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50 Useful Tools and Resources For Web Designers - Smashing Magazine

50 Useful Tools and Resources For Web Designers - Smashing Magazine
Advertisement An effective, well-organized workflow is an important asset of professional web designers. The more useful and time-saving your tools are, the more time you can focus on important things, thus creating a foundation for timely good-quality results. The problem is that there are just way too many tools, services and resources out there, so it has become difficult to keep track on them and find those tiny little time-savers that will spare you headaches and save time in a long run. And this is where we come in. Below you’ll find 50 useful tools and time-savers for web designers and developers. You may be interested in the following related posts: Typography Meet Your Type: A Field Guide to Typography (free PDF)This eBook will help you better understand the foundation of typography and overcome common obstacles and problems when choosing type. Web Font Specimen This template lets you check the typography by analyzing the HTML-specimen in your browser. Bookmarklets

dafont.com Standing Room Only: How to Create Unforgettable Presentations From sitting on a stool telling a story, to using PowerPoint or Keynote, being able to communicate effectively has never been so important. This session provides participants with ten strategies for helping students develop compelling presentation media that will help them convey their ideas and passions. Using this framework, participants will have an opportunity to evaluate presentation media for effectiveness. In my role as an Instructional Technology Coordinator, I still see large numbers of students and teachers using presentation media in poorly designed ways. THE GOAL: this presentation focuses on the content that teachers need to know to be able to teach kids the proper way to communicate visually. Then: Listen to the presentation, featured on the Apple Learning Exchange Resources: PowerPoint del.icio.us resources Presentation del.icio.us resources Visual Literacy del.icio.us resources Brain-based learning resources 10 Strategies: 1. 2. "You can observe a lot by just watching.” 3. 4.

Wikis for Everyone - Wikispaces Magic English, La magia de Aprender Jugando (32 DVD-RIP) Magic English es un curso de inglés para niños interactivo, divertido y eficaz con la garantía y los personajes de Disney. Magic English es un curso de inglés interactivo compuesto por 32 DVD’s para aprender jugando y divirtiéndose. Bambi, Aladdin, Daisy, Donald o Mowgly son algunos de los entretenidos profesores de Magic English, el curso interactivo que ayudará a sus hijos a descubrir el inglés de una forma altamente educativa, con la diversión y el entretenimiento que siempre garantiza la factoría Disney. El curso de inglés Magic English en DVD ha sido desarrollado por un equipo de expertos en la enseñanza de inglés utilizando los más modernos métodos pedagógicos. Un curso progresivo e interactivo que permitirá a sus hijos aprender unas 700 palabras y estructuras gramaticales. Gracias a los personajes Disney, ¡aprender inglés será una experiencia mágica! El curso se compone de 32 DVD’s para que los más pequeños puedan aprender y disfrutar cuando y donde quieran.

40 Minimalist Icon, Symbol & Pictogram Sets Minimalism is always a hot topic in web-design and there are many well-crafted minimalist websites and interfaces out there. While searching for some icons for a recent project I came across some great minimalist icon and symbol sets and thought I’d expand my search and share my findings here with you. Please note that some of those sets are not free and of course make sure you read the license before using them. Devine Icons ↓ Only2 Icons ↓ Simple Small Icons ↓ Iconic ↓ Mnml Icon Set ↓ Aiga Symbol Signs ↓ Patricia Clausnitzer’s PC Icons ↓ PICOL Icons ↓ Ecqlipse 2 ↓ Wireframe Toolbar Icons ↓ Devine Icons Part II ↓ Sanscons ↓ bwpx.icns ↓ Goo-EE ↓ Default Icons ↓ Icon Sweets ↓ Mini Icons 2 ↓ iPhone Toolbar Icons ↓ Glyphish ↓ Token ↓ Pictoico ↓ Bitcons ↓ Brightmix Iconset ↓ Android Menu Icons ↓ Monochrome Symbols Icon Set – Part 5 ↓ BacktoPixel ↓ Symbolize Icon Set ↓ Marker Vector Set ↓ Helveticons ↓ Webdesigner Sketchup Icons ↓ 30 Vector Icons ↓ Twotiny ↓ Kostenlose Icons ↓ Minimalist Pixel Icon Set ↓ Rocky Vector Set ↓

Forget PowerPoint: 13 Online Presentation Apps We've helped you find online word processors and spreadsheet apps, now it's time for presentations. We've gathered up 13 online presentation creators to make it even easier for you to forget about doing anything offline ever again! AjaxPresents - Presentation software portion of the Ajax13 office suite. Works with Firefox 1.5 and higher, free, and can import & export from PowerPoint and OpenOffice. BrinkPad.com - A Java based presentation tool that allows you to create online and then download to your system to save it. Empressr.com - A tool for creating media rich presentations online with Flash and Ajax. Google Documents - Google made their intentions to take on Microsoft Office fairly obvious when they finally added an online presentation tool to take on PowerPoint. Preezo.com - Uses an Ajax-based interface for quick editing. PresentationEngine.com - Focused more on larger corporate customers with a monthly budget for little bit higher-end needs.

Five Minute Upgrade – Making Your Design Pop 1. Brighten Colors If you have a design that you just feel isn’t anything special – stop – crank up the color intensity – then reevaluate. Saturation plays a big role as far as mood goes. 2. Monochromatic themes are great, there are some great black and white designs and sometimes using only a single color makes designing easier. 3. Here’s the deal, align your text and things will look better, not to mention it will increase your scannability. 4. This was discussed wonderfully over at PsdTuts a while back but there are a few key things to keep in mind. Don’t be afraid to use shadows sparingly, helps fight the flat and boring look.1px lines are great at clearly defining edges.Using faint gradients over text and backgrounds gives a subtle 3D look. 5. Overlap your images in ways that are out of the ordinary. 6. Give your user room to appreciate what you’ve done, it will help them focus on each element and not feel overwhelmed. 7. 8. Don’t have them, use them. The Wrap Up Google+

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Don’t Fear the Internet Magic English, La magia de Aprender Jugando (32 DVD-RIP) Magic English es un curso de inglés para niños interactivo, divertido y eficaz con la garantía y los personajes de Disney.Magic English es un curso de inglés interactivo compuesto por 32 DVD’s para aprender jugando y divirtiéndose.Bambi, Aladdin, Daisy, Donald o Mowgly son algunos de los entretenidos profesores de Magic English, el curso interactivo que ayudará a sus hijos a descubrir el inglés de una forma altamente educativa, con la diversión y el entretenimiento que siempre garantiza la factoría Disney. El curso de inglés Magic English en DVD ha sido desarrollado por un equipo de expertos en la enseñanza de inglés utilizando los más modernos métodos pedagógicos. Un curso progresivo e interactivo que permitirá a sus hijos aprender unas 700 palabras y estructuras gramaticales. Gracias a los personajes Disney, ¡aprender inglés será una experiencia mágica! El curso se compone de 32 DVD’s para que los más pequeños puedan aprender y disfrutar cuando y donde quieran. Capturas: Extras:

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