Archive for April, 2009
7 Brand Spanking New Royalty Free Stock Music & Sound Effects
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
7 brand spanking new Stock Music packs to customize any kind of animation or media- everything is royalty free and reusable – each music pack is either divided into topics or arranged as collections of various tracks – plus there is also a Mega Pack and you can easily import the files into Flash by choosing Import to Library from the File menu or you may open them with any sound editor.
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I’m So Totally Getting This (The Goof Board)
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
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That looks awesome – can’t wait to get mine – you can buy it here http://www.goofboards.com/
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Marlene
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Aegir Hallmundur.
Marlene is an elegant, high contrast Egyptian face with a distinctive and contemporary calligraphic flourish. When I first saw it I was impressed at how incredibly crisp it was, as if drawn with a pen so sharp it could just as easily cut the paper as leave ink there.
The italic expresses this sharpness with [...]
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Archer
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by David John Earls.
A slew of slab serifs were released in 2008. Most of them continuing last year’s trend of following the cute and chunky approach, often to delicious effect.
But as marvelous as so many of those slab serifs were, sadly they were let down when it came to lighter, or more usable text weights. For me, [...]
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Turning the Page
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Stephen Coles.
“How do you know you should start a blog? Because people keep telling you to shut up. You just won’t shut up about a subject.” — Merlin Mann, SXSW Interactive 2009
“Obsession times voice” is what luminary bloggers Merlin Mann and John Gruber offer as a simple formula for successful writing. It’s exactly these qualities that Joshua [...]
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FontBook, 4th Edition
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Tiffany Wardle de Sousa.
Long before there were hi-res laser printers in every design firm and PDF specimens on every foundry website, typographers discovered, compared, and selected type using specimen books.
There is too much separation from the display to the printed page for a designer to see how the curves, the straights, and the joins truly interact. The [...]
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Future Proof Your Flash For Google And Enhance Your SWF File’s Potential
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Has Google now discovered and indexed text content in SWF files of all kinds? The answer has to be a wishy-washy, “somewhat.” While the issue is ongoing, Google says they’re continually working to improve their indexing of Flash files, but there are some limitations.
For instance, Google does not attach content from external resources that are loaded by your Flash files. If your Flash file loads another file – such as an HTML file, an XML file, or another SWF file, they don’t consider that content to be part of the content in your Flash files.
So my question is what’s the purpose of indexing only the SWF (without the wrapper)? In other words, if you embed the SWF file and you add just two basic parameter height and width and then Google just bypasses that to index only the SWF file, chances are it’s not going to display properly or load the way you’d like it to. You fallow me?
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Glosa
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Nick Sherman.
Contrasting sharp serifs with rotund ball terminals, Portuguese designer Dino dos Santos evokes the vibrant work of 18th-century punchcutter Johann Fleischman with his 2008 release of Glosa. Dos Santos is clearly aiming for something beyond a revival though, and introduces enough contemporary flair and personal quirk to do so successfully.
Designed as an extended series of [...]
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Baskerville 10
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Adam Twardoch.
When it comes to the number of type designers per capita, the Netherlands can be challenged by only a few countries — but the Czech Republic is a close runner-up. One of the country’s most prolific digital typefounders is František Štorm.
Throughout all his work, František has been constantly applying a vibrant, individual style to the [...]
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What is Twitter?
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Although Twitter hasn’t, at least in our experience, generated a constant stream of sales and revenue, it can indirectly, and in many ways, help bring you closer and make you seem more palpable to your community.
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Secrets Behind Advertising Headlines That Sell (Step By Step)
Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Not 1 in 10 business owners understand the power of a headline. If you doubt me, just Flick through your local paper and notice how many company names you see at the top of ads. Or weak headings which don’t grab your attention.
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Why You Don’t Want Michelangelo Working On Your Website
Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Everyone wants to live surrounded by beauty. Beauty soothes the soul, and lifts the spirit. It inspires us and keeps us healthy. We all want beauty.
Can you have beauty in your website? Sure you can, and it’s important to have your website be pleasing to the folks you want to help. Unfortunately, this desire to [...]
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The Sure-Fire Way To Test Your Headlines Before You Spend A Dime On Advertising
Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
You need that headline to really be focused and say something meaningful about your services. That’s because Craigslist, and the whole Internet in general, is much less targeted than other types of publications, such as the yellow
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9 Reasons For Having A Website
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Customers expect to see you on the Internet. Many people (that’s customers and potential customers) prefer to search for a company on the Internet rather than search their local Yellow Pages or newspaper.
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Top 5 Housekeeping and Cleaning Service Templates
Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Dave.
Does your cleaning business need a website? Maybe you’ve thought about doing a website but your not really sure where to start. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you want to grow your business and reach a lot of people quickly, then you need to build your own website.
To help you, [...]
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