Archive for 'utilities' Tag

15 Apps/Services I’d Actually Pay For

Have you ever stopped to consider how heavily you rely on free or open source services? There are a number I use daily that improve/simplify my life or business, but ...

Sweet Color Pickers You May Not Know About

Color can be one of the most inspiring elements of human life. It's around us at all times, and has the ability to invoke a range of emotions. A few ...

Design Notes - File Sharing Made Simple

Randa became the unknowing source for this week's Notes, when she recently wrote about being unplugged for a few days. It occurred to me that, in a sense, our entire ...

Design Notes - Patterned Backgrounds

Apologies for skipping out on Design Notes last week. Terrible isn't it? Here I am trying to start a fun new segment, and I've already fouled up on the third ...

Design Notes - Inspired by Color

Years ago I had a designer friend tease that I was afraid of color. Even now I smile whenever I think about that, because in a way, she was right. ...

Like Stripes? Automate Them

Time for another tool-tip. :) I found a very cool dynamic stripe generator a few weeks back, and planned on mentioning it here, but totally forgot until yesterday when I ...

Essential Admin Plugins for Wordpress

I love Wordpress, but it's not without its' drawbacks - one of which is the lack of administrative features in the default control panel. Fortunately, thanks to clever developers and ...