10 Popular Design Blogs and How They’d Smell

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by Shane Jeffers

Out of the main five senses web designers and developers really only use one when it comes to designing for the web. Now I’m not saying web designers don’t use those other four senses, but in our line of work we really only use our sight. You can argue that hearing is used, which is true in some cases but not in all. Taste and smell are simply out of the question right? You can’t possibly know what a website smells or tastes like.

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10 Applications, Utilities, and Tech-Tools for Remote Working

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by Mathew Carpenter

Being a successful remote designer isn’t quite as simple as hopping onto a plane with your notebook. From poor internet access to baggage restrictions, there are hundreds of potential problems that can plague a remote design business. These ten tools, applications, and utilities are out attempt to solve those problems through technology. Check ‘em out, incorporate them into your mobile office, and keep your business rolling while you’re out of the office.

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Tutorials

17 Essential Apps for Web Developers & Designers on Mac OS X

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by Andy Boyd

Here’s our run down of the essential apps available for web developers and designers. Rather than focus on one element of the web development or design process, we’ve pretty much covered all the bases here. You’ll find apps designed for code editing, file and data transfer, collaboration, database management, image editing, invoicing, time tracking, expenses tracking and much, much more.

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Apple Stuff

The Ultimate Guide to CSS Typography

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by Shane Jeffers

Typography is often overlooked in todays design specifically by web developers. It really is a shame because CSS gives us so much control over our type. That being said, we our limited to certain “web safe” typefaces but that shouldn’t decrease our creativity. Here are a few CSS tips for typography on the web.

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CSS, Tutorials

Tools, Tricks, and Resources for Boosting Productivity with Firefox

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by Mathew Carpenter


Digital workers are highly fortunate. We’re able to work from wherever we want, whenever we want, and control work entirely on our own terms. Of course, most of us have clients to please, deadlines to meet, and projects to work on, but outside the specifications of our career, we’re tied to relatively few guidelines and requirements.

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Tips

Design a gradient-inspired Web Design in Photoshop

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by Shane Jeffers

In this photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create a blog design from scratch using a combination of gradients and selections.

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Tutorials

My First Article for Six Revisions

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by Shane Jeffers

Sixrevisions Post

I am excited to announce that my first post for Six Revisions has been published. I would like to thank Jacob Gube for helping me through this process to get to the finished product. He is a talented stand up guy who I am looking forward to working with in the future.

This is an exciting moment for Three Styles and I want to thank all of the faithful readers for supporting us.

Head on over to Six Revisions to check out my christmas list post!

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