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June 1, 2009

How One Teacher Uses Twitter in the Classroom

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"Teachers are always trying to combat student apathy and University of Texas at Dallas History Professor, Monica Rankin, has found an interesting way to do it using Twitter in the classroom."

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June 1, 2009

21 Free And Useful Web Tools For Web Designers @ SmashingApps

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"This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find the simplest online web designer’s tools that are developed for designers and may be very helpful for you as well when you want to get your work done or just for fun. I hope web designers will like this list, but you can also use them and will love them whether you are an office worker, a manager, a supervisor, a student, a home user, etc. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features. This is the list of 21 Free And Useful Web Tools For Web Designers. Just take a look at them and share your thought’s here."

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June 1, 2009

Hands On With Microsoft’s New Search Engine: Bing, But No Boom | Epicenter

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"Wired.com was invited to test-drive the new search engine last week during its beta phase, under the old moniker, Kumo, and we discovered lots of little gems like these. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Bing.com to the public on Thursday, as expected, at the All Things D conference in San Diego. It will go live worldwide by June 3."

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May 31, 2009

Twitter's Biggest Egos, Exposed - TIME

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"Maybe the trendy messaging website coaxes contributors into feeling anonymous and uninhibited. Perhaps its short-burst format encourages streams of consciousness that go tragically unedited. Or, possibly, the world is full of more jerks than we care to acknowledge. Whatever the explanation, a shocking number of Twitterers manage to use just 140 characters to come across as massive jackasses. (See the top 10 social-networking apps.)"

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May 31, 2009

On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired

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"You don't need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper," says Mr. Pitts, an aspiring poet in a purple cap and yellow fleece jacket, who says he has been homeless for two years. "But you need the Internet."

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May 30, 2009

10 Excellent Design Blogs and Sites

Graphic design and the web were made for each other. With broadband access as ubiquitous as it is today, designers can really show off their skills and attitude like never before. Collected here are some of the most useful blogs on graphic design for graphic designers. They cover topics as diverse as how to use the latest in digital tools to managing your expenses as a freelance designer.
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May 30, 2009

16 Ultimate Collection of Free Stock Photo Sites

via softalize.com
Today I bring a fabulous collection of sites where you can get nice images and photos. I have made a list of sites where to search for amazing and quality photos and images. So no need to waste your time with old images and photo sites that do not work properly. Just have a look at these sites, and do not forget to share your comments with us. Some of the sites listed offer free stock photos only for personal use, All photos are the property of their respective authors check their policy before using their collection.

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Filed under  //   Photography   Web Design  

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May 30, 2009

Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Change on Earth | Wired Science

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Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we’ve ravaged Earth’s surface with staggering feats of deforestation, irrigation and urbanization — and NASA satellites have captured it all. Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted on NASA’s Earth Observatory, of some of the most impressive conquests of man over environment.

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May 30, 2009

50 Best Sites To Get Design Inspiration | Dzine Blog

Every designer needs inspiration once in a while Finding inspiration is not always as simple as it sounds, Here I’ve composed a list inspiration most of the designers use,

This list contains galleries range from of Graphic Design, Web design, Interface Design, Stationary Design, Logo Design, Typography, Motion Graphics to Online Magazines. I hope you will enjoy these great sites, I’m sure if you are a looking for design inspiration these sites will never let you down. Share your favorite sources of inspiration in the comments.

This post is almost a continuation of the post. That i listed a couple of weeks back 50 sites that will help you to become a better designer

Sites to Check for Graphic Design Inspiration

1. Design Flavr

2. Muse

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May 29, 2009

How Designers Think | Michael Roller

In a recent post, I wrote about the four essential members of a design team. Each designer is an analytical thinker, a contextual thinker, or (most likely) some combination of both. How do designers use these ways of thinking to create products? This post breaks down the way designers think and the two essential approaches to creating good products.

Contextual Analytical

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