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HOW TO: Choose a News Reader for Keeping Tabs on Your Industry

December 3, 2009

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. We’ve already talked about using RSS as a business intelligence tool, but how do you choose the right software to get maximum benefit out of your news reading? With a number [...]

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10 Things Every Web Designer Just Starting Out Should Know

July 2, 2009

There are many aspects of creating a website design. Web designers often have to play multiple roles and be very knowledgeable about building effective and usable site layouts. Most of the lessons you’ll learn in web design comes from work experience; learning is an iterative process and there is no better way to gain knowledge [...]

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Why Designers Should Learn How to Code

June 11, 2009

More often than not, designers have rightfully been accused of retreating into their cocoons of ignorance as soon as their work of creating a web design is finished, leaving the dirty and more hands-on work of putting it up on the web to developers. This apathy is prevalent not only in the web-building industry, but [...]

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Make a Quick and Dirty Sun Visor Tripod

June 11, 2009

We’ve shown you how to mount a camera on your bike and construct a DIY camera mount for your car, but Flickr’s Heather Champ details her own dead-simple-but-effective method for mounting a camera in her car. Her trick couldn’t be easier to pull off (or less expensive): Just flip down your sun visor, grab a [...]

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North Korea Secrets Uncovered In Google Earth by Amateur Spies

June 3, 2009

It all started on April 4 2007, when Curtis Melvin—a PhD student at George Mason University—decided to start a little project called ‘North Korea Uncovered.’ Two years later it became the definitive reference for the country’s secrets, thanks to an army of amateur spies. Curtis describes the project like this: This Google Earth project offers [...]

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25 Places to Find Awesome Stock Photos

May 2, 2009

Whether you’re designing an artistic website or searching for images to post on your blog, sites that carry not only free but awesome stock photos may very well come in handy. Utilizing the correct set of photos for any project is key, especially if you’re designing an ad for a client, you should always put [...]

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Desktop Wallpaper 020109 – Autumn is Here

February 1, 2009

Desktop Wallpaper Summer certainly flew by and while I occasionally wish we had just one more month to squeeze in, I realized that since my fingers are almost frozen, autumn definitely arrived! P.S. Meanwhile it’s Winter! Resolutions: 2560×1600, 1920×1200, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1440×900, 1400×1050, 1280×1024, 1280×960, 1280×800, 1280×720, 1024×768, 1024×600, 800×480, 480×272, 320×240. (Via InterfaceLIFT: [...]

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Picasa for Mac; Better Than iPhoto?

January 5, 2009

Google’s blog is announcing the release of Picasa for Mac at MacWorld. Even though they’ve previously released a Picasa Web Albums uploader and iPhone plug-in, the full-featured free software offers Mac users a way to edit, upload, and share video and images, surpassing iPhoto in feature set and maybe even usability. You’re probably thinking, ‘I’m [...]

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