Tools of the Trade
ExpanDrive
Jan 29th
There are hordes of different FTP tools out there, for every platform. Some are better than others, some have better interfaces, but one thing that few of them considered is no inteface at all. Enter ExpanDrive. This tool uses Google hosted MACFuse technology to connect to an FTP, SFTP, FTPS or SSL sever and have it mounted on your desktop, behaving just like a USB drive or a network drive.
Edits are made instantly, so that as soon as you hit “save” the program autosaves to the server. The actual program sits in your menu bar, and connecting to a server only takes a click once you save it into the connections list.
Beautify Your Laptop With iStyles Skins
Jan 27th
Tired of your Macbook Pro and other electronics looking just like everyone else’s? Protect it from getting scratched and make it look sexier by flaunting some iStyles skins! You can remove it to swap for a new one as many times as you want because it won’t leave a glue residue and the skin should stay sticky forever. 
Pixelmator
Jan 24th
Most people who do any kind of print or web design probably use (or have at least) the Adobe Creative Suite. This includes, of course, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and among others, the creme de la creme, Adobe Photoshop. But there are alternatives to this industrial staple, for those that either cannot afford the hefty price tag or prefer to use a more Mac-friendly piece of software should take a look at Pixelmator.
Pixelmator has all the tools that Photoshop has, save for one, that being the Pen Tool. But then, the Pen Tool is more of a strength of Illustrator anyways, being vector-based.
One of the best things about Pixelmator is the great community the software has. There are a ton of tutorials, many of them video, on the “Learn” section of Pixelmator’s site. So for those that want to at least try an alternative to Photoshop, Pixelmator is worth the time.
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