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Valio Con 2012 Talk Videos are Now Available

Did you miss out on this year's Valio Con 2012? Well don't fret, because you still have a chance to check out the inspirational keynotes made by the conference's valued speakers, made available online with video presentations and interactive slide decks on the Valio Con website! Photos by @_bklmn Valio Con? Valio Con, short for Valio Conference, is a yearly e...
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DesignEd — Pixel Hinting

So you call yourself a pixel-pusher, eh? But, do you know what that really means? Well, I for sure don't even have the slightest chance of knowing either. Though, I can tell you something about what I think pixel-pushing really is: pixel hinting. If you look up the term with your favourite search engine, you'll get some very vague definitions and no trusty Wikip...
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Teehan + Lax Releases The iOS 6 GUI PSD for iPhone 5

We were all a little excited when Teehan + Lax recreated and released the user-interface PSD for the new Retina iPad a few months back. Now with the almost recent release of iOS 6 and the shipping of our shiny, new, taller-screened iPhones, software design company Teehan + Lax went at it again releasing the iOS 6 GUI PSD — specifically designed for the iPhone 5 and ...
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Globe

DesignED – Drawing Simple Spherical Icons

Today I'm starting a new weekly column called 'DesignED' where I'll show you tutorials — from the simple to the involved — of basic designs, illustrations, websites and more. A while back, I wrote a post about the original designs of top websites. With that, seeing as there is no way for a feature image to exist for such an article, I had to make one for it...
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Smaller App

Quick Review: Smaller – Simple Minification for Web Developers

Just like any average web designer, I write and code CSS every day. It’s almost like it’s become my primary native language on the internet, and it’s the language I use to express my art, or in our industry, design, and web design in general. Just like how an oily mix of pigments become the basis of a painting for a painter, simple bits of characters and words t...
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OMT

One More Thing Conference Videos Now Available

We don’t have many of the popular and major conferences like Build or The New Adventures here down under in Australia, but if there’s one conference that top the many, it’s the One More Thing Conference. Held at Melbourne, the One More Thing Conference is an event of workshops, talks, keynotes and more, all drilling down to the subject of taking the leap into...
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Scriptogram

The All-New Scriptogr.am

Early last week, blog publishing platform, Scriptogr.am, launched with an entirely new design, and along with it, a great deal of new features, an official API, its first partnered app, and upgrades designed to make the service even more simple to use. Andreas Pihlström, one of  many working on the Scriptogr.am team, had this to say: Weblog publishing platfo...
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Original Designs of Top Websites

A Look at The Past: Original Designs of Top Websites

If you were old enough to see, browse and work with the web in its early stages, then fasten your seatbelt, and prepare to fill yourself with nostalgia. If not, and if you’re one of the many like me who still have yet to see the state of the web circa the 90’s to the 00’s, then prepare to fill yourself with awe, and join in as we go way back. A while ago, Thi...
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Smore - Create Beautiful Pages Instantly

Create Beautiful Webpages Instantly with Smore

As delicious as the name sounds, Smore is one of the many great web services out there that handle the odd job of making webpage flyers, posters, invitations, newsletters and even webpages for products and apps. However, what makes Smore so special is that they designed the service to be incredibly easy and a joy to use. The video below just shows that. Meet Smor...
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CandyBar Goes Free (and Unsupported)

If you’re one of the many enthusiasts who love to design, download, replace and customize icons for the Mac, then you probably already know about CandyBar. But for those of you who don’t, CandyBar, designed by  Panic, the guys who made Coda, is one of the most popular customisation apps for the Mac — specifically designed to organize, collect, and replace OS ...
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