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Best Rosary App for the iPhone!

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One of our new iPhone apps is called “Rosary Gems” (the direct link to the app in the iTunes store) and is a functional rosary for the iPhone. We tried to break out of the “bead” paradigm and design something novel around the UI constraints of an iPhone. We used Blender, Photoshop and Fireworks. Let’s take a look at the production art for this rosary app. … [Read More]

Alt Key Combinations with PDF cheat sheet

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There are a handful of keyboard shortcuts for special characters I routinely need but can never quite remember when I’m working on a PC. Because I split time between Mac and PC, I tend to confuse “alt” and “option” key shortcuts. I put together this cheat sheet of the characters I need the most, plus some other popular international characters.

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Why graphic designers should learn to draw

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Drawing is the foundational skill of all graphic design. Learning to solve design problems with a pencil is the training we need to be able solve problems most effectively with the digital approximation tools of in the palettes of our favorite design applications. But some designers get by without drawing. … [Read More]

How to fix Firefox 3.6.x from crashing every 5 minutes

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Ever since upgrading to Firefox 3.6.x, it has been crashing seemingly at random. Firefox would just disappear in the middle me doing something. I nailed down one behavior that Firefox didn’t like and found a replacement solution that has worked 100% so far!

(UPDATE: Uninstall any Beta Flash plugins and install the current player (Mac). Zero crashes now)

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