15+ Community Based Portfolio Websites to Showcase Your Work
Being involved in creative industries like graphic or web design requires talent and good marketing, especially if you are a freelancer. With the common internet connection and social media these days, sharing anything online is just as easy as snapping your fingers. By virtue of these advantages, having an online portfolio is now obligatory.
15+ Community Based Portfolio Websites
Most of us prefer to create a website to showcase our work using a custom domain, hosting, website theme, etc. But some others prefer to sign up for a community based portfolio website. Well, the benefit of using a community based portfolio is that you can receive feedback directly on your work, get connected with other designers, no need for you to take care of the domain, hosting and other self-hosted methods.
Google This – 13 Years of World Domination Visualized
September 15, 1997. That was the day Larry Page and Sergey Brin officially registered the domain google.com, and the internet was never the same.
Google This – 13 Years of World Domination
Because true inspiration – and innovation – can really transform the World, today we bring a selection of data-visualizations that show how Google stepped up to be the giant that we all know today. I also recommend a visit at Wikipedia’s article for a more “text” version of this incredible path.
The History
Google’s history is one of those amazing tales of “American Dream meets geniuses on the right moment”. A little bit of that history:
50+ Beautiful Flash Websites for Your Inspiration
Flash websites can be amazing and they can, on the other hand, be awful. Like any powerful and versatile technology, Flash can be overused and misused. The advent (nearly) of HTML5 as competition for Flash will probably be just as overused and misused once it is in place.
50+ Beautiful Flash Websites
As a non-developer of any kind, I don’t foresee HTML5 making Flash redundant, to me that is like saying the Music System could make the TV set redundant – I think they will sit nicely together, have their own place and function, but possibly also work side by side – but I reiterate: I am not a developer.
In these days of high technology, it is unusual for a new breed to over-ride existing technology altogether. If developers continue to stay ‘on top of the game’, there is no reason why there is not room for more technologies to join forces with existing ones. This collection of Flash websites is designed to illustrate the huge job the developers of HTML5 have if they really think they can outdo Flash completely.
30 Fresh and Beautiful Web Designs
Every Monday we showcase a collection of inspiring web designs to get your week started on a good note.
We normally focus the collections on a particular category, but this week we are doing something a little different.
Fresh and Beautiful Web Designs
We noticed that you probably were missing out on some great looking sites because they didn’t fit into the categories were were covering. So this week we are showcasing a mixture of designs that don’t necessarily belong in the same niche, but do have something in common…beauty. Enjoy!
Ricardo Saavedra
I helped companies clarify their brand’s strategy, then create message to be spread through user-friendly websites, memorable online campaigns and effective social media marketing strategies.
Web Design Trends for 2010
With a new year on the horizon, it’s time to pack away the old, worn web designs and prepare for the brave, new face of tomorrow. Although trends don’t start and stop on January 1st, there is a definite shift from what we craved at the beginning of the year to what we are seeking tutorials for at the end of the year.
Web Design Trends
Most of the time, this shift is subtle. It’s a perfection or re-interpretation of a currently hot trend. Trends help us evolve as designers. As we master the skills of design aesthetic, we continue to push forward to what’s next or what needs to be fully discovered.
Make no mistake about it, you will recognize the ideas behind these trends. Although this list isn’t a drastic departure from what was popular in 2009, it marks different trends that will be expanded upon and made better as a result. As you think of how you will incorporate new trends into your designs, focus on the main idea of each trend. Be encouraged to dabble into these trends so that you become part of the movement.