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AIAIAI’s New Headphones Continue Trend Of Understated Design

Devin Coldewey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:26:41 +0000

We don't design and hardware quite as much as we used to, but I'm making an exception for these. A good while back, I wrote about a pair of headphones I thought was the most understated and attractive I'd ever seen. They were the TMA-1s from Danish design house AIAIAI, and while I never got to get my hands on them, I'm going to make it my business to try their new pair out.

Top 12 Logos of 2011 As Voted By You

Jacob Cass — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:03:39 +0000

These are the top 12 logo designs of 2011 as voted by you (the awards that won Logo Of The Month) on my other site Logo Of The Day. What logo do you believe should win the 2011 Logo Of The Year? Cast your vote at the bottom of this post. Voting closes January 31st. And [...]

Tips For Living A Long-Term Freelancing Life

Jacob Cass — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:29:40 +0000

This is a guest article contributed by Alvina Lopez* looking at some crucial topics to consider if you are planning to live a long-term freelancing life. – If you’ve just begun your journey into the exciting world of freelance work, welcome! Freelancing is an incredibly rewarding way to make a living—it enables you to pursue your passions [...]

Gift Ideas for Designers & Creatives

Jacob Cass — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:15:59 +0000

This article was put up a few years ago but it’s still relevant so I thought I’d re-share. If you really want to please your designer friend for the holidays / Christmas / birthday I suggest getting them one of these presents below. Please feel free to add your own! What to get a designer [...]

50 Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

Kevin Muldoon — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:00:19 +0000

The business card remains one of the most effective ways of promoting yourself and your brand offline. Business cards are regularly exchanged at conferences, expos, meetings, interviews and more. With so many printing services offering fantastic deals (large quantities of cards at low rates); it is a relatively irrelevant expense for those who truly want to network. Add to that the number of free business card templates available, and getting your business card design right is easier than ever.

Future of Web Design Conference – Day 2 Review

Jacob Cass — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:11:52 +0000

The 2011 Future of Web Design Conference was recently held in NYC and I was fortunate enough to attend the two days of talks. Below is the summary of Day 2. The Day 1 FOWD summary can be found here. As a disclaimer, these notes were quickly jotted down & summarised and may not be [...]

BrightLounge.TV Video Podcast Interview

Jacob Cass — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:56:26 +0000

I was recently interviewed on BrightLounge TV, which is a website focused on providing “relaxing video podcasts on the topics of design, startups and technology”. The questions I answer in the video are outlined below. The video is also combined with some great freelance travel tips from the interviewers, Bryan & Catalina. My interview goes [...]

The beginning of the end for Adobe Flash

Pingdom — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:44:44 +0000

In April 2010 the late Steve Jobs wrote an open letter addressing Apple's insistence on not supporting Adobe Flash on its mobile platforms. He concluded: “New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.” Shortly thereafter, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said: “The technology problems that Mr. Jobs mentions in his essay are ‘really a smokescreen.’” Hindsight is of course 20-20 but even though Jobs' open letter was written just under two years ago, wasn't the writing already then on the wall for Flash and Adobe?

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