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20 Top Invoicing Tools For Freelancers

21/12/2010 | Freelance, tools


As you take on more clients it becomes increasingly difficult to keep accurate track of costs and the hours you should be billing for. Keeping poor records will ultimately start to cost you money, thankfully there are a great selection of tools available to help.

There are more to benefits to these apps than just staying organized. Some of these apps enable small businesses to take the kind of control of their finance that was once just the preserve of big businesses with dedicated accounting departments.

Below we’ve compiled a list showcasing what we believe are the best 20 invoicing tools for web designers/developers in no particular order. However a word of warning’ be sure to choose your app with caution, once you have started using one it can be difficult to migrate if you later encounter limitations. Always sign up to free trials where available and compare a few alternatives before making a decision.

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Top 8 iPhone Applications for Graphic Designers

19/12/2010 | mac, tools


For graphic designers creativity is much like an American Express credit card — you don’t leave home without it. Frequently, your best creative ideas come to you while you’re on the go or while living the moment you hope to depict in your work. Instead of trying to decode your scribbles left on a bar napkin from last night, you need the right tools to capture your creative ideas on the spot. Here are the 8 best iPhone apps for graphic designers that will help you do just that:

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Facebook Fan Page Customization: Tips, Tricks, Applications

19/12/2010 | tools


Facebook is the number one used social network in the world. There is a lot of potential for marketing on Facebook, but to get optimal benefit you want your page to stand out instead of looking like every other page. Having a Facebook fan page is a good way to promote your blog, your business or anything else you do in the online world. Further Facebook allow you to customize your fan pages a lot using their FBML language making it completely unique and perfectly aligned with your marketing strategy. For example it is possible to add forms to collect emails, paypal buy now buttons etc. Check out these 30 examples to get an idea of what is possible.

As Facebook’s user base increasingly grows larger (it just hit 500 million), so do the benefits of having a fan page to market your content. If you’re a frequent visitor of other peoples’ fan pages you may have noticed that it is more and more common that they are customized. It is not that difficult and you should consider giving it a try yourself. In this article I am going to show you how to customize your Facebook page using FBML aka Facebook Markup Language.

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40 Useful Tools for Web Designers

18/12/2010 | tools


Web Designing tools are very handy and useful, if one can use the proper tool at a proper place where it is required. Sometimes, it is difficult for a designer to opt for the best tool to use which really suits his/her needs.

Although there are more tools than the listed below, web designers can depend on the following 40 selected tools to imrpove their work and make it much easier and more professional. In addition to the following collection, you can find here more resources for design in general including web design

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10 Essential (Yet Free) iPhone Applications for Bloggers

13/12/2010 | Blogging, tools


iPhone is one of the most successful smart phones in the history. When equipped with proper apps, it could beat any other smart phone in the market. So here we are sharing 10 of the most helpful iPhone applications for bloggers. All of these apps are Absolutely Free.

For further information or to download any app, please click its name. And last but not the least, we are waiting for your comments. Tell us what you think about this post and what other kind of iPhone app related post would you like to see at Designzzz.

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30+ Android Applications Website Designs For Your Inspiration

03/12/2010 | tools


Here i compile some of the great and good looking websites related to android applications or websites offering the android application download or info. Many developers and companies are developing the android applications and they also create the website for there app to promote and offer download to other people with a great representation and web design.

And as you know, Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc, a firm purchased by Google in 2005. Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated to develop and release Android to the world. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android.

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50 Great Web Design Tools That Should Be In Your Toolbox

03/12/2010 | tools, web design


When you’re a designer there’s a whole world of possibilities for you out there. The Internet can provide us with everything we need, we just need to know where and how to find it. This article is meant as a help for you in your daily work.

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Quick Tip: Using Kuler with Adobe Illustrator

01/12/2010 | Illustrator, tools


Kuler is Adobe’s internet application that lets you create, modify and save color schemes. You can download these schemes to use in various Adobe applications, or you can use the Kuler extension built right into Illustrator. Learn more about Kuler and how to make swatch groups in this Video Quick Tip.

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5 MUST HAVE Tools To Ensure You Don’t Lose Everything

24/11/2010 | tools


The other day I was working away as usual when my computer suddenly completely shut off. Having a battery backup, I was a bit stumped by how this would happen… So I went to turn the computer back on and resume working when it would not power back on. “Uh oh… not again” I thought to myself. Just 2 years ago I would have been freaking out in a panic. Surprisingly, I was fairly calm this time around. In fact, about 2 years ago, this same thing happened to me and I lost so much work, personal files, and emails… it hurts to talk about…

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25 Fresh and Brilliant Services, Tools and Web Apps for Designers & Developers – November edition

23/11/2010 | tools


Everyone is always looking for ways to make their life easier, more enjoyable, or to simply have more free time. Fortunately, these days there are thousands of web applications, services & websites out there that do all of that and more, and are perfect for trying something new. We’ve saved you the trouble of finding them, and below you have a selection of the coolest stuff out in November.

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