My name is Jad Limcaco and I am the editor of Design Informer. I also do freelance web and graphic design work on the side. You can view my portfolio here. I currently live in Santa Clara, CA. Go ahead and follow me on Twitter.
When I was a child, McDonald’s was my favorite restaurant. I could remember always asking my mom if we could go, and everytime we did go, I always had so much fun on the playplace. I always ordered the Happy Meal. One thing that I always remembered about going to ...
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Ask the Expert is a new series here on Design Informer. Every two weeks, we will ask an expert about a special topic in regards to web design, graphic design, technology, and development. Starting a Design Blog is the current theme. Our expert for this topic is Grant Friedman from ...
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Adobe Photoshop is my favorite software. One of the reasons why I love it is because asides from being able to make a living creating designs from the software, I can use it to have a little fun as well. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Photoshop ...
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Design Informer loves to give away freebies and resources. This is our first freebie from the Design Informer. By the way, there will be many more to come. It is an under construction website template that has space for a logo, a twitter stream, contact information, other websites, and portfolio ...
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In case you didn’t know yet, Design Informer is powered by WordPress on the back-end. The great thing about WordPress is they have tons of plugins that you can download for free. From SEO to Analytics, if there is a feature that you can think of adding to your blog, ...
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The other day, while browsing some logo galleries, I noticed the trend of using stars in logos. I saw all kinds of different companies and organizations who used a star in their logo. It used to be that the main companies who used a star were only entertainment companies or ...
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Welcome to the blog! Design Informer is a fresh, new design blog that will feature tutorials, freebies, resources, and much, much more. Learn more about the author, the blog, and our huge plans for the future. After blogging for a couple of months on my personal portfolio website, Jad Graphics and ...
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As a single use case experiment, I decided to design and code a Web page and add visual enhancements twice: once with CSS3, and a second time using background images sliced directly from the PSD. I timed myself each round that I added the enhancements, and when finished, I used Pingdom to measure the loading times. Read more...
Have you ever had someone flirt with you and they did nothing but demean themselves the whole time? Did that make you attracted to them? Doubtful. Yet, this is how so many individuals seem to handle their business today. Read more...
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