[Geek] Excuses For The 2000's

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Happy Thursday - Limo Check For Fatcats

A sign on the back windshield of a limo that reads "This Limo checked for sleeping fatcats."  ▣


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Flight 447 Or A Scene from Lost?

In their rush to air exclusive photos of Flight 447’s destruction, no one in this Bolivian newsroom stopped to ask such questions as:

1. How did the camera make it? and ...
2. Why are the photos in wide-screen format?

The answers, of course, are:

1. Because the footage is from Lost. And,
2. Because the footage is from Lost.

iPhone users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MPOJSsggjs

Here's the funny part: Among much of what the newscaster says, she at one point explains that the camera was destroyed, but the memory card was somehow recovered/saved.

Here's the original footage, which starts at approximately 8:05

iPhone users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PteH2A1Pw0  ▣

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Bookmarklets (p2): How To Best Manage Them

Last week we covered a brief introduction and description of what are bookmarklets, their benefit and how they're typically added to one's browser.

This week, I wanted to go over how to best organize your bookmarklets in a manner that maximizes their use and usefulness.

You've now collected a decent number of bookmarklets, but like the rest of your bookmarks, they're all over. Create a new sub-folder in your "Bookmarks Toolbar" folder in Firefox, and "Favorites Bar" in IE, and move all your bookmarklet links into this folder. You can even create sub-sub-folders to help you organize your collection by category, functionality, etc.

For me, given the sheer number of bookmarklets I've collected and/or created, organizing them in folders was a must. Creating a Google-specific folder helps me find those bookmarklets in a snap. Similarly, having a QA-specific folder helps me with those tasks when they're needed. Honestly, I could use a few more folders like a blogging-specific one, a social-media-specific one, a print-specific folder and I'm sure one or two more.

Once you've created the "bookmarklets" folder within the "Bookmarks Toolbar" (along with any sub-folders you need) you now can organize the links by dragging & dropping them or by sorting them alphabetically from the "Organize Bookmarks..." option. The latter, my personal choice, requires that you keep that in mind and have the discipline to name each one as you add it accurately.

Now that you've organized and are managing your bookmarklets as you like, the rest is gravy. Since they're now on your "Bookmarks Toolbar" and in one easy to find folder ("bookmarklets"), you simply find & click the bookmarklet of choice to run it on the page you're on.

Allow me to go down a relevant side point briefly ...
As a collector of free alternatives to commercial software, I've downloaded one of the free software options out there to allow me to print to PDF. Personally, I use PrimoPDF. In basic terms, it installs as a printer and you simply print the page you want to it. Instead of it going to a printer and ultimately be on paper, it saves what I sent it as a PDF file. Given how I like cloud computing and all, I simply add it to my Dropbox folder and access that print out from anywhere I have an internet connection including my phone.

But what if you didn't (or couldn't) install something like PrimoPDF? There are websites out there that allow you to do the same thing. Amongst such web sites is PDFDownload.org. The site simply allows you to convert any web page you're on into a PDF file. You can save it on your hard drive, put it in your Dropbox folder to access from anywhere, read it later (on a plane), etc. PDFDownload.org even provides the bookmarklet for you. Unfortunately, they also provide you with an add-on, but if you've read the bookmarklet introduction, you'd know why I don't recommend add-ons or toolbars at all. I have taken their provided bookmarklet and made it into a pop-up window instead of a new window/tab. This made it easier for me to continue doing my thing while it's "working." I've also slightly changed its name and added a keyword --In this case, I gave it the keyword "pdf." Keywords?

Keywords are something specific to Firefox; although IE gives you an option to create a shortcut key to use in a similar but less useful fashion. As your bookmarklet collection grows, you'll find that you use 20% of them more frequently than the rest. And despite your organized folder structure and naming convention, it's still hard to find the one bookmarklet you want to use; especially if you have similar bookmarklets that do the same thing but in different ways, and you find yourself using one more than the others.

Unlike regular bookmarks, your browser cannot associate image icons with bookmarklets as these are simple JavaScript commands and not web addresses. And unlike IE, Firefox, doesn't allow you to manually add an image icon. Personally, I don't care about the image icon much.

Right-click the properties of any bookmarklet and associate a keyword that defines the action or task associated with that bookmarklet. In the PDF example above, I have set "pdf" as the keyword for my Download PDF bookmarklet. Now whenever I need to save a web page in PDF format, I simply type pdf in the browser address bar and hit Enter - there’s no need to hunt for the bookmarklet in the bookmarks toolbar.

One of my frequently used bookmarklets is a URL-shortner, which allows me to post sites, images, etc. of interest with ease on Twitter. The bookmarklet, which is provided by the service (bit.ly), is located alphabetically towards the top and is easily accessible. However, I'm more of a keyboard person than I am a mouse user; and it's therefore easier for me to type the bookmarklets' assigned keyword "shorten" than it is for me to navigate with the mouse to the Bookmarklets folder and then down to the link itself.

Like typing "pdf" in the URL, typing "shorten" in the URL, while I'm on a page I'm visiting, automatically shows bit.ly right nav with the URL, the title & shortened URL in the field and a button (if I'm already signed on to bit.ly with my account) to post directly to my Twitter account ... without me having to leave the page I was on.

Bit.ly as a service is down right awesome. You can get stats of how many people clicked on the shortened URL you created allowing you to measure effectiveness among other things. I highly recommend it for all social media users, but especially for Facebook and Twitter users. Heck, I even use it when I want to link to something when I'm answering & participating in forums. Again, it's a good way of measuring your effectiveness on domains and URLs you don't own. As I normally do, I digress.

One of the biggest advantages of bookmarklets is that at the basic level, they are bookmarks/favorites. That means that any tool that syncs your bookmarks for you across different machines & locations will automatically sync your bookmarklets as well. The same cannot be said about add-ons & toolbars (not with the same ease any ways).

My favorite bookmark-sync tool, hands down, is Xmarks. Formerly known as Foxmarks, Xmarks syncs all your bookmarks (and bookmarklets of course) across all computers. As a fan and advocate of cloud computing (with some personally-put restrictions), Xmarks simply puts all your bookmarks & bookmarklets into the cloud so you can access them from any other computer connected to the internet. In addition to online backup, Xmarks is available for Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE) and Safari; so if you add a bookmarklet in one browser, it will automatically become available in your other browsers as well.

Xmarks has many other features that go beyond the scope of this bookmarklet-specific post. One worth mentioning, however, is that Xmarks offers profiles allowing you display certain bookmarks at certain locations (you may not want certain bookmarks, for example, to automatically be shown and/or available at work). For me, this is an absolute must, since bookmarklets I have created cannot become property of the company I work for; or disputed at any point to be so. Should you leave a workplace for which you had a profile location, you simply disable that location in your profile and they're gone once you sync up.

Now that I've covered what are bookmarklets, how to use them (at a high level) and how to best manage & organize them, I hope to see you next week when I dive a bit more into the topic and perhaps offer some useful ones for your collection.

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Demotivational "Posters" - Underachievement

As I had alluded to in the past, something about demotivational "posters" makes me smile, or even chuckle at times; which I find to be uplifting and inspirational. Perhaps it's the reverse-psychology thing; I don't know, but I hope you find the same in them.

A few days are left on the most number of submitted inspirational material/media. To find out more, go here.  ▣


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Thundercats Movie Trailer

There are indications out there that a Thundercats movie may be in the works (and here). This YouTube clip, however, is fan made and not the actual trailer (for all of you fans out there). Nevertheless, it's very well done, funny in many ways and truly entertaining. A must watch, in my opinion.

Some mobile phone users may need to go to this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk
To get a glimpse of the original cartoon, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuiZJP8cxoM  ▣


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Happy Thursday - Kong Manager

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Two Separate Triangle Illusions

How can this be true? Observe the picture closely and it will come to you. Feel free to comment about it, but try not to give it away. This is amongst the classic illusions out there. So where did the extra space come from?

If you enjoyed the one above, then you should enjoy the new one below. Once you understand the principle, you understand all the variations. I'll give you a hint: It's a mathematical illusion.

I'm curious to learn, in the comments, how long it took you to figure it out. Don't feel bad if it took you a few tries over a few days though.  ▣


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Better Browsing (On The iPhone Too) With Bookmarklets

Today's unusually late post comes after a lot of tossing and turning over how to approach this vast topic: Bookmarklets.

I've briefly talked about bookmarklets on a few posts right here on ahmadism.com. Given that this topic is one of personal interest & passion, I literally wanted to cover it in its entirety. This included a brief description of what bookmarklets are, how they work, a quick tutorial on creating one, how they could improve the life of everyday browsers, how to significantly enhance one's iPhone, etc. The topic grew out of hand so quickly that I even started to record a video screencast that was going to illustrate the whole thing and talk about it; in hopes of saving a lengthy article.

I quickly realized, albeit at this very late hour, that I need to break this up into several topics; a series, if you will.

Let me get right to it. Bookmarklets are little pieces of JavaScript code that can be saved as ordinary bookmarks (or "favorite" for you IE folks) in your web browser.

Written in Javascript, they are designed to work with just about any browser, though there are a few browser-specific bookmarklets. Bookmarklets help you do whatever you do on the web with your Internet browser – and do it better. There are life-saving bookmarklets for web development and web page design. There are bookmarklets for tagging, posting, dictionaries, searching, references, Wikipedia, writing programming code, and tons more tasks you do with your browser.

Bookmarklets are a nice alternative to browser add-ons and toolbars, which limit (if not down-right eliminate) viruses and bugs that come from such add-ons. Bookmarklets, since they are JavaScript calls, are relatively easy to figure out and change to fit your own need. There are a lot of bookmarklets out there, and most should fit your need exactly as they are without you having to change a thing.

So, let's talk a bit about how bookmarklets can help you in your day to day browsing. Here's an example:

Personally, I come across quite a few pages where the links are not, well, links. A URL would be listed as such: http://www.ahmadism.com And as such, is not a clickable link. That's where Linkify comes in.

Simply drag the "Linkify" link above to your browser toolbar. Alternatively to dragging and dropping, you could right-click the link and click "Bookmark This Link" in Firefox (my browser of choice), or "Add to Favorites..." in IE. Of course, IE will present you with some blocks to running them, which's why most serious-net-browsers do not use IE.

In short, bookmarklets allow you to temporarily modify the current page to do something you need. Once you refresh the page, or revisit it, it will be back to the way the web page designer intended it. For a more permanent solution, you basically need JavaScript to run on the specified page all the time --And that's exactly what Greasemonkey is and does.

This particular post is aimed at what are bookmarklets, and not the bookmarklets themselves. With that, it's worth mentioning that bookmarklets run indifferently on all the main browsers such as Internet Explorer (IE), Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc. That's because most browsers support JavaScript; which by the way is required for bookmarklets to run (it must be enabled). Other benefits from using bookmarklets include:

1. No need to update them if your browser gets an upgrade.
2. No installation required!
3. Very well optimized for all browsers. This mean that they won’t slow any software down.

Best of all, with a browser sync tool like Xmarks, it's easy to have them everywhere you need them --Whether that be on multiple browsers, multiple machines, at a friend's house, at a net cafe, on your phone, etc.

Bookmarklets can interact with other web technologies like AJAX, talk to a PHP page, etc.; but most are creative manipulations of the Document Object Model (DOM). To access a page's title, for example, you need the following call: document.title. To make that pop up in a small window, otherwise known as an alert window, you simply type the following in the browser's URL field (the space where you type the www.something.com):

javascript:void(alert(document.title));

Now you can make things hide, move, pop-up, etc. None of these bookmarklets talk to a server; not typically anyways, but they all interact with the current page you're on.

Over the next few weeks I will go into other bookmarklet topics, examples, etc. So please come back and visit. Upcoming topics include (in no particular order) iPhone enhancing bookmarklets, YouTube bookmarklets, mp3 bookmarklets, web developer bookmarklets, reference bookmarklets, Flickr ones, Blogger ones, Google ones, and much much more. Needless to say, I have the largest collection of bookmarklets I know, and I continually write my own when I can't find one that does what I need.

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Creative Packaging Inspiration

Packaging design has been the primary goal to attract customers’ attention. For this purpose, package designs can not simply inform the customers, but also provoke feelings and communicate emotions. An effective packaging looks attractive, impresses with its creativity and is just nice to have on the shelf.

Packaging is one of the most common examples of graphic design in the World. Apart from displaying the important information, the packaging has become an important sales tool. With the use of illustration, color, typography and even various packaging materials, designers can create an attractive image and build a brand identity that is eye-catchy and impactful, yet preserve the contents.

Consumers sometimes will buy a product not to try it, but to have the box/package/container that it came in. Some even collect special shaped bottles, pens, boxes, etc. I remember when I was a kid how I wanted something as typical as a toy or as simple as a cereal because of design or picture on the box. Needless to say, it's a very effective and important sales tool.

As an ongoing part of my Inspirational Monday posts, today I have an excellent assortment of beautiful, attractive and communicative packaging designs that I hope will inspire each and every one of you.

Mr. Milky finally found her; or ... she found him. In all cases, be sure to buy one of each the next time you purchase milk! This love story has had a sad history, and but everything is good now. Good as milk! If you've enjoyed the story line, then you'll likely enjoy the paper toy. Click here to learn more and download, print and assemble this lovely paper toy.

Simplicity at its best; and in "platinum edition" too.

The packaging for these "re-markable" pencils is so inviting.

Although the banana juice carton is a very old design, it is still very effective; and therefore, worth (re)mentioning.

Although not very practical in terms of portability (to carry around), but again I've not seen them in person to hold them and tell; still, it is a very enticing package.  ▣


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Funny Friday - The Processor Switch & Hot-Linking Images

What? You say I have to switch the processor? Where is that?
No, the PC is the thing I turn on. Monitor? The monitor is the thing I turn on. No, the PC is not on the floor, it's on my desk.
What do you mean the processor is inside? It's on top. That's the thing I turn on.

Yeah, enjoy this video; and be sure to review the email from a "business man" below, which I tweeted about yesterday.


Can't see the video? Click http://bit.ly/17Naxs.

This email is classic. Web Designers/Developer, Webmasters, hosting providers, etc. Worldwide should enjoy this.



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Happy Thursday - How's My Managing?

I've always thought about getting one of the free toll-free numbers out there and recording my own special message on it for those who want to comment on my personal driving. Hmmmm.  ▣


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Toilet Themed Restaurant

I just came across this video of a toilet-themed restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan. This restaurant was featured on Time, but this’s an actual video of the place! The fast-growing chain is doing well enough to have 9 to 12 locations across Asia (couldn't read their web site to verify).



There are a lot of games and such that come out from Asia, which we would consider weird here in the US (or the "west" in general); but this, from what I gather, is weird everywhere --Weird enough that "it's supposed to shock and confuse the senses," says Modern Toilet manager Chen Min-kuang.

What I don't understand is the need to make it even more "eww" with the choice of words on their site. Take a closer look at the image above.



Customers eat from mini plastic toilet bowls. They wipe their hands and mouths using toilet rolls hung above their tables, which may be glass-topped jumbo bathtubs. Bon Appétit?  ▣


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Free software Alternatives For Your New PC

You just bought a new desktop, laptop or may be you just happen to re-format one ... What software do you put on it now? Well, with all the free software out there, surely you can do wonders without spending a dime; right? Most definitely! If you've followed ahmadism.com you know that I collect free alternatives to commercial software. And if you know me at all, you also know that friends and family are always bringing me their machines to either fix, or to install some of my collected goodies on them. The latter is the subject of this post.

Now that school is over, it's a few short summer weeks before students shop for laptops and rush mistakenly to purchase commercial software that they think they need or that are pre-installed on their machines for trial basis.

Note: This article is geared towards Windows machines, but most the software I list work on other platforms like the Mac and Linux.

First and foremost, I strongly suggest you uninstall any of the trial antivirus programs that typically come with your machine. I also suggest that you do not rush and buy Microsoft Office. Of course, some students get amazing discounts (as much as 91% off) with their .edu email addresses for Microsoft Office; that's a different story though.

Even with that deep discount, I personally would still consider the much faster and smaller (on your harddrive and in occupied memory space) free alternatives out there.

OK, let's get to it.

In my experience in setting up machines for myself, the family, friends and even extended friends, I've found that the following list is an absolute must:

The first thing I do, as I mentioned, is uninstall any trial software on the machine. Even if it's a full working version for a few months. I then, in Windows XP and Vista, create a restore point.



Next, I rush to install Firefox and use it instead of IE. Although initially, since I'm installing stuff and updating Windows itself, I found myself using both. That, however, doesn't stop me from making Firefox the default browser of choice. And ultimately, after all major Windows updates are installed, I delete all IE shortcuts and suppress it (IE) as best as I can; and then I set up Windonws' Update to prompt me.

There are Firefox extensions/add-ons I absolutely must have right off the bat to help with the rest. Namely, I first install the Download Statusbar. I run it in mini-mode, but configuring this or any other tool is not the focus of this post, but I strongly recommend you learn each one of these tools and become familiar enough with their configuration to allow for optimal customization. Of course, I'm available should you need help with any of these. This Firefox download manager/utility is well-worth it.

Next, I immediately download an anti-virus program. The following are all free alternatives to McAfee, Symantec/Norton, etc.:

• Clamwin - This is what I use. Only one disadvantage: No real-time protection. It only checks what gets on your machine. For me, though, that is all I needed; especially with OpenDNS set up, which I'll talk about later. Of course, there are those who argue that real-time protection is a must, and I see their point.
  
• Avira - Very similar to Clamwin but offers real-time protection. I've not put it to the test yet, but I know it's a very good alternative.

There are others out there like Panda's Cloud Antivirus, the infamous AVG and Avast (home edition is free).

By now I had already realized that the Windows native compression program does an OK job, but was annoying as @#$% to operate. I wanted something with more options. Specifically options to right-click and do things right there and then from the context menu. Now there are many options out there including the commonly cracked WinZip. But why partake in the illegal when you have free alternatives? 7-zip has a huge following, is open source, does an awesome job and best of all is free. Unfortunately, this is the only category where I don't mind shelling out for a commerical software --WinRar is well worth every penny and I highly recommend it. It is my defacto choice.

Next, I take of my "office" needs and install the Microsoft Office equivalent.

In my mind, there are really two alternatives: For the light user, I recommend relying for your "office" processing needs on Google Docs (GDocs). GDocs offers the light-equivalent of Word, Excel and Powerpoint; for free. A more robust option is the open source Open Office (OO). OO is compatible with the Microsoft Office suite, and has word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format.

OO is extremely robust and will easily rival that of Microsoft's Office basic suite tool for tool. But it's that robustness that I don't need. And I don't want some thing that's light either. That's where Go Open Office (Go OO) fits in very nicely. Like OO, it's available for Windows, Linux and Mac. Unlike OO and MS Office, however, it is much faster. Go OO is what I personally use and I highly recommend it. Since it's not MS Office, though, it's worth mentioning the obvious --Buttons are called differently, and the interface is slightly different; but nothing that I couldn't overcome in a few minutes. It's fast, compliant, compatible and like most of everything on this page free.

Of course, I still use GDocs; especially since it offers an offline option. There are files I want accessible from any internet connected computer without having to load a portable version of Open Office from a USB or Flash drive. For those, I highly recommend GDocs. For all others, and for local work, I use Go OO. Although, I find myself using GDocs a lot more.

Then comes all the secondary software, as I call them; which are all free, but I still have some alternatives to some of them. These include Acrobat Reader (FoxIt Reader or even PDF Xchange are better, smaller and faster), an mp3 & video player (my choice is JetAudio), a print-screen/screen-capture tool (my favorite is PicPick), Flash Player (I'd keep the original on this one --no alternative) and a print-to-PDF tool --I use PrimoPDF, but there are others like CutePDF and I'm sure many others.

There are so many others I could think of installing, but I try to rely on cloud applications whenever & wherever I can. Other software genres include an mp3 server for me to listen to my collection from anywhere with an internet connect without every having to haul one song. And yes, it streams it (not downloads it), and it's 100% free. Others include remote desktop applications that allow me to troubleshoot all these computers I help set up. Heck, I even have software alternatives for my webcam that beat what usually comes in the box.

I maintain a spreadsheet, which I share with a select few, that lists all these and much much more. And although the spreadsheet, which I share on GDocs, is nearing 100 rows with several entries on each row, I continue to contribute to it every time I come across something.

If you're interested in seeing this spreadsheet simply send me 3 free alternatives to commercial software. I'll send you a view-only invite even if I already have them on the spreadsheet.

It's worth mentioning that although I don't install these on the computers I set up, since they're more personal, I highly recommend them for all:

1. Digsby - The best "multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list." Trust me and don't install Yahoo!, MSN, Google's GTalk. ICQ, etc. separately. It's not worth it. Although, especially Y!'s has some awesome mobile features that I like.
2. Skype - Best video and VoIP calls any one can make.
3. I highly recommend you create an account and sign up with OpenDNS. It acts as a firewall and semi-antivirus. I would actually add it to your router (home network) to protect the whole thing. To learn more about it, I strongly recommend you read this post.
4. A must-have add-on for Firefox called Greasemonkey. Believe me, it will change the way you browse. Imagine customizing Gmail and many others as you visit them automatically.
5. And finally I cannot recommend this service enough --Dropbox. Believe me, you will find yourself ditching your USB/Flash Drive within a short while of using this service. I could spend a whole article just writing about Dropbox ... actually I did here. If you gain nothing from this whole post, Dropbox alone is well worth it and tops them all.
   

There is a whole lot here, and I have even more, but I hope you've found it all helpful. As always, I welcome your comments. As a reminder, if you want to be included amongst those who have access to my "free alternatives to commercial software" simply send me an email with 3 of such alternatives and I'll send you back an invite.  ▣

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Top Nine Inspirational Logos

I didn't find the below logos only inspirational, but I found them to also be creative, brilliant and a memorable representation of their respective brands. Logo design, for me, is amongst the toughest of designs out there. My hat off to the individuals behind each and every one of these. There are many logos out there, but out of them all, the following nine (9) left a lasting impression (in no particular order):

1) Food Writers

Designed by 300million, this fountain-pen and spoon logo kept it simple & elegant. Seeing the logo alone, however, didn't make me think "Food Writers" but it does now.


2) Horror Films

I've seen this logo floating around the net, and it deserves all the hype. Josiah Jost does a very good job everything I've seen so far. He freelances under the name Siah Design, which's accredited for this awesome design.


3) Ed's Electric

This one is my personal favorite. I love the use of the negative space. When I first saw this, it took me a second to see the "E." When I did, it was an immediate "wow!" This logo is also brought to you by Josiah Jost at Siah Design. Very well done.


4) E.C. Engineering

Like Ed's Electric by Siah Design above, this logo also brilliantly uses negative space. Initially, I saw the "E" and the flipped "C" but it took me a second or two to see the wrench. Just brilliant. I really like this logo. The credit goes to Action Designer for this amazing logo.


5) Timewatch

Timewatch is one of those "why didn't I think of that?" logos. It's simple, smart and very memorable. The logo was listed under Tonfue (tonfue.com), but that domain is no longer listed. The correct domain is for Toni Z. under Million Dollar Dude.


6) Pencil

Designed by Reghardt Grobbelaar who is behind Cake Sama. A simple but sophisticated design that is highly effective. Very nice.


7) Mouse Universe

This awesome design by Houston We (Dalius Stuoka) goes to the heart of creativity. A very good job.


8) Web Ankor

Andreiu with Light Design Works is responsible for this phenomenal logo. A job well done. I'm assuming that the anchor in the image is the "W" for "Web" but I wasn't sure. Still, a great logo.


9) City Direct

Another example of negative space use. Two letters & one image. I mean this is a very good design by Logo Motive Designs.

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