13 Free Design Tools for Visual Marketers on a Budget They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but let's be honest ... a pretty cover doesn’t hurt when it comes to your marketing. That’s why -- whether you're creating lead generation content, social media content, calls-to-action, or infographics -- your marketing materials should always be as visually appealing as possible. Problem is, actually creating all these beautiful visuals isn't exactly every marketer's forte. Oh, another problem? But there's good news -- there are plenty of free and easy-to-use tools out there that can make you look like a master designer. Free Color Tools Even though it may seem like we have an unhealthy obsession with orange, we promise we’re equal opportunity color enthusiasts at HubSpot. 1) Adobe Color CC 2) Design-Seeds Warning: You could get lost browsing this site for hours since there are lots of food, puppy, and kitten pictures. 3) Image Color Picker 4) Paletton Paletton is similar to the aforementioned color tools. 5) COLOURLovers 6) Oto255 15) Skitch
Copywriting Tips for Smart Copywriters - Pro Copy Tips Criando patterns de mudancas climaticas 17 June 2010Last updated at 19:03 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News CO2 could have caused Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere to intensify A "global pattern" of change in the Earth's climate began 2.7 million years ago, say scientists. Researchers found that, at this point, temperature patterns in the tropics slipped into step with patterns of Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere. They report in the journal Science that atmospheric CO2 could be the "missing link" to explain this global pattern. The findings, they say, reveal a "feedback process" that could have been magnified by greenhouse gases. This loop of feedback could have intensified both the Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere, and temperature fluctuations in the tropics. Professor Timothy Herbert from Brown University in Rhode Island, US, led the research. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote This reveals a feedback process that has magnified climate change” End QuoteDr Carrie Lear Cardiff University Ancient greenhouse
» The Many Reasons We Rely Upon Our Clutter Post written by Leo Babauta. Clutter isn’t an easy problem to solve, no matter how many times I might tell you to toss it out, tell you that you don’t need it. A book isn’t just an object with words on it. A jewelry box isn’t just a container. Clothes aren’t just protection from the elements. Each of these inanimate objects means so much more to us. We put our emotions into them. They are our crutches. What are we to do when we discover these crutches? The Roles of Clutter These aren’t all true for every person, but I’ve found they’re very common: 1. New habit: Learn to combat fears with information. 2. New habit: Learn that you don’t need external objects to be attractive or good enough. 3. New habit: Learn to live in the present. 4. New habit: Realize that things aren’t love, and that the love is only in people. 5. New habit: Squash every bit of hope in yourself. 6. New habit: Deal with the problems. 7. New habit: Take one piece, and deal with that. 8. Clutterfree Book & Course
No Commercial Ideas | Most Interesting and Creative Ideas Mainual. Notebook For Conceptual Ideas An interesting idea of sharing ideas. That’s what comes first to mind when you visit Mainual. We can find many blogs telling us about design ideas and even examples of these ideas. Continue reading … Mainual. Real Birds Tweet On Twitter What does the word “tweet” means? Voldemars Dudums tried to found out that creating the first live Twitter stream made by real birds. And it’s true that sometimes the content on Twitter is not content at all. Hungry Birds on Twitter: @hungry_birds Hungry Birds project: Street Surfing Homer Henard and Nic Lamb scoring mega slabs somewhere up north. My Desk Is 8-Bit I recently found myself wondering what a video game might look like in the form of a stop motion animation. Alex Varanese Shrevatar Combined hero for fans of Shrek and Avatar.
Lego Mindstorms The Lego Mindstorms series of kits contain software and hardware to create customizable, programmable robots. They include an intelligent brick computer that controls the system, a set of modular sensors and motors, and LEGO parts from the Technics line to create the mechanical systems. The original Mindstorms Robotics Invention System kit contained two motors, two touch sensors, and one light sensor. Mindstorms is named after the book Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas by Seymour Papert.[5] The latest system, called the Lego Mindstorms EV3, was released on September 1, 2013. Robotics Invention System[edit] RCX[edit] First-generation RCX programmable brick. The first generation of Lego Mindstorms was built around a brick known as the RCX (Robotic Command eXplorers). Version 1.0 RCX bricks feature a power adapter jack to allow continuous operation instead of the limited operation time when using batteries. Programming languages[edit] Lego-supplied languages: Lego camera[edit]
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design So, here's a Vision Of The Future that's popular right now. It's a lot of this sort of thing. As it happens, designing Future Interfaces For The Future used to be my line of work. My problem is the opposite, really — this vision, from an interaction perspective, is not visionary. This matters, because visions matter. This little rant isn't going to lay out any grand vision or anything. Before we think about how we should interact with our Tools Of The Future, let's consider what a tool is in the first place. I like this definition: A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities. That is, a tool converts what we can do into what we want to do. In this rant, I'm not going to talk about human needs. And I'm not going to talk about technology. I'm going to talk about that neglected third factor, human capabilities. Take another look at what our Future People are using to interact with their Future Technology: Do you see what everyone is interacting with? That's right! So then.
Creativity - Pro Copy Tips After more than two decades of technological evolution, creativity isn’t what it used to be. I don’t mean that the pool of creative advertising talent is shrinking. I mean the way creative people go about creating is different. It’s more than exchanging typewriters for computers or art tables for graphic design programs; it’s a complete shift in the creative process. It started when IBM introduced the first affordable desktop personal computer. As desktop units became more accepted in the workplace, other computer manufacturers began churning out armies of clones, with prices always falling and quality always rising. After years of fearing new technology (remember all those “technology gone wrong” and “evil computers take over the world” movies?) Trouble was, most people didn’t understand them or feel comfortable with them, since they were built by technophiles for left-brained people. Then in 1984, everything changed. Read more Are you a slacker? Are you creative or not? Read more Ready?
Your Designers Are Not Artists, and You Need to Stop Thinking That Way As head of HubSpot’s creative and design team, I spend nearly every day acting as the translator between my designers and the rest of the company, particularly executives, marketers, and salespeople, (i.e. those folks whose jobs are often held to more formal or quantitative metrics). Obviously, it should come as no surprise that there is always at least some disconnect between designers and non-designers, especially considering the vast differences in both the day-to-day work and the success metrics of each group. However, having spent the last several years basically being the translator between the two, one thing has really surprised me: the vast majority of non-designers don’t actually understand what a designer’s real role is. Fortunately, this divide usually has nothing at all to do with a lack of appreciation for the work designers do. Artist vs. Before you grimace at that statement, just take a moment to hear me out. Design is first and foremost a job of solving problems. P.S.
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