This is the post where we are listing out few great free apps for Mac Operating System, this is an exclusive post for our those readers who are the Mac users. But our other readers will also enjoy this post. Don’t forget to bookmark this post for your future reference as it has few most useful and free application that will be helpful for you when you are on your Mac system. This is absolutely a great list of 13 Free Mac OS X Apps That Can Make Your Lives Easier.

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WordPress is incredibly versatile, in that although it is primarily known as a blogging platform, it can be used to run a more traditional non-blog sites as well.

As a web developer, you can broaden your potential client base and add value for existing clients by listing ‘Wordpress’ as an area of expertise.

Today we are introducing “The Comprehensive Guide for a Powerful CMS using WordPress”, a three-part series, an attempt to show off a number of WordPress features, tips, tutorials, hacks, plugins and best practices from the World’s Leading WordPress web-developers to be published in the coming weeks, with the first article coming this week.

There are quite a few reasons for choosing Wordpress as my personal favorite Content Managment System (CMS) – simple back end interface, Search Engine friendly (SEO Friendly), open source (so it’s free!) and my personal favorite, the massive amount of plugins that are available that add extra functionality to your website or blog.

Below I explore and discuss the benefits of 13 Wordpress plugins that I have personally used on The Design Cubicle that will give your site an extra boost and provide a better experience for your visitors (plus some other great additions you can add).

After you have chosen a WordPress theme that will be used for your blog, not in the last of all you will want to provide your readers the functionality to bookmark and share the posts they like. Most of the Premium WordPress Themes have this functionality already integrated.

If you choose a free theme you have two options, rent a programmer to integrate this functionality in your blog or use an bookmarking plugin.

In this tutorial, we’ll go through all the steps of creating a flaming skull in Photoshop. We’ll be using some images we shot ourself of flames, and a stock Designious vector skull to get us started. This tutorial covers some relatively simple steps and some clever photo manipulation techniques. Let’s get to it!

One of the reasons people love WordPress so much is its great flexibility. You can change the software’s appearance with themes. You can enhance its functionality with plug-ins. And, last but not least, you can totally unleash WordPress’ power with hacks. Some time ago, we wrote a post showing 10 Killer WordPress Hacks.

Today, let’s do it again with 10 new and totally killer WordPress hacks to make your blog stand out from the crowd. As usual, we won’t just list the hacks alone. In each entry, you’ll find an explanation of the code as well as the kinds of problems that the hack solves.

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Designing a beautiful, legible typeface is hard work and takes time and patience. The type family has to convey a message clearly and effectively, regardless of the setting in which it is used. Of course, thousands of freely available fonts are out there, and some free fonts are very impressive. Yet only a few free fonts manage to beat the look and feel of a carefully designed professional typeface, one that has been painstakingly developed over years with a close attention to tiny details.

We looked around and researched recently released corporate typefaces that have been frequently recommended, mentioned or discussed on popular typography-related blogs, forums and magazines. In the end, we came up with a list of the most promising corporate typefaces and collected information about each of them. The result is this comprehensive showcase of typefaces, together with links to specimens and pricing information.

Below, you’ll find 35 brilliant new typefaces for corporate design. Please note that they are not free, but we’ve focused on typefaces that are definitely worth spending money on. This showcase should serve as a great reference for professional designers looking for some fresh, beautiful typefaces for their corporate projects.

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Being able to work with texture in Photoshop gives you endless possibilities for your design. There are a variety of different approaches when it comes to adding texture, some are simple and others are more advanced. The 25 tutorials featured in this post will help you to learn a number of different techniques that can be used in your own design.

Last year, we saw the hand drawn style in web design become very popular, and this year it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Hand drawn or sketched elements can make a web site inviting, and add an overall fun factor to a design.

I’ve hunted down some excellent hand drawn photoshop brushes and vectors to aid you in your own hand drawn designs.

Few weeks ago, a post at WebResourcesDepot was sharing 20+ Cheat Sheets Handy For Designers. Considering how helpful they are, here is another collection of cheat sheets specially for web designers & developers.

From the applications used to CSS & XHTML or JavaScript frameworks to url rewriting, there are 70+ well-categorized cheat sheets that will ease your everyday web tasks. Here they are: