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Ever since The Matrix came out in 1999, dual monitor/dual screen (or multi monitor set-up for that matter) made a spark in the minds of many I know. Back then I was doing my higher studies and was more interested in watching the movie than using multiple monitors.

At present it make sense as to how a dual monitor set-up can increase productivity. First, let’s look at the advantages of multiple monitor set-ups followed by its disadvantages. Then you can find links for how to set-up dual monitors, and how others have positioned the second monitor. [Read more...]

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Tags: Productivity, Windows

Most of the work today involves working with computers. More people spending more time working on computers eventually creates the need to share information. What if you get a computer error while working and want to explain it to support department? What if you don’t want to waste your time and the support personnel’s time explaining the error in an email? What if you want to show your design to a client? What if you could simply get a screen capture of the error and share it with support department? Better yet, what if you could record what is happening on the screen? This is where Jing comes in handy. [Read more...]

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Tags: Business Tools, Downloads, Freeware, Web Design, Windows, XP

DesignRFix has assembled a set of beautifully designed Twitter icons, which you can use on your blog or website. It is distributed free so go ahead and download them.

If you are looking to get more people to follow you on Twitter, placing one of these beautifully designed Twitter icons on your blog or website will certainly help. I have assembled an amazing collection of free Twitter icons from which to choose from. I am confident that one of these cute little birds will fit your design needs. So go ahead and use one of these Twitter icons in your next project. Enjoy!

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Tags: Twitter, Web Design

This is yet another time-limited offer. This time it is for Web Designers. Tutorial9 is giving away “The Ultimate Resource Package for Web Designers“, which is worth a $100! This includes:

• 400 Icons
• 4 Premium WordPress themes
• 3 Tumblr themes
• PSD files and
• Vector file

Tutorial9 allows you to use these freebies on personal as well as commercial projects, which makes it truly amazing. Sounds too good to be true? Then here’s the catch. You have to subscribe to their newsletter first. Then they will email the download link. But you can unsubscribe anytime so it is not bad after all. Download page is available only from 9 November 2009 to 16 November 2009. So hurry up and grab this great opportunity!

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Tags: Downloads, Offers, Web Design

You’re probably thinking how in the world I added text like this. Well, join the club! I too thought the same way when I first came across CSS Text Wrapper in action on MeAndMyDrum.com. It had arranged text in a weird looking shape. Best part was it was text and not an image! As a web designer, I found it really interesting.

What CSS Text Wrapper does is, it takes your text and let you create a shape you want. Once done, you can easily include the shaped content using inline XHTML/CSS, XHTML with classes or JavaScript. All the details are provided and very easy to implement.

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Tags: Online Tools, Web Design