Not everyone has the talent to be a professional in the arts, but that doesn't make that itch not worth scratching every once in awhile. While serious types often spend lots of cash on the latest design software, more casual…
Continue Reading →I first remember playing The Oregon Trail back in first grade. Our screens may have only been green and black and our discs floppy, but we thought it was the coolest thing ever. In fact, it may have been one…
Continue Reading →Where would you be without Adobe? Since they launched Photoshop in 1989, the technologically ubiquitous software company has been vital in transferring your imagination onto your computer screen. By creating programs like Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and After Effects (among others) you…
Continue Reading →One of the most usable and underrated apps we have in our Mac OS' is Stickies. I find myself using them all the time-- for taking notes, jotting to-do lists, scribing passwords, editing text, etc. SketchBox is a donationware app…
Continue Reading →Anyone working in the creative industry has experienced the annoyance of being sent information in the wrong format-- and nothing zaps time and creative inspiration like the ensuing conversion process. You can buy software to help you deal with it,…
Continue Reading →My friend Angela put it best last week when she said, "I've reached maximum social networking saturation." As a one-time rabid Dodgeball member (whose future seems uncertain now, having been abandoned by Dens & Alex under unfortunate circumstances), as well…
Continue Reading →Creator of Flight 404, the music visualization god that created those intense, dramatic and jaw dropping videos we saw back in March is at it again. Magnetosphere is his iTunes plugin version that combines magnetism, gravity and pure awesomeness to…
Continue Reading →As "green" becomes the new "red, white and blue," we've been seeing a lot of innovative ideas that work conservation ideals into our daily lives. Greenprint is another such idea-- it's a software program that scans documents queued to print…
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