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		<title>20 Free &#038; Open Source Image Galleries for Web Designers</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/11/20/20-free-open-source-image-galleries-for-web-designers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Free &#38; Open Source Image Galleries for Web Designers &#124; CMD+SHIFT BLOG: Design, Tech, Internet, Web, Freelance, Blog by Liz Andrade, Owner of Seatttle Web Studio CMD+Shift Design. &#124; Resources.
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		<title>Free Photoshop Brushes and Free Photoshop Textures!</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/11/08/free-photoshop-brushes-and-free-photoshop-textures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Trendy Robot - Your number one source for Free Photoshop Brushes and Free Photoshop Textures!.
Often when I am totoally in a design funk, especially when under a deadline, I cruise various photoshop sites, and eventually, I have a flash! Yes, this can happen to you as well. At the very least you can up your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.trendyrobot.com/category/brushes/">Trendy Robot - Your number one source for Free Photoshop Brushes and Free Photoshop Textures!</a>.</p>
<p>Often when I am totoally in a design funk, especially when under a deadline, I cruise various photoshop sites, and eventually, I have a flash! Yes, this can happen to you as well. At the very least you can up your arsenal of PS brushes and play!</p>
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		<title>Photoshop Brushes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PS Brushes.net - Photoshop Brushes, Your Number one source for Photoshop Brushes.
a ton of great photoshop brushes here. save some time, fire up your creativity, or just slum it!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.psbrushes.net/index.php">PS Brushes.net - Photoshop Brushes, Your Number one source for Photoshop Brushes</a>.</p>
<p>a ton of great photoshop brushes here. save some time, fire up your creativity, or just slum it!</p>
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		<title>A wealth of vector goodness</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/10/28/a-wealth-of-vector-goodness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vectips.
There is a ton of great tutorials, free vectors, and a rabbit hole that you can get lost in for days. You have to check it out, and subscribe to their feed, or follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/Vectips
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vectips.com/">Vectips</a>.</p>
<p>There is a ton of great tutorials, free vectors, and a rabbit hole that you can get lost in for days. You have to check it out, and subscribe to their feed, or follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/Vectips</p>
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		<title>:. ConvertICO.com - Convert .PNG format files to .ICO or .ICO format files to .PNG : Windows Vista compatible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[:. ConvertICO.com - Convert .PNG format files to .ICO or .ICO format files to .PNG : Windows Vista compatible.
Thanks to Matt Cutts for this gem.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.convertico.com/">:. ConvertICO.com - Convert .PNG format files to .ICO or .ICO format files to .PNG : Windows Vista compatible</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to Matt Cutts for this gem.</p>
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		<title>Script &#038; Style is a new site to hit regularly</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/08/22/script-style-is-a-new-site-to-hit-regularly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Script &#038; Style is a fairly recently-developed site of the type that collects high-quality articles spotted around the web that are useful to web designers and developers.
A project of Chris Coyier (whose name you might remember from my enthusiastic mention of his CSS-Tricks.com site) and David Walsh &#8212; if I&#8217;m remembering correctly, this is the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://brutallysuccinct.com/wp-content/uploads/scriptandstyle.png" alt="scriptandstyle.png" style="padding-left:3em;float:right;" width="150" height="119" /><a href="http://scriptandstyle.com/">Script &#038; Style</a> is a fairly recently-developed site of the type that collects high-quality articles spotted around the web that are useful to web designers and developers.</p>
<p>A project of Chris Coyier (whose name you might remember from my <a href="http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/07/22/this-css-tutorial-tricks-site-is-better-than-best/">enthusiastic mention of his CSS-Tricks.com site</a>) and David Walsh &mdash; if I&#8217;m remembering correctly, this is the same pair that put together the <a href="http://bandwebsitetemplate.com/">Band Website Template</a> as well: Chris with the visuals and David with the programming.</p>
<p>Back to Script &#038; Style &mdash; you might expect it to be a bit sparse, being a newer site, but it looks like the fellas have raided their stash because I&#8217;m back 25 pages into the archives and still going strong.</p>
<p>Each of their articles is not simply a headline link but describes what they found useful about the article to which they link. And you run the gamut here: MooTools, free icon sets, and someone&#8217;s <em>best tutorials on converting PSD to XHTML</em> is what&#8217;s in my browser&#8217;s page view right now, if that gives you an idea.</p>
<p>Based in WordPress, the site itself, with it&#8217;s pleasing half-and-half design, is a good way to kick start your design and development engine. So put it on your frequent visit list or RSS feed today.</p>
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		<title>SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place, One Campaign At A Time&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/08/07/savethedevelopersorg-making-the-web-a-better-place-one-campaign-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place, One Campaign At A Time&#8230;
Faye posted this link. I am adding the js to this site, and possibly my own site. I&#8217;ve not had support for IE6 in my contract for about 6 months now, even though I do still make sure the site works in it. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><a href="http://savethedevelopers.org/">SaveTheDevelopers.org :: Making The Web A Better Place, One Campaign At A Time&#8230;</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Faye posted this link. I am adding the js to this site, and possibly my own site. I&#8217;ve not had support for IE6 in my contract for about 6 months now, even though I do still make sure the site works in it. I was thinking that next year, I&#8217;d stop even checking it. </span></p>
<p>It appears that Microsoft in all of it&#8217;s wisdom has bought this domain, or demanded it be turned over who knows, and has redirected the domain to some pages on Windows Vista.</p>
<p>Sucks. Now how are we ever to get people to upgrade to IE7 at least! You would think that MS would WANT that to happen, since they are only a short time from releasing IE8. Sigh&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>What would you pay for greater client communication and understanding?</title>
		<link>http://brutallysuccinct.com/2008/07/03/what-would-you-pay-for-greater-client-communication-and-understanding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How about nothing? 
I just spotted - or should I say, viewed - a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment).
The product is VYEW, and having watched [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about nothing? </p>
<p>I just spotted - or should I say, <em>viewed</em> - a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment).</p>
<p>The product is <a href="http://vyew.com">VYEW</a>, and having watched their demo videos, I&#8217;m just getting ready to sign up for a free account. I like the apparent simplicity of the process: no software to install, uses modern browsers. Also, there&#8217;s screen<em>shot</em> sharing and annotation, but no thick-bandwidth video or audio.<br />
<em><br />
Ed: I might be wrong on that. Here are the <a href="http://vyew.com/site/product/technical-specs/">tech specs</a>, including &#8220;special features&#8221;.</em></p>
<p>If all is as they promise, they do <a href="http://vyew.com/site/product/comparison/">compare favorably to other communication tools</a> like WebEx, MS LiveMeeting, GoToMeeting and Adobe Connect.</p>
<p>Have you tried Vyew? First-hand comparisons in the comments would be welcome.</p>
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