Please check lynda.com for these great (and mostly free) mobile flash tutorials!
The mobile marketplace is exploding. Take advantage of this and get ahead with online tutorials.
Below is a video on some of the considerations and challenges of working with Flash and mobile.
I recommend watching the whole 2nd and 3rd section – Design & Development, and Getting started with Flash, covers some of the basic things you need to start up when learning how to create mobile designs using Flash. Again, these basic tutorials are all FREE so you don’t need a subscription.

Trendland covered this ad campaign which I thought was quite interesting – The perfect advertising to me does not equal Sex + Kids + Animals, but that’s the truth according to  McCann Erickson on their  “Everybody Could make ads”  concept. The message: ‘Think! before you reproduce it in real life”

What do you think? Can everybody or anybody make ads?

Are you a new media / digital media student returning in the fall?
If so, the Public Health Agency (National Microbiology Laboratory) may be looking for a student to work as part of its new media team.
This is a full-time position for the summer, with potential for part-time work during the school year.

What are the skill sets?
A specialization in multimedia or graphic design
Knowledge of web and new media
HTML/XML/CSS.

How to apply?
Enrol in the Government of Canada’s Federal Student Work Employment Program (FSWEP)
FSWEP link: http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca/fswep-pfete/index-eng.htm

Here are a few wonderful little travel ads that I found the other day. All of these are commercials for EF International Language Centers. Enjoy!

EF – Live The Language – London from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF – Live The Language – London from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF – Live The Language – Beijing from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF – Live The Language – Barcelona from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Directed by Gustav Johansson (gustavjohansson.com)
D.P: Niklas Johansson, fsf (niklasjohansson.com)
Typography: Albin Holmqvist (albinholmqvist.com)
Music: Magnus Lidehäll (twitter.com/​magnusthemagnus)
Produced at Camp David (campdavidfilm.com)

Client: EF International Language Centers
Campaign site: ef.com/​livethelanguage

Google’s finally expanding it’s search a bit more. What’s next!?
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html

For any web developer, front-end designer or interactive designer here is a job site that has a great collection of job links. Enjoy!

A great article and some really interesting design shots from smashing magazine. I really dig this retro photo. When you’re designing something new sometimes it helps to dig into the past a bit to get some of that creative juice going. Click the image below to go to smashing magazine and read the article.

This site (icons.mysitemyway.com) has many bundles – all free and all easy to look through, and download. Another thing that’s nice about this site is that *All Icons Etc. royalty free stock icons, and stock clipart are free for use in both personal and commercial projects. Most sites that offer free icons only allow for personal, not professional use. This is open to commercial projects as well.

iconspedia.com has a pack for the iphone bundle that’s quite nice here:

Free icon sets (www.iconshock.com/icon_sets)

- this site has icons you can purchase, but also has a free section which they add to each week:

www.iconarchive.com has some nice free icons & sets – but most you have to download one at a time instead of downloading the whole set in a zip or one click.

This site has a few: www.cruzine.com/tag/icons/

I like the monsters :p

Designmoo – icon sets that usually include the designer’s psd or ai file.

Design Kindle has a few nice collections as well. Here though, what you see is what you get there are no psd or ai files to download. Images only.

View them here:

deviantart.com also has some nice sets if you’re willing to look – but if you’re digging beyond this list you’re probably looking for something specific enough that you should just design it yourself

Pencil Kings is a great place to learn to draw. Using online video tutorials from professional artists, you can learn how to draw, from the basics to more advanced techniques. Some videos are free to all, others are member’s only content but well worth the low price. If you’ve been wanting to upgrade your drawing skills or even if you’re just starting out this is a site you’ll for sure want to check out. They also include articles on drawing software and tools. Check out their sale page – 50% off their subscriptions, only until this Thursday…! Better hurry….

This site has a great gallery of well designed mobile friendly websites & apps. Check out mobileawesomeness.com to view their gallery and get your research going for some great new mobile design ideas!