Filed under brand nu, creativity, exhibitions, illustration, Illustrations, radim malinic, review, the west end show by Walter
For the past few years, we’ve been admiring Radim Malinic’s work, and his bold stunning illustrations have been gracing our website since its very beginnings. Malinic is a leading London graphic designer and illustrator. In his latest project, The West End Show, he explores the magical and bustling part of the capital in a series [...]
Continue Reading "The West End Show by Radim Malinic"Filed under Articles, cms, radiant, Resources, review by Sufyan bin Uzayr
Radiant CMS is a simple Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails. It is licensed under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely …
Continue Reading "Review: Radiant CMS — A Simple, User-Friendly CMS"Filed under book publishing, Product Reviews, review, Self-publishing by FreelanceSwitch.com
Bike-tography: Combining Bicycling with Photography
Back in July, I wrote a review of Publish Your Photography Book by Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson.
I finished that review by saying, “If you’d rather shun the commercial publishing ro…
Filed under charging station, Consumer Electronics, idapt, review, universal charger by Sharon
Clear the clutter from your table or desk! The IDAPT universal charging station is compatible with more than 4,000 devices. The small charging station for your favorite gadgets measures 169 x 135 x 32mm and requires the use of only one plug in an e…
Continue Reading "IDAPT Universal Charging Station i4 [Hands-On Review]"Filed under Google, google plus, review, social network by Alexander Nachaj
Google’s long awaited answer to Facebook and social networking is finally here and it’s called Google+. Is it everything that we wanted? Is it any different from Facebook?Social networking isn’t what it used to be. What was once an ac…
Continue Reading "Google+: An Inside Look at the New Social Network"Filed under book, Design, News, print, print handbook, reference, review by Franz Jeitz
I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on the Print Handbook for designers by the kind folks of the UK-based Media Collective. So today I’m gonna give you a short, but concise insight into this book, call it a book review if you like. Not to worry though, there’s gonna be a lot of+ Continue Reading
Continue Reading "Book Review: Print Handbook for designers"Filed under email, mailchimp, Marketing, newsletter, opinion, review, Reviews by Walter
Selecting an email marketing service can be daunting. There are dozens of solutions to choose from, all with extremely varied options, features and pricing. Even more perplexing is that many reviewers rate these solutions in an effort to identify the “best” option. There is no single best option, but rather a lot of great options. [...]
Continue Reading "Email marketing services reviewed"Filed under book, books, opinion, review, smashing book, smashing magazine by Walter
In February, Smashing Magazine officially released their latest print book project, The Smashing Book 2, and they were kind enough to send me a review copy at no charge. This review is not a paid review, nor is it influenced in any way by Webdesigner Depot or Smashing Magazine. Although this review does give the [...]
Continue Reading "Book review: the Smashing Book 2"Filed under Apps, mac os x, review, Reviews, Software by Walter
The folks at BundleHunt have done it again and are back with another great bundle full of all the hottest apps for Mac OS X along with a nice selection of design goodies. This time around, there are 13 items inside the bundle which are worth a whopping $780. But fear not, the bundle sells [...]
Continue Reading "BundleHunt returns with more design awesomeness"Filed under review, Reviews by Ronald Bien
Advertise here with BSAMost of us are hooked to the internet especially that it could offer us everything we need from socializing to earning. It is the easiest form of communication, thus, reaching people from miles away. Also, it is the most effectiv…
Continue Reading "A Review on Avactis E-Commerce Software"Filed under cms, Content Management System, opinion, review, Reviews by Walter
Selecting a content management system on which to run a business website is an important decision. Businesses have needs that are more targeted than individuals, and many of the hosted options available don’t quite fit the bill. Fortunately, there is a range of hosted content management systems that are packed with powerful features. Even better, [...]
Continue Reading "5 incredible hosted CMS’ reviewed"Filed under Graphic design, HP, Laptop, review by Jacob Cass
Back in December I was given two HP Elitebook 8740 Mobile Workstations (one to giveaway – info below) and I wrote my first impressions here. I’ve now had a good two months testing the beast so here is my final review of my likes and dislikes.
I’m not going to get into technical details as Brian [...]
Filed under Adobe, CS Review, Feedback, Graphic design, review by Jacob Cass
What’s the slowest part of a project for you? One of the biggest complaints among Photoshop users is dealing with client feedback and managing reviews. It’s one thing to be creative and go with the flow of photo editing. It’s another to stop and assemble comps for review and manage sending out a bunch of [...]
Continue Reading "Speed up Photoshop Projects using Adobe CS Review"Filed under Graphic design, HP, Laptop, review by Jacob Cass
Update 7/2/10 – You can read my Final Summary Review here.
A few weeks ago, I got an email from HP asking if I’d be interested in testing out one of their newest laptops, the HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation (Model 8740w) – RRP$4,899. I hardly ever do reviews on this blog, but when I got this [...]
Filed under branding, Conference, review by Jacob Cass
On Friday November 5th, here in NYC, I attended the Brand New Conference, a superb “one day event focused on the development of corporate identity and brand identity projects”. The conference was brilliant. (Thanks Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio for organising!)
Below are some of the more memorable quotes & lessons learned, tweeted out by viewers [...]
Filed under browser, mobile browser, mobile mini, opera mini 5, opers, opers mini, review, Tech, Technology, tool, Tools by David Liu
Shortly after Apple announced that Opera Mini 5, the “super browser” from Google and Norwegian Opera Software company, was approved for their App Store, the downloads for the browser breached 1 million. The mobile browser, a staple in Java ME based phones as well as Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems, instantly turned into a [...]
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