How To Overcome Content Block – A Writer’s Survival Guide

It is 8pm and it is time to update your blog but lol, you are having the same sinking feeling and no matter how hard

December 10, 2011

Congratulations To The Winners Of SyncMate Expert (All-In-One Sync Tool) For Mac

Smashing Apps has been featured at WordPress Showcase. If you like Smashing Apps and would like to share your love with us so you can

December 10, 2011

Would you advertise Your Business on Twitter Self-Serving Ad Platforms

Less than a month ago Twitter (with over 100 millionactive users) quietly rolled out their ad platform with around 20 sponsors, accepting payment through credit cards.

December 10, 2011

Get 5 Smashing Magazine eBooks for Only $20!

This week on Design Shack Deals we’re brining you something that’s simply too good to pass up. We’ve teamed up with the venerable Smashing Magazine

December 10, 2011

10 Top CSS Design Resources

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) gives you unprecedented control of the layout and design of any web document. As browser support only improves, we will see

December 10, 2011

Poll Results: Ideal Page Size

Over 14,000 people responded to this poll in which I asked “What do you think is reasonable page size to try and stay under for

December 10, 2011

This Site’s Domain is Now Safe

Quick review of what happened A criminal stole the ownership of css-tricks.com. They transferred it from GoDaddy to PlanetDomain. I got it back. You can

December 10, 2011

Hands on With the New Twitter Design

Twitter launched a radically new layout to users Thursday. The first to see the new look were mobile users through the Twitter iPhone and Android

December 10, 2011

Android lag explained

With web designers keen to encourage people to embrace web apps, a regular source of frustration is the laggy nature of the browsing experience when

December 10, 2011

Dev argues against web industry egotism

On her blog, developer and edgeofmyseat.com founder Rachel Andrew has written a piece called Be kind to one another. In it, she says she’s always

December 10, 2011

A Wintry Collection of Inspired Snow Sculptures

Every year as winter’s grip takes hold and pours its icy precipitation down upon us, many of us will marvel in the beauty it creates

December 10, 2011

Beautiful Houses: 73rd Street Penthouse in NYC

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because

December 10, 2011

The Life Marathon: What Creatives Can Learn From Elite Runners

I’ve been running long-distance races for over 20 years. After cycling through a range of training regimes that had varying impact, I decided that if

December 10, 2011

Jim LePage’s Word Project Posters Giveaway

Alright! We’ve been doing many giveaways lately, but every time is something awesome, like today’s special gifts for you. Jim LePage, the designer who’s done

December 10, 2011

Setting the Scene for a Productive Day

Once you’ve sunk into the warm embrace of your favorite chair after a long day, it can feel excruciatingly difficult to summon up the motivation

December 10, 2011

10 Books to Gift the Geeky Creative in Your Life

Here at 99%, we have a serious penchant for books that really dig into the nitty gritty of the creative process, productivity strategies, and/or the

December 10, 2011

Top 10 : Most Creative Google Doodles

Consistency in branding is one of the golden rules of successful marketing. Most companies choose their brand logo and stick with it, using the same

December 10, 2011

What Every Designer Should Consider About Fonts

There are thousands of ways internet users can obtain information these days. Websites operating under cloud hosting are able to get information to the masses

December 10, 2011

Animate a Custom Dialog Box with CSS3 and jQuery

I am a particular fan of the jQuery UI library and have been following the team since it’s release. It features dozens of examples of

December 10, 2011

Student Spotlight: Simple Works

“This project was part of the development of my font project in typography class at the University of Kansas where I’m currently studying abroad. As

December 10, 2011

7 New Year Resolutions for Graphic Designers – Welcome 2012!

Another year has come to a close as we bid farewell to 2011. With every New Year come new Resolutions and promises. Some people embrace

December 10, 2011

Showcase of Eco-friendly (Green) Website Designs

What is the best source of the inspiration? The nature! By living in this beautiful mother Earth, we could get so much inspiration from the

December 10, 2011

6 Simple & Effective Ways to Speed Up Your Mac

We are all impressed with the smooth running of the Apple Mac OS X as we compare with the contemporary Windows OS like Vista or

December 10, 2011

The Broke Bike Alley Multi-Tool or Business Card? By ReThink

There are never any shortages of novel, and inspired business cards with designers seemingly going all out to push the creative boundaries for the common

December 10, 2011

The Coffee Co•Op Brand Identity by Jake Dugard

The Coffee Co•Op Brand Identity by Jake Dugard has taken my breath away; this is some seriously cool creative talent.  The real travesty is that

December 10, 2011

Giveaway: 10 Accounts with Stock Icon Credits from IconPalace

Today, we’ve a cool giveaway sponsoring by IconPalace. In this giveaway contest 10 lucky iBrandStudio readers will get 20 credits each to download amazing IconPalace’s

December 10, 2011

Best Tutorials for Enhancing Photos

Photoshop is the world-wide standard for photo enhancements, but with so many features it can be tough to know where to start. The easiest way

December 10, 2011

Ideas for Giving Your Site a Christmas Facelift

‘Tis the season and you can connect your site to the positive energy and excitement associated with the holidays by giving your design a simple

December 10, 2011