Designer’s Toolkit: The Most Popular Design As a designer, I know all too well how important it is to work with the right tools when you create your project. Not only will it save you gray hairs, but using the right tools can mean making the deadline as opposed to ultimate failure. If you have worked with a software or service that constantly gives you a headache, you know how frustrating it can be and how little you can actually do about it until you find another solution to the problem. Of course, making your project a success takes a lot more than just using the right tools, but it can certainly help. A good approach is to use the most popular services and software to increase your creativity and the speed it takes for you to do what you love. The way Best Vendor put this together is to ask 180 designers and creative professionals what they use and what they think about it. Via: [Cool Infographics]
Winter's Angry. Fight Back Klout font dragr | Drag and drop font testing Stella Artois Black presents The Black Diamond | Stella Artois 53 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed With the holidays in full swing, that means the new year is just around the corner. Here at Mashable, we've been reflecting on the changes 2011 has brought for technology and social media and what those changes mean for the future. If you've been busy decking the halls and getting ready for the holidays, you might have missed a couple of our digital resources. Here is our gift to you — a weekly roundup of features. Here are this week's features. Editor's Picks Steve Jobs: 20 Life LessonsHaving finished the Steve Jobs biography I realize that there are larger lessons we can all glean from Steve Jobs’ remarkable life. Social Media Facebook and iPhone Lead Way on Klout's Top Topics of 2011 Lists [INFOGRAPHIC]Hot topics that revolved around tech companies or products such as Facebook, YouTube, iPhone or Xbox 360 incited a flurry of reactions.How Facebook Conquered the Social Web in 2011Already a social networking giant, Facebook still managed to have its biggest year in history.
25+ Must-have Chrome extensions for web designers and developers For many web designers and developers, Firefox is unsurpassable. For others, Firefox eats Chrome’s dust. For the past two years, since Google Chrome’s release, there’s been a raging debate on which browser is superior. Mozilla’s open source product has stood the test of time and Firefox has quickly become the most used browser, having surpassed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Don’t feel sorry for Google Chrome, however. Although Firefox is more robust (primarily due to its popularity), Chrome is lightning fast and, with new extensions added daily, an exciting option for the serious web designer. And here you are to find tools that make Chrome useful to you as a designer or a developer. 1. After you finish downloading all the extensions in this list, you’ll definitely need an organizer. 2. Awesome Screenshot lives up to its name. 3. After waxing poetic about Awesome Screenshot above, you may wonder why two screen capture extensions are added on this list. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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