As many graphic designers and typesetters will tell you, a good font can change the way you feel about a text, and so it's no surprise that fonts are in high demand for all sorts of occasions from the amusing to the professional. But how does a web 2.0 user get the most out of fonts without purchasing an expensive library? Read More »
Indaba is designed with the collaborative musician in mind, not only providing a community for musicians, but an outlet for them to share their wares. Read More »
Bands, scouts, and labels have long used social networks as a way to promote themselves or scout new talent, but what listeners and musicians may not be aware of are the applications designed specifically for new music. Anything from independent marketplaces to networks that combine social interaction with marketplaces (the Listio search music+business will give you a good sampling) are available - online and ready at any hour (yes, even after your gig). Read More »
If you've ever spent time looking at the names on crayons instead of using them, you know that there is a relationship between words and color. Cymbolism, the color tool, brings that association to the fore with a community driven voting model.
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For designers and anyone looking to bring a bit of color into their lives, web 2.0 color tools are a fun, exact way of finding colors and complementary hues. One color tool is ColorJack, but don't think that the line of color tiles you see when you arrive are all you get - the long lines of tiles are just the surface of the palette. Read More »
Web 2.0 has given us some wondrous things, making our lives easier through any number of webware, but often overlooked are design related applications, some of which have a greater impact than you may think. For designers and anyone looking to bring a bit of color into their lives, web 2.0 color tools are a fun, exact way of finding colors and complementary hues.
Kuler is one of these applications, an Adobe Flash application for generating color schemes that can be used in any area of life, from scrapbooks to graphic design. Read More »
The microblogging platform Twitter has continued to grow in popularity, but while users are attracted to Twitter's simplicity, they can't help but want a little more. Enter TweetDeck, an application built in Adobe AIR that helps manage the information flow of Twitter. Read More »
With Twitter as a tool for social blogging and a fact of web life for others, tools such as Spaz help make Twitter more accessible. Built with Adobe AIR and easy to install (very), Spaz is an open source Twitter tool letting you communicate and track on the popular social platform. It works with Mac, PC, and Linux and has the ability to work in concert with Identi.ca and Ping.fm. Read More »
For collegiates, professionals returning to class, or for worried parents it's a question that comes up every term - how do I find a good teacher?
Rate My Professors gives you that tool with a user driven community of students and faculty that rate professors. Search by name, school, or keyword to find the right professor. Read More »
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