It’s been up for a few days now, the new face of Google image search. Obviously inspired by Bing, this is fun to play with. Try Googling yourself or business nameand see a quick glimpse at who you are on the web.

This tutorial exists out there on the internet, but the ones I’ve seen make the whole process seem way more difficult than it really is and every time I do this for a friend or client, I think to myself, “I should write this down.” So here we go… First, why I prefer Google mail [...]

Well, if you follow me on Twitter or caught last weeks post, Web Hosting Woes: A Letter to my Readers and Network Solutions you know all about the headaches I have been enduring with the security issues my web host has had lately. As I said, I’ve given Network Solutions chances to step it up [...]

If you’re a designer and you have not heard about Dribbble, you must be living under a rock!  The community has been abuzz about this new online design network for weeks now. Dribbble is an invite only design critique community, similar to ConceptFeedback.com and as of yesterday, I was finally “drafted” off the bench! Now [...]

I have had bad issues with Network Solutions over the past 6 months dealing with security and their ability (or willingness) to take whatever steps nessecary to insure security. I have never said a bad word of them in public, I’ve given them second and third and fourth chances. Yesterday my static portfolio website got [...]

You can ask me anything. Hoping to get some good questions that may spark ideas for extended blog posts, but don’t be shy – ask whatever you want.

Obviously, this blog doesn’t cover pop culture news or anything like that, but the recent Conan O Brien V Jay Leno hoopla has really been something I have GOT TO talk about. Over the last couple weeks, we all experienced what has now been coined “the Late Night Wars,” it was a whirlwind of drama [...]

The end of the year is approaching, and many people are taking this time to reflect on the year past and the people in their lives who have made it so memorable. Whether you’re celebrating a holiday or just celebrating the love in your life, finding a unique gift for that design nerd closest to [...]

I’m really excited about this giveaway! Bidsketch is offering a FREE Premium Account for a full year to one lucky CMD+Shift Design Blog reader! I was first contacted by Bidsketch and asked to do a review of the service in exchange for a premium account, but you know me — I like to share the [...]

Twitter has just launched a new feature called Lists. This is very similar to what is known as Groups in TweetDeck or HootSuite, except the group lists that you make on Twitter are public. How You Use It You can group your followed friends into categories like “Designers”, “Blogs”, “Celebrities” and then view you lists [...]