February 1st, 2010
Iconfinder is a search engine for (you guessed it) icons. It’s a great source for graphic designers to get inspiration or even download icons for commercial use. A search for “music” yielded 12 pages of results, the first of which is displayed below.

The site’s functionality is fairly basic but does allow you to change the color behind the icons to see how they work on multiple backgrounds, filter by the type of license, and filter by size.
Try out Iconfinder here.
January 14th, 2010
Lukas Mathis has created a really nice iPhone mockup tool in Flash. This web based tool lets you create wireframes for iPhone apps by dragging and dropping simple components onto a phone and sharing the url. You can create final pieces that look like either illustrations or sketches. A… [read more]
January 5th, 2010
Datavisualization.ch has compiled a really beautiful list of charts and graphs from the Datavis Tumblr. While data visualization isn’t often seen as a sexy form of design, these designers and illustrators have brought some amazing style along with usability to the genre.
January 2nd, 2010
A great article from Strangely Dim on how to backup voicemail messages from the iPhone simply, with no additional apps, and no Jailbreaking.
1) Backup your phone in iTunes
2) Run a simple Terminal script (copy and paste)
3) Wait a few seconds and all of your voicemails are converted… [read more]
December 29th, 2009
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement… [read more]