Wacom is again changing the face of digital drawing - meet the Wacom Inkling pen. Rather than working on the surface of a slick digital tablet, the Inkling allows you to sketch on any paper surface you have lying around. Through continuous communication with a USB receiver and with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, the Inkling...
Redesigning an ecommerce site can be a huge undertaking, especially if, like Amazon.com, you are one of the largest online retailers in the world. With the growing popularity of tablets, the Amazon.com site is undergoing a redesign to make it more accessible and easier to navigate through a tablet’s Web browser. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
Want to create professional-looking Web sites without ever seeing a line of code? Design software manufacturer Adobe has been tinkering with this concept since the halcyon days of Pagemill (1994), back when the Web was young. And one might argue that Adobe's top visual HTML editor Dreamweaver fulfills that need nicely, striking a nice balance between providing a visual...
With print publications moving content online and social media playing a larger and larger role in spreading news, the world of information is changing dramatically--especially for traditionally printed newspapers and magazines. Bridging the gap between hardcopy publications and the digital realm is Flipboard, Apple's iPad App of the Year and one of TIME's top 50 innovations of...
Stepping into the highly competitive design software market a couple of weeks ago was Serif’s graphic software program DrawPlusX5. Touted as an all-in-one digital artwork, web graphics, and animation tool, DrawPlusX5 combines many abilities of other design programs into one. Within the program you can edit images, paint and draw, and create web graphics and Flash animations. DrawPlusX5 can...
An innovative solution for a struggling economy, Detroit’s Creative Ventures program is striving to bring creative professionals and business back into downtown. Initiated by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3), the business acceleration program has enrolled thirteen businesses to participate as ventures-in-residence at the DC3 campus. According to the DC3 website, these residents’ 12-month experience will...
Arriving on the Web design scene on Monday August 1st with a free preview version, Adobe Edge promises to change how content is brought to the Internet. Adobe Edge has certainly sparked excitement about the new possibilities that HTML5, together with CSS3 and JavaScript, bring to the field of Web design. The software program is a trending topic...
Jean Perwin is a Miami-based lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment and General Corporate Law for a wide range of clients, including graphic design firms, advertising agencies, visual artists and photographers. Her firm handles copyright and trademark registration and licensing, entertainment, computer, internet and general business contracts, partnerships, and corporate matters. She is co-author of The Artist’s Friendly...
FWA stands for Favourite Website Awards, an industry recognized internet award program and inspirational portal, established in May 2000. You may seek an award, or dive into their winners directory for inspiration from Flash sites, Flash Games, HTML5 sites, HTML and CSS sites, social experience sites, and more. They also have design job listings so as you get inspired...
None of us want to pique the interest of the IRS, but we are entitled to many of the tax benefits that corporations enjoy. How much of your home or apartment can you claim? Can you claim software, office supplies, commuting costs, your utilities bill? Might as well go straight to the source to determine what business expenses and...
