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.
A Monitor for Every Budget – What Monitor for Photography and Design?
Share Once again, I found an excuse to upgrade my monitor and so went on the hunt for the best design appropriate monitors. A while back I did another search and came up with the list of monitors for design. I went for the HP w2558hc in the end. Great monitor and I can’t recommend [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Free Tool to Select Domain Names
Share Visit the tool by clicking below: http://domai.nr Domainr helps you explore the entire domain name space beyond the ubiquitous—and crowded—.com, .net and .org. Inspired by jish.nu, burri.to and del.icio.us, apologies to Flickr, and a high-five to Dopplr.
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 [...]
A Good Work Environment
Share I personally have never paid attention in detail to the space that I use to design in and how it can have an impact negatively or positively on the work i produce and how much of I produce… The space I use is often in a state of ‘organised chaos’ full of everything from [...]
Speed Up Adobe Photoshop
Share Soo, Photoshop is the topic of this post and the infinite amount of time it can take to load up on the average spec PC. In the past suffered hard, often clicking photoshop, going and making coffee and coming back to it finally loaded up. Thus, over the years, I’ve found various ways to [...]