Smartphones are in an evolutionary stage, not a revolutionary stage.
Meme: iPhone 5 #1
Social media is one of the worst things to ever happen to the discipline of marketing.
I can’t disagree with anything Alex Goldfayn states in his 5 Reasons Social Media Is Runining Marketing article.
Suitcase Fusion 4 update brings Adobe Photoshop CS6 compatibility
This update adds a font auto-activation plug-in for Adobe Photoshop CS6 to the list of applications supported by Suitcase Fusion 4, in addition to some optimizations for Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion (10.8).
Instructions for the update here.
Free font: Noticia
Noticia Text, a nice slab-serif font. The regular, italic, bold & bold italic font is free to download and use in your design projects.
The state of graphic design (Infographic)
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Smartpress conducted a survey to aggregate the opinion of 40+ graphic designers with 5 years or more experience in the industry.
This infographic reveals what the graphic design pros place emphasis and importance on. Whether you’re starting out in the field of design or you’re a seasoned art director you will find the information useful.
I’m not sure I agree with the basic idea behind the survey, because I don’t believe that simply knowing software makes anyone a great graphic designer. Graphic design is about conveying a message in the best way to attract the desired audience. I know plenty of fantastic graphic designers that aren’t very good using software – though I agree that knowing how to use the tools of the trade is essential.
GIMP image editor goes native on OS X: still free
GIMP offers a nice feature set, for a free image editor
GIMP, the original Open Source image editor, has finally been upgraded to a fully-native OS X app. GIMP has long been a popular image editor for those who didn’t need the power (or expense) of Adobe Photoshop, even though it required the use of the X11 environment to run. Now that it’s a native app, you have no excuse not to give it a shot if you’re in the market for an image editor.
How to install and configure Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
If you’ve upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion, you may have noticed that turning on Web Sharing is no longer available.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not there. I suspect Apple would prefer users who need to serve websites from their Mac upgrade to Mac OS X Server instead.
Thankfully, you can install and configure everything you need to start serving websites from your Mac by following this relatively simple tutorial. It’s not the ideal situation, but it works.
How to manage email overload realistically
Some EXCELLENT advice on how to handle large volumes of email. What I love about this method is that it doesn’t involve 3rd party add-ons, or convoluted organizing schemes; both of which require more effort than it’s worth, in my opinion.
Read Matt Gemmell’s email management advice here.
Oops, I dropped my new iMac
Came across this video over at CultofMac and laughed my butt off. I must say though, it would have been more believable with only one box. There’s no way someone could carry two iMacs the way he did, they’re just too heavy.