Comments can be a form of motivation for you when reach low points in your blogging pursuits. Only a few people ever leave a comment, even if they find the comment helpful. You have to be able to attract the people that are willing to spend a minute or two to leave a comment on [...]

I was browsing around the massive archives of my backup hard drive and came across this old grunge icon set I had modified. I know its not the most impressive set of icons, but I thought I would post it in case anyone was in the market for some grungy looking social bookmarking icons.

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About the Designer
Louis Harboe is an extremely talented icon designer. If you would like to get in touch with him for commercial work, please visit his portfolio site at Graphic Peel.

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Unless otherwise noted in the downloaded files, you can use this set for any of your projects for free and without any [...]

Over the past year the WordPress blogging niche has really grown and there has been a number of great people contributing to the WordPress community with their blog.  Unfortunately, the popularity of the niche has resulted in every decent “WP” domain to get registered, leaving someone who wants to launch a WordPress blog without many [...]

One of the biggest questions any freelance designer or developer has to ask themselves is how much to charge. If you are new to the industry, this can be a hard number to come up with. If you are established in the industry, you may be thinking about raising your prices. The [...]

I had a meeting this week at the Oklahoma Department of Education, and I found the following signs in the hallway on the third floor of the building rather humorous.
First, there were several boxes of bags sitting outside one of the offices. Apparently, at least a few people felt the availability of the bags in [...]

By Robert Bowen and Smashing Editorial Team
In the realm of digital art, so many wonderful and playful genres exist that stimulate the imagination, but so few do it with the intricate style of fractal art. Fractal art is achieved through the mathematical calculations of fractal objects being visually displayed, with the use of self-similar transforms [...]

Pepsi has always been known for creating daring, creative and badass advertisements. Being one of the most competitive carbonated beverage maker, these folks sure know how to market all variants (Pepsi Diet, Pepsi Twist, Pepsi Max, Pepsi Blue, Pepsi Jazz, etc) under the umbrella. This weekend we want to showcase you a series of 40+ [...]