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Jeff Gamet - who has written 451 posts on Planet Quark.

Jeff Gamet is a contributing editor for Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news. He is also the morning editor and reviews editor for The Mac Observer and iPodObserver.com, and contributing writer for Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. He writes the InBrief column for InDesign Magazine, and is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X," from Peachpit Press When Jeff isn't writing about the graphic design world, he's talking about it on the Design Tools Weekly podcast with co-host Jay Nelson. He also talks about Apple and the Mac world every week on The Mac Observer's Apple Weekly Report. Jeff studies, tests and reviews new software and technologies for the Macintosh community as well as the design and print industries. He is a former Pre-press specialist, and has nearly 25 years experience with computer technology. Jeff trains, lectures and consults on techniques for more efficiently using Mac OS X in creative environments throughout the country. In the rare moments when he can get away from his MacBook Pro, Jeff spends his time climbing and biking in the Colorado mountains.

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Elusive Icons

Friday, May 17, 2013

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Elusive Icons are 271 vector icons specifically developed for Bootstrap, but since they’re collected into a Web font, they will work with custom projects as well. These clean, simple icons cover a wide variety of needs for Web and mobile apps. Use them freely, from http://aristeides.com/elusive-iconfont/

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100 Top Tools for Graphic Designers

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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GraphicDesignClasses.net published their list of 100 top tools for graphic designers at http://graphicdesignclasses.net/design-tools/. Have a look!

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Adobe Kills Creative Suite: Replaced by Creative Cloud

Monday, May 13, 2013

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Adobe has discontinued their Creative Suite products, replacing them with a subscription-only system now named CC (for Creative Cloud). Individual apps are available for $20 per month, or you can get the entire collection of Adobe’s professional apps and services for $50 per month. There are upgrade options if you currently own CS3–CS6 (see here), [...]

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Coffee Shop Creativity at Your Desk

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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Surprisingly, ambient noise stimulates our brains and can make us more productive, so Coffitivity brewed up a free website that creates coffee shop sounds for people who can’t get out of the office. The site streams ambient coffee shop noise that isn’t distracting, and it can be played along with music to enhance your work [...]

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