The Key to a Good Memory
A while back, I bought a book at a dollar store that was design specifically for my web addresses, usernames and passwords which I found very useful - for a while. Essentially all it is, is an address/telephone book with a different cover but instead of saying name/phone it says url/username/password. Neat huh? No. What if Im in Starbucks (like there's →
Shine On Honda
A Commercial currently airing in the UK. Insightful Honda Insight - Let It Shine from Honda on Vimeo. View it on the Vimeo site and watch the pretty amazing interaction with your web browser. Also checkout how it was done
Safari 4 – Wow
Safari 4 Beta was released to the masses in the middle of last week and some have hypothesized that it holds some clue as to what we will see in the next Mac OSX (Snow Leopard) later this year. Well I dont know about that but after downloading the Beta version I am quite pleased with a couple of the →
Designers Toolbox
If you are looking for a great resource site for deign related materials then you must check out the Designers Toolbox Its loaded with a ton of useful stuff like: Envelope Sizes - with downloadable .eps Die Lines DVD/CD Covers and Labels - with downloadable .eps Die Lines Binding Styles Paper Sizes Web Browser Elements - downloadable PSD files Web Banner sample sizes Fonts on the Web Conversion Charts and →
HULU – Who Knew?
At a time when the government is really, I mean really making a huge push to make sure we dont miss the worst television programming in the western hemisphere its good to know that the box in the corner or the panel on the wall is not necessarily the only option and is not likely to be in the foreseeable →
Apple, iTunes – and the music goes on.
Apple had threatened to shut down iTunes if they were forced to pay more royalties to the musicians and artists, but did not have to follow through on the threat as the Copyright Royalty Board froze the rate that digital music stores should pay. That rate is currently 9.1 cents. On Tuesday Apple told the CRB that "it most likely" would →
Web Navigation Tips
Both Safari and Firefox have made it easier for us to get back to where we were and keep our desktops clean and organized with tabbed browsing. Occasionally a neat tip pops up (in this case from the Graphic Mac) so I thought I'd list a few, maybe there's one you didnt know. SAFARI - Tabbed Browsing - (F) = Firefox too. CMD-T opens a new tab in that →
CS4 Launch Broadcast | Adobe TV 2.0
For those that didn't catch the actual web broadcast of the CS4 launch on the 23rd you can watch it here, courtesy of Adobe TV. Version 2.0 of Adobe TV was also launched this week, check it out here. [if the arrow spins too long, click home] You'll find a ton of content on all the Adobe apps, and all free. Improvements in version 2 include: Load Time Navigation Download →
Resizing your Web Browser on the fly
This one comes from Creativetechs and I for one will find it very useful. Use javascript code to resize your browser window to a specific dimension. For the occasional website developer or photographer creating a gallery you can use this to determine what others will see. You know, those others that can't justify a 30" monitor. The script: Click it to see how →