They create several colour scheme palettes from photos. They pick pictures from Flickr and create the colour palettes. I like the idea because gorgeous images give me inspiration.

Color Scheme Inspiration

Color Scheme Inspiration

There are several basic ideas about web design, but sometimes I forget all rules I have to follow. These articles remind me what I should not do.

Especially, I forget the rule #4. Very Tiny Font Size and #10. Links Color Aren’t Visible. Another article said 16px is a good size. I feel it is too big.., but I try it. Bigger fonts are usually better than small fonts in most cases. Also, most my links colour were not noticeable. I need to remember that..

10 Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes

10 Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes

This guy shows everything, in Ukrainian I think, I can see this thing as being a perfect portfolio, it would also be very handy for reviewing pictures.  The back is aluminum, there are magnets holding the genuine leather cover on, so you can also stick it on a fridge or any metal surface.  I think the build quality is excellent.

It would make a great addition to your paper portfolio, and it fits in your pocket, you can have it with you anytime.

7 inches, (about 5×6 print size) thin bezel, good build quality, pretty, very good display, 3 hours of battery life!!!, 4 gigs of onboard ram, leather cover that doubles as a stand. I’d give this one 5 stars.

http://www.shopwiki.co.uk/ALBUM+Portable+Digital+Photo+Gallery

These are at Henry’s on Bank right now, $170. The interface is very slick too.

My friend sent me an interesting link, http://www.cleverbot.com/.

You can speak to an AI with some Actual Intelligence. I talked to him yesterday. He asked my name, so I said his name. Then, he told me not to copy him.. He could talk enough.. like 3 years old children..

Try to talk to him!

Cleverbot.com

Wow.. I was looking for this technique for a long time. Because of the difference of each computer’s resolution,  it is tricky to fill entire page with image.
Perfect Full Page Background Image

Perfect Full Page Background Image

You will have the chance to win one a set of 500 Die Cut Business Cards courtesy of Uprinting.com. All I will have to do for a chance to win is to leave a comment describing what I would use the free business cards for. Ummm.. What shpould I say?

Win 1 of 3 Sets of 500 Die Cut Business Cards from Uprinting.com

Win 1 of 3 Sets of 500 Die Cut Business Cards from Uprinting.com

I am still working on my portfolio. I plan to create web based, printing and pdf format for my portfolio. Especially, I am a web designer and web developer, so I want to create eye catching website. Today,I found one article which has many information about portfolio.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Portfolios

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Portfolios

This animation is created by one red thread to express “life”. It is AMAZING!

自主制作アニメ「赤い糸」Independent　production anime「akai ito」

I found the funny and cool video. They use flash to create this video. Good job!

T-SHIRT WAR!! (stop-motion music video)

It is interesting to watch how they create the video.
T-SHIRT WAR! BEHIND THE SCENES!

I love to take pictures, but Flicker was not one to share my images. I did not like that people download my images without my permission. I was not sure how to prevent it. However, I found the way to secure my images.

1. Click Your Account.

How to prevent people from downloading your images

2.Edit “Who can download your stuff” in the Global Setting in the Privacy & Permissions tab.

How to prevent people from downloading your images

3. Choose one of options(Only You, Your Friends and/or Family or Your Contacts). However, people with free accounts aren’t able to offer their original files for download.

Allowing downloads

Link: How can I stop people from downloading my photos?