- Forty-seven amazing CSS3 demonstrations for your viewing pleasure.
Behold the mighty power of CSS3 which can take on some powerful animation techniques (thus negating the need for Flash or intense JavaScript). You'll need a webkit compliant browser (Safari, Chrome) to enjoy said demos though.
- Five branding basics that every logo designer should know about.
When Coca-Cola briefly changed their formula in 1985, people flipped over sabotaged history. Can you imagine their reaction if Coca-Cola changed their name to Sanscoca Fizzola? Exactly.
- Twenty-five awesome gift ideas for designers and developers.
Yes, I'll take any one or more of these fabulous gift ideas. Honestly, who wouldn't want a brand new MacBook Pro? So in closing, please send your charitable contribution gifts to me via overnight via FedEx, thanks. Merry Christmas.
- A handy writeup on the do's and don'ts of Photoshop retouching.
Follow these well-written collection of tips to avoid being the Mr. Bungle of Photoshop around your home or office. No, the clone stamp can't fix everything.
- Ten essential skills that every graphic designer should probably have.
One of the more underrated design skills today is typography, however in truth, typography is one of the key things top advertising firms review in a design portfolio. It is usually the difference between a good and excellent designer.
- Seven things I wish I had known about jQuery.
A great writeup with a list of jQuery tips and tricks ranging from chainability to callback functions.
- A nifty tutorial on how to get Google Analytics to stop tracking your own visits.
This should be quite handy for my fellow web development nerds out there who happen to rely on Google Analytics. I'm expecting GLM's traffic to decrease heavily once I stop visiting it regularly.
- Five pet peeves that designers have with developers (and how to avoid them).
All of these instances are very much true.
- Twenty-five excellent typography tools for the serious designer.
As opposed to twenty-five horrible tools for the silly designer. There isn't a list for that one yet.


























































