Photoshop has been around for decades and has proven to be the best product on the market by continuing improving and scaling it’s ability to do things. Photoshop started as a side project of a Michigan Grad Student.
In the fall of 1987, Thomas Knoll, a doctoral candidate in computer vision, was trying to write–as a diversion from his doctoral–computer code to display grayscale images on a black-white bitmap monitor. Because it wasn’t directly related to his thesis on computer vision, Knoll thought it had limited value at best. The code was called Display. Knoll wrote it on his Mac Plus computer at home. Little did he know that this initial code would be the very beginning of the phenomenon that would be known as Photoshop.
If you haven’t heard about it, read my post on custom WordPress theme contest for one lucky blogger. I’ve reviewed and found about 22 blogs so far that I think qualify for the contest entry. Some bloggers just said “pick me” and that’s just simply not enough. If you haven’t entered yet, it’s still not too late! The contest ends September 30, 2007, so enter today! The voting will begin on October 1st, 2007. I have read all the blogs that were posted in the comments, and here are the blogs that qualify: Continue Reading: Custom Wordpress Theme Contest - Update 1
I don’t usually do the sidebar widgets, and buttons (e.g. MyBlogLog, Alexa, Technorati, and many others) mainly because they are cluttered and ugly. But today, I decided to give Blogrush a try, simply because it looks promising enough and also, I like giving exposure to other bloggers. StumbleUpon is also a great way to give/get exposure. Instead of telling you what Blogrush can do, I’ll let this video explain it:
I’ll see how it does on this blog, so far I like it. Give it a try, and let me know if you like it.
The almighty Amazon.com will get a makeover in the coming days. Here’s a preview of what the new site will look like.
I am a huge fan of the usability and simplicity that Amazon offers. Many web designers have a great deal to learn from their website. There are very few companies out there who invest their great deal of time and money into making things easier for their customers. Here are some FAQ about the redesign. They are always such an inspiration. Speaking of inspiration, check out different types of showcases on Elements of Design. Good stuff.
Our team reviewed hundreds of designs in selecting the logo you see today. Some were pretty far out there and some stayed quite close to the original design. We carefully tested them with our customers to help guide us to the right decision.
Hundreds, eh? May we see them? How come you didn’t think of filling in the colors originally? Here’s a little further reading on the logo. You like it? Don’t like it?
Today, the DM - Bloodless WordPress theme reached it’s 1000th download. To celebrate this I am launching another theme. It’ll be a combination of two colors, you can decide what color in the options panel. To preview the themes, check out the green version and the brown version. Please keep in mind, this theme is totally separate from the Custom Wordpress Theme Contest.
I am looking for two donors / supporters. You will get one footer link with your $25 donation. If you decide to buy both links for $50, you will have the option to chose any color for your links and whether to make it bold or not… AND you will decide the name of the theme… AND you’ll get a free one month link on the sidebar under “Supporters” section.
This is a great opportunity to get your name out there. Interested? Post a comment or email me if you have any questions.
