If you are working in a creative industry (design, advertising, technology, media, entertainment, architecture etc.) chances are that you are working remotely. You don’t sit desk-to-desk with the people you work with every day. Your co-workers and clients sit on other floors, in other buildings, other cities and even in other countries. You cannot just… Continue reading Productivity Tools for Creatives
Category: Tools
We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us
You Want to Create An App? Check Out These Prototyping and Building Tools
Wireframing for websites, web apps, and mobile apps that you make is as vital as laying the foundations of a tall building before moving on to its walls and roof. Web designers and web developers really need to pay attention during this stage, and perfect the user experience of your app/website with thorough prototype testing… Continue reading You Want to Create An App? Check Out These Prototyping and Building Tools
Visme – the perfect tool for visual content creation
While text was certainly the best way to transmit information a few decades ago, nowadays people are highly accustomed to the visual way of getting the info they need. Be it an infographic, image or a video, these can literally draw the attention towards your product, so it’s crucial that you create such content. Hence,… Continue reading Visme – the perfect tool for visual content creation
Manage and Monitor Unix Systems with Monit
Monit is a small Open Source utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. You can use Monit to monitor daemon processes or similar programs running on localhost. Monit is particular useful for monitoring daemon processes, such as those started at… Continue reading Manage and Monitor Unix Systems with Monit
20 Useful Tools & Apps For Everyday UX Tasks
Working in an UX team usually requires mastering quite a few online tools. Whether you’re new to the user experience world, or you’re a seasoned professional you should never stop looking for online solutions that can make your work easier, faster and, most importantly, simply better. That’s why we’ve prepared a list of 21 tools… Continue reading 20 Useful Tools & Apps For Everyday UX Tasks
20 Must Have Tools For Web Developers
Our days are all about the Internet. Everything seems to be happening at a faster speed and all information can reach you almost in real-time. You can find out what the weather will be like tomorrow, when a movie premiers, who voted for who, who’s dating who or what your friend from across the ocean… Continue reading 20 Must Have Tools For Web Developers
Frame: Quality Mockups for Your Product, Website or App
Frame is a service that enables you to create quick, high quality mockup of your product, website or app. Your uploaded images will be wrapped with real device context. It’s a professional tool for creating promotional materials. Frame is completely free for personal and commercial use. Their aim is to keep Frame free for general… Continue reading Frame: Quality Mockups for Your Product, Website or App
Free Tools to Help With Color Theming a Website
Everyone knows that color is an incredibly powerful tool for sending the right message to your audience. The last thing you want your website to do is alienate readers because of the color scheme you used. Specific shades and hues can often carry personal or even cultural meanings that need to be considered before implementing… Continue reading Free Tools to Help With Color Theming a Website
Don’t Forget to Cover Your Client Side!
By making sure that your application is tested, you are able to reduce the amount of bugs you find in your code, increase the maintainability of your application, and design well structured code. Client side unit testing presents different challenges than server side testing. When dealing with client side code, you will find yourself struggling to… Continue reading Don’t Forget to Cover Your Client Side!
20 Professional and Free Online Website Builders
Do you need a professional website and lack the design or developing skills? No problem! There are plenty of great, free online website builders you can use. You can create your stunning website in just minutes! We selected 20 free online website builders just for you! Create your new website today! WiX Create a free… Continue reading 20 Professional and Free Online Website Builders
7 free alternatives to Github
Github is a great resource for many developers. However, there are cases when it is not possible to use it due to certain constraints. For example, your employers or client might want the code to be hosted within their own servers. Alternatively, you might be trying some side projects and you might not want to… Continue reading 7 free alternatives to Github
Best virtual team communcation tools for 2014
For designers and developers working in teams, communication is important to keep the project flowing smoothly. Email is of course the most used communication tool but might not effective for team communication. Also, there are specific features such as code pasting and large file sharing that email cannot handle as well as team communication tools.… Continue reading Best virtual team communcation tools for 2014
25 Design and Development Tools, Analytics Solutions and More
In the following article – Marcin Treder, CEO and Co-founder of UXPin – the UX Design Platform shares the story of company’s early days and the list of tools that let them get the first 1000 paying customers. Building an internet product and growing its customers base is a combination of skills and effort in… Continue reading 25 Design and Development Tools, Analytics Solutions and More
6 Extremely Crucial Choices That Determine Your Freelancing Future
Ultimately, freelance web design is all about choices. The choices you make as a freelancer will determine your business success or failure. The best course for a freelance web designer is to proactively plan how you will approach each choice. You can always change your approach later if you feel that something is not working… Continue reading 6 Extremely Crucial Choices That Determine Your Freelancing Future
5 Adobe Photoshop Common Mistakes
Adobe Photoshop, one of the most popular computer-based software, has fans and users spread all over the world. Many of them think to be able to use the program in the best way possible but, they may be committing some common and easy-avoidable mistakes. In this article I have listed some errors that are generally… Continue reading 5 Adobe Photoshop Common Mistakes
The Simple Guide to Creative Commons Resources
Creative Commons is a tool that allows designers, writers, videographers and web developers to use content free of charge. From text to photos to video to sound, there are a variety of different types of available content that can be used when attributed appropriately. But where can you find this content? Who can use it?… Continue reading The Simple Guide to Creative Commons Resources
9 Essential Typography Tools
Style and readability We all know that getting typography right is one of the most important part of any stylish website. Suitable fonts make a webpage not just more beautiful, but more readable and accessible for your visitors. Formerly, quality typography used to be a separate profession, today it is possible even for a beginner… Continue reading 9 Essential Typography Tools
35 Best HTML5 Development Tools To Save Your Time
Are you running out of time? Want to save your time without compromising on the quality of your work? Here is the solution for you. Have a look at this collection of 35 best and most useful HTML5 development tools that not only save your time but also improve your productivity as well. The introduction… Continue reading 35 Best HTML5 Development Tools To Save Your Time
Time-Saving Tools and Resources for Freelance Designers
As freelance designers, we rely on many tools and resources to assist in our day to day activities and to plain and simply put – make life easier. From the software we use to the various sites that allow us to host portfolios, there’s something for every freelance designer to utilize to save time. Freelance… Continue reading Time-Saving Tools and Resources for Freelance Designers
4 Tools to Build an Amazing Website
You pride yourself on your ability to code websites by hand, shaking your cane at these upstart web designers who rely on HTML editors and even the dreaded WYSIWYG tools. However, even the best from-scratch developers benefit from some designing tools. You want to work smarter, not harder, and tools can help you get your… Continue reading 4 Tools to Build an Amazing Website
Indigo Studio – Prototyping Tool for Your Web, Desktop and Mobile Applications
If you are in need of a rapid and interactive prototyping tool for your web, desktop and mobile applications then you should totally check out Indigo Studio. This is one of the latest design tools that will make life easier for you by simply and quickly creating functional animated user interface prototypes. What makes this… Continue reading Indigo Studio – Prototyping Tool for Your Web, Desktop and Mobile Applications
20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
A site’s usability determines its effectiveness. If it loses the battle for usability, it won’t be able to attract a high amount of website traffic and suffer from increasing abandonment rates. In the cut throat world of the internet, such websites have no reason to be online. This is why designers must focus on building… Continue reading 20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
26 Open Source Tools & Scripts for Web Developers
I am a big advocate for open source codes and software. These are possibly the greatest methods for learning new techniques and bridging your knowledge from another person or team of people. Scripts and webapps are some of the most commonly shared resources, but also consider desktop-based software applications as well. I have put together… Continue reading 26 Open Source Tools & Scripts for Web Developers