We really love doing giveaways here at Admix Web, and today is another great giveaway for our readers. Today we are giving our readers another chance to get 100 4×6 Flat Postcards, which are great for advertising and promoting your business, thanks to the amazing people over at the postcard printing and marketing department of UPrinting where you can get online printing. These cards can be really useful and beneficial, and they can be used as promotion for your business, or as announcement, flyer, newsletter, etc. These cards come in a variety of colors, glossy or matte, and can be personalized to fit your design taste, so you will get the chance to get your design juices flowing and be as creative as you wish! See below to know the details of the giveaway, and Good Luck!

Giveaway Prize:

The lucky winner will win: 100 4×6 Flat Postcards, 14pt Cardstock Gloss, with 4 Color Both Sides Printing! This is a great prize for any web designer, developer, freelancer, or any other professional!

Restriction:

In order to be eligible for this drawing, you must be a US Residents only, and you must be 18 and above to join the giveaway.

How to enter?

• 1 – Follow @admixweb on Twitter

and

• 2 – Leave a comment with a valid email address.

Deadline:

This Contest ends on Thursday September 2, 2010 at 11:59 PM – Central Standard Time. Winner will be announced on Friday September 3, 2010, and will be contacted via email. Good Luck!!

Disclaimer:

This post is our own opinion, and we are not paid to do it. However, in return we receive a Blogger Appreciation Prize. Thanks to UPrinting.

Whether you run a business or manage a marketing strategy, you know that new ideas can sometimes be hard to find. You want to find ways to differentiate yourself from competitors, but creativity does not always flow as freely as you would like. Here are 10 ways to come up with new, fresh ideas that will help you rise to the challenge when your business or marketing strategy needs new life.

List your Pet Peeves

As you go about your daily routine, notice the things that really tick you off. Since you know what it likes to have to deal with those circumstances, you could be the one to come up with their solutions. Chances are that the things bugging you are bugging a lot of other people as well, so try this endless source of new ideas for your business.

Brainstorm

Get a piece of paper or a chalkboard and start writing things that come to mind concerning your customer, business, or marketing effort. Once you get your mind pumping out ideas, it will be just a matter of time before you come up with some truly outstanding ideas.

Read Blogs and Forums

There’s a wealth of ideas for your business or marketing program online. Read about what companies in your field are doing. Read about what companies in other fields are doing. Write down the ideas you like and then try to customize and modify them to work for you.

Pay Attention to the News

Much of what businesses do nowadays has to do with the government, so if you keep up to date with all that is going on you will have unique opportunities to market to the need of businesses that need to meet government requirements.

Try Alternate Thought Patterns

Remember what it was like to be a child? Think about simple solutions to complex problems and you are bound to come up with some new ideas. Make those ideas work and you’ll reap their financial rewards.

Evaluate What you are Doing Now

Take a long look at your products and services and compare them to what other businesses offer. Find out what you are doing that is lacking when compared to others. Learn what you are doing that makes your business exceptional. Talk to customers to find ways to make your business better than the rest.

Watch People

This can be fun and enlightening. See how they act and how they react to different problems they encounter. You can target new marketing and business initiatives to help people solve problems faster and better than the methods they use now.

Keyword Research

You may already use keywords to boost your search engine ranking, but have you ever thought to use them to jog your creativity? Peruse Google Trends and other keyword tools to help uncover new and creative ideas for developing your business.

Get Involved in the Community

Whether online or offline, get involved with the community and participate in blogs and forums that relate to the nature of your business. Learn their ways, but develop them to target your niche.

Take a Vacation

If you are continually immersed in your business and marketing activity, get away from it all. Take a vacation and you’ll be surprised at how time off can revolutionize your business life.

Conclusion

Businesses must have a constant stream of new ideas and products as well as ways to market them. Use these 10 ways to come up with new, fresh ideas to infuse new life into your business or marketing strategy.

I must say that I am thrilled at all of our amazing interviews in our interview series here at Admix Web, where we are publishing interviews of fellow web designers, web developers and graphic designers. We are continuing with the series and are still looking for fresh minds to pick and fresh faces to introduce to the design and development world! You can still contact me at hlamarche[at]admixweb[dot]com if you would like to be interviewed, or if you know someone who would like to be interviewed. This week we have a cool freelance web and graphic designer named Mark Julian Borg, from London and Malta, whom we would like to introduce you you all! I hope you like the interview! Enjoy!

As always, thank you so much for doing this interview for Admix Web. Can you tell us a little about yourself?

I’m Mark Julian Borg, 22 years old and was born in London, where I moved to Malta later on with my parents. I work as a freelance web/graphic designer with various companies and I study at MCAST Art and Design Institute. A MINI Driver, Tech monkey and iPhone addict.

List three things people might not know about you.

I am a perfectionist, I Love collecting odd stuff, and I am a minimalist.

Why Design/Development as a career? What were your inspirations for that profession?

Since I was a kid, I always loved designing stuff or changing how things looked. Being a designer is like a little god bringing things to life which starts on paper then to the computer. The job carries a certain satisfaction at the end of the day. Not to mention, every day, a new design is born, new people are met and it’s fun. I get inspired from a lot of things around me, mostly from video games, cartoons and my cabinet full of collectables and action figures.

Do you do more front end or back end web development?

Front end mostly. I used to do backend development but I stopped now and dedicate myself to front end design as I’m more of a creative person.

Are you self taught or did you study design/development?

Mostly self taught. What I learn today at school, I learnt it alone 6 years ago while all my friends used to go out and hang out. I am attending an art institute which I started attending this year to get certified in what I do and there’s always something new to learn. It’s always nice to learn what I like doing.

How many years have you been in the field, and how has the field changed during that time?

I started as a graphic designer when I was just 15. I worked with Phone Direct at the time which was an advertising magazine for some pocket money. I learned a lot from there and I did it mostly because I enjoyed doing it. The field changed and now 7 years later, I have to learn new tools to enhance my techniques. Some software changed too, not to mention new technologies are always coming out and need to update myself with the latest trends.

Can you describe a day in the life of you?

First thing I do is reach for my iPhone, check my mail, read rss and daily news. Take a shower to wake up and have some breakfast. I grab my MINI and drive happily off to school, waving at MINI drivers along the way and listening to music. During school, I study, sketch some design ideas in my little sketch book and do some work. After school, I go to work where I first check my internal mail, grab something to eat, drink 2 liters of juice and design for like 4 hours. After a successful day at the office, I drive back home, take my day sketches a bit further, work on some school assignment and sleep. Sometimes after work, I rest by playing video games, doing a digital painting or doing miniature models with green stuff.

What does your workspace look like?

Here you go, One is at the office and the other one is at home. I like to keep everything tidy. Very minimalist…

Would you define yourself as introverted or extroverted? Describe your personality?

I’m an extrovert. When I’m alone I feel very lonely. I’m a very cheerful person, full of energy and hyperactive. Friendly looking and always like to joke around. Always smiling and try to make my surroundings as happy as possible. I rarely go clubbing and parties but like hanging out with my friends.

What makes you unique?

I look like a 16 year old kid and I’m 22. No one believes me when I tell them how old I am.

What is your favorite color? Does it infiltrate your designs?

Brown and Green! Yes it does, when I am doing personal projects, there has to be green or brown somewhere or I won’t be happy.

What is your favorite type of design work? And, what has been your favorite project?

I really love cartoon characters, illustrative works mostly. Well, a tricky question, as I enjoy all the designing I do. Here’s a collection of promotional mailers that I enjoyed doing.

Are you a Mac or a PC?

Mac! Though I use PC too, as some software is only available on it like games for instance.

What design tools do you use? Which tools would you suggest to fellow designers/developers?

As software wise, I use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Flash. Hardware, I use a Wacom Cintiq to illustrate and work on my designs as it gives me a lot of freedom and controllability than a mouse. I use some Firefox plug-ins which includes Firebug and Web designer Tools to help me code the front end designs for mailers, web interfaces and so on. The Adobe products are the top of the range which are highly professional, got big communities and online material for them and used by most companies. The best of all is a pencil and paper as all the ideas are born there.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A successful Art Director in the games or film industry.

Where do you see design, the web, and development in 10 years?

I see design to be more clean, minimalist and very to the point.

What are your thoughts on the opinion that mobile technology will replace the desktop computer?

It will surely replace desktop computers over time, especially when nano technology will become popular. I today use my iPhone more than my desktop, I use my desktop only to design in reality, everything else on my mobile. I can imagine how the world will be in the future.

What do you like to do to relax in your free time?

Doing digital paintings, sculpting miniature models, painting Warhammer models and driving my MINI.

How can people get in contact with you?

• website: www.markjborg.com
• e-mail: markjborg[at]gmail.com
• skype: markjborg

In JavaScript, we can get a Random number; however, this number is between 0 and 1 which is not very useful when we want to work with integers. For example, executing the random method of the Math Object we can get something like this:

Math.random(); // 0.7427427755721524
Math.random(); // 0.001514993949523702
Math.random(); // 0.4938488937880676

Many languages like PHP has a random function which take two integers as parameters and return a number in the range of the value of the two integers. (The range include the parameters). For example we can do this in PHP:

rand(10,20); //12
rand(10,20); //18
rand(10,20); //17

We can emulate this with the following function:

 
function randomFromTo(from, to){
       return Math.floor(Math.random() * (to - from + 1) + from);
    }
randomFromTo(10,20);  //18
randomFromTo(10,20);  //10
randomFromTo(10,20);  //15
randomFromTo(10,20);  //20

What about using it as part of the JavaScript Core?

Most of the developers do not recommend to extend the build-in objects, because it can create confusion between developers working in the same project. However, there are a lot of frameworks that extend the built-in object like Prototype.

The way to do it is using the prototype object that is part of all objects created in JavaScript. Example:

if(!Math.prototype.randomFromTo){
       Math.prototype.randomFromTo = function(from, to){
           return Math.floor(Math.random() * (to - from + 1) + from);
      };
}

With this piece of code we can call the method from the Math Object like this:

Math.randomFromTo(100,1000) //950

If you want to go beyond, you can add a new method to the Array Object which would return a random element. Example:

if(!Array.prototype.randomItem){
Array.prototype.ramdomItem =  function(){
        return this[Math.randomFromTo(0, this.length - 1)];
    };
}

Now we can use the randomItem method like this:.

[1,34,56,76,9,67,5].randomItem();

This would return one of the items of the array randomly.

We just finished another great giveaway from Admix Web! For this giveaway, we joined up with some amazing people over at Vectorious to give THREE lucky readers a free three (3) months subscription to Vectorious! Vectorious, thanks so much for making this giveaway possible!

The Prize: Three (3) x Three (3) Months Subscription to Vectorious.net. (There are THREE LUCKY Winners, please click continue reading to see if you are a winner!)

The Winners are:

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I think you will all know my weakness in design often comes down to typography and text art in particular. So much so that I have personally developed the idea to have typography merge into furniture design through kids chair designs. The idea is still formulated in CAD form, but more on that later. Architecture and furniture can take advantage of typography in conveying a message, speaking directly to its user.

Couldn’t there be a chair designed which spelt out ‘sit’ or a couch which spelled out the word ‘relax.’

I would love to see a bed design which was a bunch of ‘z’s.’

This showcase and roundup of exciting furniture and architecture shows off some ideas which have taken inspiration through typography on a large scale. I hope you are as inspired and excited as I was checking these concepts and projects as me!

Roadshow Audi A1 Barcelona

Found on Mymodernmet

Aimed at targeting the young urban crowd of Audi drivers, this marketing campaign helped launched the new Audi A1. This campaign on the Barcelona Waterfront combines Audi brand space with what Audi describes as a ‘theatrical driving experience.’

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Andrew Byrom: Letter Box Kite

Found on Design Boom

Andre Byrom takes a three dimensional approach in his creation of building and forming letters, this kite project is just one of several projects created by the Californian based English designer.

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Andrew Byrom: Grab me + Interior Lights

Found on Design Boom

In a separate article found on Design Boom, we seem yet more typographical creations by Andrew Byrom. I would really love to work under this guys tutelage, this work is truly brilliant!

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Marc Ruygok: Typographic Sculptures

Found on Design Boom

These sculptures from the Dutch artist Marc Ruygrok use letters and words to create impressive sculptures. His work which he has been producing since the eighties have used these core elements to create monumential, site-specific sculptures.

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Hollywood Sign Hotel Concept

Found on Toxel

Who wouldn’t want to spend an evening here right? That would be a pretty sweet idea, and something that shouldn’t limit the concept to Hollywood either!

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Chris La brooy: Lorem Ipsum Lamp

Found on Chrislabrooy

I stumbled upon this lamp design whilst looking at Chris’ personal online site, he has a really interesting design portfolio and this won’t be the only design I’m going to showcase of his. This lamp much like the design you will see later on chooses to have the text art replace the usual shape of the lamp shade. The text isn’t linear and flowing with sharp lines to define a definite shape, instead it give a more fractured shape and something which I feel makes the design much more appealing. I would love to have this adorning my living room.

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Ebon Heath: Typographic Mobile Sculptures

Found on Vision Widget

This Brooklyn based artist choose to create complex mobile which are made from a mix of letters and words. The typographic designs are breaking free 2D text into space which its engages with a much more physical environment, which is interactive with the user. The artist Ebon Heath describes the structures as ‘a physical representation of our language as object.’

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Write the Future (Nike): Sick System

Found on Curated Mag

The alter-ego of Moscow graffiti writer Aske. This sculpture combines two of the graffiti writers talents – installations and typography. Putting his own spin on the Nike Campaign ‘Write the Future.’

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Richard Evans: Typography Sculpture

Found on Definative Touch

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Typography Refinado

Found on Design You Trust

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Talk Typographic Sculpture: Andy Mangold

Found on Andy Mangold.com

Andy Mangold describes this great pixelated sculpture as a culmination of his love for type and wood. The word talk has been created in a pixel based font which was self-designed, and then constructed completely with 2 inch sections and dowel joined together.

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Tadao Ando 3d Type

Found on http://www.chrislabrooy.com

This design by Chris he has based around the architecture of Tadao Ando, the favourite building are picked out to develop expressive letter forms.

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Helvetica 3D Type Design

Another contribution to the ever expanding helvetica image archive. The industrial architectural style with it’s rough cast concrete is a perfect fit for helvetica HQ.

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Oscar Niemeyer 3D Type

This design is further inspired and based around the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer, this again features his favorite buildings; Cathedral of Brasilia, Niteroi Contempory Art Museum and more.

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Bauhaus 3D Type

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Student Work Found on Coroflot

Julie Young American Typewriter Chair

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Peter Haggard Typography Coffee Table

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‘A’ Typography Chair: Kids Alphabet Furniture Design

Self initiated chair design, designed and rendered with Solidworks. The idea is that several different lettered chairs would created and targeted towards Pre-school children to aid with learning and development.

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Nicole Lahy ‘Snow White’ Paper Type

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Jay Querica ‘I am the River’

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Work Found on Behance

Dharma Lounge Palette Industries

Described by the people at Palette Industries as a fruition of exploration between using text as both structure and decoration. The chair purpose is “to create a situation where the participant is embraced by the possibilities of creating a relationship with the object based on personal and communal experiences and memories thus substantiating the lifespan of the product.”

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The Camus Lamp Palette Industries

For more information on this and other palette industries products check out www.paletteindustries.com

Typographic Sculpture Amrita Marino

Found on Behance

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Freelancing or an In-House position? Which works best for you? In this post, I will discuss my opinion on each, but I want to hear your opinions as well! I have been in the Computer World for about 11 years, with experience in the areas of software development and most recently concentrating my time in the world of Web Design and Development. For about 6 years I have worked as either a freelancer or in house at a company, and I have realized both have their pros and cons. In my article, Do You Have What it Takes to be a Freelance Web Designer or Developer?, I painted a pretty honest picture of the responsibility and sacrifice it takes to be a freelancer, and the truth is that is it a hard job. However, it definitely has it perks, and the perks it does have are great. On the other hand, having a steady in-house position has its serious perks as well, but with every thing in life, it also has its downfalls.

Therefore, I have come up with some elements to consider when trying to decide whether to take a freelance job or an in-house job; so you, as the web developer or designer, can decide which one works for you. Feel free to add some additional tips, and please comment as to what you prefer and why!! I hope you find this advice useful and I look forward to hearing your opinions as well!

Freelance:

Pros:

1. The ability to make a higher income and to control your income.

2. The ability to work from home, which can save a lot of time, stress, and money. (no spending money on gas, miles on the car, get to be with family etc).

3. The ability to have control on all aspects of your work.

4. You have more autonomy in your time management, designs, style, and work.

5. More direct contact with your clients, so you can better understand what the customer wants…though some consider contact with clients to be a con too.

6. You can use your time better, and can actually work on more than one project at a time.

7. You can team up with and can delegate some work to other freelancers.

Cons:

1. Having to know more than just design and development. (Must know business).

2. You have to be ready to work at anytime, including weekends and holidays.

3. You must be willing to take jobs in many different areas.

4. You need to know about your legal responsibility doing freelance.

5. Has the tendency to be boring and isolating.

6. Requires exceptional organizational skills.

7. You must keep a consistent clientele bringing in capital each month to keep the business going.

8. Can be difficult to separate work and play.

In-House:

Pros:

1. You can get health insurance, benefits, bonuses, and steady income.

2. More stability in your work schedule and income.

3. The ability to climb the corporate ladder or grow with the company.

4. You have a consistent, steady income each month, even if there is a drop in clientle.

5. The ability to have mentors which can help you grow in your field.

6. Some companies offer paid training, paid continuing education, and paid professional development.

7. The ability to work as a team and brainstorm ideas, because as they say, “Ten minds are better than one.”

8. You can leave you work at work, and not have to worry about it after 5pm, on weekends, nor holidays.

Cons:

1. Little to no flexibility with a traditional desk job, which is not suited for everyone.

2. Must abide by company policy regarding dress, manner, work, hours, etc.

3. Your project managers most of the time have the tendency to limit your creativity, and can control the work you put out.

4. Project managers often give you impossible deadlines, which are difficult to meet.

5. More likely to be forced to specialize in one area, and you may not be able to use skills in other areas. For example you must work as either developer or designer, not both.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, your own experience and/or specific situation will assist you in determining whether an in-house position suits you best or whether freelance is your cup of tea. I hope in the comment section you share your experiences and opinions on the topic!

Today we’ve joined up with some amazing people over at Vectorious to give THREE lucky readers a free three (3) months subscription to Vectorious! Vector graphics are so hot right now in the worlds of graphic and web design, and Vectorious has all the coolest stock vector images in one amazing site! Over at Vectorious, you can start downloading really affordable and fresh vector art today, and use those vectors to bring your designs to the next level! Or, you can enter this amazing giveaway and get three (3) months worth of awesome graphics FREE!!! Find them on Twitter @designious or on their blog: Vectorious Blog.

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The point of advertising is to make a design or slogan that is so clever, so smart that it stays with the consumer for days, weeks, or even years to come; and ultimately, will inspire them to purchase the product. When you see a clever advertisement, you know it. They are the ads that makes you stop and think that there are some really creative and smart people out there! And, you continue thinking about the ads way after you stop viewing it. They are the ads that really stick with you, and so you know they are successful. In today’s post, I found some really creatively cool ads from around the world! Enjoy!

Toro

Hubba Bubba

Lay’s

Huawei

Denver Water

Fuji Finepix

Audi Pre-owned

Pfizer-Viagra

Drive Safe Head

Playboy

Bayer Priorin

Hasbro

Polar Bear Mounting Tape: Elephant

Colgate

Foorire FM Radio Comedy Station

Pest Insecticide

Sky

CRF Health

DFM Vans

IKEA

It seems like everything Apple creates turns to gold, and the release of the new IPAD is no expection. Even though the IPAD has only been out a few months, many amazing applications are already available, with many of the applications being very useful for Web Developers, Web Designers, and Graphic Designers. Below is a selection of IPAD tools, applications, and resources which I found to be very useful. This round-up list features almost 30 IPAD tools and applications, as well as a list of IPAD resources, that I know web designers, web developers and all those with creatives minds will find very handy! I hope you enjoy this post and find it useful! Feel free to add any additional tools or resources I may have forgotten!

SketchyPad

This app will make designers, programmers, interface designers life much easier. Easy-to-use interface and a lot of various stencils will help you to mockup any web sites and soft interfaces.

COCOA BOX DESIGN

The bestselling notes app for iPad®. Write, sketch, imagine and remember. Your touch creates beautiful ink. Organize your ideas into infinite notebooks, and share by email with your coworkers, classmates, and friends.

Things

Task management has never been this easy. Simplicity, however, is not achieved at the expense of powerful features. Download your free trial today and start getting more things done with less effort.

HelvetiNote

We all take notes – somewhere. The iPad is the perfect device to collect our thoughts and organize our notes, but the apps available all leave something to be desired. HelvetiNote™ is here to simplify and improve your note taking experience. HelvetiNote™ was designed and built specifically to fill a void in the iPad app market, and offer us all a purist and more enjoyable means of collecting our thoughts – in Helvetica.

CourseNotes

Let CourseNotes be your guide! CourseNotes lets you take notes during your classes and keep them organized by subject and class meeting. Review your notes later and search through multiple class meetings and notes all at once. You can also keep a ToDo list by marking notes as ToDo items, or track them as assignments by providing a due date.

Granimator

iPad app is a freeform iPad & iPhone wallpaper creator.

Gusto

Gusto is a full-featured website development environment designed exclusively for the iPad with a focus on workflow and usability.

Ego

Ego gives you one central—and lovely—location to check web statistics that matter to you. You can quickly view the number of visits to your website (including daily, hourly and monthly numbers), feed subscription totals and changes, how many people are following you on Twitter and more.

Twitterrific

Twitterrific: Making Twitter Extra Terrific.

TweetDeck

TweetDeck is your personal real-time browser, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google Buzz and more.

Brushes

Brushes is a painting application designed from scratch for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Featuring an advanced color picker, several realistic brushes, multiple layers, extreme zooming, and a simple yet deep interface, it is a powerful tool for creating original artwork on your mobile device.

Desktop Connect

Desktop Connect is a fast, full-featured desktop viewer, optimized specifically for the iPad. View and control Windows, Mac OSX and Linux computers as if you were sitting in front of them, or observe others as if you were watching over their shoulder. Desktop Connect is the only iPad app that will automatically discover all of your computers on your local network. We uniquely offer support for both VNC and Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) where others charge for each standard protocol.

OmniGraffle

With OmniGraffle, your iPad touch screen is your canvas. Using simple multitouch gestures, draw shapes, drag in objects, and style everything until it’s just right. Share your creations via PDF export, or open them in OmniGraffle for Mac. When you need a clear understanding of how information needs to be presented or how processes are carried out. OmniGraffle for iPad is the tool to help you organize your thoughts visually, document them beautifully, and communicate them to the world.

Masque

Masque for iPad brings powerful photo editing to your fingertips! Add striking effects to your photos through simple touch interactions. Create your “Masque-r-piece” and then show it off to the world through convenient in-app sharing!

Quill

A vector art editor for the iPhone/iPod Touch (and soon the iPad!) Draw smooth bezier curves, zoom and scale with perfect clarity. Each curve can be selected, moved, rotated, resized, and recolored. Round brush and calligraphy brush included. Save, load, and email your artwork in a variety of formats.

FTP On The Go PRO

An FTP client for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. View and edit HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/ASP, or other files on your server with its built in editor to change your website from anywhere. View images and documents (JPG, PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, etc) too.

Adobe Ideas

Adobe Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. Adobe Ideas is an ideal companion for the professional design applications from Adobe, including Adobe Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop® software.

Reeder

When using Reeder, all changes will be synced with Google Reader. This means if (for example) you read an article in Reeder it will also be marked as read in Google Reader. The same is true if you read in Google Reader. When syncing the next time, Reeder will just pick up the changes.

SketchBook Pro

Autodesk SketchBook® Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching & painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed exclusively for the iPad experience.

Web Page Developer

This application is design to easily be able to develop web pages mobile, and be able to upload to your ftp server while you are on the go. It comes with some great features. You can open up to 10 pages off your server or on the IPad locally and be able to navigate through them easily. You also have Page Previewing that enables you to see your web page layout quick and easily. Their is also a syntax bar to make the code writing go faster and smoother. This is a wonderful app for all web developers that wish to develop mobile.

Dropbox for iPad

ll the contents of your Dropbox are available for viewing. You can even stream music and movies in your Dropbox straight to your iPad.

MindNode

MindNode (touch) is a very easy and intuitive application for collecting, organizing and outlining your thoughts and ideas as mind maps.

Font Displayer

FontViewer is a developer utility used to test fonts in different sizes, layouts and settings. The application allows the user to modify font family, size, background color, alignment and columns in order to see how text in rendered in both portrait and landscape mode.

Photogene

Photogene is the ultimate editing tool for your photos on Apple mobile devices. With Photogene, it’s easier than ever to edit, improve and decorate your photos right on your iPhone, iPodTouch or iPad. This unique application allows you to get the most out of your photos, even if you are not a professional photographer.

iMockups

Mockup your app ideas in seconds and iterate on them faster than ever.

Air Display

Ever wish you had an extra display for your computer? There’s an app for that! With Air Display, you can use your iPad as a wireless display for your Mac OS X computer.

Freeform

Freeform is a vector drawing tool for your iPad. Create quick sketches, mockups, or diagrams with this powerful tool. Export your drawings via email in JPG, PNG, or PDF formats, or save to your photo library. Create new designs whenever or wherever inspiration strikes!

SketchPad HD

SketchPad is a simple drawing and note taking application for the iPad. SketchPad allows you to draw in a variety of colors, collect and browse through notes and share notes that you create on the iPad over email.

Resources

• Web Development For The iPhone And iPad: Getting Started
• iPad Stencil for Omnigraffle
• ipad vector GUI elements: tabs buttons menus icons
• iPad GUI Kit in PSD Format is Here!
• What Is Cocoa?
• iPad Detection Using JavaScript or PHP
• Starting Your Project
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