I always liked this illustration. Once I had to create a program that need to have a place to put stuff on hold. So, I thought it would be funny to put stuff on the Back Burner. Use it as you may. This one’s on me.

Download a Stove Vector File - EPS

Awhile back I wanted to make some propaganda posters like the ones produced during the First World War.  They are so graphically out of this world.   Here is a vector file of an old bomb like they used to drop out of the B1 bombers.   It should make a great element for your own propaganda poster.

Download Bomb EPS File

Propaganda Poster History

Here is a pretty cool web tool that will allow you to manipulate photos on location when you might not have access to powerful tools like Photoshop.  Also, you can give it access to your flickr account and it will sync up with all your sets.

Picnik offers a more advanced tool for about 25 bucks a year but I just can’t seem to justify paying that.  Considering I have access to Photoshop the king of photo manipulation. 

Picnik.com

Resizor is basically a way to fit photos into whatever size image you may need.  Like extending images for banners or fitting images into nonstandard devices like cell phones.  This product is really interesting to see in action but seeing photos squash and stretch send chills down my spine.  In the wrong hand this could be really bad.  I already see too many people not able to grasp the concept of proportionately scaling images. 

The inventor is extremely talented and I thought I heard that he was hired on at Adobe.  So, I’m sure we’ll be seeing something very similar in the new Photoshop very soon.

Resizor’s Website

Here is another Resizor type site that my twitter friend Tom Chapin says is way better.  Thanks Tom.

rsizr

Screenfluent.com

Remember the days of going to linkup.com or checking out flashkit.com for the site of the day for inspiration.Well those days are long gone.

Now with flash mainly being used for video and site accent pieces, traditional web design using CSS or AJAX seems so much cooler. Screenfluent covers the total spectrum of cool web design and current trends. If you’re lacking something in your designs I bet you can find a good idea somewhere on this site.

Smashing Magazine consistently provides great articles and lists of information that will make a designers life easier. I check it out all the time and I’m always finding new techniques, fonts, and tutorials.  SmashingMagazine.com

If you have spent any time in the design industry you’re bound to relate to this video.

The Web Design world is full of acronyms, abbreviations and catchy terms that can confuse many of us and our clients. Now you can usually just do a simple Google search and get the answer to your questions, but I keep finding myself being directed to The Motive Web Design Glossary.

I don’t know much about the company “Motive”, but I do believe that if a company is willing to share their expertise like they do, they must be a quality company.

-Thanks Motive

So, Will and I are going to be going to Gnomedex 2007. It will be in Seattle Washington (August 9th-11^th 2007). It’s going to be great to have the chance to meet all of you and take in all the excitement. I’ve personally only been blogging for about 6 months, but I’ve had the privilege to work with a talented team of web professionals that specialize in the educational vertical. Within our team we have utilized many blogs and new media strategies to increase our companies ROI.

It’s great to see that Microsoft is a main sponsor along with Google. I’ve had some great long term relationships with both of these companies. Where’s the after party?

- See you all there

These three games are pretty old, but I remembered them today and thought they were well worthy of resurrecting their genius. I think full flash sites have their place but so many times I see people over use flash for getting their product or name out there. Now these three exploration games are have it all, Visuals, Sound, Inactivity and a Storyline.

Polyphonic Spree – Promotion Site

Samorost I & Samorost II