Twitter’s not as pointless as you thought it was
May 14th, 2010
Lots of people are on Twitter, but many people I talk to in business aren’t fully convinced yet. I understand. When I first heard about Twitter, admittedly, I thought, “What is the point of that? Can’t you do the same thing on Facebook?”. I was very cynical about the whole thing. To me, it seemed like yet another venue for self-indulgent people to post self-indulgent things. And it is, in part. Twitter has become something more. I have grown to love it, and I recommend that people, especially in business, use it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Simple & Nice – A Free WordPress Theme
May 12th, 2010
So Malleck Design has been in business for 1 year now, and it’s been awesome. To celebrate we’re giving away some stuff starting with this free theme for your WordPress blog. It’s widget-ready and nice to look at. Best of all, it’s FREE! Download it here .
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A Rant on Templates
May 10th, 2010
There are templates for everything it seems these days. From website templates, WordPress templates, business card templates, what have you. Designing these types of templates can prove to be a profitable stream of passive income for a talented and dedicated designer. And while I don’t have a problem with templates in and of themselves, I do, however, have a problem with how they are used. Sometimes.
Legitimate Uses
Templates serve a need, to be sure. The need, usually, is to quickly get a decent looking site/blog whatever up with minimal thought,planning, or budget. For people on a short timeline and a shoestring budget I can see how using a template can be an attractive option. For these website owners templates serve an immediate need and I think that this use is completely valid. Read the rest of this entry »
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Free Hi-Res Wood Textures for Designers
April 17th, 2010
What designer doesn’t love textures! I know, just like good fonts, I can’t get enough of them. Here’s a small collection of wood textures that I hope will be useful in your own designs. Just click to download or download them all in the .zip file at the end of this post. Enjoy!
A case for Photoshop
April 16th, 2010
I’ve been seeing a lot of articles being published these days on whether or not to use a graphics program, like Photoshop or Fireworks, to design mockup of a website. The new trend seems to be going towards designing in browser using mostly markup and skipping Photoshop all together. There have been lots of great articles written by some really good designers who subscribe to this technique (This one is especially good). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Photoshop, Web Design
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