It’s not hard for me to say, or prove, that women dominate Pinterest; the hard part is figuring out why. The statistics to show that the realm built from the simple act of Pinning is dominated by the fairer sex are all over the place. But no matter what the numbers show, it’s not really clear why women are attracted to Pinterest like a moth to a flame. Sure it’s simple, clean and fuss free and it may be just a digital arts and crafts bulletin board piggybacking off a social phenomenon but while othe … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

An e-mail newsletter is the perfect way to stay in touch with your clients or followers. Often your company or website will have numerous product updates, or possibly upcoming events you’d like to share. It’s always possible to post new information to your blog or social media streams, but your audience can only go so far to reach you. In this case, e-mail is certainly not dead technology, merely untapped potential. The process of creating and sending out a newsletter is a lot easier than one may think, bu … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

The web design education industry has exploded from a small niche to a powerful, continually expanding force. Countless people all over the planet are interested in learning about how to build and design websites, and tons of companies are cropping up promising the ultimate solution. The good news for you is that increased competition in this field is a great thing for customers. You have more options than ever for learning just about anything you want to know concerning web technologies. The big question though is, with so many options available, which is the right one for you? We’ll go over a … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

We are at a time where it kind of feels like there’s a new update in technology every week. It might remind you of that Best Buy commercial where the customers purchase something brand new one week, and the next week the newer version is released is and is all the rave. Technology and innovations are just on a very speedy, upward track. There always seems to be a new trend or that new thing that people want to be a part. For example, we can talk about televisions and their add-ones. One moment we all want the flat screen TV’s, but now we are looking to even better 3-D televisions and OLED television screens—and the future of movie lies in the BluRay technology, right when people have acquired healthy DVD collections. Companies are always working towards that next big thing.< ... Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources like icon fonts, UI kits, vectors and themes. Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140characters, known as “tweets”. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 140 million active users as of 2012, generating over 340 millions tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. It has been described as “the SMS of the Internet.” Twitter may have started off as a fun social media site for keeping up with friends and sharing updates about daily life, but it’s become much more than that for many users over the past few years as the site has evolved and grown. Twitter is ranked as one of the ten-most-visited websites worldwide by Alexa’s web traffic analysis. Twitter has been used for a variety of purposes in many industries and scenarios. Another use for Twitter may exist as an effective emergency communication system. Unregistered us … Read the rest of the article on...

Advertise here with BSA Codrops, a creative web design and development blog, has created a detailed tutorial on creating a beautiful slider powered only by HTML and CSS3. The slider not only uses the transition property but also changes the background-position of the given background images accordingly to create a parallax effect. Slides can be browsed either with the [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

A simply beautiful, and surprisingly unique, portfolio for an art director working in China. I particularly like the coloured buttons that allow you to quickly narrow down the scope of the portfolio. This design was featured on the Monday 30th of April 2012. It falls under the category of Portfolio, and has a layout style of One Column. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

An interesting, and distinctly memorable, logo for interactive agency Bulb Fiction. I like the simple typesetting and the use of yellow, it makes an immediate impact. This design was featured on the Monday 30th of April 2012. It falls under the category of Logo, and has a layout style of One Column. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

A simple, yet perfectly formed, toggle element that would look at home in a huge variety of interfaces. I like the subtle textures and the physical aspects of the design. This design was featured on the Monday 30th of April 2012. It falls under the category of Element, and has a layout style of Other. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack