of memory available to Illustrator, quit applications you are not using, or disable nonessential startup applications or fonts to improve [...]
Read-Write: Use your NTFS Hard Drive with Your Mac
Share Users running Mac OS X are often stumped when trying to write onto most external hard drive’s as normally they are bought, they usually come in the NTFS File System format which you can read the drive natively in Mac OS X but not write onto it. This is because this is the file [...]
How to hide desktop items on a Mac – Use Camouflage!
Share Came across this free great lightweight application to hide all desktop items on your Mac with the click of a button! No more clutter! http://camouflage.en.softonic.com/mac Do you have way too many items on your desktop? Do you hate cleaning up that mess? Camouflage is the right utility for you. It hides all the icons [...]
How Do You Organise Yourself As A Freelance Designer?
Share This is more of a search for ideas and methods than an informative article. No matter how often I tidy and plan ahead, my desk after about 2 weeks always seems to revert back to the same crazy chaotic mess that it does. Trying to give everything that I have to do/ handle organised [...]
Great Custom Adobe CS3 Icon Packs
A list of high quality custom icon packs to replace the icons Adobe CS3 was shipped with!
How to translate a website – considerations
Share Guest Writer: Tamara Bloom BSc, MSc Localisation/translating your website/… Do what with my website? First things first, why would you want to translate your website? Half the world speaks English anyway, right? In today’s ‘globalised’ society, clients are increasingly outsourcing commissions abroad in search of the best provider. If potential customers cannot even understand [...]
Apr 12, 2009 | Categories: Commentary, SEO, Software, Web Design, usability | Tags: accessibility, SEO, translate, website | 2 Comments »