PSDTUTS has launched a “Solving Poverty” Button Design Contest in connection with the Blog Action Day 2008 theme—Poverty.
The contest aims to raise awareness about the issues surrounding global poverty, and empower designers to make a positive difference in the world. More »
While many wait with bated breath for the next version of the iPhone, the competition isn’t holding theirs. In fact they are quickly breathing new life to their own products hoping to hold their own against the revolutionary iPhone or surpass whatever the second coming of the Jesus Phone can offer.
1) Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
It uses Windows Mobile 6.0 through a touch panel interface and an arc sliding QWERTY keyboard. It has a 3 inch wide VGA display on a metal body. Just like the iPhone 2.0, it has 3G for quick and easy access to broadband Internet. Other notable features are Push Email, Integrated Camera for still and video capture, Handwriting Recognition using a stylus, and Wi-Fi support. More »
BMW isn’t known as the ultimate driving machine for nothing. I recently got my first BMW, albeit a used 316i sedan, and since then I’ve been hooked. Someday, when I win the super lotto or my boss finally decides to give me a raise, the first thing I’ll do is visit the nearest BMW dealership and drive away with a brand new, leather smelling car… or one that smells like my pajamas will do just fine.
Ever since I saw Keanu Reeves in Scanner Darkly, I have tried turning photos into cartoons in Adobe Photoshop. It takes me more than 30 minutes just to “cartoonize” a face with not so great results. Then I stumbled upon befunky.com! This piece of gem is an online application that converts pictures (and videos soon) into Scanner Darkly type graphics–in a minute. It’s also free! More »
Everyday we hear of economic, social and environmental problems like the weatherman warns of an impending storm. For as long as we’re sure that behind the darkest clouds lies the sun shining and that the rainbow will come after the rain, there is no need to press the panic button. That may be true some decades ago. Today, we have contributed so much harm to our environment that we are in danger of losing the ecological balance that sustains life. We are no longer sure that our sun will continue to provide that wonderful ray of hope for life or a deadly radiation of death. But it is not too late. We can all make a difference in the future of our family, our city and our planet by going Green. More »
