http://mikestickney.com/wordpress Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:01:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photoshop turns 20 today, and I came across an interesting read on webdesignerdepot.com on the history of Photoshop. With about a dozen major releases ( and another on the way in a few short months) Photoshop has become one of, if not THE most important tool in any graphic and Web ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/happy-birthday-photoshop/ Came across a nice article on smashingmagazine.com titled "Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started". Article basically goes through the beginning fundamentals of CSS. Smashingmagazine.com usually has some great articles, and this is no exception. Very nice article/tutorial for anyone looking to get started with CSS. Here is a rundown of the topics ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/getting-started-with-css/ What I expected (or hoped?) to be 2-3 weeks turned into 2-3 months, but FINALLY, the new Spitshine Design Web site redesign is pretty much complete! Ok, so maybe there are a few blog posts that need to be updated, but for the most part, and there are still a ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/spitshine-design-web-site/ This year, hundreds of thousands of people will hear the words “You have cancer,” and there’s a good chance that some of them will be people we know and love. Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way… and we all have the power to make a ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/relay-for-life/ Came across a nice list of 12 Useful Web Tools for Designers on SixRevisions.com. A few of these I've used before. Some of the ones that I've used include: kuler Create is a nice tool to from Adobe that helps create color themes. You can select your own colors and see what ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/12-useful-web-tools-for-designers/ In an effort to start posting to this site again, and also to start adding more non-Flash related posts, I've been keeping an eye out on the Web for helpful articles that my readers may be intrested in. In my search, I came across a nice list for toxel.com titled ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/css-articles-and-resources/ Came across a  nice list of some Logo Design Resources from designcubicle.com. Some of them on the list I use as my first stop when trying to get logo ideas (LogoPond, LogoSauce, LogoLounge) and others I've come across before, but not overly familiar with (LogoLog, SpoonFed, SpeckyBoy) but most are new ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/logo-inspiration/ I've written close to 20 Flash tutorials so far, and I really enjoy writing them. I try to explain things clearly, and hope that the readers understand them and can easily complete the tutorial, and learn something in the process. I like that I can teach something to people around ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/thank-you-k/ I've been working in my (very limited) free time on a new site for Flash tutorials. About a month ago, I did a soft-launch of www.gotoandlearnflash.com. The goal of gotoAndLearnFlash is to have users find the Flash tutorials they want, and write their own reviews to let future readers of this ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/new-flash-tutorial-site/ I've spent a lot of time talking about Flash on this site, mainly because that's where my highest interest is... however that's not the only software we designers need to know. So, I thought I'd pass along this great list from psdtuts.com of featuring 18 really great Online Photoshop Videos. ... http://mikestickney.com/wordpress/photoshop-videos/