Nature has been a source of design inspiration since the beginning of time. Its beauty touches everything from the clothes we wear to the gadgets we use. So, it's not... The post 10 Beautiful Nature Inspired Code Snippets appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

The Ampersand is loved by all types of creatives! Its shape has evolved into a variety of styles since it was conceived as a ligature of the letters ‘e’ and ‘t’ from the Latin ‘et’ for ‘and’. You can find a range of ampersand designs across different fonts and typefaces, from cursive script variants to […] The post Art of the Ampersand: 35 Creative Examples of The '&' Character appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

When Twitter announced version 2 of the company's API, it revealed a development roadmap that seemed aggressive and much of the developer community was untrusting of promises made by a company that had let them down so frequently. Since then, Twitter has been working to make good on its promises to developers, most recently with the announcement of new API endpoints for Twitter Spaces.

Daily, as a customer, we come across lots of products in the market, but we choose only those products that are recommended by our friends and family. We tend to purchase those because of trust recommendations, and this kind of marketing is known as word of mouth marketing. It is the oldest form of marketing...

Airbyte is a data integration platform that runs in the cloud and replicates data. It enables users to get their data pipelines running in minutes with either pre-built or custom connectors from the Airbyte UI, API or CLI. Developers simply need to authenticate their sources and get connectors that adapt to schema or API changes. … continue reading The post SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Airbyte appeared first on SD Times.

Google Slides is one of the best tools for creating presentation slideshows, especially with the number of free Google Slides themes and templates available. It has quickly gone from being a free PowerPoint alternative to become the go-to app for creating professional slideshows. Another great thing about Google Slides is templates. With a great Google […]

We've featured a lot of different icon sets in the past, but we still haven't had one dedicated to rockets, satellites and solar systems (well, don't forget supernatural aliens as well). There's so much to explore in the world of astronomy, and it's about time we did. Today's icon set was created and designed by the team at Iconshock, and consists of 40 icons in AI, PNG as well as SVG formats. So, dear space troopers out there, what are you waiting for? Please note that this icon set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. No attribution is required, however, reselling of bundles or individual pictograms is not cool. Please provide credits to the creators and link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word in blog posts or anywhere else. The post Freebie: Space Icon Set (40 Icons, AI, PNG, SVG) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Here’s a scenario for you: a woman has three young children, each armed with a handful of crayons. They’re happily drawing on a large sheet of paper, cooperating and sharing... The post How To Avoid Design By Committee appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Welcome to this month's round up of what has caught our eye on the web. As it's November we're going to help chase those winter blues away with some color. Color does so much of the heavy lifting in visual design. It can create a mood, reinforce a brand identity, establish a hierarchy, differentiate sections, […] The post 20 Best New Websites, November 2021 first appeared on Webdesigner Depot.

Today, you’ll get to read an unusual article, sort of an outing. Only very few people can claim that a website has changed their life. I’m one of them. And the site that I’m talking about is Dr. Web. It has changed my entire life and turned it upside down. What was left is my destiny. The Prolog: Webdesign, WordPress Themes, and WP Security In early 2011, I went freelance again, after a long time in a day job. My company at that point, “HechtMediaArts”, offered custom web design, mostly based on WordPress, premium WordPress themes and, as a unique feature, WordPress security, mainly because as a result of my own stupidity one of my WordPress websites got hacked in 2009. I didn’t want that ever to happen again, so I started dealing with WordPress security excessively. All three pillars of the business started growing step by step, above all others, the security area of our beloved CMS WordPress. I’m positive that I secured about one hundred WordPress websites, and protected them from hacking. At the same time, I was working on my ebook “WordPress Security“, which is currently available in its third edition, and is still selling well, while […]