Je serai #AuPoste ce lundi, 9h !Hello 🙂 Vous connaissez peut-être #AuPoste l’émission de l’ami David Dufresne, qui aborde chaque semaine les questions des libertés publiques, de la police, de la politique, du cinéma, de la littérature et bien d’autres sujets encore… Ces causeries, comme il aime à les appeler, sont proposées par le réalisateur David Dufresne…. mais si vous savez, celui qui a créé « Un pays qui se tient sage » ! Bref, tout ça pour vous dire que vous pourrez nous écouter échanger en direct David et moi ce lundi 30 mai à 9h du matin directement sur Twitch. On parlera de mon ...
Générateur de logo de mairie. Édition 2022.En 2009, j’étais étudiants aux Arts Décoratifs de Paris et après une discussion sur le graphisme avec des camarades, j’avais codé en flash un générateur de logos de mairie. L’objectif était de proposer une critique de l’identité visuelle contemporaine et institutionnelle pour les municipalités. Comme si chaque ville, chaque village, chaque hameau se devait d’avoir un logo sans même se demander pourquoi ? Ni comment ? Aujourd’hui, ça n’a toujours pas changé, on se retrouve encore avec des centaines de logos de ville qui sont vides de sens, graphiquement très pauvres et avec des justifications très… markétées. Alors certes, cela ...
💥 Découvrez la révolution typographique post-binaire !Ce matin, je souhaite vous parler d’un sujet pour lequel la typographie joue un rôle moteur : l’écriture inclusive. Ce sujet est souvent polarisé avec d’un côté les personnes qui trouvent que c’est une façon de faire avancer les questions sur la non binarité et des luttes sociales et, d’un autre côté, les personnes qui trouvent que tout ceci est est illisible et que ce n’est pas un changement d’écriture qui fait bouger quoique ce soit. Quoiqu’il en soit, l’écriture inclusive doit être étudiée, comprise, analysée, testée, améliorée et c’est en ce sens que je vous présente cet inventaire des ...
#Documentaire : L’éclosion du Low-tech !Aujourd’hui, la question Low-tech est à mes yeux comme la question environnementale : ça ne devrait plus être une question mais une évidence ! Il faut faire léger, il faut faire simple, il faut aller à l’essentiel. Dans mon métier de designer, c’est intégré depuis toujours… Lorsque j’étais étudiant je préférais utiliser l’imprimante laser noir & blanc sur du papier recyclé avec une piqure à cheval pour aller à l’essentiel plutôt que de faire des livres sur du papier photo avec des reliures complexes. Aujourd’hui encore, je code mes sites web à la main de façon simple et efficace plutôt ...
Livre : Hacker Protester, le guide pratique des outils de lutte citoyenne. Bonjour à toutes et à tous. Voilà deux années que je travaille dessus alors je suis assez content de vous présenter mon nouveau livre : Hacker Protester ! Ce livre est un guide pratique des outils de lutte citoyenne, j’y répertorie 100 projets, outils, objets détournés, hacks, bidouilles… imaginés, pensés, créés par des citoyens partout dans le monde. À la lumière des luttes sociales et environnementales pour lesquelles des millions de citoyens se battent, je me suis dis qu’il fallait répertorier, expliquer, présenter, partager toutes ces stratégies. La 4e de couverture « Hong-Kong, France, Biélorussie, Kazakhstan, Thaïlande, Ukraine… en 2022, ...
Cultured Code Releases Things 3.15 with Support for Shortcuts on macOS MontereyThings 3.15 is here for macOS Monterey Things v3.15 is out today with a whole lot of goodies for macOS Monterey. The biggest of the lot is support for Apple Shortcuts. Things now offers full support for Shortcuts on the Mac, making your daily task handling much easier. The blog post linked above has a bunch of example shortcuts created by the Cultured Code team to help you get started. This release also comes with major performance improvements, making the app considerably faster & snappier in practice. The company says that the app launches upto 43% faster, while new windows ...
Stunning Wallpapers for iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone 11 and iPhone XSJust like last year, Apple has released four new iPhones in September this year — the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. All four phones feature the same screen resolution as the four phones released last year — iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. These join the other iPhones viz. iPhone 11, iPhone XS and iPhone X series. Download this stunning collection of iPhone wallpapers available below and deck up your device with these cool new iPhone wallpapers for free. Here are some handpicked wallpapers for ...
Rogue Amoeba’s Fission Leaves the Mac App StoreFission Audio Editor Leaves the Mac App Store Paul Kafasis, writing on the Rogue Amoeba blog: For almost twenty years, we’ve sold our software directly to our customers via our online store. Our fast and secure purchase process has served our customers very well. Since the Mac App Store opened in 2011, we’ve also experimented there. However, despite a decade of feedback from countless developers and users, Apple has made scant few changes and the store remains beset with issues. When you couple the many shortcomings and issues with Apple’s restrictive polices that preclude most of our software from appearing ...
20 Gorgeous Flat Art Design Wallpapers to Liven Up Your iPhone & iPadCustomizing a smartphone is something that we all do tailored to our uses. And at the heart of it is often a nice looking wallpaper. Colorful, vibrant, clean, and fun are some of the most desired attributes of a wallpaper for your smartphone. These qualities can also be found in flat aesthetics too, that underpin the design philosophy of the latest versions of iOS. Today, we’re bringing you some exceptionally good-looking flat art wallpapers for your devices. According to the Interactive Design Foundation, flat design is a user interface design style that uses simple, two-dimensional elements and bright colors. It ...
Bobby Now Accepts Submissions for Missing ServicesSubmit Missing Subscription Service to Bobby Bobby is currently our favorite subscriptions tracking app for iPhone & iPad. It’s a great way to quickly add your recurring expenses for services and get an overview of how much you’re spending on subscriptions. It comes with a long list of predefined services, or you can add your own custom service manually as well. Now you can submit any missing services to the app for consideration by visiting submit.bobbyapp.co. If you think your favorite service needs to be on Bobby for quick addition, let them know. The post Bobby Now Accepts Submissions for ...
Mojo — An Elegant App for Creating Aesthetic Social Media StoriesShort, vertical content such as promos, showcases and even social cards (virtual business cards with social media information) not only helps promoters convey large and rich chunks of information in a short period but also grab a large percentage of young audiences as a bonus. Making these sounds easy, but it really isn’t. That’s because a marketing-focused individual wouldn’t necessarily possess the aesthetic skills or the understanding of using high-level animation and editing software for jaw-dropping transitions. Hiring a designer or animator is an option, sure, but it may not be as cost-effective. And this is exactly where Mojo comes ...
Kizie.co is a Minimally Elegant Web-based Twitter ClientWith hundreds of millions of daily users, Twitter is undoubtedly one of the biggest social networking platforms out there. It’s great for instantly sharing and consuming small yet effective messages called Tweets. Twitter offers its official apps for every major platform out there, along with an API that can be used to build 3rd-party Twitter apps. While the official app is pretty good in itself, it does have its own shortfalls. It’s riddled with ads in the form of “Promoted” tweets that often come in the way. You also have irrelevant “trends” shoved in your face, a general lack of ...
Things 3.14 Brings Bullet Lists and Markdown Formatting to NotesCultured Code has today released Things 3.14 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that brings some terrific improvements to task notes. If you are someone whose to-do lists are incomplete without detailed notes accompanying every task, then this release is right up your alley. Things 3.14 brings formatting options to note-taking in your tasks with Markdown formatting and Bullet Lists, along with a new Find in Text option to search through your notes and a new version to Things Cloud called Fractus that improves syncing across devices. Markdown Formatting & Bullet Lists Things now supports Markdown formatting in the notes, and ...
Lucid Lets You Unlock the True Potential of Your DreamsThe ability to conquer dreams is something that humans have been exploring throughout history. Dreams aren’t just an abstract series of thoughts, images and sensations that occur in a person’s mind while sleeping, they are also a portal to the subconscious. Larry Page invented Google thanks to a dream he had as a 22-year-old in which he somehow managed to download the entire Web and just keep the links. Page is one of the biggest advocates of lucid dreaming, a type of dream in which the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. Page was once quoted saying “when a ...
Sleeve is a Gorgeous Now Playing Widget for your DesktopSleeve is a beautifully crafted app for macOS that displays your currently playing track as a tiny widget on your Desktop. Made by Hector Simpson* and Alasdair Monk from Replay, it works with Apple Music or Spotify and comfortably lives on your desktop without getting in your way. We’ve only been playing around with it for a day, but can confidently say that Sleeve is the ultimate example of a really polished and delightful app. Sleeve shows the album artwork, track name, artist name, and album name on the Desktop. It’s not an interactive widget, so you can’t control playback ...
Pixelmator Pro Goes on Sale @ 50% OffPixelmator Pro Goes on Sale @ 50% Off The Pixelmator Team has just announced that Pixelmator Pro, their incredible app for macOS, is going on sale for a while and will be available at a cool 50% Off discount. Starting today, Pixelmator Pro is going on sale and is now available with a gigantic, no – gargantuan! – discount of 50%. Not only that, we’ve also got a second sneak peek for you at the upcoming Pixelmator Pro 2.1 update, showcasing the super fun new ML Crop feature. In exchange for your hard-earned money, we promise you a powerful, beautiful, ...
Grab a FREE .design Domain to Showcase Your DesignsEveryone is familiar with .com and .net, but did you know you get your own free .design domain? As a designer, we think it’s pretty awesome that we can get a domain name that reflects what we do, .design. And because it’s a fairly new domain, there are still plenty of short .design names available. So the good news is, you can shorten or improve your existing branding by switching to the .design domain. ie. johnsmithdesign.com >> johnsmith.design You can also get your own unique email address such as hola@yourname.design or you can even use it as a clever redirect ...
Je serai #AuPoste ce lundi, 9h !Hello 🙂 Vous connaissez peut-être #AuPoste l’émission de l’ami David Dufresne, qui aborde chaque semaine les questions des libertés publiques, de la police, de la politique, du cinéma, de la littérature et bien d’autres sujets encore… Ces causeries, comme il aime à les appeler, sont proposées par le réalisateur David Dufresne…. mais si vous savez, celui qui a créé « Un pays qui se tient sage » ! Bref, tout ça pour vous dire que vous pourrez nous écouter échanger en direct David et moi ce lundi 30 mai à 9h du matin directement sur Twitch. On parlera de mon livre « Hacker Protester » et sûrement de bien d’autres choses sur les questions de design, de liberté, de justice sociale… Si vous voulez en savoir plus, c’est sur son site, avec tous les liens et les infos qui vont bien. Je vous dis à lundi !
Générateur de logo de mairie. Édition 2022.En 2009, j’étais étudiants aux Arts Décoratifs de Paris et après une discussion sur le graphisme avec des camarades, j’avais codé en flash un générateur de logos de mairie. L’objectif était de proposer une critique de l’identité visuelle contemporaine et institutionnelle pour les municipalités. Comme si chaque ville, chaque village, chaque hameau se devait d’avoir un logo sans même se demander pourquoi ? Ni comment ? Aujourd’hui, ça n’a toujours pas changé, on se retrouve encore avec des centaines de logos de ville qui sont vides de sens, graphiquement très pauvres et avec des justifications très… markétées. Alors certes, cela fait du travail pour les graphistes mais je vois de plus en plus de municipalités se passer de graphiste et faire leur identité en interne ou par des étudiants (non rémunérés) et faire « voter pour le meilleur logo » sur Facebook. Bref, la légende raconte qu’à chaque fois que cela arrive, Photoshop change tous ses raccourcis claviers et les graphistes deviennent fous ! 😁 En 2022, j’ai recréé ce générateur de logos de mairie en HTML et plus en flash et j’ai aussi mis à jour les textes, les interactions et les visuels qui composent les logos. Cela fonctionne sur ordinateur (et pas vraiment sur mobile encore…). Bref, c’est surtout là pour la critique et la blague. Une blague qui, à l’époque m’avait donné l’occasion de parler de ce sujet de l’identité de territoire dans la presse et… même à la télé sur telematin avec Laura du Web 😅 (street cred’ à son max) Vous pouvez retrouver le site sur https://logodeville.fr 👍 (à utiliser sur ordi et pas encore sur téléphone)
💥 Découvrez la révolution typographique post-binaire !Ce matin, je souhaite vous parler d’un sujet pour lequel la typographie joue un rôle moteur : l’écriture inclusive. Ce sujet est souvent polarisé avec d’un côté les personnes qui trouvent que c’est une façon de faire avancer les questions sur la non binarité et des luttes sociales et, d’un autre côté, les personnes qui trouvent que tout ceci est est illisible et que ce n’est pas un changement d’écriture qui fait bouger quoique ce soit. Quoiqu’il en soit, l’écriture inclusive doit être étudiée, comprise, analysée, testée, améliorée et c’est en ce sens que je vous présente cet inventaire des pratiques typographiques inclusives, non-binaires, post-binaires réalisé entre 2017 et 2021. Cet inventaire présente donc un ensemble de procédés typographiques (avec les polices d’écritures associées) pour répondre aux besoin de l’écriture inclusive : ligatures, glyphes inclusifs, point médian, etc. Ça risque de crisper certaines personnes un peu trop rigides sur les formes de lecture mais depuis toujours l’écriture est source d’amusement, de tests, d’essais (une pensée pour Robert Massin que j’ai découvert quand j’avais 20 ans…) et il faut que cela continue ! Révolution typographique post-binaire Vous pouvez retrouver toutes ces recherches typographiques sur Typo-inclusive.net et féliciter Caroline Dath & Camille Circlude, membres de la collective franco-belge Bye Bye Binary, et qui enseignent à l’erg (école de recherche graphique, Bruxelles) pour ce travail impressionnant !
#Documentaire : L’éclosion du Low-tech !Aujourd’hui, la question Low-tech est à mes yeux comme la question environnementale : ça ne devrait plus être une question mais une évidence ! Il faut faire léger, il faut faire simple, il faut aller à l’essentiel. Dans mon métier de designer, c’est intégré depuis toujours… Lorsque j’étais étudiant je préférais utiliser l’imprimante laser noir & blanc sur du papier recyclé avec une piqure à cheval pour aller à l’essentiel plutôt que de faire des livres sur du papier photo avec des reliures complexes. Aujourd’hui encore, je code mes sites web à la main de façon simple et efficace plutôt que d’utiliser des solutions lourdes avec de grosses bases de données pour pas grand chose. Si je vous parle de tout ça c’est parce que je viens de terminer le visionnage de ce passionnant documentaire publié sur le Low-tech Lab et je me suis dit qu’il fallait que je vous le partage ! Présentation du documentaire : « Pour se rendre compte de la diversité des initiatives low-tech en France, nous vous invitons à découvrir le documentaire L’éclosion low-tech de Lorenzo Biagini, Nicolas Nouhaud & Esteban Stephan. Projeté en avant-première lors du week-end des communautés Low-tech Lab à l’automne dernier, ce voyage à la rencontre d’initiatives low-tech rassemble des projets – et des personnalités – qui donnent l’envie d’agir. Des actions d’Eko! auprès des réfugiés à Briançon, à la cuisine solaire du restaurant Le Présage à Marseille, en passant par le Low-tech Bordeaux et bien d’autres, retrouvez tout un mouvement en “éclosion”. »
Livre : Hacker Protester, le guide pratique des outils de lutte citoyenne. Bonjour à toutes et à tous. Voilà deux années que je travaille dessus alors je suis assez content de vous présenter mon nouveau livre : Hacker Protester ! Ce livre est un guide pratique des outils de lutte citoyenne, j’y répertorie 100 projets, outils, objets détournés, hacks, bidouilles… imaginés, pensés, créés par des citoyens partout dans le monde. À la lumière des luttes sociales et environnementales pour lesquelles des millions de citoyens se battent, je me suis dis qu’il fallait répertorier, expliquer, présenter, partager toutes ces stratégies. La 4e de couverture « Hong-Kong, France, Biélorussie, Kazakhstan, Thaïlande, Ukraine… en 2022, le monde a changé, l’activisme aussi. Le citoyen hacker ne protège plus uniquement son environnement mais l’Environnement, la Liberté et la Démocratie. Hacker Protester est un guide pratique qui étudie au travers le monde, 100 outils de lutte citoyenne. Bricolés, détournés, hackés, ces armes d’auto-défense sont au service de la justice sociale et environnementale du XXIe siècle. » Pour l’occasion, j’ai aussi fait une vidéo de teaser : Comment j’ai créé ce livre ? Pour la petite histoire, pendant 2 ans j’ai listé et recoupé de nombreux projets de citoyens que je présente aujourd’hui dans le livre comme par exemple : des systèmes pour éteindre les gaz lacrymogènesdes boucliers gonflables pour se protéger des coups de matraque et des LBDde quoi protéger ses voies respiratoires dans les manifestationscomment penser le rythme d’une foule qui manifestela gestuelle pour organiser le matériel d’auto-défensedes outils pour aveugler les drones ou les faire retourner au soldes stratégies pour se protéger de la surveillancedes techniques numériques pour partager des messages de lutte citoyennedes façons de communiquer, de faire des banderoles, de les afficher…et bien d’autres choses encore… Puis, j’ai dessiné plus de 150 illustrations dans un style pixel art, j’en ai sélectionné 100 pour les 100 projets que je présente. Enfin, j’ai écrit plus de 300 pages pour expliquer, raconter, présenter, transmettre, remettre en contexte historique et politique également. Sous chaque projet, vous trouverez également sa date, son pays d’observation, et aussi sa source via un lien raccourci qui vous emmène sur le web. Évidemment, comme cela ne me suffisait pas, j’ai pris soin d’interviewer : David Dufresne (réalisateur de « Un pays qui se tient sage »)Olivier Tesquet (auteur de « État d’urgence Technologique »)Mathilde Larrère (autrice de « Il était une fois les révolutions »)La Quadrature du Net (association de défense des libertés sur Internet)Paul Rocher (auteur de « Gazer, mutiler, soumettre »)Olivier Laurelli alias Bluetouff (hacker et fondateur de Reflets.info) Je les remercie encore puisqu’elles et ils ont répondu aux questions des enjeux de protestation citoyenne, de répression, de tactiques défensives face aux violences étatiques et m’ont ainsi livré le cœur de leur pensée politique. Pour finir, j’ai mis tout ça en page dans un livre au format A5, tout beau tout propre. Un livre à 20€ et que j’ai voulu accessible au plus grand nombre (je vous passe les détails sur la flambée des prix du papier, etc.)… Enfin, vu que j’ai tout fait tout seul de A à Z et que je sais qu’il y a parmi vous des designers et des personnes qui aiment les ouvrages un peu différents, j’en ai profité pour créer une version « collector » à 35€, limitée à 100 exemplaires numérotés et signés. Dans cette version collector, le livre est divisé en 6 livrets indépendants avec des couvertures différentes, avec une couverture globale qui sera holographique, une dédicace personnalisée et un petit un sticker holographique HCKR sans oublier un bandeau noir pour relier tout ça. Petit bonus : le livre n’est pas vendu sur Amazon pour des questions éthiques (c’est expliqué en page 4 du livre), c’est imprimé en France, à quelques kilomètres de chez moi chez un chouette imprimeur. Et évidemment, c’est fait avec amour 😉 J’espère que ça vous plaira, le livre est dispo en prévente sur https://hckr.fr Si vous voulez en parler autour de vous : Le dossier de presse est dispo ici → https://hckr.fr/dossierLes photos du livre sont dispo ici → https//hckr.fr/dossierphotosLa vidéo est dispo ici → https://vimeo.com/680379153
Cultured Code Releases Things 3.15 with Support for Shortcuts on macOS MontereyThings 3.15 is here for macOS Monterey Things v3.15 is out today with a whole lot of goodies for macOS Monterey. The biggest of the lot is support for Apple Shortcuts. Things now offers full support for Shortcuts on the Mac, making your daily task handling much easier. The blog post linked above has a bunch of example shortcuts created by the Cultured Code team to help you get started. This release also comes with major performance improvements, making the app considerably faster & snappier in practice. The company says that the app launches upto 43% faster, while new windows open up to 45% faster. These performance improvements aren’t limited to the Mac, with things getting faster up to 32% in the iOS versions as well. Lastly, this release brings support for keyboard shortcuts when using International Keyboards. On non-US layouts, shortcuts involving letters will mostly stay the same, but shortcuts with special characters will now be easier to type – and some that were previously impossible to use can now be typed for the first time! Check out our updated keyboard page for your layout. You can also look in the menus on Mac, or hold down Cmd on iPad. Things for Mac is available for $50 on the Mac App Store, and this is a free update to all existing users. The post Cultured Code Releases Things 3.15 with Support for Shortcuts on macOS Monterey appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Stunning Wallpapers for iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone 11 and iPhone XSJust like last year, Apple has released four new iPhones in September this year — the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. All four phones feature the same screen resolution as the four phones released last year — iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. These join the other iPhones viz. iPhone 11, iPhone XS and iPhone X series. Download this stunning collection of iPhone wallpapers available below and deck up your device with these cool new iPhone wallpapers for free. Here are some handpicked wallpapers for your new iPhones. These have been cropped correctly to match the new iPhone screen sizes and resolutions and look absolutely stunning. Free iPhone Wallpapers 1. Tokyo Infinity by Pawel Nolbert Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 2. Tokyo City Fog by @louisredon Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 3. Buildings, Cars, Signs and Neon HD by Paulo Silva Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 4. Person Walking on Street Near Buildings by O-seop Sim Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 5. Afterwork by Thana Gu Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone 13 Wallpapers 6. City, Urban, Tower and Skyscraper by Van Mendoza Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 7. Skyscraper with a Spire by Ian Simmonds Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 8. New York by David Alacaraz Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 9. Skyscraper, Architecture, Street, and City by Rob Bye Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 10. Lost in the Sauce by Andre Benz Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 11. Commuters in Terminal Station by Luca Bravo Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone 13 Pro Max Wallpapers 12. And& Festival by Jonas Denil Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 13. White Yosemite by Kevin Bosc Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 14. Suspension Bridge by Rye Jessen Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 15. Abstract White Facade Edge by Julien Moreau Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 16. Road Less Traveled by Steven Pahel Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 17. Killing All Movement by Niklas Hamann Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone 13 Pro Wallpapers 18. Blur, Long Exposure, Motion, and Water by Damon Lam Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS iPhone XS Max 19. Adult Blur Bokeh by Pexels Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS 20. Urban Skyline by Greg Becker Download iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro iPhone XR iPhone X iPhone XS We hope you enjoy these beautifully free wallpapers for your new iPhone 13 miniiPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max. Of course, if you haven’t upgraded your iPhone yet, you can also download these wallpapers for iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone XS series, iPhone 7/8, or any other older iPhone too. These are all high-resolution images, so they look stunning across the board. We will also have a roundup of the best apps for your new phones in the next few days so stay tuned. And if you’d like to see more posts like this one, let us know. Featured Photo by Andrew Ridley. The post Stunning Wallpapers for iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone 11 and iPhone XS appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Rogue Amoeba’s Fission Leaves the Mac App StoreFission Audio Editor Leaves the Mac App Store Paul Kafasis, writing on the Rogue Amoeba blog: For almost twenty years, we’ve sold our software directly to our customers via our online store. Our fast and secure purchase process has served our customers very well. Since the Mac App Store opened in 2011, we’ve also experimented there. However, despite a decade of feedback from countless developers and users, Apple has made scant few changes and the store remains beset with issues. When you couple the many shortcomings and issues with Apple’s restrictive polices that preclude most of our software from appearing there, the Mac App Store is clearly a poor fit for us. With the removal of Fission, we no longer have any products in the Mac App Store. It’s a shame that Apple is letting the Mac App Store rot away like this. The whole experience, even in 2021, is unsurprisingly bad. Even though they revamped the Mac App Store app recently, the developer experience and features available to the them are still causing harm at a larger scale. App Details:View Website or Download it for $29 The post Rogue Amoeba’s Fission Leaves the Mac App Store appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
20 Gorgeous Flat Art Design Wallpapers to Liven Up Your iPhone & iPadCustomizing a smartphone is something that we all do tailored to our uses. And at the heart of it is often a nice looking wallpaper. Colorful, vibrant, clean, and fun are some of the most desired attributes of a wallpaper for your smartphone. These qualities can also be found in flat aesthetics too, that underpin the design philosophy of the latest versions of iOS. Today, we’re bringing you some exceptionally good-looking flat art wallpapers for your devices. According to the Interactive Design Foundation, flat design is a user interface design style that uses simple, two-dimensional elements and bright colors. It is often contrasted to the skeuomorphic style that gives the illusion of three dimensions through copying real-life properties. Here are some amazing flat art wallpapers for Apple iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 12 mini as well as iPads. These work well with older generation iPhones too. Free iPhone & iPad Wallpapers 1. Multi-colored Wall Art by Jason Leung Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 2. Abstract Shapes Layered with Live Florals by Evie. S Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 3. Red & Black Artwork by Alex Perez Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 4. Planet Science Fiction by JCK5D Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 5. Mandalas by Viscious-Speed Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 6. Fishing in the Morning by Ngodung Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini Free Flat Art Wallpapers 7. Background Colors Abstract by miro383 Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 8. Triangles by miro382 Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 9. Dark Grey Clouds by starline Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 10. Tropical Forest Landscape by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 11. Evening Cloudy Sky by macrovector Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 12. Natural Landscape by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 13. Mountain & Waves by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 14. High Mountains With Snow by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 15. Green Mountains by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 16. Floral Flat Design by freepik Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 17. Vivid & Groovy Flat Art by freepik Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 18. Colourful Mountains by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 19. Camping Area by pikisuperstar Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini 20. Beautiful Flowers by freepik Download iPad iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini We hope you liked these wallpapers. You can still enjoy these wallpapers on older generation iPhones, be it iPhone 6, 6S, iPhone 7/8, iPhone X, XS, XS Max, XR and even the iPhone 11 series, as these are high-resolution images that will look great nevertheless. [Featured image by JCK5D] The post 20 Gorgeous Flat Art Design Wallpapers to Liven Up Your iPhone & iPad appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Bobby Now Accepts Submissions for Missing ServicesSubmit Missing Subscription Service to Bobby Bobby is currently our favorite subscriptions tracking app for iPhone & iPad. It’s a great way to quickly add your recurring expenses for services and get an overview of how much you’re spending on subscriptions. It comes with a long list of predefined services, or you can add your own custom service manually as well. Now you can submit any missing services to the app for consideration by visiting submit.bobbyapp.co. If you think your favorite service needs to be on Bobby for quick addition, let them know. The post Bobby Now Accepts Submissions for Missing Services appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Mojo — An Elegant App for Creating Aesthetic Social Media StoriesShort, vertical content such as promos, showcases and even social cards (virtual business cards with social media information) not only helps promoters convey large and rich chunks of information in a short period but also grab a large percentage of young audiences as a bonus. Making these sounds easy, but it really isn’t. That’s because a marketing-focused individual wouldn’t necessarily possess the aesthetic skills or the understanding of using high-level animation and editing software for jaw-dropping transitions. Hiring a designer or animator is an option, sure, but it may not be as cost-effective. And this is exactly where Mojo comes into the picture. Mojo is an app available on Apple App Store and Google Play that lets you create professional-looking animated content for use in social media, especially in the form of ‘Stories’. Stories are a great way to share and promote what you’re up to, without cluttering up your feed. Their power lies in sharing throwaway and topical content, perfectly tailored for promotional posts. Using the app is extremely easy, thanks to an excellent UI design. It is divided into three main screens that can be accessed using the tabs at the bottom. Samples of stories we created using Mojo The first screen is ‘Templates’, which is self-explanatory — you can choose from the many pre-designed templates arranged beautifully according to genres. They have nifty little preview thumbnails too so that you can visualise exactly how your output would look like. The impressive thing here is the sheer variety and quantity of templates, all of which look extremely appealing. There’s something for everyone, and all of it without ever getting in the way of your imagination. Also Read: Lucid Lets You Unlock the True Potential of Your Dreams Just in case you enter a creative block after seeing so many options, the app also inspires you in the form of creative Stories made by other users in the Discovery tab. Mojo’s UI is incredibly intuitive to use You can also create your own Stories from scratch if you are in for something very specific. Here, not only can you choose the dimensions of your video, but also mix and match different elements such as palettes, backgrounds, animated texts, call-to-action (CTA) graphics and of course, custom swipe up prompts. It’s a really simple process, aided by some clever design decisions taken by the developers. In fact, after hours and hours of using the app, we had to accept the fact that it was nearly impossible to make something that looked bad. If all of this looks too vertical-centric, fear not. There are tons of horizontal (16:9) templates at your disposal too. Mojo offers a reasonable chunk of content for free, but an asking price of USD49.99/year gives you access to a plethora of templates and is way better than hiring a standalone designer. App Details:View Website or Download it for Free with IAP; Pro starts $49.99 The post Mojo — An Elegant App for Creating Aesthetic Social Media Stories appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Kizie.co is a Minimally Elegant Web-based Twitter ClientWith hundreds of millions of daily users, Twitter is undoubtedly one of the biggest social networking platforms out there. It’s great for instantly sharing and consuming small yet effective messages called Tweets. Twitter offers its official apps for every major platform out there, along with an API that can be used to build 3rd-party Twitter apps. While the official app is pretty good in itself, it does have its own shortfalls. It’s riddled with ads in the form of “Promoted” tweets that often come in the way. You also have irrelevant “trends” shoved in your face, a general lack of customizability, a confusing view of threads and the inability to edit your Tweets once you are done posting. To fix some of these problems, the company has recently announced Twitter Blue — a paid subscription starting at around US$2.99/m, but it’s currently only available in Canada & Australia. That’s where standalone third-party Twitter apps step in to fill the gap. There are quite a few popular third-party clients out there, such as Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Fenix, etc. and there’s a new kid on the block to join this club. Kizie is a beautiful web-based Twitter client by Rishi Mohan and is a shining example of how beautifully good third-party apps can be. Also Read: Things 3.14 Brings Bullet Lists and Markdown Formatting to Notes Since it also has a progressive web app (PWA) version, it can also be used easily on a smartphone without having to install a bulky app. Kizie.co’s UI is simplistic yet effective. To quickly access Kizie directly from your Android home screen as a PWA, simply login to Chrome, then tapping on the three vertical dots on the top right corner and selecting ‘Add to Home Screen’ option. Doing this will create a shortcut for Kizie.co on your desktop, and then when you open it, it will work almost like an app. To do the same on iOS, you’ll have to log in to Kizie.co on Safari and then tap on the ‘Share’ icon on the bottom. Here, select ‘Add to Home Screen’. Kizie.co is also available as a progressive mobile app (PWA) One of the most striking things about Kizie.co is its simplistic, fluff-free interface. The developer has carefully chosen colors for both light and dark modes so that your eyes like them, and it all shows when you’re using Kizie.co. It has an ad-free interface, so nothing comes in your way of quickly consuming Tweets from others. Kizie.co also offers a more spacious UI compared to Twitter, where threads are displayed in a more organized, systematic manner. Kizie.co’s lets you preview threads so that you know exactly how they’ll look once posted. Kizie also gives more power to the user by allowing them to preview how tweets would look on Twitter before posting and surprise, surprise! Another cool thing is that there’s a ‘plus’ icon that appears when you are writing a Tweet which lets you create threads seamlessly. So you can preview, and edit everything at the same time! You also get to edit your Tweets within 10 seconds of posting them. This can be done by using the shortcut Alt+X or Opt+X. Further, you can also undo sending out a Tweet within 10 seconds of posting them by pressing Alt+Z or Opt+Z. Also Read: Lucid Lets You Unlock the True Potential of Your Dreams Another interesting feature is the reader mode, which gives you a quick look at external links. This is especially useful if you want to cut out the clutter of ads and other links and peacefully read the contents of a webpage. This, however, only seems to works with a select few links and is wholly dependent on whether the links in your feed contain the right metadata for Kizie. Kizie.co’s reader mode gives you a quick glance at a webpage’s contents. Further, there’s also a feature that lets you mute certain words so that they don’t appear in your feed. All this functionality can be enjoyed Free, without ads and with the basic features that Twitter has to offer, like browser notifications, shortcuts and the ability to save links. But this fantastic way to interact with Twitter does have its own imperfections. At the moment, there seems to be no way to search for hashtags, people or anything really, using Kizie.co, which can be a bummer for many. A monthly subscription to Kizie.co costs USD 3.99 a month, and the Pro users get benefits such as no monthly limit on Tweeting, using the Reader mode as well as getting full Tweet analytics and insights. Kizie.co’s subscription plan starts at USD 3.99 a month Check out Kizie.co → Update: A previous version of this article erroneously mentioned that Kizie does not support Retweet (RT) functionality. While Kizie does support this functionality, there seems to be a conflict with the 1Blocker app that blocks the Retweet icon from showing up. Additionally, Kizie does support Reader mode in its PWA, but only for certain links. The article has thus been updated to reflect these corrections. App Details:View Website or Download it for Free, USD 3.99 monthly for Pro The post Kizie.co is a Minimally Elegant Web-based Twitter Client appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Things 3.14 Brings Bullet Lists and Markdown Formatting to NotesCultured Code has today released Things 3.14 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that brings some terrific improvements to task notes. If you are someone whose to-do lists are incomplete without detailed notes accompanying every task, then this release is right up your alley. Things 3.14 brings formatting options to note-taking in your tasks with Markdown formatting and Bullet Lists, along with a new Find in Text option to search through your notes and a new version to Things Cloud called Fractus that improves syncing across devices. Markdown Formatting & Bullet Lists Things now supports Markdown formatting in the notes, and it’s basically a full-blown mini Markdown editor in there. You can keep the formatting as simple or as detailed as you want. The app supports the usual syntax — single asterisks around a word for *emphasis*, dual asterisks for **bold**, dual colons for ::highlights::, and # to ###### for h1 to h6 headings. If you prefer using underscores instead of asterisks for emphasis, those work too. There’s strikethrough and hyperlink support as well. Here’s a video of it in action. If you’re on an iPhone or iPad, you can double-tap a word and then tap on the ‘Aa’ option to select from the following options in the bubble popup: Bold | Italic | Heading | List | Numbered List | Task List | Link | Code | Code Block | Strikethrough | Highlight Things 3.14 Markdown Formatting on iOS Next up, are bullet lists, which you can type using the -, *, + or numerical characters. Yes, you could type out lists even in the earlier versions, but now the bullets are formatted in a better way using monospace fonts. You can even do nested lists now. The app has a new Find in Text feature that searches through the text in a note, in case the note’s gotten too big and you have to find something in there. Things Cloud “Fractus” Things Cloud has been one of the most rock-solid syncing experiences available on the App Store. Ever since its launch, Cultured Code has ensured that your data in Things syncs across all your devices without any issues or major conflicts. Things 3.14 improves upon this syncing experience by making it even faster. Called “Fractus”, this new version of Things Cloud only uploads and syncs the exact bits that have changed in your tasks. Here’s how Cultured Code puts it: Until now, each time you modified a note – say to insert or remove a few words – the entire note would be synced again across all your devices. With our new method, only the fragments of text you modify are synced. This drastically improves the speed and efficiency of the sync, and allows for smarter resolution of conflicts. There’s nothing you need to do to enable this – we’ve already rolled it out. I switched to Things last year, just after the pandemic began and I love how delightful & elegant the app is. It has consistently helped me stay productive & organized while I work from home. It’s one of the best To-do apps available on the App Store today and has delivered remarkable features with every release. Get Things 3.14 for: macOS | iOS | iPadOS App Details:View Website or Download it for $9.99 The post Things 3.14 Brings Bullet Lists and Markdown Formatting to Notes appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Lucid Lets You Unlock the True Potential of Your DreamsThe ability to conquer dreams is something that humans have been exploring throughout history. Dreams aren’t just an abstract series of thoughts, images and sensations that occur in a person’s mind while sleeping, they are also a portal to the subconscious. Larry Page invented Google thanks to a dream he had as a 22-year-old in which he somehow managed to download the entire Web and just keep the links. Page is one of the biggest advocates of lucid dreaming, a type of dream in which the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. Page was once quoted saying “when a really great dream shows up, grab it”. There are several ways to unlock the true potential of lucid dreaming, but thanks to technology, it is becoming increasingly easy to do so. Lucid is one such app available on Google Play that lets you journal your dreams with a simple yet elegant design. This is very important, as jotting a dream down requires you to do so with as little hindrance as possible, simply because it’s very easy to forget them. Lucid’s interface is divided into five tabs. Right off the bat, the interface of Lucid is very easy on the eye — it uses a dark palette of grey and blue that isn’t unpleasant to look at, considering you’d be using it mostly after waking up. Also Read: Sleeve is a Gorgeous Now Playing Widget for your Desktop When you first open Lucid, you’re asked to choose the purpose of using the app so that it can be tailored better to your use. The interface is divided into 5 different screens. The ‘Guide’ tab is the best way to get used to the app and make the most out of it. It prompts you to remember what you dreamt last night, set a journal reminder and even presents you with some assisted sleeping techniques in which you can listen to a story to help with lucid dreaming. You can set reminders for journaling your dreams with Lucid. Lucid also lets you build a habit of checking whether you are actually asleep or awake by conditioning you to reality checks. The app says one of the most popular ways to do this is by counting your fingers, as the world doesn’t behave the same in dreams and you may have fewer or more fingers while dreaming. It helps you build this habit by reminding you to count your fingers every 2 hours a day so that you are well prepared to do the same in your dreams. Also Read: Camo Lets You Use Your iPhone or iPad Camera as a Webcam on Mac It also helps you with assisted meditation techniques and the free version features renowned psychophysiologist Dr Stephen LaBerge’s method for falling asleep. Then you have the ‘Course’ tab where you can better understand lucid dreaming and how you can utilise it better in your life. The first few courses are free, the rest are paid. Jot down your dreams with minimal hindrances coming your way with Lucid. The ‘Dreams’ tab allows you to quickly register the dream that you just had, along with a bunch of questions that help you keep a tab of when you really had a lucid dream. You can decide to type it out or simply create a voice recording which happens to be a much faster way of logging things down. All your data is also neatly accessible in a graphical form in the ‘Profile’ tab. Here you can track things like the total number of dreams. There’s also an ‘Explore’ tab that provides you with even more resources that are beyond the app, such as vibrant Discord and Reddit communities, some YouTube tutorials on Lucid dreaming as well as some articles and inspirations for dreams. As far as pricing goes, annual subscription starts at USD 100 which comes as an in-app purchase. You can still use a lot of features without having to spend much. App Details:View Website or Download it for Free with IAP; Premium starts $100/yr The post Lucid Lets You Unlock the True Potential of Your Dreams appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Sleeve is a Gorgeous Now Playing Widget for your DesktopSleeve is a beautifully crafted app for macOS that displays your currently playing track as a tiny widget on your Desktop. Made by Hector Simpson* and Alasdair Monk from Replay, it works with Apple Music or Spotify and comfortably lives on your desktop without getting in your way. We’ve only been playing around with it for a day, but can confidently say that Sleeve is the ultimate example of a really polished and delightful app. Sleeve shows the album artwork, track name, artist name, and album name on the Desktop. It’s not an interactive widget, so you can’t control playback using Sleeve (not that we want to). It works natively with the Apple Music and Spotify apps and doesn’t require your account details. Customize How Sleeve Looks on your Desktop My favorite thing about Sleeve is really how customizable it is. You can change a lot of options to modify its appearance on the Desktop, such as the Album artwork size and the rounded corner size, light or dark themes, show/hide the track title, album name and artist, alignment options, and the text size. You can also choose where you want Sleeve to appear on the Desktop — either at the four corners, or dead in the center. If you have multiple displays connected to your Mac, you can also choose which display Sleeve should appear pinned to. Another aspect of Sleeve that managed to impress us was its icons. Along with a beautiful app icon, it also ships with this lovely drive icon for its DMG. Sleeve is available for $5 from the Replay website. *Hector has previously made appearances on Beautiful Pixels for Post-Rock Tuesdays and Stand app. He also makes these beautiful wallpaper collections called Aqueux, Candy, and Wavey. App Details:View Website or Download it for $5 The post Sleeve is a Gorgeous Now Playing Widget for your Desktop appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Pixelmator Pro Goes on Sale @ 50% OffPixelmator Pro Goes on Sale @ 50% Off The Pixelmator Team has just announced that Pixelmator Pro, their incredible app for macOS, is going on sale for a while and will be available at a cool 50% Off discount. Starting today, Pixelmator Pro is going on sale and is now available with a gigantic, no – gargantuan! – discount of 50%. Not only that, we’ve also got a second sneak peek for you at the upcoming Pixelmator Pro 2.1 update, showcasing the super fun new ML Crop feature. In exchange for your hard-earned money, we promise you a powerful, beautiful, and exceptionally easy to use image editor designed exclusively for Mac. And we also give you our word that we’ll surprise and delight you with a regular helping of lovingly crafted updates from this day forward. Like the upcoming Pixelmator Pro 2.1! The team also teases ML Crop, an upcoming feature in Pixelmator Pro 2.1. Check it out here. The post Pixelmator Pro Goes on Sale @ 50% Off appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
Grab a FREE .design Domain to Showcase Your DesignsEveryone is familiar with .com and .net, but did you know you get your own free .design domain? As a designer, we think it’s pretty awesome that we can get a domain name that reflects what we do, .design. And because it’s a fairly new domain, there are still plenty of short .design names available. So the good news is, you can shorten or improve your existing branding by switching to the .design domain. ie. johnsmithdesign.com >> johnsmith.design You can also get your own unique email address such as hola@yourname.design or you can even use it as a clever redirect to another site, like a Behance profile. Get your FREE .Design Domain We have teamed up with Porkbun to offer all Beautiful Pixels subscribers a FREE .design domain name. The first year is free, and yearly renewals will be just $35 instead of the $70 offered at some registrars. You also get: Free email hosting – you can add an email address (or multiple!) that matches your domain name. For example, anne@goldsmith.design or info@goldsmith.design, or any other name you want. SSL Security – An SSL certificate will encrypt your visitors’ sensitive data, and also display your site with “HTTPS” in your address bar, which will let visitors know that you’ve made their security your top priority. You’ll also avoid the “NOT SECURE” label from Google. Free WHOIS Privacy – Your contact information will be private, and protected forever. Other registrars charge you for this. Porkbun won’t. Free website builder – If you want to build your .design website with no code, you can build it for free using their site builder, powered by Weebly. And with this option, you don’t have to pay for website hosting. Free domain connection – Whether you built your website (or plan to build it) with other services like WIX, SquareSpace, or Weebly, you can easily connect your .design domain to your website platform. Your website content will stay exactly the same, but you’ll have a modern .design domain name for your website to show off! Here’s your chance to get a free website domain name that reflects what you do and helps you showcase your work. Take me to my free .design domain name! → The post Grab a FREE .design Domain to Showcase Your Designs appeared first on Beautiful Pixels.
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