1. Don't Trust Solicitors
(Blog/Personal Rants)

... in securing my brand and would take them up on their offer without shopping. Its shady advertising to me and thus I also don't know if I trust any transaction either. So I started glossing over most ...

2. Review: Sony MDR-EX36V Headphones
(Blog/Technology Reviews)

... when shopping for new headphones, I was quick to dismiss the "gummies" and the "skullcandy" headphones as anything worthy of audiophile sound. Having worked in the audio design field in my younger years ...

3. Review: Cassano's Pizza Packs
(Blog/Miscellaneous Reviews)

... crust), bag of mozzarella cheese, a can of sauce and bag of pepperoni. They come in 3 or 6 count packs and you can add other toppings for an additional charge. So we get the food delivered. With delivery, ...

4. Website Review: Hootsuite.com's Twitter Dashboard
(Blog/Website Reviews)

Most of us know there are tons of different Twitter clients popping up everywhere as Twitter's popularity grows. Which one to use is really preference. We all have different needs when it comes to features, ...

5. Illustrator Tutorial: Power of Appearance
(Tutorials/Illustrator Tutorials)

... the fills and stroke views can’t be turned on or off without trashing the complete stroke or fill or dropping opacity down and they cannot be labeled like layers for easy reference. So keep this in mind ...

6. Website Review: Ubid.com
(Blog/Website Reviews)

... and other online shopping sites. uBid.com is a site that I have done several transactions with over the past few years. They specialize in b-stock items and like ebay, they rely on auctions for most of ...

7. Photography Tip #1: Using Low-Res As Protection
(Blog/Photography Tips)

... some of you are thinking, "but I made my images 72DPI or 72PPI so they would be horrible for a print and should be safe". That idea is somewhat true but... a resolution of 72 for a large picture just means ...

8. Photoshop Tip #3: Sizing Images For Web
(Blog/Application Tips)

... somewhat true. Ok... first... the actual "PPI" (pixels per inch) of any monitor can vary just slightly. PPI is the term that should be used with regards to monitors and web images technically because ...

9. Time Flies
(Blog/Personal Rants)

... for the Photomatix Pro software. The tone mapping in Photomatix Pro just lets you take your images a step further creatively than Photoshop alone. I have seen some other alternatives that could be as good ...

10. Samsung 2232 22" LCD Widescreen
(Blog/Technology Reviews)

... learned something important while shopping for this monitor. Don't let a display model with poor picture quality or colors that seem off discourage you. I found that many display monitors are not calibrated ...

11. Photoshop Tip #1: When In Doubt... Zoom In
(Blog/Application Tips)

Many times... I see people working on images trying to do intricate editing but they are zoomed out way to far. The results? Usually its things like very poor clipping paths, masking, or odd areas caused ...