- Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD’16 May 2012, 7:06 pm
Activision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.…...
- Facebook IPO Gets a Boost: 84 Million More Shares For Sale16 May 2012, 6:15 pm
Just days away from launch, Facebook is continuing to make last-minute changes in its IPO plans. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that an extra…... - 18 Mashable Family Photos16 May 2012, 5:47 pm
What does a family portrait look like when it represents a community of millions of people? For our photo challenge this week, Mashable readers sent…... - Behind the Launch: A Promising, Yet Controversial Job Candidate16 May 2012, 5:31 pm
In Mashable‘s new video series, Behind the Launch, we’re taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising st…... - Billion-Dollar Tech-Testing ‘Ghost Town’ Being Built in New Mexico [VIDEO]16 May 2012, 5:16 pm
If a $1 billion ghost town sounds to you like the set of sci-fi movie, think again. A company called Pegasus Global Holdings is constructing a to…...
- Zocial Button Set: 72 CSS3 Buttons15 May 2012, 12:39 pm
The idea behind this project was to produce a consistent set of buttons that could be used for the range of social actions frequently taken in Web applications. These actions are often important goals for users, such as connecting third-party accounts or sharing content to third-party platforms, so their appearance has to be attractive and clear. The standard buttons provided by third parties (such as Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud) vary in size, style an... - Smashing Daily #1: Mobile Device Lab, Browsers and Animated GIFs15 May 2012, 9:24 am
Editor's Note: This post is the first in the new Smashing Daily series on Smashing Magazine, where we highlight items to help you stay on the top of what's going on in the industry. Vasilis van Gemert will carefully pick the most interesting discussions, tools, techniques and articles that were published recently and present them in a nice compact overview. Vasilis goes through dozens of RSS feeds and hundreds of tweets so that you don’t have to. Do you f... - The Font Wars: A Story On Rivalry Between Type Foundries14 May 2012, 2:09 pm
I had thought terms like “intellectual property” and “intellectual theft” were of fairly recent provenance, so my eye was caught by the latter’s use in a headline of a 1930 edition of the US trade journal The American Printer. The article it headed proved to be equally intriguing, a response by the president of American Type Founders (ATF) to a June 1929 article in the German journal Gebrauchsgraphik by the designer Rudolf Koch, calling the ATF a ... - Taming The Wild Mind11 May 2012, 3:32 pm
Myths have developed around and researchers have studied how the human brain juggles creativity and organization. Popular theory tells us that the left brain is structured and logical, while the right brain is artistic and imaginative, and that all human beings use predominantly one side of the other. Working in a creative field means challenging that theory, or else challenging the schedules and deadlines that managers impose on writers, designers and othe... - Interaction Design In The Cloud10 May 2012, 1:05 pm
Interaction designers create wireframes in tools such as Adobe Illustrator, OmniGraffle and Microsoft Visio. However, emailing your old static designs will feel old fashioned once you see what these new tools can do. Going a step further, there are tools for the user review process, too. Just upload your ideas, from simple mockups to final layouts, link them together, and share them for comment. This article walks you through the current selection of cloud-...
- Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point15 May 2012, 6:44 pm
Responsible responsive design demands responsive images—images whose dimensions and file size suit the viewport and bandwidth of the receiving device. As HTML provides no standard element to achieve this purpose, serving responsive images has meant using JavaScript trickery, and accepting that your solution will fail for some users. Then a few months ago, in response to an article here, a W3C Responsive Images Community Group formed—and proposed a simple-to-understand HTML picture element c... - Application Cache is a Douchebag8 May 2012, 12:00 pm
We’re better connected than we’ve ever been, but we’re not always connected. ApplicationCache lets users interact with their data even when they're offline, but with great power come great gotchas. For instance, files always come from the ApplicationCache, even when the user is online. Oh, and in certain circumstances, a browser won't know that that the online content has changed — causing the user to keep getting old content. And, oh yes, depending on how you cache your resources, non-c... - Say No to Faux Bold8 May 2012, 11:59 am
Browsers can do terrible things to type. If text is styled as bold or italic and the typeface family does not include a bold or italic font, browsers will compensate by trying to create bold and italic styles themselves. The results are an awkward mimicry of real type design, and can be especially atrocious with web fonts. Adobe’s Alan Stearns shares quick tips and techniques to ensure that your @font-face rules match the weight and styles of the fonts, and that you have a @font-face rule for ... - Content Modelling: A Master Skill24 April 2012, 1:00 pm
The content model is one of the most important content strategy tools at your disposal. It allows you to represent content in a way that translates the intention, stakeholder needs, and functional requirements from the user experience design into something that can be built by developers implementing a CMS. A good content model helps ensure that your content vision will become a reality. Lovinger explains how to craft a strong content model and use it to foster communication and align efforts be... - Tinker, Tailor, Content Strategist24 April 2012, 12:59 pm
What does content strategy mastery look like? As in any field, it comes down to having master skills and knowing when to apply them. While there are different styles of content strategy (from an editorial and messaging focus to a technical and structural focus), the master content strategist must work with content from all angles: messaging architecture and messaging platforms; content missions and content management. Above all, she must advocate for multiple constituents, including end users, b...
- Using Paragraph and Character Styles in Photoshop CS616 May 2012, 1:00 pm
In this past, working with a lot of text in Photoshop was a hassle. Global changes to text simply could not be made easily. In Photoshop CS6, Adobe has given us new ways to manage our text. This episode of our Introduction to Photoshop CS6 series will explain the new Paragraph and Character style panels. Let’s take a look! ... - Create Storybook Illustrations Using Photoshop and Filter Forge 315 May 2012, 4:45 pm
For many professional illustrators, Photoshop is the tool of choice to create hand-drawn digital artwork or paintings. With the right knowledge and skills, it can be used to create stunning works of art. With that said, we’re not all professional illustrators. In this tutorial we will explain how to achieve similar results by applying Filter Forge effects to quick hand-drawn sketches. Let’s get started! Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply over 4,... - Use Split Frequency Healing to Retouch a Photo in Photoshop15 May 2012, 1:00 pm
Split Frequency Healing is a technique that you can use in Photoshop that will allow you retouch photos without affecting the photo’s respective tone or texture. In this tutorial, commercial retoucher, Daniel Meadows, who has worked for clients such as Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Chanel, and L’Oreal Paris, will explain this technique and how it can be used in your workflow. Let’s get started! Special thanks to Dubai Photographer, Sherif Mokbel for providing the ... - Create a Surreal and Dreamy Photo Manipulation in Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial14 May 2012, 8:30 pm
In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Marcela Bolivar will explain how create a surreal and dreamy photo manipulation using atmosphere, lighting, masks, textures, and custom brushes. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members. If you are looking to take your photo manipulation skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started! View the Tutorial Tuts+ Premium Members can login now for instant access to this tutorial. Membership to Tuts+ Premium gets you acce... - The Photo Manipulations of Alla Mingalyova (AKA AllaD8)12 May 2012, 3:00 pm
In this article we will showcase the work of Ukrainian artist, Alla Mingalyova (AKA AllaD8). Mingalyova’s photo manipulations are fun, feminine, and beautiful. Let’s take a look! The Swan Princess I Need a Hero My Secret Friend Spirited Away 2 Waking Up Farewell Blonde Miss S. 2008 ...
- Adobe introduce two new iPad apps but are they useful?16 May 2012, 11:27 am
Adobe thinks it is time for us to create wireframes and collages on our iPads, but I am not so sure.... - An alternative approach to personas15 May 2012, 11:30 am
Personas are a great way to help visualise the people you are designing for. However, sometimes the traditional approach can be a bit overwhelming. Fortunately there is an alternative.... - Running a successful web design business14 May 2012, 11:40 am
Running a web design business can be an isolating and challenging role. I therefore run a workshop to give a chance for business owners to come together and discuss these challenges.... - Contributing to the web11 May 2012, 11:59 am
For me the web has always been about contributing rather than consuming. Don’t get me wrong I learn a huge amount from the web everyday. However, the web was always meant to be a medium you contribute to, unlike reading a book or watching TV. For me contribution is in the form of writing blog [...]... - Starter kit for web design freelancers10 May 2012, 11:30 am
I don’t seem to be able to shut up about working with clients at the moment. Not only is there my book “Client Centric Web Design,” I also cover this subject as part of a series of videos I have recorded for Sitepoint. These videos form apart of Sitepoint’s superb “Kick Start Your Web Dev [...]...
- 10 Excellent Online Payment Systems16 May 2012, 2:34 am
Advertise here with BSAIn this article, we’ll be reviewing my top 10 online payment systems for accepting payments on the Web. While many of the companies on this list have been available to online merchants for years, many are also now getting into new areas of online payments such as social commerce and in-store online card reader systems. [...]... - Ultra Sleek Accordion Slider: Free PSD Template13 May 2012, 10:00 am
Advertise here with BSAThis exclusive freebie on Six Revisions, brought to you by www.bestpsdfreebies.com, is a design mockup of an accordion slider that can be used to display content. It comes in 3 variations. Each slider variation has a unique texture design with a hover effect on the 3rd slider tab. This freebie comes in 3 separate and [...]... - 5 Reasons Why Metaphors Can Improve the User Experience11 May 2012, 10:00 am
Advertise here with BSAThere are many ways to experience the world around us. Especially offline, we can make use of our different senses to collect information, interpret our environment and make judgments. On the Web, however, our senses are more limited. As designers, we need to present information carefully to make sure our users think, feel and do [...]... - 30 Minimalist Portfolio Website Designs for Inspiration4 April 2012, 10:00 am
Advertise here with BSAThere seems to be a recent trend whereby creatives are aesthetically stripping down their online portfolios to their bare essentials. (UK-based web designer/web developer Kean Richmond recently discussed this trend in an article about "undesign", and the possible reasons why this trend is becoming widespread.) In this showcase, you’ll get to see 30 great examples [...]... - “Undesign” Your Portfolio Website3 April 2012, 3:27 am
Advertise here with BSAEven the most ineffective, unattractive or simple of man-made objects have been designed in some way. The same is true for the Web: Even the most hideous of websites are created by someone who has consciously made decisions into its design. For web design professionals, it’s normal to put a lot of work into a [...]...