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You thought that you had enough of icons already? Well, not yet. IconShock, a well-known design company, created a very complete set of 150 social media icons and they are all for free.
You can download directly from here (150mb).
This set contains not only the most important social media icons which you can use, but also provides nine different sizes (from 16 up to 512 pixels), four different formats (PNG, PSD, AI and ICO), three different states (normal, enabled and disabled); and a mobile version.
You were expecting something else?
Social Media and Twitter icons are probably the most used in blogs and web sites, here we provide for all you two links for a very neat set of icons in an original black design.
The social media icons are provided by BlackSmith and you can find for Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, digg, Reddit, Delicious, etc. Download the entire set from here.
And the black set for Twitter, provided by iconhive, is definitely my favorite ones; which are available for Windows and Mac. Download from here for the Windows version; and this link for Mac.
Bubblicons created a very cool set of icons for social media, and of course as the name says it, the bubble design is present.
We can find the complete list of anything you would like to use in your site, blog or application. Including of course: Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Technorati, RSS Feeds, Stumbleupon, sharethis, etc.
Download the entire set from this link.
Enjoy!
Logoease lets you create and customize your own logos for free and without the need to install any software, doing directly online.
Creativity is a key factor when we are discussing designs in web apps, blogs or sites. And the use of an interesting and innovating company logo is the presentation card for every business. Logoease provides a simple way of creating your own logo in 3 simple steps:
- Select your base image.
- Customize it. Change color, forms, rotation, etc.
- Download it.
All the customization is very intuitive; you don’t need to be a designer to achieve a good result. You will receive various electronic files for both web and print use including the vector source files. File formats include eps, png, jpg and tiff.
And yes, all completely free.
Smashing Magazine introduced us a new set of high quality WordPress Themes, all for free. This collection took the best of 2010, and is organized in categories for you to make your pick a lot faster.
The categories we can find are: gallery and portfolio themes, themes for bloggers, e-Commerce WordPress themes, clean themes, magazine-style themes, minimal themes, mobile themes; pre-launch themes; and finally “Themes That Take WordPress Beyond.”
Take a look to the complete list here. More samples:
We’ve also announces earlier a different set of 100 Premium Themes available, published by Graphic Alerts.
Who among us could say that does not love retro designs? I sure can’t get enough of any retro looking thingy. Of course, having a nice a professional design is everything; that’s why 1stwebdesigner developed 100 retro wallpapers with high quality.
We can find “standard” resolution wallpapers from 1280×800, up to some high quality ones with 2560×2048. Make your pick here.
This collection is called “2010”, even though not all of these themes were made on this year, and is completely free.
Here’s the complete list (posted from Graphic Alerts).
There are plenty here I really love, like Frezhnyer, Masipag, Imagination, Monstic Creative WordPress Theme, etc.
Make your pick and enjoy!
As a writer and blogger, I often need to share files with clients and many times just my friends to get feedback on things. It could be a new guide I’ve written or a new design for my blog. A new tool I’ve found makes that a lot easier. It’s called Apollo. It allows you to upload a document and share it with people.
They can then add notes and feedback to the document using the simple ‘note tool’ which involves you just clicking on where you want to add your feedback on the document.
The thing I liked most about Apollo was how you can select exactly where on the document you want to add the note instead of describing it to the other person.
The interface is very easy-to-use and has only the basic tools you need to give or receive feedback. To but it bluntly, there’s no excess fat to get in the way.
To sum up, this is a great web app for freelancers and large companies alike. It streamlines what used to be a very tedious process involving countless e-mails between all those involved.
Check it out here.
Web design used to be only for those savvy enough to code and design original graphics. Not to take away from the skill it takes to do good web design, many of us are simply looking for a way to display content: video, photos, and text. We’ve come a long way since the days of Geocities, and are now able to do so much more with the web apps that have been developed for the everyman.
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The Red Ring of Death and the curved shape – both features of the XBOX 360, which I hate. No matter which way you put it, it always looks out of place amongst my other players and cable boxe. It has always baffled me as to why games companies simply can make minimalistic games consoles – although I suppose the Wii was a step in the right direction.
The XBOX Elegant edition which will be out shortly features a new layout and a new (regularly shaped!) exterior made from aluminium. It’s bulkier than the previous incarnation but at least it looks better than it.
The reason why it’s bulkier is because it has extra cooling features which can help prevent the Red Ring of Death.
Bad News: I did some serious digging around and every major tech blog is stumped when it comes to finding out how. Also, nobody is 100% sure where the original picture came from. But it does appear to be real and the second when we have details – I’ll post an update.
