I happened to see a tweet by @SClights today about wanting the Greenville Drive game schedule in his Google Calendar. So I decided to share the schedule with everyone who is interested. Below is a link to an iCal file that you can, of course, import into iCal on your Mac, but you can also easily import it into Google Calendar! Enjoy and share with your friends!

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I am assuming that most of you are familiar with Photoshop actions (If you aren’t familiar with Photoshop actions be sure to read up on them in Photoshop Help). I have used actions a number of times to perform basic actions that I do repeatedly on photos.  Anyways, Smashing Magazine has put together an amazing collection of creative actions that designers have shared on the web. These actions add very artistic effects to your photos at the click of the button. I went down through the list and grabbed the ones I liked most..then I took a random photo and ran each action on it and printed an 11×17 with examples of each action labeled to put on my wall so I could see what each action does at a glance. So go grab your favorite actions and add them to your toolbox of creative resources! Below is a link to the PDF of my favorites:

Download PDF of my favorite actions. (8MB)

Oh yeah, as a bonus I will share another action that “will improve your photos instantly”…I personally think this action over-sharpens, but the good news is that the effects are done in layers so you can adjust layer opacity to tone down the sharpness…enjoy!

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At one point or another we all have needed to burn a large number of photos or projects to disc and had the size of the files exceed the amount of space on a CD. I had found no free solution to the problem of splitting folders over discs until I found Folder Splitter, a very useful free program that simply splits large folders into multiple folders based on the maximum size that you designate. With terabytes of storage going for very low prices, a program like this might not be all that necessary in the near future, but I have had a couple situations where I needed it so I thought I’d let you know about it too. By the way, this is an OS X program…Macs only…sorry PC users! Get it here.

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Not much can spice up a design more easily and quickly than a nice collection of Photoshop brushes. And thanks to the generosity of many graphic designers, you can build a very nice collection without much effort. Below I am going to give you several links to some brushes and collections of brushes that I have come across recently that will be the perfect start to a collection or a great addition to an already growing collection. So go grab them brushes! Oh, just a note about using these brushes…please check the commercial licenses on all brushes before you download and use them for professional work. Enjoy!

• 1,000+ Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets
• 50 Designer Brush Sets
• 20 High Resolution Lens Flare Brushes

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I like to think that my blog has evolved into a very useful resource guide that is searchable and organized by categories, but if you would like PDF book packed full of resources that will save you time and money, be sure to grab The Ultimate Small Business Owner’s Resource Guide …the print version of this book sells for $35 but it can be yours today as a free download…be sure to grab this and flip through it to find some excellent websites that you will love. Enjoy perusing!

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More and more collaboration tools are being made available on the web all the time. I really like the concept of these tools and how they make it easier to work on a project without all participants being gathered in one place. I personally don’t have any use for these tools because my company uses a file server, email, and instant messaging for everything and there really isn’t a need for more collaboration than that. There are also two big hindrances to using web-based collaboration tools…1) Many people in the workplace are not extremely open to change or learning something new and 2) Many people have a hesitation to rely heavily on web apps since they come and go (especially in a bad economy).  That said, I still decided to write this post because of a web app that I am very impressed with called Wiggio. It is a tool that would make keeping in touch with all members in a group super easy…it provides a shared calendar, a poll feature, mass texting or voice messages, shared file storage and conference calls. So if you have a group of people that you think need a better collaboration solution for managing, this is it! Check it out!

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I have been playing with different sites for quite a while trying to figure out the best way to store files online and to get files to friends and clients. Dropbox is one of my current favorites because it has a desktop client that meshes well with my workflow and also has an excellent web interface. Another one that is currently (as of Dec 31, 2008) undergoing some construction and has uploading disabled is Oosah…they provide 1TB yes, TB, not GB of free storage space but the catch is that you can only upload media files (photos, music or videos). divshare is another long-standing favorite of mine, but it seems to have gotten sluggish presumably because so many people use it. Anyways, that all said, there are many solutions for sharing files online and most likely one solution won’t meet all your needs…so I am providing links below to a few lists and a couple other sites that I didn’t mention above.

Smashing Apps - The 5 Best Free File Hosting Services To Store Your Files!

Smashing Downloads - 28 Free File Storage Hosting Websites

Orbitfiles - 6GB of free online storage, free file backup, free file sharing

fileai.com - Securely Share Files

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