In our time away, we looked at a couple of our weekly posts trying to find a way to combine what we could into a single workable post. And while the idea came together rather easily, the title of the new posts has been the hardest part of making this idea work. We decided that we would take our inspiration posts and merge them with our weekly rundowns, a most modest proposal, but again, we have been beaten by what to call these new posts. A name that encapsulates what we have put together while still fitting in the allotted space for titles which are not ridiculously long. And though we have not yet settled on a title, we had to get the post out there swimming in the internet aether, so here is the first of what’s being tentatively called Arbenting’s Inspired Web and Best Of Rundown 1.
I know it is lengthy still, but not as much as its predecessors. Like ‘The Arbenting Inspirational Weekly Best Of the Web 4/12 — 4/18’, or ‘Arbenting’s Web of Inspiration and Best Of Rundown No. 1’, and of course, I cannot forget ‘Arbenting’s Weekly Round-up of the Best the Web Has to Offer For the Week Compiled By the Arbenting Duo, With a Little Dash of Inspirational Goodness to Spark the Creative Driving Forces of the Imagination Thrown In for Good Measure! No. 1’. Okay, that last one was never a contender. Incredibly detailed and overly factually descriptive, sure, but beyond ridiculous in length.
15 Steps to a More Productive Workday — Some great tips on how to optimize your workday.
Amazing Retouching Tutorials in Photoshop — A huge collection of tutorials for anyone who needs to do photo retouching.
4 Principles of Good Design for Websites — Andrew not only outlines the 4 principles of great web design but also shows shining examples of each.
17 Adobe Air Apps That Can Save Your Time — I use and like a few on the list and am looking forward to trying the others.
5 Reasons to Contribute to a Blog — Tim Smith talks about the benefits of guest blogging. Speaking of which, if you would like to guest blog for Arbenting contact us!
Spec You! Why Designers Should Never Work for Free — We’re no fans of spec work here at Arbenting. I especially like the bit about sending a bill to charities where you donate your time for your own records as well as tax purposes.
8 Characteristics of Successful User Interfaces — A must read for any new developer
Why a Blog is Important for Your Freelance Business — This blog has done wonders for our freelance business, in fact, I dare say we wouldn’t have a freelance business without it
Come up with 10 Post Ideas — A part of ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series, this is a great look at mind mapping and brainstorming
14 High Resolution Japanese Paper Textures — A beautiful collection of textures from Lost and Taken
270+ High-Res Rough and Grungey Photoshop Brushes — A huge collection of photoshop brushes for your grunge designs
33 More Paint Brush Style Illustrator Brushes — Because one can never have too many quality paint brush style brushes!
Free Texture Tuesday: Concrete — Concrete makes a great addition to grungy textures
5 Free Hi-Res Grunge Nebulae Textures — Some beautifully combined textures from Fudge Graphics
Web Site Vector Icons — I love this bright new icon set from Dezinus
Cute Critters Free Icon Pack — Cuteness overload!!!
Danny Outlaw Talks Personal Branding & Promotion — Tips on How to Get Yourself Out There
Interview with Todd Garland of BuySellAds — We’ve been using BuySellAds here on Arbenting for a while so it was really nice to get behind the scenes with Todd
Discussing Blueprints with Chris Spooner — I liked the original title “Spooning with Chris Spooner” but regardless of title, it’s a great interview.
Interview with Adelle Charles from the Fuel Brand Group
Interview with Rod Hunt — a very talented illustrator from the UK
Design a Clean Corporate Website with Illustrator
How to Become a Freelance Web Developer — In our current economic climate, freelancing can be hit or miss. Get a leg up with these tips from NetTuts
How to Create an Alarm Clock Icon — A really good and in depth illustrator tutorial
SeamlessTextures.net — Having a good collection of seamless textures is a must for any web designer
Virl — Virl is small and contagious. Share Your Photos, Shorten URLs & Spread the News. Use Virl for Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Delicious or Blogs & Websites Everywhere!
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Nice rundown Angie! Already seen some articles, but might check out the ones that I didn’t see (yet) later ;) .
Thanks for including the Marcofolio.net article — It’s “Chris” and not “Christ” Spooner btw :) .
Keep it up„,
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Thanks Marco! Hehe, I had his name right in the main title, I don’t know what made me type christ later on lol.
Thanks for the link Angie.
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Nice list. The Spooner interview is worthwhile.
Nice roundup, some articles are new to me.
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@Steven — No problem, thanks for the great content :)
@Web designer — Thanks!
@Janko — Thanks so much, I’m glad I was able to provide some you hadn’t seen.
Love the paper arts. Never seen them before :)
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@Johnson — I love paper art, something about it fascinates me. Google paper art and you’ll see tons of awe inspiring examples.