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Tweet There are many places to find WordPress themes. Below I’ve compiled a list of the best places to find premium WordPress themes. Enjoy! UpThemes With their Theme Club, you gain access to their collection of premium WordPress themes and top-notch support. Build amazing websites for your clients (or yourself) and get help when you [...]

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Q&A with BuySellAds Founder, Todd Garland

by Brandon on June 17, 2010 · 4 comments

Tweet BuySellAds.com was founded in February/March 2008 and helps online advertisers and website publishers buy and sell ads better. Below Todd shares his insights and experience in rapidly growing BuySellAds. For those readers who are preparing to launch or have recently launched their app/web-based service, can you share what you guys did early on to [...]

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Tweet When planning a design for a website, we think about the target audience, however there’s typically more than one audience we’re communicating to. Many websites, particularly the homepage, must cater to a number of different visitors who have arrived for various reasons. Visitors can include potential customers, current customers, investors, media, prospective employees, and [...]

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What We Can Learn from Successful Apps

by Brandon on April 22, 2010 · 2 comments

Tweet There’s a lot that goes into making your app or web-based service successful, however I want to take a closer look at some key takeaways from successful apps that you can apply to your business. So what makes some of the most well-known apps successful and what can we learn from them? A Great [...]

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Ultimate List of Share Icons for Your Blog

by Brandon on February 15, 2010 · 0 comments

Tweet Here are some of the best social share icons I’ve found. Share your content in style with these social share icons for your blog. Enjoy! Social Media Bookmark Icons Download the icons from Nouveller.com Subscribe to Nouveller.com’s RSS Feed Follow on Twitter Vintage Postage Stamps Social Media Icons Download the icons from Tutorial9.net Subscribe [...]

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Graphing Software Options for Your Next App

by Brandon on February 6, 2010 · 3 comments

Tweet I’ve been doing some research lately on various graphing packages that are available and thought I’d share a few of the top choices I’ve found. Depending on your needs there are options for PHP, .NET, Adobe Flex, Adobe Air, ColdFusion, Java, Perl, or Ruby on Rails. Here are of some the best I’ve found: [...]

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Tweet Here are our top picks for finding design related content and great places to share yours. If you’re just starting your design related blog or have been writing for a while and looking for great places to post your content and grow readership for your blog, definitely check out these options. DesignNewz Tripwire Magazine [...]

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Tweet Here’s a roundup of our top ten favorite design-related posts for the past week. Enjoy! Waterscape Photography: Beautiful Waterscapes and Tricks of the Trade Nature provides us with a never-ending supply of inspiration, look no further than the coast for an array of majestic scenery. This article focuses on the point where land and [...]

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Tweet Here I’ve included a number of resources for usability best practices, inspiration, and design patterns for the web. There are many excellent sites and blogs on user experience and usability. If there are any that you read regularly and not included below, please share within the comments. Enjoy! UXBooth The UX Booth is a [...]

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Tweet There were a number of great posts this week from 15 Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design to setting up Automatic Thumbnails Without Using Custom Field. Here’s a list of our favorites. Enjoy! 15 Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design Selling online can open up huge new markets for many businesses. When your store can be [...]

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