15+ alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud
We’re all familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud (née Creative Suite). Popular favorites are Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. They’re great tools…
The nuts and bolts of photography: things come apart
I dare say that many of us are interested in the nuts and bolts of how things work. I know…
WordPress.com revamps its dashboard
Somewhere around 18% of the web is powered by WordPress. The humble blogging platform has grown into a web-titan of…
30 fresh WordPress business themes
Most of the time, the first contact a customer will have with your business is through your website. Consequently, the…
Free OSX Mavericks wallpaper
There were plenty of announcements at yesterday’s Apple WDDC keynote speech: the new Mac Pro; MacBook Airs; and of course,…
Epic land art
While most artists seek to have their work immortalized, 51-year-old Jim Denevan plans for his art to be temporary. His…
Relics of the web
I think it’s safe to say that we all love a bit of web nostalgia. Towards the end of last…
Deal of the week: Massive bundle from CrazyPixels
For this week’s featured deal our sister site, MightyDeals.com, has put together a massive bundle from the team at CrazyPixels;…
20+ beautiful brushes from BrushLovers.com
As an amateur designer, there were two things I loved to go to when making pieces: filters and brushes. Filters…
Were you an art student with “it”?
There’s always that one big problem in art school, where you spot a few fellow students that you know “have…
The psychology of nostalgia
Nostalgia is very common in the world of web design. We see it in varying degrees in vintage and retro…
Perfection in a portfolio; a web design showcase
Web design is a subtle science that is lost to most who are not in the field. The amount of…
Our favorite tweets of the week: May 27, 2013 – June 2, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
14 key WordPress functions to jump-start theme development
After a few years (or even months) of designing and developing WordPress themes, especially for clients, you start to realize…
The SEO sanity check part 3: White hats always win
The last two articles have dealt with black and gray hat techniques employed by some search engine optimization specialists, and…