Intro to Git for Web Designers

When we started using Git at work I had a hard time understanding where I was sending the files and how it all worked. Keeping branches straight and having commit errors are my nemeses.

I wish I had found this article sooner it would have made my life and the life of the devs I work with a lot happier. 

Tips: Typography Tricks Type tricks and usage advice from top designers over on Digital Arts.
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Tips: Typography Tricks

Type tricks and usage advice from top designers over on Digital Arts.

Freebie Friday: 42 More Subtle Grunge Textured Photoshop Brushes

CSS3 Click Chart

Resource for learning CSS properties

VW ‘The Bark Side’ Commercial

GENIUS!!!

Photoshop Tip: Add, Don’t Select Text

Have you ever experienced the infuriating frustration of trying to add a new type layer when it’s too close to existing text?

Hold the Shift key as you click with the Type tool (t) to force a new type layer.

Source: Photoshop User Magazine - January 2012

Anyone else feel this way in December? I did!

7 Deadly Sins of Creativity

I can totally related to this article. Sometimes I actually have to force myself to turn off autopilot at work and really think about what I’m doing.

I’m now inspired to work even harder to push the boundaries.

Retro Style Geometric Lines Poster Design Tutorial Taking advantage of some free time, this one was a little time consuming but I think it turned out pretty good. The trick is knowing your shortcut keys, will make the process so much faster. http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/retro-style-geometric-lines-poster-design-tutorial
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Retro Style Geometric Lines Poster Design Tutorial

Taking advantage of some free time, this one was a little time consuming but I think it turned out pretty good.

The trick is knowing your shortcut keys, will make the process so much faster.

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/retro-style-geometric-lines-poster-design-tutorial

Create Progressively Enhanced 3D CSS Rollovers

HoneyComb Repeating Pattern Tutorial

This is a great and easy Photoshop tutorial that I used for an header image on an internal project at work.

I tweaked the shape of the pattern by skewing the layer it was on the and played with the width of the border of the honeycombs before I created it as a pattern.

http://www.heathrowe.com/honeycomb-pattern/

Source: heathrowe.com

Amazing video of 3.2 Million dots and when they work together what they can become.

I aspire to be like Starbucks

I just went to the Starbucks site for day 1 of their holiday campaign and the website is a web nerd’s wet dream. They’ve gone above and beyond to cover all the bases. There is a Flash and HTML version and have also included responsive design into the HTML and don’t forget the auto-detect.

I would just like to thank Starbucks for giving me something to aspire to with the company that I work for.

Here’s How People Look at Your Facebook Profile — Literally This is an interesting article for anyone, not just web nerds like me. It’s interesting but makes sense that depending on what service you use different things get more attention from users. I like image 17 of 24 on the slideshow. I always try to post a photo with my Tumlr posts and this just shows that what I’m doing works.
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Here’s How People Look at Your Facebook Profile — Literally

This is an interesting article for anyone, not just web nerds like me. It’s interesting but makes sense that depending on what service you use different things get more attention from users.

I like image 17 of 24 on the slideshow. I always try to post a photo with my Tumlr posts and this just shows that what I’m doing works.

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