One of the most critical aspects of developing websites and other special applications is the web hosting. Choosing the best web hosting is the first step in the website development. It’s very important for your sites to be online ALL THE TIME,  and readily available technical support is equally as important. I will first identify your three major options, they are shared hosting (most common), dedicated server and virtual private server (VPS) hosting. Each has their own list of pros and cons and often-times one may be more ideal th.

Here we go again, another life changing release from Mr. Jobs. The iPhone 4 is indeed an amazing device, putting Apple leaps and bounds in front of the competition. Personally, I’m an Android/HTC fan, however, my ball and chain will be cut in December (from T-Mobile), I have some light thinking to do before then as to which direction I’ll take…Apple or Android. This goes under the assumption that they will have proven to have solved the whole antenna issue by then. Back to the subject at hand, we have a short list of the best.

There is a lot to be said for self education, especially within the graphic design community. There are millions of resources readily available, many of which are free, where you can school yourself on the latest in website design, graphic design, design trends and the like. Between the video tutorials, blogs, e-books and paper books being produced by the second, it’s hard to say any educational institution would have the resources available to remain as progressive as the design community itself. // The problem, and the reality, is that .

The name of the funky design technique is hard to remember, but after scratching the surface of Google, I was quickly reminded, it’s called ASCII Art.  This unique form of graphic design is derived from making pictures and designs, utilizing 95 of the 128 printable characters defined by the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. We just thought it would be fun to put together a short list of ASCII Art Generators and Image Converters for our readers to mess around with, we hope you enjoy the mini-post. This will convert im.

Wordpress is, of course, a powerful CMS to present textual content in a dynamic manner. When you think about it, it’s pretty much a sophisticated typography engine. We have compiled a list of the most stunning Wordpress typography themes produced to date, all of which utilize type as the primary design element. Through our research of typography in Wordpress design, we Stumbled Upon an excellent post from Hong Kiat, “20 Best Wordpress Typography Plugins”, which should also be of great interest. 1. NEUTICA THEME DEMO/DOWNLOAD .

There are some pretty impressive prizes out there for graphic design competitions. The loot can range from cash to computers, tablets, cell phones and the list goes on. After having invested some time into two competitions, I realized just that, I had a total of over 10 hours into the two projects, knowing the chance of winning was razor-thin at best. Any logical person would ask why, why would waste your time on something so unlikely to pay off? Graphic Design Competitions Are Like Poker What I soon realized was that a graphic design competit.

Imagine the intensity of a volcanic eruption like the one in Iceland and how visually amazing it must be, now imagine a violent thunderstorm at the top. Dirty Lightning, or Volcanic Lightning is created when ash and rock particulates shoot upwards in the plume of a volcanic eruption, causing static electricity. Eventually, the static becomes intense enough to generate a charge and trigger a full blown bold of lightning. Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Dirty Lightning Chaiten Volcano Dirty Lightning

One way to keep things around the desktop fresh would be to update the wallpaper/background from time to time. There is no shortage of desktop wallpapers out there but we are a tad more discerning, after all, if your going to be looking at it for awhile, it may as well be attractive and inspiring. Check out what we came up with for free black backgrounds. BLACK MAC/APPLE WALLPAPERS DARK WALLPAPERS FROM VOLCOM

Adobe CS5 has officially been launched, with some very exciting new features which we will post about in the very near future. For now, we want you to get your fix on with a fresh icon set or two, click the images to view their unique download pages. Our take on the new design: Well, it’s 3D vibe does add some depth. The problem we see conceptually is that they look hollow, like a book with no pages, probably not what you want to portray for a company like Adobe. What we love is the color palette and the tone on tone. Tone on tone will g.

The iPad, despite it’s restrictions, is guaranteed to change the face of computing, it’s an exciting evolution for developers and end users alike. After scouring the best of the best resources across the internet, we have compiled a list of the best iPad Photoshop (PSD) templates and GUI kits available. Hopefully, it won’t be too long before HTC gets back into development with their Google Tablet (We think they should consider discussions with Wacom). // iPad GUI Photoshop Template / Geoff Teehan iPad Photoshop PSD Temp.