Just as the freelance industry is exploding with undiscovered, talented (and some not so talented) people, the myths that come with it are thriving as well. It’s funny how I... The post Six Common Freelancing Myths Debunked appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Oh yes, the infamous mystery riddles are back! To celebrate the relaunch of this little website, we've prepared something special yet again -- a Smashing Emoji Mystery Riddle. And this time, instead of scouting an answer in a physical place or on Twitter, it's well hidden somewhere on this website. So, What Can You Win? Among the first readers who tweet @smashingmag all the hidden emoji, we'll raffle a quite extraordinary, smashing prize (and a couple of other Smashing extras):

New data shows a direct correlation between resignations, departing employees, and data exposure events. This is of particular interest to organizations currently as companies experience what’s been called “the Great Resignation." As employees leave their companies, they oftentimes — intentionally or otherwise — take valuable source code, patent applications, and customer lists with them. Code42, … continue reading The post Data is leaking as employees leave in "Great Resignation" appeared first on SD Times.

You can never have too many fonts in your collection! As a professional designer, you need to expand your design collection to include various graphic elements that can be used in your projects or as inspiration. High-quality freebies are hard to come by, therefore, when you find them, make sure to download and add them to […] The post 20 Decorative Typefaces Worth Downloading appeared first on Line25.

Access All Areas members have a versatile font to download this week, courtesy of Elena Genova from MyCreativeLand. The Lumios Marker Family has been carefully hand crafted using a Pilot Sign Pen for ultimate realism. It has both extended Latin and basic Cyrillic support that is enhanced with oodles of ligatures and alternates. With over […] The post Lumios Marker Font Family for Access All Areas Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Look at theese great social WordPress plugins you can use for interacting with your visitors and choose the ones you think are the best fit for your own or your client’s website! These great social WordPress plugins will improve the relationship you have with your readers/visitors/clients and also add some cool social media features to […] The post 20 Great Social WordPress Plugins for Interacting with Your Visitors appeared first on Line25.

In this new series of articles on UX, we take a closer look at some frustrating design patterns and explore better alternatives, along with plenty of examples and checklists to keep in mind when building or designing one. [Subscribe to the newsletter](http://smashingmagazine.com/the-smashing-newsletter/) so you don't miss the next one.

This is the second article in my series on REST using Apache Wink. My previous article covered using JAX-RS (REST web services) using Apache Wink. This programming tutorial uses the same service that we built in part one to return complex types. These types include XML using JAXB and JSON using Jackson as the stream […] The post REST Web Services with JAX-RS, JSON, and JAXB: Part Two appeared first on Developer.com.

In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, Drew McLellan talks to Heydon Pickering about his new book, Inclusive Components. Heydon is known for his work and writing on Accessibility, so what is Inclusive Design, and where do components come into play? Heydon eplains all this and more in this episode. You can listen below, or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Show Notes The book Inclusive Components from Smashing Magazine Heydon’s project Every Layout with Andy Bell Heydon’s website Heydonworks Heydon on Twitter Transcript Drew McLellan: He’s a freelance web accessibility consultant, interface designer and writer.

Your YouTube cover art is an important part of your channel branding. It's the first thing people see when they visit your channel and the cover photo gives you a chance to make a good first impression. If you look at some of the popular YouTube channels, you'll notice that they all have carefully designed […]