Scores of people are working from home these days. Whether they’re an employee blessed with the ability to work remotely or they’re a small business owner running their operation from the kitchen table, people are pretty ingenious at bringing the workplace home. Here’s why it rocks so much… (more…)

Did you know you can use WordPress shortcode outside of the loop? You can actually add shortcode directly to your theme’s templates. It’s easy to pull off, but you just need to know what to do. Let’s have a look! (more…)

There’s huge demand for graphic designers these days; and there’s so many different in-demand areas. It seems graphic designers are a sought after breed. Here’s a look at ten reasons why it’s great to be a graphic designer! (more…)

Ready to learn how to build apps for the Android platform? Well, Flash CS5.5 is packin’ some serious heat! So if you’re interested in delving into Android development in Flash, then it looks like you’re in the right spot! (more…)

There’s an awesome write-up over on Lifehacker that gets into the nitty gritty as to why Chrome is overtaking Firefox, particularly among power users. Says Lifehacker, “Firefox has long been the go-to web browser (more…)

I stumbled across a really awesome post over on VectorTuts+, where Sharon Milne interviews three top professionals who are making their careers as vector illustrators. It’s really interesting learning how these pros got their start, (more…)

If you’ve been designing and building websites for a while now, you’ve no doubt been approached by a friend or family member, asking you to build something for them. Often, you get cornered at a family get-together or social event, where the friend or family member goes on at length about their amazing new idea for a (more…)

Yesterday, Apple upped the ante in the continuing drama between itself and Adobe by banning the use of Flash development to build iPhone apps. This is the latest in a series of events that has really got me thinking hard about Apple, Adobe, and other massive “old world” corporations, and where things are really moving. (more…)

Here’s an older article from the previous incarnation of the Ten Ton website that a few readers have been looking for. Enjoy! If you have content in one site that you’d like to use in another site that you’ve defined in Dreamweaver, you could certainly copy your files to the second site’s local root folder on your hard drive. However, (more…)

In Part One, you got introduced to the idea of bookmarks in Acrobat. Now, we’ll take what you’ve learned so far and go even further, adding some interactivity to your PDF’s via bookmarks. You’ll see how you can launch a web page from within Acrobat, send email, and even trigger unique effects, like opening Acrobat’s (more…)

In part one of Geoff Blake’s tutorial on Acrobat bookmarks, you’ll be introduced to the idea of bookmarks, what they can do, and give you a few ideas as to where you can use ‘em. Then, you’ll see how to create basic bookmarks, reorder them, nest them, and a few shortcuts will be tossed in for good measure. Finally, after (more…)

Alrighty, welcome to the third and final part of our look at 25 cool Acrobat features. Hopefully you enjoyed the first two parts. This time around, you’ll find out about adjusting page numbering, using Acrobat’s commenting tools, security, and if ya make it all the way to the end, ya might find yourself a wee Acrobat bonus! (more…)

Welcome to Part 2 of our look at 25 cool Acrobat features. I hope you enjoyed the first part, and I’m sure you’re gonna love this installment, too. Here you’ll find out about some cool navigation tricks, how to manage mulitple PDF’s, and how to use audio and video in Acrobat. And for all you traditional print designers, (more…)

Ya know, Acrobat—Acrobat Professional, that is—just so misunderstood…it offers so much stuff, so many commands…but most people only use it just to open, and maybe print PDFs. Now I don’t wanna come off as some kinda poster-boy advocate for Acrobat or anything, but it’s got some great stuff to offer. In fact, (more…)