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In case you missed it, Facebook opened up ‘vanity’ URLs this weekend. What’s a vanity URL? Simple really. It’s a web address that features your name or internet handle – in terms of Facebook, it ends up being www.Facebook.com/YourName. Vanity URLs are considered prestigious, may have some SEO benefits, and are the internet version of [...]
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In the ongoing back-and-forth debate (well, not exactly a debate – more of a series of talking points and opposing vents) about so-called design “crowdsourcing”, design contests and spec work, there are arguments floated, often by people who should know better, that beg to be looked at a little more closely. Here’s one such example [...]
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If you’re involved in the online graphic design community, you couldn’t help stumble over the fracas that occurred over the weekend when a young designer – we’ll call him Jon – told us how he was being harassed, sued and billed $18K for “stealing his own work” by stock agency Stock Art (StockArt.com) and their [...]
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Everyone on the interwebs needs a good spam blocker. Personally, I’ve found gmail to be an awesome spam filter (more here) and big ‘G’ helps keep most of the spamming hordes at bay. Once in a while one gets through, and as much as I hate to admit it I might read the occasional unsolicited [...]
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Found on YouTube this morning – kick ass music video for French electro-pop duo Justice and their single DVNO. Contains the type styling of just about every cheesy 70′s and 80′s logo you can imagine, with killer motion graphics timed perfectly to the sound track. Must admit, this is the kind of logo animation that [...]
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