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WordPress Shortcuts - The Fun Way

Posted on12. May, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

I’m a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts and use them all of the time in most of the applications that I work in. If you aren’t currently taking advantage of shortcuts in your favorite programs, both online and off, it is never too late to get started. Begin using them now and in very little time they will become burned into your memory. In this collection we will turn our attention to nine useful WordPress shortcuts delivered to you via Mr. Stickman.

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Finding Design Inspiration Outside Of List Posts

Posted on05. May, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

With all of the inspiration that surrounds us both online and off, I wanted to share several unique ways to find design inspiration outside of a roundup or website dedicated to displaying fresh inspirational works. Whether you’re suffering from writers/designers block or are just searching for new sources of creativity, try a couple of these ideas out and see if you can stimulate those creative juices.

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A Handful Of CSS Trends And How To Use Them

Posted on23. Apr, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

As I make my daily web travels, I’m constantly keeping an eye out for any trends or cool effects that other blogs are taking advantage of. I finally rounded up a handful of them that really stood out and wanted to share with my readers how to execute the same effects on your site. A few of these I’ve adopted here on Bluefaqs and you may have noticed that I have introduced them to the site over the last couple of months.

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7 Effective Readability Tips Guaranteed To Grab Attention

Posted on31. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

Roughly 64% of all readers (okay, I’m just estimating here) skim over articles and if not instantly intrigued by some part of it, will move on to the next one. You’ve done it, I’ve done it, we’re all pretty much guilty of it. All that hard work that we pour into an article can all go to waste if certain elements aren’t in place to either grab the attention of the reader or at least to help them easily scan.

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70 Creative and Practical Uses of the Ampersand

Posted on23. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

When it comes to typographical characters, one cannot ignore the beautiful sweeping lines and shapes of the ampersand. While I would love to give you a history lesson on how it evolved from the combination of the letters E and T and then took on all of these crazy stylized looks triggered from the minds of a long line of designers, I wont. This post is focused more on the beauty of this stylish character and some practical uses as well.

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Understanding The Basics Of CSS3

Posted on17. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

Cascading Style Sheets, commonly known as CSS, has been around for sometime now allowing us to create much more powerful and flexible websites than in the past. Now that CSS has evolved a bit and the acceptance of CSS3 is making its way to our favorite browsers, we can begin to play around with some of the newer features available.

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Photoshop Shortcuts - The Fun Way

Posted on12. Mar, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

We all have our own set of shortcuts that we tend to use on a daily basis, even if it is as simple as (Ctrl + C) and (Ctrl + V) for posting those sweet links to our favorite articles in Twitter. The point is, shortcuts make for a faster workflow and when used often enough become burned into our memory.

In this post I’m going to focus on several Photoshop shortcuts that I tend to use more often than others. Sure I could sit here and spell out every single shortcut available, but why reinvent the wheel? Here is a list of 10 of my favorite and most used Photoshop shortcuts delivered to you via Mr. Stickman.

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