11 great Mac apps worth $5000. That is what’s waiting for you at the end of this post. After MakeUseOf is done, they ask themselves the golden question, “Is this app a keeper?” That’s what this list is all about — those apps that eventually find a permanent place on our Macs to call Home. Everyone should have these installed, regardless of what you use your Mac for.
Optimizing your images is one of the key important factors in allowing your site to run smoothly. When your images aren’t optimized they tend to take up chunks of bandwidth and slow the rate your images and pages load on your site. This is usually a number one reason for traffic being driven away. KarachiCorner have found 20 Free Image Optimization Tools for Designers that are sure to be a breeze to use.
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to create a font, then this is the article that’ll help you do just that. GrindSmart have gathered several excellent resources that will help you create your own quality font for use in various projects of your choice.
Good news for designers and graphics lovers. If you haven’t come across it before, Aviary, a suite of creative design tools which are browser-based is now completely free to use. And it is an impressive set of tools, too. You’ll find it at Sitepoint.
The icon designer need not be weighed down by the contents of his or her toolkit. A combination of three or four good-quality tools is sufficient for producing sleek, polished and professional icons that will help users navigate their way around computers and the web. For icon designers, and pretty much everyone else in the design related industries, Adobe CS4, or at least Photoshop, is a vital tool. Without it, your competitiveness in the job market will be severely limited. Beyond CS4 you can take your pick from a wealth of additional tools that will make your life a lot easier. MyInkBlog explores the best of the bunch below.
Software for creating screencasts have become essential and the products available are being used intensively for creating thousands of new videos every day. Videos are simply great to deliver a message in a very short time and for most people bandwidth is not a problem any more. As a potential buyers of lets say a online software products it is quite important to see how it works when used before buying it. It give us trust and we are more likely to open our wallet. If you have not already found your favorite tools, TripwireMagazine will help you make the choice.
Yoast wants to introduce you to another cool new plugin I came across: Online Backup for WordPress. There’s quite a few plugins out there doing backups already, WP-DBManager by Lester Chan, for instance, and there’s a lot more. But… they all backup to your own server or to email. What you really want is safe and secure off-site backups. Automatically.
FreelanceSwitch have developed this hourly rate calculator to give you a guide based on your costs, number of billable hours and desired profit. It is a simple tool for you to play with. Remember your hourly rate should always take into account factors like market demand, industry standards, skill level and experience – things that unfortunately can’t be put into a calculator!
Once in a while we all need some kind of document, it may be a business plan presentation, rental contract, non-disclosure agreement, or even a name change request form. In most cases, Googling the document may ultimately get you what you need, but it’s both time consuming and frustrating. MakeUseOf goes through three excellent resources that can provide you with any professional document or form template for free.
Check out these free online tools to create a sketch of your photo and impress your friends. You’ll find them at Techpp.
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