Back when I started out as a designer I used work on a Windows machine and somehow always felt like I wasn’t a “real” designer because they all seemed to be on Macs. Eventually I made the switch, only to discover that it really is pretty much exactly the same – certainly a Mac does not a designer make! Nonetheless since jumping ship I’ve really started to enjoy the Mac aesthetic, culture and apps. So it’s with great pleasure that I announce Envato‘s newest member of the family – AppStorm – the Mac Apps Blog!
AppStorm runs daily reviews, roundups and how-tos for getting more out of your favourite Mac apps. It’s being edited by the rather aptly named David Appleyard who you may also know as the man behind the awesome Design Shack, as well as contributing editor at TheAppleBlog. David has plenty of great stuff planned already for the new site including a couple of giveaways for next week.
And because he’s just so damn awesome, N.C. Winters is gracing us with another great weekly strip to add to his growing repertoire (Freelance Freedom & Creative License). This one is called MacTastik, and the first strip is up on the site today!
And if you’re into web / WordPress design, be sure to check out the awesome threaded comments we added, thanks to Derek’s super hard work implementing my rather difficult design :-)
So if you’re into Mac apps, head over, subscribe, follow the AppStorm Twitter Feed, download a wallpaper and enjoy the first of many new 2009 sites from Envato!
Also a quick update on our upcoming GraphicRiver site. We’ve got the site up in what I call private, private beta – i.e. a few site managers and I are testing it out for bugs. Then next week we’ll be emailing our beta invite list to come over and start uploading graphic awesomeness. And after the success of Web Design Week late last year, I think GraphicRiver merits another intensive here at Psdtuts+, so look out for Graphic Photoshop Week or something along those lines :-)
Quick GraphicRiver Update
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I’ll be subscribing later! :)
Oh and on the subject of Mac / Safari – What was the opinion to up the font size for the TUTS sites on safari.
It looks like Verdana 10px in Safari but 11px in FireFox. 11 is a lot easier to read.
Beautiful design for the blog, love the colors you used….great idea for us Mac users :o)
Nice Blog Collis…. Thanks for providing such a nice series of quality blogs.
Cool, another fine addition to the Envato Network :D
Now I wish I were on a Mac. ><;
You are taking over the internet!
Cool new site Collis!
Sorry for the remarks but:
I used TO work …
… certainly a Mac does not MAKE a designer!
Collis, you are my hero!! :d
Oh yeah! Subscribed!
What a great idea. The larger portion of web designers are Mac users.
Looks truly promising, I wish you all the best with it and I hope it becomes as popular, if not more popular, than this one! :-)
No offense, but I really dislike the logo. Other than that, it looks great, and I’m sure it will be another successful Envato site.
Whoo! Im very excited about this one :) Keep up the amazing-ness!
Hope have a Mac book in near future!
This looks promising!
Yours Sincerly
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The threaded comments are very, very impressive! Lovely design also. I’m on the brink of going Mac so I guess subscribing is in order;)
I hope you guys take a look at Mojo from Deusty Designs, it’s an AWESOME app for mac and windows.
Does Envato design for people who can’t see well? The images and headings are massive.
Interesting site tho, I guess. I’ll keep an eye on it to see what separates it from the 5 million other sites that cover Mac apps.
I think the lines between the mac and pc world are getting thinner and thinner every day. I use Mac at school and a custom built PC at home. I can get much more bang for my buck if I build a PC using quality parts from newegg or something like that.
Very sad to say I’ve noticed on CS4 esp. that mac’s are out right dieing on this software.
$1200.00 mac = DoA with CS4
my $900.00 pc = no issues.
I will say that mac doesn’t come with a crap ton of extra software added when you buy it from the store. This is the biggest difference, for that I give mac’s two thumbs up. I just can’t bring my self to lay down that much money when I can build my self something that works just as well for 1/2 the price.
App Storm’s lightning bolt is my favorite of the envato site logos.
Good website for us MAC users.
The site looks good. I’m sure it’ll be a huge success. Congrats Envato team!
I dig the logo. Perhaps a tut on how you designed it?
macintosh is too overpriced for what you get. i guess you gotta make up for the fact you payed for over 3 times what you could get from a pc with something… horray for your widgets?
So this like a download.com for Macs???
Cool, was waiting for this :-)
This is awesome, I am also looking forward for Graphic River.
Collis the Imperialist
Thanks for the update, also you might want to fix your 404 page error because I was able to access it and see how the site is…on top of that the blank blog you guys had set up.
It’s a shame ist’s meant just for MAC users.
because they totally didn’t rip that logo off of Metroid.
MAC Sucks
cool. your projects are awsome!
you didn’t consider the WINDOWS??? :(
Start a blog according to windows also, :)
what i going to study the mac now? :(
Moar tuts!
Looks awesome. As a dedicated Mac user I’ll surely be checking it out every now and then. :)
I use my Mac for everything in Web Devlopment… And this site will be a great source for improve our knowloedges. Go go go Envato Team! Congrats!
cool! another envato’s innovation.
Great! Thanks for the information! :)
Beautiful! Cant wait to get that on rails!
Can wait to use your new blog!
Another great envato site!
Nice pice of work
cool. your projects are awesome.
Apps Storm is awesome.