Engadget got their hands on an early build of Art Lebedev’s much anticipated Optimus Maximus keyboard and took it for a quick spin. You can download the video from their site, or view the embed below.

This would be a wonderful product for those who use Adobe’s suite but don’t know all the keyboard shortcuts; [...]

Overlay images in elegant style with Lightview

I’ve recently discovered the beauty of the GTD system and am in the process of integrating GTDTiddlyWiki into my life to organize all aspects of my life. There are a number of resources regarding the GTD mindest; I am partial to 43 folders. There are definitely a number of benefits to using this mindset [...]

Potrace - a tool to convert bitmaps to vectors.

WPDesigner.com has $5/year WordPress Themes Club

There are a lot of sites dedicated to the graphic and web design professions on the net. Finding quality content can be very difficult due to the sheer number of below average sites that claim to specialize in design. This is the first in a series of recurring posts (probably every week or [...]

From Neatorama - The evolution of Tech Logos

a very cool video showing progress from sketch to illustration on youtube

Well, it may be obvious to most, but to those who aren’t aware, this blog runs on the WordPress blogging platform. When designing and coding the site it was sometimes a chore to locate the tools I needed to get the job done. That being said, I thought it would be useful to [...]

When I finally decided that I wanted to hang my virtual shingle out for business I had to make a decision about what back end I wanted to power my home on the web. While I have often dabbled in different CMS platforms, I’ve never really built a template from scratch for one. The [...]