15 Quick Tips for Developers and Designers

I’m a developer and a designer. During my work I stumble upon these small problems that consume the most of our time, in respect to what they are. I try to solve them, and then I post answers to these as Quick Tips on my Twitter. I accumulated enough to post the first batch as an article. Do you have problems with your LAMP after upgrading to Snow Leopard? Do you want to know more about MySQL administration? Want some tips for CSS in Safari? This, and more, after the jump.

Ultimate Web Developer Icon Set

Here you have a list of the most comprehensive, well designed and extremely usable icon packs available for free, including a commercial license. These icons will have you set in your small and big projects, and their common symbols will create a nice environment for your users. I created this list from the icons I’ve been using over the years and I think they are an essential pack for every web developer. Enjoy!

44 Zen Widescreen Wallpapers for your MacBook

It’s time to cool off the tech talk and chill out with this amazing set of 44 widescreen wallpapers I picked up over the years, especially for your MacBook desktop (all of them are 1280x800 or bigger). With these images you will feel bliss and peace. Your desktop will be zen, you will be zen, and your life will get better – in other words, these pictures will make you live longer ;) Enjoy!

#Favlogo roundup number 1

A while ago on Twitter I started to post links to exceptional logotypes, day by day. You can monitor my picks by searching the #favlogo hashtag or simply by following me. After about two weeks, it’s time to make a roundup and select my favorite five! Let’s start.

A blog must evolve! 6 ways to improve it

I made some layout changes over the weekend, intended to make this blog more readable for new users. I think the new arrangement is better to navigate, and contents of the website are easier to find. I included some social bookmarking elements (Go, Digg this post! Thanks!). All this sums up to this article on how to improve a blog, step by step.

And the Spam Design Award goes to (sponsored by Viagra, Levitra and Cialis)

Spam is the cancer of the Internet — and I am repeating myself. I get almost 100 spam comments every week, but thanks to Akismet plug-in I described before, I don’t have to deal with them by hand. But today in my mailbox I’ve found an odd little one, which really caught my eye. This will be the first design post on the blog, but I mean, just look at it — for a moment I thought it was something from Apple Inc.