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Memjet

Len Lauer

It was a bit of a mystery when Len Lauer resigned as chief operating officer of Qualcomm last month. It was equally puzzling when he surfaced a couple of weeks later at Memjet, a closely held company most people have never heard of.

Lauer has a reputation as a communications-industry heavyweight. After more than 10 years at IBM, he took jobs like chief executive of Bell Atlantic-New Jersey and COO of Sprint Nextel before joining Qualcomm in late 2006. In becoming CEO of Memjet, he is changing industries to lead an ambitious effort to shake up the printer market.

What’s so different about Memjet’s approach? For starters, conventional inkjet printers have a print head that moves back and forth across the page. Consequently, they tend to be slow, noisy and shake your desk. (Not so laser printers, of course, but they tend to be relatively expensive).

Memjet hopes to market it calls a “page wide” print head, which remains stationary and lays down ink across a page as the paper moves past it. That increases printing speeds by eight to 10 times, Lauer says. He estimates its technology will print 60 pages per minute; while some conventional inkjet printers advertise 30 to 32 pages per minute, they more often complete six pages or so in that time, he says. Lauer also estimates that Memjet’s ink costs will be 30% to 40% lower than current inkjet technology.

Memjet’s assertions carry a bit more weight than your average startup’s. The technology is the brainchild of Kia Silverbrook, a prolific inventor in Australia who was once a chief technology officer for Japan’s Canon, one of the longtime kingpins in printer technology. Silverbrook has been working on the page wide approach for more than a dozen years; Memjet says it holds more than 2,600 patents, with 2,000 more pending.

The company–based, like Qualcomm, in San Diego–has more than 600 employees, with about 400 of its engineers in Sydney, Lauer says. Memjet has never disclosed precisely how much it has raised, but Lauer says the amount comes to “hundreds and hundreds of millions” of dollars. Its biggest investor is Argonaut Private Equity.

Memjet doesn’t plan to make printers itself. Rather, it plans to sell print heads, ink and other components to companies that will sell printers. Potential customers could include the big companies that dominate the market–think of names like Canon, Hewlett-Packard and Xerox–as well as new companies that have never before been able to make printers.

In that way, Lauer says, the company could function a bit like Qualcomm did in cellphones–supplying chips to help scores of companies enter the handset market, which was once the exclusive preserve of giants like Nokia and Motorola. He says Memjet could help restructure the printer industry from a few vertically integrated giants to a broader “horizontal” ecosystem, with companies specializing in components, complete printers and so on.

“It’s a pretty vertical industry,” Lauer says, “and we come in with this horizontal play.”

Charles LeCompte, president of the printer industry research firm Lyra Research, describes what Memjet is attempting as the most interesting thing going on in printers. But the gestation period has been lengthy. Silverbrook announced the technology publicly in 2007 but Memjet still is not shipping any products. “They’ve missed a bunch of deadlines,” LeCompte says.

Lauer says Memjet expects to start delivering products in the second half of this year, initially targeting office printers, label printers and other business applications. It will take some time to generate the volume needed to drive costs down and approach the consumer printer market, he says, but he expects that to happen eventually.

In the meantime, all those patents could come in handy if some big company wants to use its own intellectual property to try to hobble the new competitor. “Is it helpful from a defensive standpoint to have those patents?” Lauer asks, rhetorically. “Yes, it’s very helpful.”

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Every New Year, Sydney, Australia wows crowds with a massive fireworks display. In a smart marketing move, that extravaganza is now available uncut, online, courtesy of Tourism NSW’s Sydney.com.

The 12 minute video is simply breathtaking, and it currently ranks as one of the “Most Popular” on YouTube.

It’s hard to imagine better marketing for Sydney’s tourism industry.

See also: 7 Spectacular Fireworks Displays on YouTube

Tags: 2010, fireworks, sydney

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Having a blog as a freelance web designer should be practically mandatory, as it can help to convey all kinds of messages to your clients but it also helps to give you an easy medium in which to network with other people in your industry. This basic form of networking can help to grow your business in amazing and unexpected ways.

List of freelance web designers with awesome talent and awesome blogs

Lee Munroe

Freelance web designer based out of Belfast, Ireland
http://leemunroe.com

Michael Dick

Freelance web designer based out of Tulsa, OK
http://m1k3.net

Mike Precious

Freelance web designer based out of Brantford, Ontario
http://mikeprecious.com

Aaron Russell

Freelance web designer based out of Swindon, Wiltshire
http://www.aaronrussell.co.uk/

Ted Lermontov

Freelance web designer based out of Sydney, Australia
http://www.tedler.com/

Lelia Thomas

Freelance web designer based out of Austin, TX
http://www.leliathomas.com/

Matt Brett

Freelance web designer based out of Ontario, Canada
http://mattbrett.com/

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Eamo Donnelly is an Australian based illustrator who is best known for his intricately hand inked, character driven illustrations, infused with an eclectically dynamic color palette with a true blue Aussie cheekiness. Eamo has illustrated for PLAYBOY, VH1, CBS Interactive, Chow.com, Maxim, Nike, Mountain Dew, ESPN, Complex, GQ, Men’s Health, Runners World, Blender, King magazine, Redbull, Radar magazine, RipCurl, Monument, Jmag and Golden Plains.

As well as commercial commissions, his love affair for Australian eighties nostalgia prompted him to create personal works that reflected the beauty and uniqueness of the culture he grew up in. These works have been seen on Jeeps for Mountain Dew, wallets for Poketo in L.A, shoes for String Republic in France, t-shirts for Owl Movement, esky’s, stubby holders, clocks, bar walls and street posters and in exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and in the U.S and the U.K. In 2009 he was short listed for best original illustration in the Australian Desktop Create Awards and in 2010 he will be a speaker at Melbourne’s Design Conference AGIdeas. He is also an occasional Australiana reviewer for Melbourne’s online sub cultural guide ThreeThousand.

For more information visit Eamo’s website at http://www.eamo.com.au/

Your personal hero? Paul Hogan. YouTube the Paul Hogan Show from the ’70s and you’ll see why. His later works are still up there, but nothing beats his early oils on canvas from the 1976 period, such as “Leo Wanker”, “Donger”, “Getting fit with Arthur Dunger” and “Herb Guthrey, Mongrel breeder”. – Eamo,Design Reporter

“Working across many areas has enhanced my career but that was never the intention,” he says. “My intention is always to try new things, to learn and to make work that I like. I suppose by making more work you become more visible, which leads to more contacts and more commissions.” – Interview for Computer Arts

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About the author

My name is Fabio Sasso, I’m a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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Twitter is home to many designers and creative professionals who like to share their skills and knowledge whilst providing some amazingly great advice to us all.

So to make it so much easier for you to keep connected to these web & graphic designers plus other creative’s, I have compiled a list of 175+ of the most awesome designers and creative professionals who twit. Here is a list of my selections who I think you should be following: (p.s. this is in alphabetical order, no favorites and bruised egos here.)

Make sure you share & bookmark this list, as it will be constantly updated.

Should you be on this list? Let me know in the comment below and I will add you.

1. #10steps – Johnson Koh of 10Steps.SG – Photoshop Tutorials and Design Resources
2. #1389 – Orthodox Christian, studying for MCSA, graphic artist
3. #3drockz - Navdeep Raj of Deziner Folio – Web Design Freak… oh! and a Practice Lead.
4. #6bdesign – Krissy Gogel of 6bdesign – A web and graphic designer who loves football, Nintendo Wii.
5. #aaroni268 – Aaron Irizarry of This is aarons life – Design, Development, and the Pursuit of Happiness
6. #abduzeedo – Fabio Sasso of Abduzeedo – Graphic/web designer and blogger.
7. #aburiano – Nicholi – web design, web developer, internet geek
8. #adactio – Jeremy Keith of Adactio – An Irish web developer living and working in Brighton, England.
9. #Adam_Wagner – A marketer, designer, armchair singer/songwriter, and wannabe theoretical physicist/philosopher.
10. #adellecharles – Adelle Charles of Fuel Brand Network – Co-Founder + CCO at Fuel Brand Inc. / Creators of the fuelbrandnetwork.com
11. #adii – Adriaan Pienaar of Adii Rockstar – Entrepreneur, co-founder of WooThemes and general creator of Rockstar Awesomeness!
12. #Alex Harris – Alex Harris of Alex Designs – Ecommerce Creative Director. Web Design & Online Marketing.
13. #alexlinebrink - Alex Linebrink of That INDIE Dude – Web and graphics designer, social media maven, serial entrepreneur.
14. #amandafazani – Amanda Fazani of Blogger Buster – a blogger, designer and full time mum!
15. #andrewmaier – Andrew Maier of UX Booth – Interaction/Visual Designer, UX Enthusiast, Speaker, Author
16. #Andy Budd – AndyBudd.com – User Experience Designer
17. #Andy Jacobson – AndyJacobson.com – A NYC based Graphic Designer/Communications Consultant who has been running his own studio
18. #AndyDesjardins – Andy Desjardins of Im In Like With Andy – Web & Graphic Designer
19. #andysowards – Andy Sowards – A professional Web Developer, Programmer (primarily PHP, Javascript and Actionscript)
20. #Antonio Lupetti – Antonio Lupetti of Woorkup – Engineer, Pro Blogger, Mac user, Web Addicted. Founder of woorkup.com
21. #aravindajith – Aravind Ajith of The Design Superhero – Hard core designer, blogger, coder. Loves Drupal and WordPress.
22. #arronlock – Arron Lock of Bright As Black – Dedicated graphic designer
23. #Arthur Brown – Arthur Brown Jr – A web designer and marketing communications professional.
24. #Artistech – Artistech Newmedia – Dynamic Design & Production for the Web, Print and Video
25. #Ben Bleikamp – Bleikamp – Web designer – Decided to give the whole internet thing a try. So far, so good.
26. #bgardner – Brian Gardner of Studio Press – Hopeless Starbucks addict. Internet consultant. Founder/CEO of StudioPress and AgentPress
27. #bittbox – Jay Hilgert of BittBox – Business Owner, Designer, Blogger, Web-enthusiast, Apple Geek
28. #blogdesignblog – Vinh Le of Blog Design Blog – Blog designer. Psychology Student. Snowboarder. Blogger. Reader. Observer.
29. #blogdesigner – Mike Smith a full time web designer
30. #Bryan Pearson – Bryan Pearson – IT Worker/Computer Programmer
31. #buildinternet – Build Internet! – Web design, development, and business blog
32. #cameronmoll – Cameron Moll – Designer, Speaker, Author.
33. #chadengle – Chad Engle of Fuel Your Apps – designer, app blogger, creative, caffeine addict, RSS freak
34. #ChrisPearson – Pearsonified – Web designer and creater of  the Thesis Theme.
35. #ChrisSpooner – Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics Blog – A creative designer, avid blogger
36. #chriscoyier – Chris Coyier of CSS Tricks – Lead cascader
37. #ChrisHebert – Web Designer. Blogger, Certified Computer Tech, Network Admin, Computer Geek, IT Chick
38. #Christian Watson – Christian Watson of Smiley Cat – Web designer
39. #chriswallace – Chris Wallace – designer, developer, entrepreneur
40. #clagnut – Richard Rutter of Clag Nut – User experience designer, author and mountain biker
41. #clearleft – Clear Left – User-experience design agency
42. #cmdshiftdesign – Liz Andrade of CMD Shift Design – Designer of web and print. Blogger, internet nerd and crazy cat lady.
43. #collis – Collis Ta’eed – The man at Envato, The Net Setter and so much more.
44. #collylogic – Simon Collison of Colly – Founder & Creative Director at Erskine Design. Web designer, developer
45. #Colorburned – Grant Friedman of Colorburned – Graphic design resources, tutorials, and more!
46. #conradkdesign – ConradK Design – Creating simple, high impact brand identity through logo design and development
47. #corymiller303 – Cory Miller of webdesign.com – Web Design, WordPress themes & entrepreneurship
48. #craigfarrall – Craig Farrall of cfdesignz -  A youthful 18 year old webdesigner
49. #crazyleaf – Alex Ionescu of Crazy Leaf – Dentist and Designer
50. #crbarnett – Chris Barnett – Web developer, photographer and teacher.
51. #creattica – Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery
52. #Cristian Serur – Cristian Serur of Indiviso Studio – Designer, Gamer, Creative Thinker, Coffee Drinker, and all around good guy.
53. #cssglobe – Alen Grakalic of CSS Globe – Web designer and developer, passionate about web standards.
54. #danbenjamin - Dan Benjamin of Hivelogic – a broadcaster, writer, and developer.
55. #DannyOutlaw – Danny Outlaw of OutLaw Design – Graphic Designer
56. #danrubin – Dan Rubin of Superfluous Banter – Designer, singer, photographer, philosopher, polymath in training; improving the world through design.
57. #darkmotion – Pasquale D’Silva of Dark Motion – Animator & Illustrator.
58. #davidairey – David Airey of David Airey – Awesome graphic designer
59. #DDrDark – Jonatan of Midtone Design – Interface and Icon designer
60. #DesignerDepot – Walter Apai of Web Designer Depot – Webdesigner Depot is one of the most popular blogs about web design
61. #designshard – Max Stanworth of Design Shard – Lover of Typography, Web Design, CSS, XHTML , Illustration, Rock Music
62. #dot_design – Dot Design – a graphic designer specialising in Logo, Print and Brand Design
63. #DrewDouglass - Drew Douglass of Dev-Tips – Web Developer/PHP Pirate. Founder of Dev-Tips.com
64. #dustinbrewer – Dustin Brewer – Freelance web designer
65. #EliteByDesign – Brian Elite By Design – Web designer, graphic artist, blogger.
66. #elliotjaystocks - Elliot Jay Stocks of Elliot Jay Stocks – One of those pesky designer types
67. #emilwisch - Emil Wisch of Fuel Your Creativity – Small business websites freelance-style. WordPress. Graphic Designer
68. #emilychang – Emily Chang of Emily Chang - Designer. Co-founder of @Ideacodes. Technologist, geek, blogger, entrepreneur, surfer.
69. #ericwindham – Eric Windham – Software Developer, Web Developer, Aspiring Web Designer
70. #esquareda – Eric E. Anderson of Esquareda – Senior Web Designer since Y2K – Usability Specialist, Pixel Pusher, Typography Lover, Internet Junkie
71. #EverydayJM - James of EverydayJM – Student at Savannah Collge of Art & Design double majoring in Motion Graphics and Animation.
72. #feather – Derek Featherstone of Box of Chocolates – Accessibility Specialist and Group Lead of the Web Standards Project.
73. #fliawebdesign – Flia Web Design – A montreal web designer.
74. #FreelanceFolder – Freelance Folder – FreelanceFolder is a blog & community for freelancers & web-workers.
75. #fudgegraphics – Franz Jeitz of Fudge Graphics – Freelance graphic designer.
76. #Garcya – Garcya – Passionate blogger, graphic designer
77. #gcoghill – George Coghill of Coghill Cartooning – Cartoonist. Humorous illustrator. Mac/Adobe geek.
78. #GirlinYourShirt – Jenaé of Girl in Your Shirt – Hosts a InternetTV show for startups.
79. #gracesmith – Grace Smith of Post Script 5 – Freelance Web and Graphic Designer in ♥ with web standards and social media.
80. #graphicidentity – Audee of Graphic Identity – Graphic Identity Blog author
81. #holman – Zach Holman of Zach Holman – Web developer on rails
82. #HuddyDesign – Sarah Hudson of Huddy Design – Graphic Designer and Flash Developer.
83. #iamluc – Luc Melgar of Octwelve – Web designer, blogger, otaku, photographer wannabe
84. #ifohdesigns – Ifoh Designs – User Interface Designer – InQuest Technologies
85. #ilovetypography – I Love Typography – Fond of fonts, taken by typefaces and designer
86. #imjustcreative – Graham Smith of ImJustCreative.com – Freelance Logo and Brand Identity designer. Minimalist and typographic fan.
87. #jaswindervirdee - Jaswindervirdee – Web Designer by day, blogger by night.
88. #jcroft - Jeff Croft – Freelance web designer and developer
89. #jeff_finley – Jeff Finley of Go MediaZine – Artist, Designer, Entreprenuer. One of three owners at the creative agency Go Media
90. #jeremyjaymes – Jeremy Jaymes of Paper Tree Design – Web designer, WordPress mechanic, Owner of Papertree Design
91. #jeresig – John Resig – Creator of jQuery, JavaScript programmer, blogger, author, work for Mozilla.
92. #sixrevisions – Jacob Gube of Six Revisions – Web developer/designer and founder of Six Revisions.
93. #jkottke – Jason Kottke of Kottke – Blogger, designer, man about internet.
94. #joehowarddesign – Joe Howard of Joe Howard Design – Graphic Artist- Website Design – UI lover
95. #JoelDrapper – Joel Drapper of Joel Drapper – Web Designer, Developer and Blogger!
96. #jonic – Jonic of 100yen – Damn good web designer
97. #jonimueller – Joni Mueller of Joniverse – Making web pages and blogging about it all.
98. #jophillips – Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios – Designer by day, guitarist by night
99. #joshhemsley – Josh Hemsley of Jayhem Designs – Web Designer and Front-End Developer
100. #justcreative - Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design – Top class Graphic Designer, Logo Designer, Web Designer and Blogger
101. #kailoon- Kailoon of Kailoon – A web designer from Malaysia.
102. #kelter – Badcat – Random rants about FreeHand…
103. #larissameek – Larissa Meek – Passionate about innovation and design. Artist + blogger
104. #liammckay – Liam Mckay of WeFunction – Web Designer
105. #limeshot – Limeshot – Romanian-born, Sydney-based graphic designer and online marketer
106. #markboulton – Mark Boulton – Founder of Mark Boulton Design.
107. #mayhemstudios - Calvin Lee of mayhem studios – Designer Guy and Twitter Addict.
108. #mdurwin – Michael Durwin of Madurwin – Creative Director turned web3.0 Entrepreneur.
109. #meganstrickland – Megan Strickland of Megan Strickland – Designer by trade (logos, websites, etc.)
110. #Meroko - Meroko Senpai of Meroko Senpai – Graphic designer
111. #merttol – Mert TOL of Medyanadolu – Creative Director, Owner, Designer, Developer and Google Professional
112. #meyerweb – Eric Meyer – Web standards | (X)HTML | CSS professional.
113. #mezzoblue – Dave Shea of Mezzoblue – Freelance designer
114. #micek - Evospectrum – User experience design and interactive developer
115. #mike9r – Mike Rundle of 9 Rules – Designing & building stuff for the web, Mac and iPhone.
116. #mjnewham – Martin Newham of Martin.Newham – Enjoy web design, photography and architecture
117. #mlane – Mike Lane of Mlane – Senior UX Designer near Minneapolis, MN with 14 years experience in creative Web and Graphic Design.
118. #mollydotcom – Molly E. Holzschlag of Molly - Well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author.
119. #mydesignstudio – of Delicious Design Studio – Professional, Affordable Blog and Web Design
120. #myinkblog – Andrew Houle of My Ink Blog – A designer, blogger, twitter’er, wordpress’er and founder of my ink blog.
121. #nate_lawson - Nate Lawson of The Photog Formula – Ex-Army Sergeant turned Photographer and Videographer.
122. #Neeart – Nora AbdulRhman of En.Neeart – A beautiful geek from desert working as a digital artist
123. #Nettuts – Nettuts – The internet’s best web development tutorial site.
124. #niphal - Andrew Beeston of Brown Box – Web designer
125. #nyssabdesign – Nyssa of Nyssab Design – Aussie, web designer, front-end developer
126. #obox - David Perel of From the Couch – A designer, blogger, manager, online show host
127. #odi01 – Rodrigo Soares of Once Made – UI Engineer working at MySpace.com
128. #orderedlist – Steve Smith of Ordered List – Web designer. Making the web beautifully simple.
129. #phiredesign – Phire Design of Phire Design – Graphic andweb designer
130. #problogdesign – Michael Martin of Pro Blog Design – Web designer, specialising in blog design.
131. #psdfan – Tom Ross of PSDfan – PSDFAN is a design blog that offers tutorials, inspiration and freebies to it’s awesome audience.
132. #PSDtuts – PSDtuts – The web’s #1 Photoshop tutorials site.
133. #Qbrushes - Abdullah of Q brushes – Freelance webdesigner and owner of Qbrushes.com
134. #r27 – Rajesh Pancholi of r27 – Design & Visual Communications
135. #randaclay – Randa Clay – Freelance designer
136. #redbonsai – Joshua J Wright of Joshua J Wright – Freelance web designer
137. #redwall_hp – Matt Harzewski of Web Master- Source – Blogger, web designer, writer, and all-around computer maniac
138. #rsg – Rob Goodlatte – Facebook Product Designer. Designer of Facebook Lite.
139. #ryancarson – Ryan Carson of Carsonified – Founder of Carsonified.com
140. #sarahparmenter – Sarah Parmenter of You Know Who Design
141. #seaneill - Sean Neill of Sean Neill – A young NYC designer with a passion for paper
142. #seanhodge – Sean Hodge of AiBurn – Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Vector Illustrator, Blog Editor, and Writer
143. #sharebrain – Thomas Ulbricht of Share Brain – Web Designer and Creator of http://sharebrain.info
144. #shauninman – Shaun Inman – Web Designer & Developer
145. #siahdesign – Josiah Jost of Siah Design – Graphic Designer That Specializes in Logo Design
146. #simplebits – Dan Cederholm of Simple Bits – Handcrafted pixels & text.
147. #smartiscool – The Design Nerd. Tubler – Graphic/Web Designer, Illustrator, creative soul inspired by everyday life..
148. #SmashingApps – Smashing Apps – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
149. #smashingmag - Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine – Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine
150. #snookca - of Snook – Making cool stuff on the web.
151. #spyros – Spyros Papaspyropoulos of Papas – Web/SEO Professional and Awarded Web Designer
152. #stevensnell – Steven Snell of Vandelay Design – Web designer, blogger, and freelance writer.
153. #stevethegreat – Steve Mc. of Steve the Great – Front End Developer/Designer. Web Designer. Graphic Designer. Part-Time Freelancer.
154. #stevie489 – Stevie of Online-Photoshop Tutorials – Website Designer
155. #sthursby – Stuart Thursby of Sthursby – Graphic designer; typography nut; community coordinator for Applied Arts Magazine
156. #stillframe – Brad Smith of The Big Noob and captain and co-founder of Virb.com.
157. #studiorhoad - Chris Rhoad of Studio Hoad – Small graphic design & photography studio that encompasses out of the box thinking
158. #imrogb – Roger Byrne of social media fish Social Media, Community Management, WordPress & Design
159. #svenhenson - Curtis Henson of Curtis Henson – Makes websites and stuff.
160. #tdhedengren - Thord Daniel Hedengren – Designer, writer, blogger. Also: Editor @ blogherald.com
161. #thegraphicmac – Jim Dempsey of The Graphic Mac – Graphic designer, blogger, Macworld contributing writer
162. #theleggett- David Leggett of Tutorial 9 – Photoshop Tutorials, Photography Tuts, and Resources
163. #thetylerhayes - Tyler Hayes of Tshayes – Social media strategist. Serial entrepreneur. Wannabe social entrepreneur.
164. #ThinkDesign – Think Design Blog – Design blog with freebies, resources, and quality information.
165. #TinaShang – Tina Shang of Eokqh – Graphic Designer
166. #tkadlec – Tim Kadlec – A web developer living and working in Wisconsin.
167. #tomlovesyou – Tom Nußbaum of Tom Loves You – Rookie designer, colourlover, teacher, booknerd, gamer, good friend with a passion for design and typography
168. #tommsinclair – Tom Sinclair of Hello Im Tom – Digital Developer at LOVE
169. #tsiger – Web Tool Kit – Web Design and Front end development
170. #vectips – Vectips – Illustrator Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
171. #vectorss - Vectorss – Free Vector Graphics
172. #Vectortuts- Vectortuts – The web’s #1 vector tutorials site
173. #vinthomas – Vin D Thomas of Vintom – Web Designer
174. #vpieters - Veerle Pieters of Veerle’s Blog – Colorlover for life
175. #webb_art – Art director
176. #webdesignledger – Henry Jones of Web Design Ledger – A publication written by web designers for web designers.
177. #webtech – Zmogo – Tech Guru
178. #wpcandy – Michael Castilla of  WP Candy – A blog on everything about WordPress, from the latest themes and plugins to tutorials and tips
179. #youthedesigner – Gino Orlandi of You the Designer – Graphic Design Blog and Tips for Designers!
180. #yuraf – Yura Filimonov of Improve the Web – Doing the Web thing. A Russian Vegan that Doesn’t Drink Vodka. Running Addict.
181. #yyoyoma – Aryo Sayogha of Yyoyoma – Web designer from Indonesia
182. #zeldman – Jeffrey Zeldman of Zeldman – Founder, Happy Cog™. Publisher, A List Apart. Co-founder, An Event Apart. Author, Designing With Web Standards and all round web legend

Should you be on this list? Please make a comment below and I will add you!

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Twitter is home to many designers and creative professionals who like to share their skills and knowledge whilst providing some amazingly great advice to us all.

So to make it so much easier for you to keep connected to these web & graphic designers plus other creative’s, I have compiled a list of 175+ of the most awesome designers and creative professionals who twit. Here is a list of my selections who I think you should be following: (p.s. this is in alphabetical order, no favorites and bruised egos here.)

Make sure you share & bookmark this list, as it will be constantly updated.

Should you be on this list? Let me know in the comment below and I will add you.

1. #10steps – Johnson Koh of 10Steps.SG – Photoshop Tutorials and Design Resources
2. #1389 – Orthodox Christian, studying for MCSA, graphic artist
3. #3drockz - Navdeep Raj of Deziner Folio – Web Design Freak… oh! and a Practice Lead.
4. #6bdesign – Krissy Gogel of 6bdesign – A web and graphic designer who loves football, Nintendo Wii.
5. #aaroni268 – Aaron Irizarry of This is aarons life – Design, Development, and the Pursuit of Happiness
6. #abduzeedo – Fabio Sasso of Abduzeedo – Graphic/web designer and blogger.
7. #aburiano – Nicholi – web design, web developer, internet geek
8. #adactio – Jeremy Keith of Adactio – An Irish web developer living and working in Brighton, England.
9. #Adam_Wagner – A marketer, designer, armchair singer/songwriter, and wannabe theoretical physicist/philosopher.
10. #adellecharles – Adelle Charles of Fuel Brand Network – Co-Founder + CCO at Fuel Brand Inc. / Creators of the fuelbrandnetwork.com
11. #adii – Adriaan Pienaar of Adii Rockstar – Entrepreneur, co-founder of WooThemes and general creator of Rockstar Awesomeness!
12. #Alex Harris – Alex Harris of Alex Designs – Ecommerce Creative Director. Web Design & Online Marketing.
13. #alexlinebrink - Alex Linebrink of That INDIE Dude – Web and graphics designer, social media maven, serial entrepreneur.
14. #amandafazani – Amanda Fazani of Blogger Buster – a blogger, designer and full time mum!
15. #andrewmaier – Andrew Maier of UX Booth – Interaction/Visual Designer, UX Enthusiast, Speaker, Author
16. #Andy Budd – AndyBudd.com – User Experience Designer
17. #Andy Jacobson – AndyJacobson.com – A NYC based Graphic Designer/Communications Consultant who has been running his own studio
18. #AndyDesjardins – Andy Desjardins of Im In Like With Andy – Web & Graphic Designer
19. #andysowards – Andy Sowards – A professional Web Developer, Programmer (primarily PHP, Javascript and Actionscript)
20. #Antonio Lupetti – Antonio Lupetti of Woorkup – Engineer, Pro Blogger, Mac user, Web Addicted. Founder of woorkup.com
21. #aravindajith – Aravind Ajith of The Design Superhero – Hard core designer, blogger, coder. Loves Drupal and WordPress.
22. #arronlock – Arron Lock of Bright As Black – Dedicated graphic designer
23. #Arthur Brown – Arthur Brown Jr – A web designer and marketing communications professional.
24. #Artistech – Artistech Newmedia – Dynamic Design & Production for the Web, Print and Video
25. #Ben Bleikamp – Bleikamp – Web designer – Decided to give the whole internet thing a try. So far, so good.
26. #bgardner – Brian Gardner of Studio Press – Hopeless Starbucks addict. Internet consultant. Founder/CEO of StudioPress and AgentPress
27. #bittbox – Jay Hilgert of BittBox – Business Owner, Designer, Blogger, Web-enthusiast, Apple Geek
28. #blogdesignblog – Vinh Le of Blog Design Blog – Blog designer. Psychology Student. Snowboarder. Blogger. Reader. Observer.
29. #blogdesigner – Mike Smith a full time web designer
30. #Bryan Pearson – Bryan Pearson – IT Worker/Computer Programmer
31. #buildinternet – Build Internet! – Web design, development, and business blog
32. #cameronmoll – Cameron Moll – Designer, Speaker, Author.
33. #chadengle – Chad Engle of Fuel Your Apps – designer, app blogger, creative, caffeine addict, RSS freak
34. #ChrisPearson – Pearsonified – Web designer and creater of  the Thesis Theme.
35. #ChrisSpooner – Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics Blog – A creative designer, avid blogger
36. #chriscoyier – Chris Coyier of CSS Tricks – Lead cascader
37. #ChrisHebert – Web Designer. Blogger, Certified Computer Tech, Network Admin, Computer Geek, IT Chick
38. #Christian Watson – Christian Watson of Smiley Cat – Web designer
39. #chriswallace – Chris Wallace – designer, developer, entrepreneur
40. #clagnut – Richard Rutter of Clag Nut – User experience designer, author and mountain biker
41. #clearleft – Clear Left – User-experience design agency
42. #cmdshiftdesign – Liz Andrade of CMD Shift Design – Designer of web and print. Blogger, internet nerd and crazy cat lady.
43. #collis – Collis Ta’eed – The man at Envato, The Net Setter and so much more.
44. #collylogic – Simon Collison of Colly – Founder & Creative Director at Erskine Design. Web designer, developer
45. #Colorburned – Grant Friedman of Colorburned – Graphic design resources, tutorials, and more!
46. #conradkdesign – ConradK Design – Creating simple, high impact brand identity through logo design and development
47. #corymiller303 – Cory Miller of webdesign.com – Web Design, WordPress themes & entrepreneurship
48. #craigfarrall – Craig Farrall of cfdesignz -  A youthful 18 year old webdesigner
49. #crazyleaf – Alex Ionescu of Crazy Leaf – Dentist and Designer
50. #crbarnett – Chris Barnett – Web developer, photographer and teacher.
51. #creattica – Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery
52. #Cristian Serur – Cristian Serur of Indiviso Studio – Designer, Gamer, Creative Thinker, Coffee Drinker, and all around good guy.
53. #cssglobe – Alen Grakalic of CSS Globe – Web designer and developer, passionate about web standards.
54. #danbenjamin - Dan Benjamin of Hivelogic – a broadcaster, writer, and developer.
55. #DannyOutlaw – Danny Outlaw of OutLaw Design – Graphic Designer
56. #danrubin – Dan Rubin of Superfluous Banter – Designer, singer, photographer, philosopher, polymath in training; improving the world through design.
57. #darkmotion – Pasquale D’Silva of Dark Motion – Animator & Illustrator.
58. #davidairey – David Airey of David Airey – Awesome graphic designer
59. #DDrDark – Jonatan of Midtone Design – Interface and Icon designer
60. #DesignerDepot – Walter Apai of Web Designer Depot – Webdesigner Depot is one of the most popular blogs about web design
61. #designshard – Max Stanworth of Design Shard – Lover of Typography, Web Design, CSS, XHTML , Illustration, Rock Music
62. #dot_design – Dot Design – a graphic designer specialising in Logo, Print and Brand Design
63. #DrewDouglass - Drew Douglass of Dev-Tips – Web Developer/PHP Pirate. Founder of Dev-Tips.com
64. #dustinbrewer – Dustin Brewer – Freelance web designer
65. #EliteByDesign – Brian Elite By Design – Web designer, graphic artist, blogger.
66. #elliotjaystocks - Elliot Jay Stocks of Elliot Jay Stocks – One of those pesky designer types
67. #emilwisch - Emil Wisch of Fuel Your Creativity – Small business websites freelance-style. WordPress. Graphic Designer
68. #emilychang – Emily Chang of Emily Chang - Designer. Co-founder of @Ideacodes. Technologist, geek, blogger, entrepreneur, surfer.
69. #ericwindham – Eric Windham – Software Developer, Web Developer, Aspiring Web Designer
70. #esquareda – Eric E. Anderson of Esquareda – Senior Web Designer since Y2K – Usability Specialist, Pixel Pusher, Typography Lover, Internet Junkie
71. #EverydayJM - James of EverydayJM – Student at Savannah Collge of Art & Design double majoring in Motion Graphics and Animation.
72. #feather – Derek Featherstone of Box of Chocolates – Accessibility Specialist and Group Lead of the Web Standards Project.
73. #fliawebdesign – Flia Web Design – A montreal web designer.
74. #FreelanceFolder – Freelance Folder – FreelanceFolder is a blog & community for freelancers & web-workers.
75. #fudgegraphics – Franz Jeitz of Fudge Graphics – Freelance graphic designer.
76. #Garcya – Garcya – Passionate blogger, graphic designer
77. #gcoghill – George Coghill of Coghill Cartooning – Cartoonist. Humorous illustrator. Mac/Adobe geek.
78. #GirlinYourShirt – Jenaé of Girl in Your Shirt – Hosts a InternetTV show for startups.
79. #gracesmith – Grace Smith of Post Script 5 – Freelance Web and Graphic Designer in ♥ with web standards and social media.
80. #graphicidentity – Audee of Graphic Identity – Graphic Identity Blog author
81. #holman – Zach Holman of Zach Holman – Web developer on rails
82. #HuddyDesign – Sarah Hudson of Huddy Design – Graphic Designer and Flash Developer.
83. #iamluc – Luc Melgar of Octwelve – Web designer, blogger, otaku, photographer wannabe
84. #ifohdesigns – Ifoh Designs – User Interface Designer – InQuest Technologies
85. #ilovetypography – I Love Typography – Fond of fonts, taken by typefaces and designer
86. #imjustcreative – Graham Smith of ImJustCreative.com – Freelance Logo and Brand Identity designer. Minimalist and typographic fan.
87. #jaswindervirdee - Jaswindervirdee – Web Designer by day, blogger by night.
88. #jcroft - Jeff Croft – Freelance web designer and developer
89. #jeff_finley – Jeff Finley of Go MediaZine – Artist, Designer, Entreprenuer. One of three owners at the creative agency Go Media
90. #jeremyjaymes – Jeremy Jaymes of Paper Tree Design – Web designer, WordPress mechanic, Owner of Papertree Design
91. #jeresig – John Resig – Creator of jQuery, JavaScript programmer, blogger, author, work for Mozilla.
92. #sixrevisions – Jacob Gube of Six Revisions – Web developer/designer and founder of Six Revisions.
93. #jkottke – Jason Kottke of Kottke – Blogger, designer, man about internet.
94. #joehowarddesign – Joe Howard of Joe Howard Design – Graphic Artist- Website Design – UI lover
95. #JoelDrapper – Joel Drapper of Joel Drapper – Web Designer, Developer and Blogger!
96. #jonic – Jonic of 100yen – Damn good web designer
97. #jonimueller – Joni Mueller of Joniverse – Making web pages and blogging about it all.
98. #jophillips – Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios – Designer by day, guitarist by night
99. #joshhemsley – Josh Hemsley of Jayhem Designs – Web Designer and Front-End Developer
100. #justcreative - Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design – Top class Graphic Designer, Logo Designer, Web Designer and Blogger
101. #kailoon- Kailoon of Kailoon – A web designer from Malaysia.
102. #kelter – Badcat – Random rants about FreeHand…
103. #larissameek – Larissa Meek – Passionate about innovation and design. Artist + blogger
104. #liammckay – Liam Mckay of WeFunction – Web Designer
105. #limeshot – Limeshot – Romanian-born, Sydney-based graphic designer and online marketer
106. #markboulton – Mark Boulton – Founder of Mark Boulton Design.
107. #mayhemstudios - Calvin Lee of mayhem studios – Designer Guy and Twitter Addict.
108. #mdurwin – Michael Durwin of Madurwin – Creative Director turned web3.0 Entrepreneur.
109. #meganstrickland – Megan Strickland of Megan Strickland – Designer by trade (logos, websites, etc.)
110. #Meroko - Meroko Senpai of Meroko Senpai – Graphic designer
111. #merttol – Mert TOL of Medyanadolu – Creative Director, Owner, Designer, Developer and Google Professional
112. #meyerweb – Eric Meyer – Web standards | (X)HTML | CSS professional.
113. #mezzoblue – Dave Shea of Mezzoblue – Freelance designer
114. #micek - Evospectrum – User experience design and interactive developer
115. #mike9r – Mike Rundle of 9 Rules – Designing & building stuff for the web, Mac and iPhone.
116. #mjnewham – Martin Newham of Martin.Newham – Enjoy web design, photography and architecture
117. #mlane – Mike Lane of Mlane – Senior UX Designer near Minneapolis, MN with 14 years experience in creative Web and Graphic Design.
118. #mollydotcom – Molly E. Holzschlag of Molly - Well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author.
119. #mydesignstudio – of Delicious Design Studio – Professional, Affordable Blog and Web Design
120. #myinkblog – Andrew Houle of My Ink Blog – A designer, blogger, twitter’er, wordpress’er and founder of my ink blog.
121. #nate_lawson - Nate Lawson of The Photog Formula – Ex-Army Sergeant turned Photographer and Videographer.
122. #Neeart – Nora AbdulRhman of En.Neeart – A beautiful geek from desert working as a digital artist
123. #Nettuts – Nettuts – The internet’s best web development tutorial site.
124. #niphal - Andrew Beeston of Brown Box – Web designer
125. #nyssabdesign – Nyssa of Nyssab Design – Aussie, web designer, front-end developer
126. #obox - David Perel of From the Couch – A designer, blogger, manager, online show host
127. #odi01 – Rodrigo Soares of Once Made – UI Engineer working at MySpace.com
128. #orderedlist – Steve Smith of Ordered List – Web designer. Making the web beautifully simple.
129. #phiredesign – Phire Design of Phire Design – Graphic andweb designer
130. #problogdesign – Michael Martin of Pro Blog Design – Web designer, specialising in blog design.
131. #psdfan – Tom Ross of PSDfan – PSDFAN is a design blog that offers tutorials, inspiration and freebies to it’s awesome audience.
132. #PSDtuts – PSDtuts – The web’s #1 Photoshop tutorials site.
133. #Qbrushes - Abdullah of Q brushes – Freelance webdesigner and owner of Qbrushes.com
134. #r27 – Rajesh Pancholi of r27 – Design & Visual Communications
135. #randaclay – Randa Clay – Freelance designer
136. #redbonsai – Joshua J Wright of Joshua J Wright – Freelance web designer
137. #redwall_hp – Matt Harzewski of Web Master- Source – Blogger, web designer, writer, and all-around computer maniac
138. #rsg – Rob Goodlatte – Facebook Product Designer. Designer of Facebook Lite.
139. #ryancarson – Ryan Carson of Carsonified – Founder of Carsonified.com
140. #sarahparmenter – Sarah Parmenter of You Know Who Design
141. #seaneill - Sean Neill of Sean Neill – A young NYC designer with a passion for paper
142. #seanhodge – Sean Hodge of AiBurn – Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Vector Illustrator, Blog Editor, and Writer
143. #sharebrain – Thomas Ulbricht of Share Brain – Web Designer and Creator of http://sharebrain.info
144. #shauninman – Shaun Inman – Web Designer & Developer
145. #siahdesign – Josiah Jost of Siah Design – Graphic Designer That Specializes in Logo Design
146. #simplebits – Dan Cederholm of Simple Bits – Handcrafted pixels & text.
147. #smartiscool – The Design Nerd. Tubler – Graphic/Web Designer, Illustrator, creative soul inspired by everyday life..
148. #SmashingApps – Smashing Apps – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
149. #smashingmag - Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine – Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine
150. #snookca - of Snook – Making cool stuff on the web.
151. #spyros – Spyros Papaspyropoulos of Papas – Web/SEO Professional and Awarded Web Designer
152. #stevensnell – Steven Snell of Vandelay Design – Web designer, blogger, and freelance writer.
153. #stevethegreat – Steve Mc. of Steve the Great – Front End Developer/Designer. Web Designer. Graphic Designer. Part-Time Freelancer.
154. #stevie489 – Stevie of Online-Photoshop Tutorials – Website Designer
155. #sthursby – Stuart Thursby of Sthursby – Graphic designer; typography nut; community coordinator for Applied Arts Magazine
156. #stillframe – Brad Smith of The Big Noob and captain and co-founder of Virb.com.
157. #studiorhoad - Chris Rhoad of Studio Hoad – Small graphic design & photography studio that encompasses out of the box thinking
158. #imrogb – Roger Byrne of social media fish Social Media, Community Management, WordPress & Design
159. #svenhenson - Curtis Henson of Curtis Henson – Makes websites and stuff.
160. #tdhedengren - Thord Daniel Hedengren – Designer, writer, blogger. Also: Editor @ blogherald.com
161. #thegraphicmac – Jim Dempsey of The Graphic Mac – Graphic designer, blogger, Macworld contributing writer
162. #theleggett- David Leggett of Tutorial 9 – Photoshop Tutorials, Photography Tuts, and Resources
163. #thetylerhayes - Tyler Hayes of Tshayes – Social media strategist. Serial entrepreneur. Wannabe social entrepreneur.
164. #ThinkDesign – Think Design Blog – Design blog with freebies, resources, and quality information.
165. #TinaShang – Tina Shang of Eokqh – Graphic Designer
166. #tkadlec – Tim Kadlec – A web developer living and working in Wisconsin.
167. #tomlovesyou – Tom Nußbaum of Tom Loves You – Rookie designer, colourlover, teacher, booknerd, gamer, good friend with a passion for design and typography
168. #tommsinclair – Tom Sinclair of Hello Im Tom – Digital Developer at LOVE
169. #tsiger – Web Tool Kit – Web Design and Front end development
170. #vectips – Vectips – Illustrator Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
171. #vectorss - Vectorss – Free Vector Graphics
172. #Vectortuts- Vectortuts – The web’s #1 vector tutorials site
173. #vinthomas – Vin D Thomas of Vintom – Web Designer
174. #vpieters - Veerle Pieters of Veerle’s Blog – Colorlover for life
175. #webb_art – Art director
176. #webdesignledger – Henry Jones of Web Design Ledger – A publication written by web designers for web designers.
177. #webtech – Zmogo – Tech Guru
178. #wpcandy – Michael Castilla of  WP Candy – A blog on everything about WordPress, from the latest themes and plugins to tutorials and tips
179. #youthedesigner – Gino Orlandi of You the Designer – Graphic Design Blog and Tips for Designers!
180. #yuraf – Yura Filimonov of Improve the Web – Doing the Web thing. A Russian Vegan that Doesn’t Drink Vodka. Running Addict.
181. #yyoyoma – Aryo Sayogha of Yyoyoma – Web designer from Indonesia
182. #zeldman – Jeffrey Zeldman of Zeldman – Founder, Happy Cog™. Publisher, A List Apart. Co-founder, An Event Apart. Author, Designing With Web Standards and all round web legend

Should you be on this list? Please make a comment below and I will add you!

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So, as I was deciding to write this article, I wanted to get a diverse group of people to answer the simple, yet powerful question: “What are you thankful for?” I apologize for the length, but I guarantee you that reading through these inspiring messages from people around the world is well worth your time.

When I asked the question, no background was given, only the question. I chose random people from different backgrounds to include in this article to show that while we are all unique, we are all very much the same.

If you are not celebrating Thanksgiving this week, please at least take a few moments to appreciate and cherish what means most to you, and celebrate what you are thankful for in life.

What Are You Thankful For?

@TrendyDC from Washington, DC

“Just returned from Peru helping out orphan boys & grateful to be blessed with a family, job, food, comfortable shelter and healthcare.”

@Alyssa_Milano from Los Angeles, California

“This year, I’m thankful for my husband, who every day inspires me to be a better woman.”

@StaciJShelton from Cleveland, Ohio

“I’m so very thankful for love, family, friendship and the power of connection. Pure love for people changes lives.”

@Minervity from Stockholm, Sweden

” I am thankful for my wonderful & beautiful daughter. Thankful for all the creative inspiration my friends share and project. I am thankful for all the wonderful friends I’ve made this year.”

@BenParr from San Francisco, California

“I’m thankful that our society has love and friendship, for they are the most fulfilling part of our lives.”

@SusanLorelei from Pittsburgh, PA

“I suffered a horrible loss this year & am truly thankful for people God has brought into my life to provide cheer & strength.”

@GaryVee from New York City, NY

“Easy answer: The health of my loved ones!”

@ChrisTuff from Atlanta, Georgia

“I’m thankful for my friends and family who make me fired up to wake up every morning and excited for the next day.”

@PrayForAidan from Concord, North Carolina

“My oldest son surviving and thriving…” http://prayforaidan.com

@ItStartsWithUs from Milwaukee, WI

“I’m thankful for the surprising number of people who are willing to give of themselves to help others, with no expectation of reward.”

@ButtercupD from Los Angeles, California

“Thankful for my family, friends and relatively good health!”

@fjfonseca from Barcelona, Spain

“For life, the biggest gift of all, with its good and bad things, ups and downs I am thankful for life itself.”

@ShellyKramer from Kansas City, Missouri

“I am thankful that my family is well & healthy, for the great friends I have, for a roof over my head, food on my table, family in my arms & love in my heart.”

@Msaleem from Chicago, Illinois

“What am I thankful for… a lot of things, my health, friends, great jobs and colleagues, what’s not to be thankful for?”

@ClementYeung from North-East UK

“I am grateful for love, for without it our actions would hold no meaning. I am grateful for my life, for without it I would not be here to experience that love.”

@AdamsConsulting from Atlanta, Georgia

“I’m thankful for my son,my Twitter friends & that I’m able to help others during this season. It’s a blessing to be a blessing.”

@Toad_Mario from Atlanta, Georgia

“I’m thankful for my family, my dog named Sunny and my Nintendo DS.”

@BelindaAng from Singapore

“I am thankful for…. waking each day to see the sun, blue skies, white clouds and knowing that I am loved.”

@Zee from London, UK

“For meeting the most wonderful person in the world and getting to spend the rest of my days with her.”

@ChrisBrogan from Boston, MA

“Thankful for a supportive family who knows there’s a method to my madness.”

@RayBeckerman from New York, NY

“I’m thankful for the privilege of being part of a social media revolution which makes it much easier for all people to be citizen journalists.”

@MarySarahMusic from Texas, USA

“I am SO thankful for life! I have the greatest, most supportive parents ever! And mostly just for the life I get to lead and hopefully can help others in return.”

@Jaycbee from Atlanta, Georgia

“I am thankful for the many blessings I have received in life. For my family and friends, old and new, near and far. thankful for my Faith.”

@soulboykirk from Nova Scotia, Canada

“Thankful to be gifted in different disciplines; for great music, the arts in general; for the net/Twitter/FB giving me helpful global friends.”

@AbsolutelyTrue from South Carolina

“I’m thankful for those who truly care about me and carry me in their hearts.”

@Milagro88 from Vietnam

“I’m thankful for my amazing family, our health, freedom from financial worry, intelligence, spirituality & peace at home and for friendships!”

@Ruth_Z from Tel Aviv, Israel

“I’m grateful that I have a job that causes me to create something new every day and to be the wheel that drives the wheel.”

@Iconic88 from Sydney, Australia

“I am thankful for my family, friends, culture and every experience I’ve had in my life to share the lessons with others.”

@ModelSupplies from Detroit, MI

“So grateful for the chance to connect with all of my Twitter & FB follow-friends whose love and support shows in each and every character!”

@AdNys from Los Angeles, CA

“Thankful for: Family (2 young sons). Life (love). Love (purity). Wilderness (keeps humans sane). Journalism (long live the 4th estate).”

@Lotay from Los Angeles, California

“I’m most thankful for God.”

@HeyKim from USA

“I am thankful for family… friends and NBA basketball.”

@Ostrick from Los Angeles, California

“I am thankful for my health, loving family and sharing stories and ideas.”

@StefanieWood from Bristol, UK

“I’m thankful for my friends and family, my job and car, and generally the quality of my life.”

@Cheth from Manipal, Bangalore, India

“Thankful to all the people who didn’t help me, so that I could learn it myself. Thankful to all those people who criticized me! And to all who supported me.”

@TrendTracker from New Jersey, USA

“I’m thankful for my family and friends – and for the freedoms and blessings I enjoy from so many who have sacrificed so much.”

@JeffRago from Studio City, California

“I am thankful for the people in my life and the experiences that bring us together.”

@DelWilliams from Los Angeles, California

“I’m thankful for the friends I have made on Twitter, and the opportunities this platform has brought me.”

@KrystynChong from California, USA

“I’m thankful for my health. Hard to enjoy anything when your body isn’t functioning as usual.”

@ChiniehDiaz from Manila, Philippines

“I’m thankful for my awesome family & my sense of humor. Life can never get you down when you have those.”

@HappySoul from London, UK and Asia

“I’m thankful for my blessed family & friends, my life & love experiences & choices, bad & good, that have made who I am today”

@Daniel_Barta from Örményes, Hungary

“I am thankful for this wonderful world and for this wonderful life to God. And things like having wonderful friends is amazing.”

@AdventureGirl from LosAngeles, California

“I am thankful for Twitter. Without it, we would not be able to help change the world along with those less fortunate who hopefully now will have a voice.”

@KyNamDoan from San Francisco, California

“I’m thankful for family, good luck, and San Francisco.”

@IgorBuhovec from Riga, Latvia

“I’m thankful that… I didn’t spend a minute in fear. It’s about wars and terror. I live in quiet EU country and that’s great.”

@ColourOfAir from Cluj-Napoca, Romania

“I am thankful for the gift of life, my wife, music, art, friends, being healthy. God bless!”

@WTFJAY from Toronto, Canada

“I am thankful for the time I get to spend with my family.The last few years have been difficult, and they have helped me through it.”

@Cupcakes5 from Pittsburgh, PA

“I am thankful for freedom and all that entails.”

@Virtuosoblogger from India

“I am thankful for all the love and support shown by my friends and family.”

@binoyxj from Bangalore, India

“I am thankful for friends..the ones i manage to keep up with….both online and offline.”

@jmdc88 from Washington, DC

“Thankful to wake up each day to have a chance to do whatever I can to make the world a better place. Being alive, and being loved by family & friends.”

@phaoloo from Taipie, Taiwan

“I am thankful for living on this earth.”

@Dublins98Dave from Dublin, Ireland

“I’m thankful for finding my best friend Tracy, marrying her and starting a family. She makes my life utterly amazing.”

@ProjectKpaz from Boston, MA and Brazil

“I am thankful for having found relatively early in my life what it is that I really can’t live without, music.”

@LarisaBelliveau from Rochester, NY

“I am thankful for my “learning experiences” because they polish my soul.”

@BerniePiekarski from Orlando, Florida

“To be alive. Had heart attack & triple bypass 4/6/09 Health is good today. For my family & friends. Without them I really have nothing else.”

@Blogomomma from Chicago, Illinois

“God’s intercession of grace. Thru my good, bad, and ugly – epic failures,biggest regrets,worst heartbreaks-He NEVER left me!”

@Sloane from New Orleans. Louisiana

“Thankful for trusting in myself, willingness to open my heart to friends, faith and love of my family and ability to give back to others.”

@PrintedProof from Massachusetts, USA

“I am thankful for my freedom more than anything. I love the ability to raise my children my way, work a job I love, and sleep in peace & comfort next to the woman of my dreams.”

@ChrisPirillo from Seattle, Washington

“I’m thankful for my friends. I’m thankful for the internet and I’m thankful for the opportunity to say Happy Thanksgiving.” (More from Chris in this video.)

For those who wonder why I chose Chris Pirillo for the bottom of this list, he responded with a video. And while it did not quite fit with this article, it was lots of fun to watch.

And finally, I am thankful that I was able to bring so many wonderful and amazing people together for this article. Thankful for family, friends and associates. Thankful for yet another day on this Earth. Thankful that peace is always a possibility.

And now…What are you thankful for?

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Of course the top 30 listed here are my opinion, but if you think that some other tutorials deserved to make the list, or you want to tell us what you think of the list, then feel free to drop in a comment below to this post. We would love to hear what you think of our selection of the top 30.

Boxed Art Web Design Tutorial

Learn how to make this really swish website design using PhotoShop.

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Abstract Glowing Tutorial

Here is a tutorial that teaches you how to create this beautiful abstract glowing object.

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Texture Layer Blending

Learn how to blend textures with photos in PhotoShop.

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Magazine WordPress Theme

Create a magazine styled WordPress theme from the grounds up using PhotoShop.

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Sleek Web Portfolio

Learn how to create this bright colored web portfolio in PhotoShop.

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Movie Sunset

Ever wondered how to create a movie styled sunset? This tutorial will teach you how to do so using Adobe Photoshop and this beautiful photo of Sydney.

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Light Effect Basics

This tutorial will teach you the basics of using light effects in Adobe Photoshop.

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Floral Text Wallpaper

Learn how to create this beautiful text effect on a desktop wallpaper in Photoshop.

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Creative Design Studio Layout

Grafpedia teaches us how to create a classy and beautiful design studio layout in Adobe Photoshop.

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Animal King Photo Manipulation

Tutorial 9 have provided us with another awesome tutorial. This time learn how to photo manipulate a photo of an lion and turn him into a king.

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Splattered Vector

Learn how to create a splattered vector image in Photoshop. This looks awesome!

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High Flying Snowboard Illustration

PSD Tuts+ teaches us how to create a high flying snowboard illustration. I think many of us could learn some awesome effects from this tutorial.

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Website Header

Create a header for a design website purely in Photoshop.

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Typographic Retro Space Face

PSD Tuts teaches us how to create a very colourful retro space face in Photoshop.

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Blog Layout

Learn how to create a simple 2 column blog layout with PSD Vibe.

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Print Brochure

PSD Tuts+ teaches us how to create a ready to print brochure that can be customized for practically anything.

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Web Layout

Tutorial9 has an awesome tutorial on how to create a colourful corporate website layout design in Photoshop.

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Introduction To The Type Tool

Here is an awesome tutorial / guide on how to use the type tool in Photoshop.

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Fake 3D In Photoshop

Learn how to create a fake 3D poster in Photoshop with WebDesignerMag.

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Apply Textures To Uneven Surfaces

Here is a really great tutorial that will teach you how to apply textures to uneven and different surfaces.

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Abstract Floral Illustration

Tutorial 9 teaches us how to create an abstract floral explosion illustration using Photoshop.

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Enhance Photos With A Pen Tablet

This tutorial will teach you how to enhance photos using a pen tablet in Photoshop.

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Furious Pink Panther Poster

GoMediaZine have written an amazing tutorial on how to design a furious pink panther poster.

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Typographic Wallpaper

Tutorial9 yet again has another perfect tutorial. This time you can learn how to create a typographic wallpaper in Photoshop that you can use for your desktop wallpaper. This looks so nice!

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Vintage Traveler Diary

Abduzeedo has a top tutorial over at his blog that teaches people how to create a vintage traveler diary using Photoshop. This looks very realistic too!

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Diamond Advertisement Poster

Learn how to create a diamond advertising poster in Photoshop, that consists of many cool and interesting effects.

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The Warrior Angel

Learn how to transform a photo into this beautiful and spectacular warrior angel illustration.

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Calligraphy Text Effect

Ever wanted to create beautiful and interesting text in Photoshop? Adbuzeedo has wrote us a tutorial that will teach you how to create this awesome calligraphy text effect in Photoshop.

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Five Looks, One Layout

PSD Tuts+ have created a tutorial on how to alter the same web layout 5 times to create different and interesting designs.

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Firefish

Looks like famous browser needs a new mascot. Learn how to create a fish version of the FireFox.

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Take a moment and have a look at each Lego building and monument below, and then take a step back and think about this: How did they do it? The sheer size, precise detail and the in-depth planning of each creation is mind blowing. This is Lego architecture at its best, when Lego ceases to be a simple kids toy and becomes a modern day sculpture.
In this post we have collected our favorite Lego buildings and monuments from around the World, built by Lego professionals and passionate aficionados. You will find the obvious buildings, like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty to lesser known buildings, like the Tower of Belém (our favorite) and the Dome of the Rock. We are sure you will all agree, these buildings are amazing.
For this article to be fully complete we need more buildings from South America, Australia and especially Africa. If anyone knows of any Lego creations from these continents, send us an email here: Contact.

Around the World with 35 Famous Lego Monuments and Buildings

Leaning Tower of Pisa (Europe, Italy)

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The Colosseum (Europe, Italy)

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The Tower of London (Europe, UK)

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Big Ben (Europe, UK)

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Westminster Abbey (Europe, UK)

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The Eiffel Tower (Europe, France)

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The Arc de Triomphe (Europe, France)

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The Acropolis of Athens (Europe, Greece)

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The Parthenon (Europe, Greece)

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Frauenkirche Dresden (Europe, Germany)

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Atomium (Europe, Belgium)

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Tower of Belém (Europe, Portugal)

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The Kremlin (Europe, Russia)

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St. Peter's Cathedral (Europe, Vatican City

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The Great Pyramid of Giza (Africa, Egypt)

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The White House (North America, USA)

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The Statue of Liberty (North America, USA)

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The Empire State Building (North America, USA)

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Flatiron Building (North America, USA)

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Yankee Stadium (North America, USA)

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The Chrysler Building (North America, USA)

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John Hancock Center (North America, USA)

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Detroit Public Library (North America, USA)

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Chichen Itza (Central America, Mexico)

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Rapa Nui National Park (South America, Chile)

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Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida (South America, Brazil)

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Sydney Opera House (Australia)

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Dome of the Rock (Asia, Israel)

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Torii Gates (Asia, Japan)

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Ancient Kyoto (Asia, Japan)

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Hall of Supreme Harmony (Asia, China)

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Macau Tower (Asia, China)

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The Great Wall of China (Asia, China)

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The Taj Mahal (Asia, India)

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Meanwhile there have been some changes to report overnight regarding the Sydney Australia blog scraper site affiliated with Shift Interactive. Apparently my post was noticed, because all URLs on the webdesignsydneyaustralia.com domain have been redirected to shiftinteractive.net.  So for now at least my 53 consecutive stolen Spoonfed Design posts are off that site, and hopefully will remain so.  They are still indexed in Google with scraper URLs, but eventually these will drop out and my duplicate content problems from that particular site will be resolved. Gee, thanks, Shift Interactive!

Interestingly, a number of other domains hosted on the same dizinc server are also now redirecting to shiftinteractive.net, although the Google cache shows these sites were up and running within the past week. On socialmediaaustralia.com, for example, we can no longer see the numerous  fanboy.com posts that were there last week.  Likewise, the site seotipstricks.com no longer shows the material from the Stepforth marketing blog it had published there recently. In both cases with the author’s permission, I’m sure.

I enjoyed looking at web2.0newsroom.com (that’s web 2.0 newsroom, get it?) because up until a day or two ago it displayed the same WordPress theme as the site that was robbing Spoonfed Design:

Apart from the visual appeal there was  some great content here too–great because it came from a great blog,  profy.com.  But now it’s all gone,  it all redirects to Shift Interactive.

Now I don’t know too much about this, but is it really good for SEO to have dozens of smammy-sounding domains on the same DNS all redirecting to your main business site? Well I guess these guys are the experts.

Thanks for the great supportive comments on yesterday’s post!

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The last 53 posts on Spoonfed Design have been copied in their entirety, without permission or attribution, on the site webdesignsydneyaustralia.com. This is an example of blog scraping at it’s worst. All of SFD’s  original content published since February 12, 2009 has simply been lifted and republished on this site without so much as a thank you. The past 39 consecutive posts on the Sydney site, without exception, are posts from Spoonfed Design.

The offending site is part of a blog farm designed to funnel traffic to a Sydney-based design and SEO firm called Shift Interactive.  How do I know that? Well, Shift Interactive is owned by a gentleman named Jamie Harbison, who also turns up on a WhoIs search as the admin contact for the scraper site. When I sent a polite note to Jamie asking for removal of my material from his site, twice, I received no reply. But one thing did change: the scraper site URL stated above now redirects to shiftinteractive.net.   That has only made things worse from my perspective, as I’ll go on to explain. But first, here’s a look at the scraper site homepage as of a few days ago, from the Google cache:

Let me be clear, this is not a link blog posting titles and summaries of content with links to the original source. Click on any of those links and you are taken to the complete post with the original SFD title, author and page slug, but at the Sydney domain.   Internal links direct viewers to the previous and next post, also both from SFD of course.

The scraper homepage did previously include one single link to Spoonfed as a “contributor”  down at the bottom of the sidebar.  Good enough to justify swiping all my content? No! Because all of the actual content, all 53 individual posts, appear WITHOUT the sidebar and with no attribution or link of any sort.  And none of those pages have been removed or redirected.  With the homepage now gone the one tenuous line of credit to SFD no longer exists.  But all of the content at the Sydney web design URL still remains. 

The two header links I have circled in red are interesting. The anchor text consists of keywords related to web services in Sydney. Click on one of those and you’re taken to a page with almost no content, like this one:
Almost no content…just the chosen keyword. So what’s going on? This page accumulates page rank from all the internal links it receives  It gets one from every page in the blog.  And it has a single outgoing link with the same keyword anchor text, which of course is the whole point: passing the benefits of that page rank on to the target site, in order to boost its search ranking.  And that site is: This is the really sad part. Shift Interactive claims to be “one of Sydney’s leaders in corporate blogging, viral marketing, Social Media and Social Networking.” Elsewhere they say they are “a boutique Web 2.0 agency specialising in social media,” and “Sydney SEO specialists with over ten years’ experience in Search Engine Optimisation”. Jamie Harbison’s LinkedIn profile page makes similar claims, and boasts an impressive resume.  So why is this legit-seeming design firm going to the trouble of parasitizing Spoonfed Design?  Because they’re a bunch of unethical slimeballs I guess, and because they can get away with it.

It’s sad because there are so many opportunities to reach out and form positive connections and alliances within the design community.  This clumsy bit of SEO probably has yielded very little benefit to Shift Interactive, because all that lifted content doesn’t relate directly to their Sydney keywords.  But it’s hurting Spoonfed Design.

And that’s partly my fault.  I’ve made it easy for them. I’ve been intending to install a formal copyright notice for some time, but kept putting it off thinking it’s something I’ll get to when I finally do a full site/theme redesign.  Not that it may have made any difference in this case. I just added a copyright claim that will serve for the short term at least. All U.S. bloggers concerned about content theft should make sure they have a clearly written copyright notice such as this. It may not do much as far as prevention, but it will at least assert your rights and establish that anyone taking your content is guilty of copyright infringement, for which there are legal consequences.

I know there are some who may say, why does all this matter? I guess it doesn’t if you have no interest in traffic or search ranking for your site. But like most website owners I do have an interest in those things. Sites like webdesignsydneyaustralia.com impact me in two ways. All that duplicate content is a big negative for SEO and lowers my ranking in Google search results. In addition, the duplicate site is a competitor that may outrank me on searches directly related to my own content, even my own page titles. That’s how I discovered this site in the first place, trying to figure out why spoonfeddesign.com often shows up so poorly in Google SERPS. I get a lot of social traffic here but little from search, and here’s one reason why. These are results on a search for “color scales in Photoshop”.
Not a high traffic search term of course, but a blog like this gets its search traffic from lots of long-tail keywords such as this one.  Positions 5 and 4 are the Sydney rippoff site.  Three and two are Diggs, and I should be able to outrank those!  And what’s that site there at number one?  Could it be?  Yes! Another scraper blog, on the domain neurosoftware.ro.  Full text of SFD’s Photoshop tutorial on color scales with no links or acknowledgment.  I haven’t even begun to try to track this idiot down yet!

It’s demoralizing, and the reality is, there’s only so much time and energy one can devote to dealing with this sort of thing. The brazen nature of the Sydney design rippoff site really got to me though, so my next move is a formal complaint to Google under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). More to say about that in another post.

Does anyone else have experience dealing with this sort of thing? If you run a blog, how much do you care when other sites lift your content?

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SuperVixen is a Sydney based studio focused on creating a great variety of projects with primary strengths in art direction, motion graphic design, conceptual art, and illustration. They have collaborated with leading brands like Toyota, MTV, Sony, and many more.These are some examples of their illustration work.

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To see more of SuperVixen’s work click here.

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It’s difficult to create something exceptional when you are working to a strict deadlines. If you can’t come up with a good idea in a stressful situation, it’s best to take a break and look for inspiration. Here here is a list or websites with outstanding articles, which will wake up your brain for sure. However this is not a classic huge blog roundup – here you’ll find only the best of the best ones you should really add to your RSS reader! These sites have been proven their value in long timeline as irreplaceable sources for daily inspiration, tutorials, tips and resources for every designer!

Websites are list in random order to make you at least scroll through whole article and get everything out of it! Just thought it would be better that way!

1. Techime/webdesign

Techime.com is not a blog, but a news aggregator. The design and inspiration categories contain links to most popular and newest articles from other blogs, saving your time. Interesting and promising project!

2. Noupe

Recently blog has been sold to SmashingMagazine, so there should be interesting things happening. Noupe passionately delivers stylish and dynamic news for designers and web-developers on all subjects of design, ranging from; CSS, Ajax, Javascript, web design, graphics, typography, advertising & much more.

3. Six revisions

Six Revisions is a weblog that provides practical, useful information for the modern, standards-compliant web designer and web developer. It seeks to present exceptional, noteworthy tips, tutorials, and resources that the modern web professional will appreciate. You’ll find a variety of content from tools that can speed up your work-flow processes to showcases of beautiful designs for inspiration and tutorials on JavaScript frameworks like jQuery and MooTools.

4. Smashing Magazine

This world’s biggest design blog doesn’t require any introduction I think!

5. Design reviver

Useful tutorials, sources of inspiration, and articles covering a wide range of web design related topics.

6. Abduzeedo

Abduzeedo is all about design, providing inspiration and really unique and high quality tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator and other tools. Very popular blog maintained by talented designer Fabio Sasso.

7. Webdesigner depot

Web Design Resources for Web Designers. Also has free icons, photoshop brushes and tools for web and graphic designers.

8. Web Designer Wall

Web Designer Wall is a design blog, designed and maintained by Nick La. Topics focus on web design, tutorials, and modern design trends.

9. Speckyboy

Blog filled with inspiration in design and technology, has some outstanding tutorials on photoshop, illustrator, etc.

10. NetTuts

Nettuts+ is a site aimed at web developers and designers offering tutorials and articles on technologies, skills and techniques to improve how you design and build websites. They cover HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails.

11. Design Mag

Community-based website for web designers and developers. The site includes a popular blog, a user-submitted news section, a design gallery, and a design job board.

12. CSS Tricks

Nice collection of snippets, videos, articles on CSS-related topics.

13. Web resources depot

WebResourcesDepot visitors are 99% web developers, web designers & graphic designers or simply anyone interested in web design & development.

14. Spoon Graphics

Articles and resources for web designers from Chris Spooner.

15. We function

Great site for web designers. It offers some great free resources.

16. Just creative design

A blog of Jacob Cass’ – graphic designer & logo designer from Sydney, Australia. Check out his articles about logo design.

17. You the designer

This blog features tips, inspiration, tutorials and resources for creative professionals.

18. Gomediazine

A great website for free tutorials packed with practical and useful advice.

19. David Airey

Many great articles on pricing, design process, working with clients.

20. Design you trust

Design You Trust is a daily design magazine full of new design trends, news and events.

21. Veerle’s blog

Useful blog which focuses on web design, graphics design, html/css and more.

22. Bittbox

Good collection of resources for designers including patterns, textures, brushes and vector graphics.

23. A list apart

A magazine with many insightful articles and how-to’s related to web design.

24. The Design Inspiration

The Design Inspiration features the best logos, illustrations, websites, photos and patterns.

25. Stylized web

Blog about web trends maintained by Ross Johnson.

26. Inspired Mag

Inspired Magazine is a great web design resource with lots of graphic and web design inspiration.

27. Vandelay Design Blog

Blog of the Vandelay Design studio is updated regularly with articles, resources, and inspiration for web and graphic designers.

28. Creative Nerds

Design inspiration, freebies and tutorials.

29. Inspiredology

This blog reviews various trends in web-design.

30. Dzine blog

Founded in December 2007, Dzine blog Is all about designs, here you can find inspirational designs and some good tips in logo, graphics and web designing.

31. Instant Shift

Really great and fast growing blog maintained by designer team, you will always find there huge, and I mean really huge resource collections!

32. ColorBurned

Colorburned is a design blog featuring some of the best design news, resources, and tutorials from around the web. On this website you will find free vectors, textures, patterns, Illustrator and Photoshop brushes as well as tutorials and interviews with some of the biggest players in the design industry.

33. Tutorial9

Tutorial9 – it is a collection of teachers, experts, and caring folk from around the world, all gathered in one place to pass along our knowledge to absolutely anyone interested in learning.

34. SmashingApps

SmashingApps delivers open source, free and useful online resources for designers and developers.

35. Web Design Ledger

A publications for web designers, tutorials and articles.

36. Webitect

Webitect.net is a blog that shares tips, tutorials, and features discussion for web designers and developers. Design category contains some great inspirational articles.

37. Sharebrain

Sharebrain contains some good articles, interviews, tutorials.

38. Cats Who Code

Cats Who Code is a weblog dedicated to Web Development, with a focus on Programming languages, Blogging tips, Web Design and WordPress.

39. DezinerFolio

Dezinerfolio is a site dedicated to the creative aspects of web design and development with the main focus of creating reuseable design assets and freebies.

40. Spoonfed Design

Spoonfed Design is a design blog publishing tips, tutorials and inspirations, as well as news and reviews for designers and developers.

41. UsabilityPost

The Usability Post is a blog about design. Design isn’t what something looks like, design is about how it works. Making something usable means understanding what people expect from your product and thinking of ways to make the use of the product simple and enjoyable.

42. WP Recipes

Daily recipes to cook with WordPress.

43. 10Steps

This blog is started in August 2008, where the purpose is to share random experiments with Adobe Photoshop and some interesting design articles.

44. ProBlogDesign

This website will teach you how to build better looking blog!

45. Dzinepress

Very promising blog, where you can read everything related to graphic and webdesign – programming, inspiration, showcases, photoshop, tutorials and more!

46. Typesett magazine

This blog is only 6 month old, but look really promising.

47. My ink blog

MyInkBlog is the creation of Andrew Houle and is designed to be a resource for web and graphic designers alike.

48. D-lists

Comprehensive lists of the best web design content out there. Regular posts include weekly web inspiration. Site also feature reviews and interviews.

49. Spyrestudios

Really beautiful blog maintained by Jon Phillips, very successful blogger, designer and freelancer writing there unique design related articles frequently.

50. Designer daily

Graphic design blog with daily dose of news, inspiration, tutorials or resources.

51. 2experts design

2experts blog provides readers variety of resources such as graphic design, logo design, web design.

52. Reencoded

Web design tips, tutorials and related resources.

53. Colour lovers

Design blog themed around colors.

54. Naldz Graphics

This blog has some great photoshop tutorials and brushes.

55. Line 25

Line25 has some good design tutorials, and reviews of other cool websites.

56. WebDesignBooth

WebDesignBooth is all about sharing resources such as web design, web development, javascript, CSS/XHTML, Search Engine Optimization, advertising, wallpapers, photoshop resources and etc. This blog is updated several times every week and brings new contents that will aspiring our readers.

57. DesiznTech

Desizn Tech is site for web designer, developer, techy and everyone else with design interest. The purpose of Desizn Tech is to share genuine, creative and useful resources.

58. Janko At Warp Speed

Site is maintained by Janko Jovanovic, who is a solution architect, developer, designer and artist. In his blog he helps you build good looking and functional web sites sharing freebies, tutorials and interesting articles!

59. Think Design

ThinkDesignBlog is a graphic design blog that has freebies, resources, inspiration and free wordpress themes. Freebies include, high-reso photoshop brushes, vectors, and textures.

60. DesignShard

The purpose of design shard is to produce a valuable resource for designers ranging from design tips, inspiration and free resources such as photoshop brushes or textures to be downloaded.

61. Webdesigndev

WebDesignDev (WDD) was started back in the summer of 2006 as a tutorial website for web designers.

62. Kikolani

Kikolani is about the art of blogging – the technical aspects with blogging and social networking tips, the beauty with photography and poetry, and the benefits for writers and readers.

63. Exxcorpio Blog

This is personal blog of Luis Lopez, a place where you will find some helpful graphic and animation tutorials, advices about business and design life, also you will find some news about me and my works, resources and graphic elements to help you in your design development and a quality selection of motion and animation works and ideas.

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5. 15 Freelancer Design And Development Creative Job Boards

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The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

20+ Mac Apps to Increase Your Productivity: http://bit.ly/pmAhg

Rare Star Wars Photos : http://br.st/00J (via @9swords)

5 Things Cities Can Learn from Burning Man: http://bit.ly/pKLUP

7 More Amazing Engineering Wonders of Today & Tomorrow: http://bit.ly/1H8qBG

Faking Depth of Field in Photoshop (w/Ps action): http://bit.ly/3tawjl

COMBO — A Collaborative Animation by Blu & David Ellis: http://bit.ly/oBQMU

Like the iPhone? Try the Notepod: http://bit.ly/oTST3

RedesignGoogle: A Contest To Revamp The World’s Most Popular Search Engine: http://bit.ly/bnzOU

30 Sensational Print Ads From Around The World: http://bit.ly/wcYvw

Colorful food flags: http://bit.ly/qnPLh

Stunning Views of Glaciers From Space: http://bit.ly/oO4a6

35-Foot Interactive Screens Decorate Microsoft Campus: http://bit.ly/15WDVY

The Next Serif Trend: http://bit.ly/Mwo7D

iPhone Needs a New Home: http://bit.ly/1XrNSS

Tiger and kid have a moment: http://bit.ly/16LuEq

30 Amazing Crop Circles: http://bit.ly/AtK9A

French Officials Propose Disclaimer on Photoshopped Ads: http://bit.ly/mlkkH

iPhone Netbook revealed: http://bit.ly/4AlyjJ

Sneaker Art: http://bit.ly/bL0Pu

Stunning aerial view of the San Francisco airport: http://bit.ly/nZSXE

Dust turns Sydney sky red: http://bit.ly/uL2kl

Picasa 3.5 Organizes Your Photos with Facial Recognition: http://bit.ly/2MyDLp

Arial versus Helvetica: http://bit.ly/2JLlyc

Craving for more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot

If you find an exclusive RSS freebie on this feed or on the live WDD website, please use the following code to download it: z4Ea9Z

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GetAFreelancer is looking to redesign their logo.  Submissions are accepted until September 30th 2009 (midnight EDT) only via the online submission page. Artists can submit multiple entries.

The prizes offered are quite substantial :

• Grand Prize : US$10,000 & Master Logo Designer Insignia added to user’s profile.
• People’s Award : US$1,000 and Master Logo Designer Insignia
• Second Prize : US$1,000 and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• Third Prize : Adobe Illustrator CS4 and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• Fourth Prize : Apple Ipod Touch 16GB and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia
• 5th-10th Prize : US$25 Apple iTunes Voucher and Specialist Logo Designer Insignia

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