Matt Heerema

Selectlogo Rips Off Hicksdesign Logo

Well, it appears that Selectlogo is a scam logo agency as well, selling copied logos as originals. The specific logo in question is the Hicksdesign logo.

Selectlogo’s theft.

Hicksdesign original.

What is wrong with you people?

LogoMaid Rips Off Dan Cederholm’s SimpleBits Logo

On the off chance that you read this blog and not John Gruber’s or Dan Cedarholm’s (which I suggest you remedy immediately), it appears that a cheap, stock logo site is ripping off Mr. Cedarholm, and then denying it, even accusing Dan of design theft.

Shame on you.

SXSW So Far

People met:

• Matt Mullenweg
• Ryan Carson (who is a true stud)
• Eric Meyer (again)
• Peter Paul Koch (who was interested in my last name)
• Nathan Smith, Cody Lindley, Ryan Hargrave, Nathan Logan, Phil Coffman

Things learned:

• I’m severely uneducated
• I need to sketch more
• Grids are good, like really good.

Some Design Inspiration From Smashing Magazine

Smashing Magazine posted 45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs. It’s always nice to have a look at what other designers are up to.

I chose my top five favorite out of this list. Ones that are well designed in their genre without being overdone, overly ripped off, or overly clichéd. Nice work, everyone

• Luis Alarcon’s blog
• Scrapbook Your Memories
• Trojan Records
• Cafe Rouge
• Internet Dreams

Weblog Tools Collection » Wordpress Plugins

This morning I was surfing through Weblog Tools Collection Wordpress Plugins Category and found some very cool plugins that I will probably implement on future projects.

• BarunSingh’s Barunio Admin, and Custom Admin Menu
• Event Calendar is now at version 3.1, somehow I missed that. It’s looking good now.
• Wordpress PDA Version Plugin. Blogsmith has done this for awhile now, cool feature.
• I also found out about a serious SEO issue with the Democracy Polls plugin.
• hResume Microformat plugin.
• Wordpress Theme Toolkit. Not sure if this is useful, but worth a look.
• WPG2 Embeds Gallery2 in Wordpress.
• WP Lifestream keeps a log of your online activity (postings on various sites). I am definitely using this.