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Pinterest.com – Visual Bookmarking Tool

Eric Snowden — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:42:37 +0000

Pinterest is a bookmarking tool, introduced to me by Jenny Bowskill, that operates like a visual pinboard – letting you save images you like and follow people who share your aesthetics. Users set up categories (known as boards) and pin images by clicking a browser plugin or bookmarklet. Unlike some visual collections, a link to the original is always preserved, but a poster image is saved on Pinterest should the original change. The site also functions as a stream of images which you can repin, like or comment on. Pinterest is well thought out, easy to use, and its unique user interface has already been the subject of (accused) imitation by the new Myspace.

Visit my Pinterest profile.

Check out Pinterest here.

Seen a font and want to know what it is? Check out What The Font.

Eric Snowden — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:20:11 +0000

Over the course of my career I’ve been asked (or have asked) “do you know what this font is?” hundreds of times. MyFonts.com has solved this problem by creating What The Font, a simple online tool that can identify fonts. You upload an image of a font, double check to make sure it recognizes the letters in the image properly, and click a continue. The font has been identified you are presented with buy links, the ability to rate the font, or the option to submit the font to the site to have it matched manually. The app works best when the font is isolated from other images or background texture, but in my experience it has proven very reliable.

Check out What The Font.

Iconfinder.net – Icon Search Engine

Eric Snowden — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:05:25 +0000

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.