Web Design

04 Apr

Posted at 19:25h in Web Design

Here are our top 3 tweets that took off in this week in the world of graphic and web design on Tortuga's twitter.  Thanks to all of our followers that retweeted and favorited our tweets throughout the week and making this week's list possible. Be sure to follow us @tortugacreative and Tortuga's blog for next week's three tweets.   THIRD PLACE https://twitter.com/TortugaCreative/status/450929715553906689   SECOND PLACE https://twitter.com/TortugaCreative/status/449646733140557824   FIRST PLACE https://twitter.com/TortugaCreative/status/450455278534668288   HONORABLE MENTION https://twitter.com/TortugaCreative/status/448397339183443968 * Favorited April 2nd  ...

30 Mar

Posted at 18:53h in Web Design

Everyone now and then a new TV series comes along that grabs my attention. After watching episode after episode of both the Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead series, I have been waiting for that next big series that will get me hooked -- and it has to be done in the first couple of episodes. Surprising, I have come back down in channels listings (sorry AMC) to the ABC Network's new TV hit series on Sunday nights titled Resurrection. I highly recommend this new series to everyone and hope that you catch up on either the ABC Network website or,...

17 Mar

Posted at 09:50h in Web Design

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Tortuga Creative Services, LLC. May you, your family, and all friends be blessed with the luck of the Irish! May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours! An Irish Blessing...

06 Dec

Posted at 15:30h in Web Design

Alright, its the end of the work week. Time to review some of our favorite tweets that were (somewhat) related to graphic and web design.  We hope that these tweets can be useful, insightful and entertaining as you prepare for Monday. And if your a dog-lover that clicked on this post because of the featured image with the golden retriever on the phone, hoping to find more 'dogs on devices', I apologize. Just scroll down to the bottom and click "A Funky Ode to Putting Down Your Smartphone" to see the dog in the video. Enjoy.   A Year In Review for Social Media and...

05 Dec

Posted at 18:18h in Web Design

Microsoft researchers have designed a smart bra that can detect stress.  Source BBC [caption id="attachment_1257" align="alignright" width="285"] Two sensors were embedded in the bra[/caption] The prototype contains removable sensors that monitor heart and skin activity to provide an indication of mood levels. The aim was to find out if wearable technology could help prevent stress-related over-eating. Mood data was provided to the wearer via a smartphone app in order to highlight when "emotional eating" was likely to occur. A team from Microsoft's visualisation and interaction research group embedded an electrocardiogram and electro-dermal activities sensors as well as a gyroscope and accelerometer in the bra. In their paper,...