Creative Community Bulletin 4 November 2013

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • How to Get iWork for Free on Older Macs…Until Apple Plugs the Loophole

    However, there’s a clever loop­hole that a Redditor dis­cov­ered that allows old­er Macs to get the iWork suite of apps for free. It does require a lit­tle bit of elbow grease — cer­tain­ly more effort than just down­load­ing and installing the apps, but it may be worth it for some users who have been want­i­ng the apps for some time.

  • 19 Everyday Items With Slight Alterations That Change EVERYTHING

    “At first glance, they look like nor­mal every­day items. Upon a clos­er look, they’re pret­ty much baf­fling. That’s what this set of pho­tos by Eugenio Martorelli is called Unlikely, But Not Impossible.

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  • Illustrators Rally for Gay Rights in Russia
    “Aiming to ‘make a state­ment and pos­si­bly a dif­fer­ence’, these inspir­ing illus­tra­tions sup­port the LGBT com­mu­ni­ty in the host coun­try of the next Winter Olympics.”
  • Nice User Interface #UI Icon Set – Singularity Icons for iOS 7 & iOS 6
    “These flat icons are designed in accord­ing to iOS 7 guide­lines. By default they can be used for iOS apps. Also this set con­tains a lot of sizes to design Windows desk­top soft­ware, Windows 8 apps, Android apps, web interfaces.”
  • We Need More Women in Tech: The Datas Prove It
    Male dom­i­nance in the field is bad for women, and bad for the indus­try, as well.
  • The Man Turning The Privacy Tables On Mark Zuckerberg
    “THANKS TO MICHAEL ZIMMER, THE WORLD NOW HAS A SEARCHABLE, DIGITAL DATABASE OF ALL OF THE FACEBOOK CEO’S PUBLIC STATEMENTS. KIND OF LIKE A FACEBOOK BOOK JUST FOR ZUCK–A ZUCKBOOK, IF YOU WILL.
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  • How to Design a Top-Quality Icon

    “Eugeniu Clim, inter­ac­tion design­er at ust­wo, brings you a mas­ter­class in icon design – includ­ing how to tack­le the chal­lenge of build­ing upon an exist­ing icon style like the agency did for the Tesco Hudl tablet.”

  • Virgin America Made An Airplane Safety Video You’ll Actually Want To Watch

    Airline safe­ty announce­ments just got a lot cool­er, thanks to Virgin America’s new music video, #VXsafetydance. Using a com­bi­na­tion of catchy music, sassy dancers, adorable kids, humor, social media savvy, and even a singing nun, Virgin America has accom­plished the impos­si­ble: con­vinced us to lis­ten to air­line safe­ty announcements.

  • Google Plus Remains an Afterthought for Publishers

    “But for pub­lish­ers, it’s a dif­fer­ent tale. Since its roll­out in 2011, Google Plus as a traf­fic dri­ver has become not just third fid­dle to Facebook and Twitter, it doesn’t even hold a tam­bourine. Publishers like BuzzFeed and Gawker have stopped offer­ing it as a shar­ing option. The traf­fic from Google’s social net­work is a trick­le at most pub­lish­ers. At best, Google Plus serves as an SEO boost, draft­ing off Google’s main busi­ness: search.”

Curated by Pariah Burke