Twit Cleaner - Clean Your Tweetstream! How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.”—Rosanne Cash“Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work.” Read an excerpt below… Tags: steal like an artist What Are Infographics and Why Are They Important? Infographics are visual presentations of information that use the elements of design to display content. Infographics express complex messages to viewers in a way that enhances their comprehension. Images are often an extension of the content of a written article, but infographics convey a self-contained message or principle. If a road sign has too much information on it, then it is difficult to read. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Please feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may like. Don’t forget to and follow us on Twitter — for recent updates. What Are Infographics? When a complex piece of information needs to be described quickly, precisely and clearly, a graphic is suitable. Infographics are used for the following reasons: Infographics are composed of three important elements: Visual Elements Color codingGraphicsReference icons Content Elements Time framesStatisticsReferences Knowledge Elements Facts 1. 2. 3.
Think Quarterly How To De-clutter And Simplify Your Facebook Wall Would you like to have more power over your wall? The following user scripts will help you to tweak your Facebook wall to de-clutter and simplify it! Note: All the three user scripts listed here to declutter Facebook have been tested on FireFox (through Greasemonkey). 1. Simplified Facebook adds a new box to your Facebook wall that enables you to easily filter out certain updates from your wall: Remove likes,Remove new friendships,Remove applications,Remove links,Remove photos,Remove applications. 2. Remove Facebook Right-Column: While the above script lets you filter out irrelevant updates from your stream, this one lets you move focus to your wall updates. 3. Better Facebook is the most advanced script of all reviewed here. 1. Mind that using filters may slow down Facebook while posts are being processed. 2. 3.
15 Entertaining and Useful Facebook Applications Nowadays, many people have put Facebooking as part of their daily routine… a daily routine for some, and an addiction to many. On this popular social networking site, you don’t only check on what is happening with your friend’s by their status updates, uploaded photos or videos, you can also enjoy using hundreds of applications. These are just a few of the reasons that Facebook is the most popular social networking website. You can find many applications on Facebook that are created for fun,productivity, whether they’re games, or useful. Have you ever wondered if there are applications that could be useful for designers, writers, and developers? Here are a few of Facebook’s applications that may interest you. 1. Fotoshop is an online Photoshop or GIMP like application. Features: 2. Make your photos really amazing with this fully functional online photo editor. Picnik also offers a premium account. 3. Would you believe that the image below was created by only using Graffiti? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Five Creative Writing Projects You Can Do Today These creative writing projects only require you to write based on your own experiences or the wondering and fantasies of your constantly working brain. Let’s check them out. Six Word Memoirs By far the easiest and most interesting short form writing site is Six Word Memoirs. That’s right, in less than a minute you can start writing about your life without the dread of finishing an entire book. As the title suggests, you write about very detailed moments and experiences in your life in a mere six words. Auntie hung me from a tree. Two poems published. 1976. Assigned seat behind high school sweetheart. Pork chops, green beans, and rice. We sang under the street light. Founded in January 2006, Six Word Memoirs is a community of story tellers who share pithy and often clever stories about a wide range of topics and categories. At least three books have been published based on the six word memories of both novice and published writers, including Wally Lamb (“Shiny head. OneSentence.Org
WordPress Themes - New WordPress Themes March 2011 A few things can be learned from this latest roundup of new WordPress themes, all released within the past five months or so. First of all, there’s a definite trend toward more premium themes, with fewer high-quality free themes available. Minimalist and simple, clean themes are definitely the favorite of designers at the moment, representing the vast majority of the themes in this roundup. There’s also been an increase in jQuery integration in themes, though this has been a growing trend for awhile now. A large percentage of themes in this list have at least some jQuery integration built-in, and some have quite a lot. Free Themes High quality free themes are getting rarer. Imbalance Imbalance is a minimalist, grid-based theme. Blogum Blogum is simple and minimalist, with a grid-based layout. Studio Dessign Studio Dessign, from Dessign, is another modern, grid-based theme. Big Square Placeholder Placeholder, from WooThemes is a new “coming soon” style theme. Skeptical Portfolium Suburbia Sight Jenzoo
21 Beautiful Art Gallery Websites for Inspiration Art galleries are in the business of aesthetics, yet it’s amazing how generic and uninventive many of their websites can be. Minimal graphics, fonts, and color schemes are designed to keep the viewer’s focus on the art itself, often at the expense of creativity and attractiveness. As in any business, it’s important for galleries to make a website that stands out and is memorable. The websites on this list have achieved that goal by making subtle, yet integral design choices that, in fact, often increase both functionality and the viewing experience. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Please feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may like. Don’t forget to and follow us on Twitter — for recent updates. Beautiful Art Gallery Websites for Inspiration The websites below are useful sources of inspiration, and they prove that there are multiple variations on similar themes which can be used when you make a website. 01.
Demetri Martin: “Who Am I?” Who am I? That is a simple question, yet it is one without a simple answer. I am many things—and I am one thing. But I am not a thing that is just lying around somewhere, like a pen, or a toaster, or a housewife. I am a man. And I am a former baby and a future skeleton, and I am a distant future pile of dust. I am “brother” and I am “son” and I am “father” (but just according to one person, who does not have any proof but still won’t seem to let it go). I am trustworthy and loyal, but at the same time I am no Boy Scout. I am concepts and thoughts and feelings and outfits. To some I am known as Chief. I am he and I am him. People have known me by many titles. To some I am fantasy, and to others I am Frank, mostly because I have told them that this is my name—even though it is not even close to my name. I am everything and I am nothing. I am what I eat. I have been called Hey, You! I am my own worst critic. I am the silent majority. I am a loud minority. I am friend. I am sorry about that.
60 Handpicked Beautiful Tumblr Themes In today’s social networking world, people seek to post their everyday observations and opinions on their blog in the quickest manner possible. Tumblelog is a form of microblogging which enables users to post texts, images, videos, etc, such that their followers can receive up-to-date entries. The birth of Tumblr to facilitate such postings. We do understand the same old great criterias about Tumbr but what is it that makes it thick? Beautiful themes can attract visitors to your blog and compel them to read your posts. Here are 60 great Tumblr themes which we have consider them as the more unique and elegant ones across numerous Tumblelogs. BoxfactoryA simple theme for showcasing photos. ChopanThis Tumblr blog greets visitors with a unique design, putting eyes at ease with its easy-to-navigate menu. Digital MoleskineA greyscale background mimics news print, bringing special attention to colored images posted. EsquireA Tumblr theme inspired by Esquire magazine.
7 Zen Habits of Highly Efficient Minds Email Zen habits are simple lifestyle habits that have the potential to radically alter the efficiency of our minds and the potential of our lives. We can easily integrate these habits into our daily routines to keep our minds sharp and efficient for years to come. First we form habits, then they form us. - Rob Gilbert 1. The primary function of the human mind is its ability to absorb information and adapt to challenging unfamiliar environments. 2. The human brain accounts for roughly 2% of the total mass of the human body, yet it consumes over 20% of the oxygen and nutrients the human body intakes. 3. People often obsess themselves with the past and the future. It takes about eight seconds of intense focus to process a new piece of information into your long-term memory. is a brilliant resource on this topic. 4. The more miscellaneous commitments you try to juggle in your mind, the less efficient your mind becomes. 5. 6. Human beings are social creatures. 7. Final Thoughts
The Oscar Curse: Best Actress Nominees, Beware Best Actress Oscar nominees are considered Hollywood’s crème de la crème — beautiful, talented, intelligent… and headed for divorce? For years, mutterings of a so-called “Oscar Curse” have tainted the buzz around female nominees, claiming that married actresses who are lucky enough to win an Academy Award are also unfortunate enough to be on the fast-track to a tabloid-frenzied divorce. While on the surface evidence for the curse may seem obvious (just ask A-listers Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock, whose marriages ended after taking home Best Actress statuettes), researchers from the University of Toronto have taken the hype a step further by studying the trend and determining that, indeed, a curse (or highly coincidental pattern) does exist. (More on Time.com: 2011 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win?) (More on Time.com: See photos of Oscar Fashion Winners) So should the ladies who were honored with Best Actress nods this year be worried?
The Best, Most Affordable Alternatives to Mozy for Unlimited Backups I have LiveDrive, and it's taken me three months to (mostly) work around their convoluted way to sync, their inability to back up network (NAS) drives, and they're absolutely hideous customer service. I'll expand on that last one for those considering: if you're answer isn't in their marketing-driven, technical-information-free FAQ, you'll be invited to do an online session with them. They will offer this after ignoring your trouble ticket for about a week. You'll be able to set up this online session with a mere 48 hours of notice required. Do I hear you suggest using their forum? A final note: Livedrive currently works for my situation, so I'm keeping it.