How to: Code with superhuman speed
If you are a web developer/designer, or programmer, there are certain codes you probably need to type repeatably.
To increase productivity, you can set up code snippets and shortcuts with your favorite code editor or a text substitution software. So you can quickly type a few lines of codes with a simple phrases or shortcut you defined. This will save you a lot of precious time.
Textbook Information Graphics
WIRED Magazine thinks the Classic 1950s Science Textbooks need to update their artworks.
The textbooks written by Roy A. Gallant taught a generation of students that science could also be art. But research progress and artistic methods evolve. So we gave these mid-century classics a 21st-century update.
Come in and take a look these beautifully illustrated Infographics.
Text replacement with Typekit
Thinking about using Rich Typography in your web design? There are quite a few text replacement techniques such as: Image Replacement, Flash Replacement, JavaScript, PHP, and @font-face Font Embedding. The most commonly used solutions that you might have heard of are Cufón, sIFR, Typeface.js, P+C DTR… Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. Difficulty is one of the most important reason that keep web designers from using those text replacement methods.
Typekit is a service that let you easily embed both free and commercial fonts to your web design.Web designers don’t need to worry about font copyright issues when using Typekit. Because Typekit has been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license.
Although Typekit is still in beta, I got an Invite couple weeks ago. Let me walk you through, and find out if Typekit is right for you. I will give a way two Typekit Invites BTW.
Excellent Free Photoshop Brushes Resources and Articles
Are you looking for Quality Photoshop Brushes ? Every designer should have a collection of brushes. While I find there are many websites offer Free Photoshop brushes, it seems hard to find some high quality brushes quickly.
In this article, you’ll find my top picks for Quality Brushes Resources and Articles. I hope you find this post useful and ultimately get some quality brushes.
Measure objects in screen with Pixus
[Win/Mac/Linux] Was there a time when you wanted to measure the size of an object on screen? I found a free app for it. Pixus is a desktop AIR app that measures screen objects. Developed by JPEG Interactive, Pixus has a very intuitive User Interface that you can control precisely with a keyboard or mouse.
I can see this is a great tool for Graphic and Web designers. Find out what other features Pixus offers.
Search Creative Commons images by color
idée Lab developed an unique image search engine Multicolr Search, that may change change the way you search images. This search engine browses through 10 million of Flickr’s Creative Commons images and find the ones match the colors you pick. It’s a great tool to find inspiring photos.