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		<title>10 Fresh Digital Artists &amp; Designers to Follow on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Mc Dade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re anything like me, you may be getting tired of seeing the same people on those “designers to follow” lists we often see crop up here on design blogs. I scouted around the underworld ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/thumb.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4953" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="thumb" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/thumb.jpg" alt="thumb" width="200" height="225" /></a>If you’re anything like me, you may be getting tired of seeing the same people on those “designers to follow” lists we often see crop up here on design blogs. I scouted around the underworld of Twitter to see if I could dig up any incredibly awesome, yet under-followed creatives. And in the spirit of anti-establishment counter-culture I hereby announce the 10 of the most underexposed and fresh creatives on Twitter. Ok, so there are probably tons of you out there, and that’s the point of this article. Whether your field is web, design, digital painting, branding, logo design or any creative field – we want to hear from you.  So if you know of any designers that need some love, or if you are that designer (I’m down with shameless self-promotion) – leave your Twitter name below so we can all share in your stealthy awesomeness.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DavidCousens.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4914" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="DavidCousens" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DavidCousens.jpg" alt="DavidCousens" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/DavidCousens/">@DavidCousens</a> &#8211; <em>Bio One half of Cool Surface illustration. We draw stuff for money!</em><br />
As an illustrator and occasional tutorial author for Advanced Photoshop magazine &amp; Digital Arts magazine, David makes the list by virtue of his propensity to share his knowledge with anyone willing to learn. You can view his blog and tuts <a href="http://coolsurface.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DavidCousins.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4937" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="DavidCousins" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DavidCousins.jpg" alt="DavidCousins" width="525" height="743" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/robertoblake.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4903" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="robertoblake" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/robertoblake.jpg" alt="robertoblake" width="48" height="48" /></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/robertoblake/">@robertoblake</a> &#8211; <em>Ever since I was young I always knew I wanted to become a visual artist. Learning about Photoshop put me on the path to achieving that dream.</em><br />
Roberto is the unfailing voice of encouragement in multiple graphics communities for up-and-coming designers. You may know him from the Advanced Photoshop website, Photoshop Creative website and DeviantART. He also has a blog where he regularly showcases new talent. You can check it out <a href="http://robertoblake.com/blog/">here</a>.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Robert_SoVeryBroken.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4938" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="Robert_SoVeryBroken" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Robert_SoVeryBroken.jpg" alt="Robert_SoVeryBroken" width="525" height="394" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PANDA_DESIGN.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4908" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="PANDA_DESIGN" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PANDA_DESIGN.jpg" alt="PANDA_DESIGN" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/PANDA_DESIGN/">@PANDA_DESIGN</a> &#8211; <em>The design is inside of @pandaziri. Here tweet &amp; RT about design, webdesign and technology for designers.</em><br />
RT’s are awesome but fresh meat is what we need, and PANDA_DESIGN delivers. The image below was designed in collaboration with <a href="http://twitter.com/cifero">@cifero</a>.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/panda_design.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4949" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="panda_design" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/panda_design.jpg" alt="panda_design" width="525" height="331" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/designthatrocks.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4910" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="designthatrocks" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/designthatrocks.jpg" alt="designthatrocks" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/designthatrocks/">@designthatrocks</a> &#8211; <em>Creative Director for Design That Rocks, offering design for web &amp; print, project management, consulting &amp; branded line of limited edition DTR products.</em><br />
Craig Bower tweets about some of the most interesting design related articles around. If you’re interesting in web, print and even iPhone topics, this is the guy to follow.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/designthatrocks1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4945" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="designthatrocks" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/designthatrocks1.jpg" alt="designthatrocks" width="525" height="209" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/An1ken.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4912" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="An1ken" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/An1ken.jpg" alt="An1ken" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/an1ken/">@An1ken</a> -<em> Bio Freelance Digital Artist and Active Blogger</em><br />
Creator of CreativeOverlow.net Jacques van Heerden is the voice behind An1ken. Not only is An1ken the bringer of premier daily design fodder as well as a perpetual flow of design-related tweets, he also has a smoking hot portfolio (<a href="http://portfolio2.an1ken.net/">check it here</a>).<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/An1Ken_Krumpit.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4931" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="An1Ken_Krumpit" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/An1Ken_Krumpit.jpg" alt="An1Ken_Krumpit" width="525" height="350" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eyedesignstudio.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4967" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="eyedesignstudio" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eyedesignstudio.jpg" alt="eyedesignstudio" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/eyedesignstudio/">@eyedesignstudio</a> &#8211; <em>Proprietor Eye Design Studio. Artisan handcrafted web &amp; print design for lifestyle brands. I love design + vintage finds + PDX + foodie fun + social media </em><br />
Along with her consistent stream of interesting design-related tweets, Eye Design Studio is a member of the sisterhood known as Branding Salon. They are a group of enterprising women from around the world, banding together to make their mark in the online branding industry. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Because we’re worth it.</span> Because the web needs more chicks.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Eye-Design-Studio.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4966" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="Eye-Design-Studio" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Eye-Design-Studio.jpg" alt="Eye-Design-Studio" width="525" height="393" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brand_nu.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4918" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="brand_nu" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brand_nu.jpg" alt="brand_nu" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/brand_nu/">@brand-nu</a> &#8211; <em>Creative thinking expressed in colour and shapes. Or something like that.</em><br />
Radim Malinic is a rock star in the design community, worthy of every panty-throwers attention. As one of the most established graphic artists around today, he has published two design books and clocked up an impressive portfolio of clients. Check out his website <a href="http://www.brandnu.co.uk/home.php">here</a> for some of the most awesome graphics on the net.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brandnuPlaygroundProject.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4964" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="the dancer" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brandnuPlaygroundProject.jpg" alt="the dancer" width="525" height="435" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Fantasiox.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4920" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="Fantasiox" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Fantasiox.jpg" alt="Fantasiox" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Fantasiox">@Fantasiox</a> &#8211; <em>Fantasio is a digital artist, collaborator, illustrator, steampunk aestetic, storyteller for the eye, loves coffee, pin-ups and art that speaks for itself.</em><br />
There are some truly awesome artists mulling around the underworld of Twitter – Fantasiox is one of them. His Twitter background will give you a good idea of his style – to see more of his incredible work visit his website <a href="http://fantasio.info">here</a>. This piece is a rendition of Stanley Lau´s  &#8220;Pepper&#8221; character in a retro-cyber-style that was also included in his book &#8220;<a href="http://pepperproject.deviantart.com/">pepper-project</a>&#8220;, which was released this year.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Fantasio.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4957" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="Fantasio" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Fantasio.jpg" alt="Fantasio" width="525" height="736" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/henning_art.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4922" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="henning_art" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/henning_art.jpg" alt="henning_art" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/henning_art">@henning_art</a> &#8211; <em>Norwegian digital artist, working as Art Director in the computer game industry in Athens, Greece.</em><br />
Follow Henning as he tweets about his latest artworks. Best of all he has a pretty nifty collection of digital painting tutorials on his website. To best appreciate his work, check out his amazing portfolio <a href="http://www.henningludvigsen.com/">here</a>.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/henning.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4951" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="henning" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/henning.jpg" alt="henning" width="525" height="684" /></a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/FeryKloucek.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4924" style="margin-right: 20px; magrin-bottom: 10px;" title="FeryKloucek" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/FeryKloucek.jpg" alt="FeryKloucek" width="48" height="48" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/FeryKloucek/">@FeryKloucek</a> &#8211; <em>I&#8217;m a PRO cyclist at first, but I&#8217;m also a graphic designer &amp; photograph! 100% addicted to graphic design and all the things around!</em><br />
Purveyor of premium A-grade RT’s, FeryKloucek filters out the noise and gives us only the crème de la crème of  design links buzzing around twitter.<a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ferykloucek.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4947" style="margin-top: 20px;" title="ferykloucek" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ferykloucek.jpg" alt="ferykloucek" width="525" height="328" /></a></p></blockquote>
<h2>Honorable mentions:</h2>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/vpstudios">@vpstudios</a> &#8211; I am a Graphic Designer from the cowboy state. I do both in-house work and client work.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/FriendsofDesign">@FriendsofDesign</a> &#8211; Training by professionals for professionals&#8230; for all you budding DTP or Web Designers.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/giographix">@giographix</a> &#8211; Bio Small Graphic and Web Design Studio interested in SEO, CSS, PHP jQuery, Flash, AIR, Motion Graphics, Illustration and of course- Social Media<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/graphixdesign">@graphixdesign</a> &#8211; A treat for Graphic Designers<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/RIVETstudios">@RIVETstudios</a> &#8211; We are RIVET studios design // art direction<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/designussion">@designussion</a> &#8211; Designussion, a blog focusing on inspiration and showcases<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/phototownship">@phototownship</a> &#8211; Photo Idea, Photo Art, Photography, PhotoShop, Lets have fun with photos&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/devongovett">@devongovett</a> &#8211; Web developer/designer and standards advocate<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/Doubleolee">@Doubleolee</a> &#8211; Graphic &amp; web designer who loves his PS3 and football a little too much and doesn&#8217;t want to grow up just yet. half geek/half sports legend<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/Andy92">@Andy92</a> &#8211; A web entrepreneur / freelancer who is setting up a few web startups, and working for a web design magazine.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/indigomay">@indigomay</a> &#8211; Curious, dreamy, love to create things..often want something blue but red.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/JThompsondesign">@JThompsondesign</a> &#8211; Working hard on http://blogpost.dj23.net/. Student designer in Product and Graphic Design.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/dsaportfolio">@dsaportfolio</a> &#8211; Eu sou um webdesigner legal e feliz. I&#8217;m a cool and happy webdesigner.<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/dave_woods">@dave_woods</a> &#8211; Web Designer from East Midland UK, specialising in user interface design, HTML, CSS and SEO</p>
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		<title>10 Useful and Free Mac Apps for Any Designer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Mc Dade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two things make my life easier as a designer. Firstly, the smoother my Mac runs, the faster I can work. There’s nothing worse than trying to push work out as fast a possible and then ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4673" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="Mac Designer Apps" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Mac-Designer-Apps.jpg" alt="Mac Designer Apps" width="200" height="225" />Two things make my life easier as a designer. Firstly, the smoother my Mac runs, the faster I can work. There’s nothing worse than trying to push work out as fast a possible and then upon the simplest of actions, opening Finder for instance, your little color wheel cursor appears…spinning and spinning… for no apparent reason other than to test your patience. It’s called a cursor for a reason – I have a special name for mine. The second thing that helps me is having the right combinations of tools that enable me to work as efficiently as possible. Below is a list of useful (and free) apps that I use consistently to help me as designer and web developer to work more efficiently and get my Mac running fast and smooth.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/AppCleaner_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4635" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="AppCleaner_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/AppCleaner_sml.jpg" alt="AppCleaner_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>1. <a href="http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/" target="_blank">App Cleaner</a></strong></h2>
<p>AppCleaner is a small application that allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your system using space of your hard drive. When you uninstall these apps, many of these bits and pieces are left on your hard drive, needlessly taking up space.  AppCleaner finds all these small files and safely deletes them. Simply drag and drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It automatically finds all the related files specific to that app and adds them to the AppCleaner window for you to review. You then have the option of deleting all the files, or keeping the ones you think you may need at a later stage, should you reinstall the app. You then simply click the delete button. No more orphan files on your disk!</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/monolingual_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4641" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="monolingual_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/monolingual_sml.jpg" alt="monolingual_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>2. <a href="http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Monolingual</a></strong></h2>
<p>Monolingual is a program for removing unnecessary language files from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. As designers, we usually have huge files which can very quickly eat away at your hard drive space so getting rid of any superfluous files is sometimes very necessary. Having a fair amount of freed-up space on your hard drive for Photoshop to use as a scratch disk will help you work on your files will less drag, especially if your RAM is limited. If you’re running out of hard drive space, this is the app for you.</p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quicksilver_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4643" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="quicksilver_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quicksilver_sml.jpg" alt="quicksilver_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>3. <a href="http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac" target="_blank">Quicksliver</a></strong></h2>
<p>Quicksilver is an application that lets you reach any program, folder or file in a few keystrokes and is aimed at increasing user efficiency. It allows you to use the keyboard to promptly do things like launch applications, manipulate files and data, run scripts, or send email. You don&#8217;t have to go searching through your files to find something and you don&#8217;t have to worry about how your folders are arranged. You can customize its search options to include your address book, iTunes, and recent email addresses. Set this application to load at start up then customize a quick launch key so it can be at your fingers when you need it. This is the fastest way to find files and open applications.</p>
<p><strong>Alternate: <a href="http://amarsagoo.info/namely/">Namely </a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/growl_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4639" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="growl_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/growl_sml.jpg" alt="growl_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>4.  <a href="http://growl.info/" target="_blank">Growl </a></strong></h2>
<p>Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X. It allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications so you know what’s happening on your computer at all times. Growl installs itself as a preference pane and is added to the Mac OS X System Preferences. Users are able to fully control notifications by going to this pane. Here the interface will allow you to enable and disable Growl&#8217;s notifications for certain applications in their entirety, or select specific notifications for each application. The display options of the notifications can also be fully customized from small non-intrusive floating icons in the corner of your screen, to larger ones with sound.</p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Teleport_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4644" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="Teleport_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Teleport_sml.jpg" alt="Teleport_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>5.  <a href="http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/" target="_blank">Teleport</a></strong></h2>
<p>Teleport lets you use a single mouse and keyboard to control several Macs. It allows you to synchronize your pasteboard between computers (and limit the size of the pasteboard if you wish), so you can cut from one computer and paste in another. It also allows you to transfer files by simply dragging them from one Mac to another (although this tends to work better with smaller files).</p>
<p>Teleport will need to be installed on all Macs you wish to link up. After installing you can find the program in the System Preferences pane. You will need open up two ports on your firewall they will be saved as “trusted hosts” under the security settings.</p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/onyx_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4642" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="onyx_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/onyx_sml.jpg" alt="onyx_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>6. <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582" target="_blank">OnyX </a></strong></h2>
<p>OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its system files; to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance; to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple&#8217;s own applications; to delete caches; to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and much more&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Alternates: <a href="http://deeper.en.softonic.com/mac" target="_blank">Deeper </a></strong>and<strong> <a href="http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html" target="_blank">TinkerTool</a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/magical_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4640" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="magical_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/magical_sml.jpg" alt="magical_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>7. <a href="http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/magical" target="_blank">MagiCal</a></strong></h2>
<p>MagiCal is a menu-based clock and calendar. It features a huge range of configuration options for how the time and date are displayed, and can operate either in conjunction with, or as a replacement for the built in system menu clock. In addition to this, MagiCal features a handy drop-down calendar that can be torn off and placed anywhere on screen.</p>
<p><strong>Alternate: </strong><strong><a href="http://www.objectpark.net/mcc.html" target="_blank">MenuCalendarClock</a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/filezilla_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4638" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="filezilla_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/filezilla_sml.jpg" alt="filezilla_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>8. <a href="http://filezilla-project.org/" target="_blank">FileZilla</a></strong></h2>
<p>FileZilla is an open-source, cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. It is available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Features include a message log, site manager, local and remote file and folder view, and a transfer queue. FileZilla also allows you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously.</p>
<p><strong>Alternate: <a href="http://cyberduck.ch/" target="_blank">Cyberduck</a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/aptama_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4636" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="aptama_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/aptama_sml.jpg" alt="aptama_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>9. <a href="http://www.aptana.com/" target="_blank">Aptana Studio </a></strong></h2>
<p>Aptana Studio is a top IDE for web developers. It offers integrated language support for HTML, DOM, JavaScript and CSS. Customize your Studio with additional plugins for PHP, Jaxer, Ruby on Rails, Python, Adobe AIR, Apple iPhone and Nokia S60 development. For Java support, plug Aptana Studio into Eclipse. Also available for Windows and Linux.</p>
<p><strong>Alternate: <a href="http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/" target="_blank">TextWrangler</a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/diskx_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4637" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="diskx_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/diskx_sml.jpg" alt="diskx_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>10:</strong> <a href="http://www.derlien.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Disk Inventory X </strong></a></h2>
<p>Disk Inventory X is a hard drive analyzer for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called “treemaps”. If you&#8217;ve ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will tell you which folders and apps are eating away at your hard drive space. New features include a finder context menu plugin with an &#8220;Open in Disk Inventory X&#8221; command for folders (this needs to be installed manually in the preference window) and a new selection list which can show all files or limit them to a list of a specific file type.</p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong><a href="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/adium_sml.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4634" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="adium_sml" src="http://www.minervity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/adium_sml.jpg" alt="adium_sml" width="175" height="175" /></a>Bonus App. <a href="http://adium.im/" target="_blank">Adium </a></strong></h2>
<p>Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. It can be used to connect to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services, including, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, AOL, GTalk, ICQ, Facebook, LiveJournal, Bonjour, MySpaceIM, Skype, Twitter and more. The latest version includes support for file transfers, and for the Growl notification system. Adium is highly customizable and allows users to alter the appearance of dock icons, contact list styles, message windows, and emoticons.</p></blockquote>
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