The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- 7 Reasons why you should NOT use Hootsuite
Hootsuite* is one of the most popular and comprehensive social media tools out there. cYes, there are others such as TweetDeck and SproutSocial, but Hootsuite is considered by many as the “crème de la crème” of the Social Media Tools World. I have used it for many years and I still occasionally recommend for my clients. HootSuite is a service referred to as a “Social Media Management Tool”. A Social Media Management System or Tool (SMMS/SMMT) can help you manage your many social channels by monitoring, posting and delegating tasks within a team.
Tags: Hootsuite
- Accepting Bitcoin Payments with WordPress
We review accepting Bitcoin payments on your WordPress sites as payment for goods and services, and why it can be a great option for businesses to consider.
- Pond5 launches free stock-footage archives with 10k clips, 65k photos, and more
The first phase of the Public Domain Project includes 10,000 video clips, 65,000 photos, thousands of sound recordings and hundreds of 3‑D models.Tags: stock
- Experience Rot – The More Features You Add to Your Design, the More it Hurts
Welcome to the effects of Experience Rot. As you add features, you’re adding complexity to the design, and decreasing the quality of the experience.
Tags: UX
- Top 10 Valentine’s Day cards from independent artists and designers
If you’re starting to ponder over what to purchase for your loved one this year, then take a look at our top 10 Valentine’s Day cards from independent artists and designers. Because let’s face it, a supermarket-bought card will never quite cut it.
- Top Resources to Learn Design Thinking Online
Companies such as Apple, Toyota, Virgin and others provide proof that applying design thinking in the innovation process can make changes not only by creating opportunities, but also by building a better future for people by daily problems.
- Customizing the OS X Menu Bar
In this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of customizing and removing third-party and Mac OS X system menu bar icons, look at how to replace application and system menu bar icons with your own and try out a couple of third-party applications for managing your menu bar. If you don’t like the Apple menu icon, we’ll even take a swing at hiding that, too.
- How to Run a Pinterest Contest Without Breaking the Rules
After many businesses misused the relaxed format, Pinterest revised its contest rules. They now require contests be easy to enter, spam-free and in alignment with Pinterest branding guidelines.
In this article I’ll explain what you need to know to run successful and compliant Pinterest contests.
Tags: Pinterest
- 45 Free Popup, Alert Window, Notification, Photoshop Designs
In this round up, you will find 45 free notification, popup and alert windows PSD files that will be useful in your design project.Tags: Photoshop Templates
- Color Scheme Tool Accounts For Color Blindness
After choosing your colors, Color Scheme by Pixy let’s you preview the colors as if through the eyes of people with various types of color-blindness—protanopy (which affects 1% of men), deuteranopy (another 1% of men), deuteranomaly (which affects 5% of men and 0.4% of women), as well as five other types of color-blindness.
Tags: Colorblindness Design