I’m very pleased to release this free icon set containing 20 popular icons for social networks and design websites. Each icon is a transparent PNG file and is supplied in 256px resolution and is free to use for personal or commercial work.

Ryan Taylor is a talented freelance web designer, front-end developer and writer from Leeds. Amongst other topics we talk to Ryan about taking the plunge and becoming a freelance designer.

Another collection of gorgeous, splendid and inventive website designs from around the world. This batch includes the recently redesigned Gift Rocket website, Reverend Danger, Autoglym High Definition Wax and seven more delectable designs.

Have you ever had your computer or hard drive fail? It’s not nice and unless you’ve got all your files backed up you could be in all kinds of trouble. This article tells of my experience with a recent hard drive failure and will hopefully encourage you to double check how and when you backup your important files!

If you use Photoshop you’ll be familiar with the flexibility of brushes and the creativity they can add to your designs. They are a great time saver and there are brushes for all kinds of design styles and purposes.

Here is our second collection of five recent inspirational websites that have caught our eye in recent weeks. I hope you enjoy this collection of designs, if there are any you think we’ve missed please feel free to leave a comment at the end of the blog post.

Orman Clark is a web designer based in the UK with a passion for all things creative. He created Premium Pixels to share some of the resources and files he’s created in a quest to make the web a more attractive place.

My Smarter CMS is a new innovative online service aimed at making it as easy as possible for someone to create & manage websites. It works for web designers, graphic designers and also entrepreneurs. My Smarter Website is giving away a free account worth £240

We’ve interviewed Anna Debenham, a talented front end developer and speaker, about freelancing vs working full time and the current state of web design and development education.

I was recently approached by Heart Internet to design a collection of hosting related icons for their resellers. I absolutely love designing icons so I jumped at the chance! The 16 free icons are available in 128, 64 and 32 pixel size PNGs in addition to .ico and .icns formats.

This is the first in a monthly round-up of unique, original and superb website designs from all corners of the globe. As this is the first instalment I’ve collected 10 of my favourite websites of the year so far. I hope you enjoy these!

I’ve designed some free multi-coloured iPod Nano transparent PNG icons for you to download. They are based on the new design introduced by Apple recently and can be used for personal and commercial work.