Envato Launches New Tutorial Marketplace

Envato.com has launched a brand new tutorial marketplace at marketplace.tutsplus.com. Available for purchase are: tutorials, eBooks, screencasts and more. Head over and check it out, while you’re there make sure you download the free tutorial of the month: How to build a custom HTML5 video player.

Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources

SmashingMagazine.com just posted an awesome collection of free wireframing kits, UI kits, PDFs, and resources. Make sure you check it out. Tons of stuff for Android, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Facebook, Twitter, and much more…

Envato Birthday Bundle: Over $400 in Envato Files for $20!

If you like a good deal, then I have a doozie for you. The good people over at Envato are celebrating their 4th birthday, by offering an Envato Birthday Bundle of files from all of their stock websites. You get over $400 worth of files for only $20!. Now that is a pretty sweet deal. There’s only once catch, the offer is only good until Tuesday August 24th. Make sure you head over there now and download the bundle. Continue Reading »

Rockstar Presentations

The good people over at Rockable Press just released their latest book — Rockstar Presentations. This is a subject near and dear to my heart, as I’m terrible at public speaking. In the past, when I’ve attempted to speak in public, the results have been a very dry throat, loss of voice, shaking, and panic! Thankfully, I now have an option to help me, as do you! Rockstar Presentations will provide you with the skills to become a great presenter.
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DADA Mailing List Manager

Have you heard of the DADA Mailing List Manager before? It’s a free, self-hosted option for running your own email campaigns. In this post, I’ll explain what DADA is and how to install it on your server.
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Cardeo Mailing List

Cardeo now has a email mailing list. Sign up to qualify for exclusive content, contests, new iPhone App announcements, discounts on ebook & apps, and much more. If you have any questions, please let me know.
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Vancouver 2010 Free Events Guide iPhone App

My first iPhone app just went live on the Apple App Store today! It’s a guide to all the free events going on during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. To celebrate the launch of the app I’m running a little contest for the duration of the Olympics.
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Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy

One of my resolutions for 2010 was to try and provide 100% original content on my blog. However, I say that then I see an amazing blog post that I just have to link up. Shay Howe has put together an awesome post on writing great content for the web. This is a must read for any web designer.
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Most popular posts of 2009

In case you missed them the first time, here’s a list of the most popular posts on cardeo.ca from 2009. What kind of posts would you guys like to see more of in 2010? A few things I have planned are: an update to the Cardeo Minimal theme, a few more minimal wordpress themes, and perhaps a css framework.
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Happy Holidays

I’m heading home to Ontario tomorrow for Christmas and I wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone before I leave. As well, sorry for the lack of good posts lately. In the first part of 2010, I plan to update the Cardeo Minimal Theme, and release a couple of new themes.
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