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Design Talent Hunt — Coroflot Connect in Dublin

Piotr — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:11 +0000

When we received an invitation to this year's Coroflot Connects, we didn't think twice. We already have two excellent designers based in Ireland — Adam Cartlidge and Chris Johnson — and scooping for more talent on the green island seemed like a perfect idea. Especially ...

The Top 5 Reasons Why Your App Isn’t Selling

Brad Hilderbrand — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:20:01 +0000

Can't seem to crack the magic code that leads to sales in the iOS and Android App stores? Can't figure out why everyone else seems to be making a mint off of apps but you're swimming in debt? Here are the top five reasons you ...

Where Does the Kindle Fire Fit In the Tablet Marketplace?

Brad Hilderbrand — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:46:38 +0000

Yesterday Amazon made waves when it announced the Kindle Fire, a 7 inch tablet which the company is offering as their alternative to the iPad. The Android-powered device sports access to 18 million songs, magazines, apps games and more, as well as free Amazon ...

Check Out Sourcebits on the Iterate Podcast

Brad Hilderbrand — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:55:18 +0000

We're here to give everyone a heads-up that Sourcebits' own David Forgash appeared on this week's edition of the Iterate podcast. You can stream the show directly from the Iterate site, download it and enjoy it later or subscribe ...

Sourcebits Secures $10 Million Investment from Sequoia and IDG

Brad Hilderbrand — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:33:45 +0000

Today, just a couple weeks removed from our 5th birthday celebration, Sourcebits is proud to announce that we have received a venture capital investment of $5 million each from Sequoia Capital and IDG. This marks Sourcebits' first ever large-scale investment from outside firms, ...

Essential theme elements you must know for a good web design

adit — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:44:24 +0000

The World Wide Web is perhaps the best way to promote and share your ideas to a wide audience. Hence, it’s quintessential to have an aesthetic and fully functional website so as to effectively communicate your ideas to visitors. However, it’s the website’s theme which creates a first impression in the mind of your visitors. ...

Night Stand: past, present, future.

Cary — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:53:01 +0000

To find our sea legs with the shiny new iPhone developer tools, we decided right then on our first internal iPhone project: a kick-ass clock with stylish graphical design and razor sharp user experience, called Night Stand.

Juicy Pixels Overflow

Piotr — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:32:08 +0000

Hey everyone! I updated my Violet Violence desktop picture to iPad format a couple days ago, and whilst digging through my stuff I found a few more pieces that I thought were worth sharing. Go on then, click this bunch of iPads hugging each other below to download. Nine wallpapers, twelve megabytes. Violet Violence itself ...

Beast Farmer… Homicidal Swamp Chickens FTW!

Cary — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:03:41 +0000

Hop Tamagotchi, Yoshi, and Ryu from Street Fighter in a food processor set to HIGH for a few minutes and you begin to get the idea behind Beast Farmer, the awesomely fun first release by new gamehouse, Industrial Brothers. In Swamp Chicken Edition, Beast Farmer’s first installment, you’ll play parent to ...

Next Gen Trends in Web UX/UI

Cary — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:46:57 +0000

Breezing into summer we’ve seen some pretty thorough roundups of the latest Web and UI design trends. Horizontal scrolling enjoys it’s day in the sun, while Web fonts and online typography have gotten huge this year. Unabashed design geeks ourselves, we’re always in the thick of what’s new, ...

Sourcebits’ Secret Sauce

Cary — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:08:24 +0000

Our own Brian Meehan returns from last week’s ThinkMobile 2010 in New York City to share his talk about Sourcebits’ recipe for App Store success. With examples from our best-selling app for iPhone and Android, Knocking Live Video, Brian outlines 10 key ingredients of what he calls ‘WOW’ apps.

m.sourcebits.com

Cary — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:43:45 +0000

Check out our streamlined new mobile page, live at http://m.sourcebits.com. 100% iPhone-optimized, and rocks the house on Android and WebOS. Dig the barely there animations and intuitive touch-friendly UI controls. Sticking to a…

Handy Resources for Those Who Like to Doodle

Piotr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:42:37 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This post is an extract of message which I posted on Sourcebits' internal Basecamp a while ago. It serves as our small library of wisdom, which each designer can access whenever they want and hopefully find answers to unknowns we stumble upon every once in ...

Adobe Air Application GeeMail v1.0 Released

staff — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:48:03 +0000

We are proud to announce the next version of Geemail application, that is now completely recoded from scratch. The new feature list includes + Brand New User Interface Design: Dare we say its better then Gmail itself? + Localization supprt for Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese + Search bug fixed + Login problem fixed for googlemail.com ...

Meet Sourcebits Design Team!

Piotr — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:48:29 +0000

Hey everyone! This is Piotr, VP of Design at Sourcebits. I'd like to take this opportunity and talk a little bit about our design team. Why would I do that? Well, to be honest — there's quite a lot to brag about! My goal when I was beginning to complete the team was to find the best ...

Desktop Picture: Violet Violence

Piotr — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:34:06 +0000

Hello everyone! To celebrate the release of new Sourcebits website, I have decided to prepare a few goodies for you. This week I present you with Violet Violence a desktop picture with organic waves motif from our Nerve Store website design. Click the preview to download: