Good read.
“Photography is an amazing way to learn about focus. This is because the very act of viewing life through the lens of a camera can help us develop a truly empowering skill. We call that skil… Read More >

Firefox browser mock-up Photoshop file. The Photoshop file is layered and all text is editable. There is also a layer specifically for secure and insecure URLs in the Firefox browser mock-up Photoshop file.
WWDC is under way to much fanfare and as an Apple Developer something jumped out at me. Just yesterday at the WWDC, Tim Cook CEO of Apple talked about how much Apple has paid out to developers. The number is staggering, matching GDP of some countries. They paid out 10 Billion dollars and 5 billion in the past year which implies amazing growth. Now there is a catch. Just because you launch an app in the app store doesn’t mean you will be featured in the Fortune 500. More than likely you will lose money according to historical market principles. So if you’re good, have a good idea, have access to cost effective development, then you may very well make money. I do. Here are some slides that stand out.




Typography Framework is updated to version 1.1. This Typography Framework has h1 to h6, paragraph, blockquote, forms, table, lists, and definitions created for you already. Happy coding.

The business of web design is filled with all sorts of characters and personalities. Some of those personalities are strong or weak. This post gets theoretical to propose an idea on how I came to understand the who of web design.
I consult for companies. And within these companies there are many people. There are all sorts of people. The challenge for me is categorizing people on the org chart to better leverage strengths and mitigate weaknesses for their benefit.
How? Well, I thought to myself what types of people do I deal with? Do they have similarities or are they completely different to each other from a business perspective?
While it is true we are all different and wonderfully created and the values from business to business are as individual as a fingerprint, there is overlap in the types of people I deal with.
My ideas about this and using a classification system to help org businesses is mine alone and you certainly do not have to agree. I think though if you try this when you are consulting or try this within your own org it may very well help you leverage the positive over the negative forces in your business.
Here’s the theory. Every business person has 2 sides to whatever degree. The sides are 1. Thinker and 2. Tinker. The varying degrees will be Big and Little. Those are my ground rules for this theory of sorts. So every person is a Thinker and a Tinker, but to what degree?
So to review and as an example, I have a client that is a Big Thinker and a Big Tinker. He is not only able to create strategy and visioneer, but is also able to get granular or down to the code level to implement exactly what it is he would like to accomplish. This type of person is the most rare while the Little Thinker and Little Tinker the most common personality type.
We can’t be perfect or good at everything, this post can help businesses identify who should do what and why. This also is not a judgement on the value of any persons. It’s an imperfect effort to classify business folks for our mutual benefit.
Now the key is getting the Bigs and Littles working at the right time and place, but that’s another post.
Apple planning to build doughnut shaped campus. Mmmm…donuts.
Apple Inc. plans to boost its employee count by 46 percent to 23,400 in its hometown of Cupertino, California, paying out .9 billion in annual wages by the time a massive new headquarters is completed in 2016. Read More
Is WordPress Secure? Great read on the sec state of WP from past to present.
You have no doubt heard about it — the latest WordPress security scare has been publicized everywhere from the BBC, to NBC, to Technorati. A giant botnet made up of “tens of thousands” of computers has attacked an enormous number of vulnerable WordPress websites.
This comes on the back of other worrying recent news (such as the major security vulnerability present in two popular caching plugins) and more historical events (such as the TimThumb saga). It would seem that WordPress has endured its fair share of high profile security scares over the past few years. More >

You’re walking home alone on a quiet street. You hear footsteps approaching quickly from behind. It’s nighttime. Your senses scramble to help your brain figure out what to do. You listen for signs of threat or glance backward. What you learn may prompt you to turn down another street, confront the person, or relax. Whether he or she turns out to be a mugger or a jogger, your brain rapidly cycled through many scenarios seeking an answer.It’s called situational awareness. The way we respond to the world around us is so seamless that it’s almost unconscious.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672531/the-future-of-technology-isnt-mobile-its-contextual
Good stuff from the guys at Sucuri!
WordPress End User Security covers basic information security principles to consider even before you start a WordPress driven site, and a run at the top 10 WordPress security tips. You will get som…
http://wordpress.tv/2013/05/23/dre-armeda-wordpress-end-user-security-2/

Therese Larsson: I am a freelance illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden, specialising
in character design and realism. I started out as a traditional artist
working in oils, pastels and aquarelle, but as I went professional 5
years ago I made the transition into digital. Check Therese’s port

Oklahoma needs our support.
http://ithemes.com/2013/05/21/how-you-can-help-oklahoma/
Over the last couple of days, we’ve had so many amazing friends from all over the world email, call, text, chat, DM, tweet, Facebook, and post messages on our forum sending their love, thoughts and prayers for us and those affected by the recent tornadoes here in Oklahoma and just wanted to give you an update on us and how you can help.
The saying goes that the pen is mightier than the sword and to be sure that’s true.
I would change that adage up a bit from a designer’s perspective. There is no tool or instrument that is more important apart from creativity. The pencil is truly amazing and this vector is in honor of that design truth. The pencil is mightier than the sword.
This vector is forged with quality in mind. The file is an Illustrator file which can be imported to any of the Adobe products. We are also introducing this vector under the Vector Series label. All vectors under this label are flawless and modular.