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January, 2011

Meet the Staff: Ivor Padilla  

by posted in Team
Jan 31
2011

Every week we’ll introduce you to an Envato staff member or team. This week we meet Ivor Padilla, ThemeForest reviewer and community moderator.

What is it like working for Envato, and what are some of the jobs you’ve had with us?

Working for Envato is amazing. I work from my home – it’s the most pleasant job I’ve ever had. I mean it. Although I’ve been a member since 2008, it wasn’t until November 2010 that I was hired to serve as a ThemeForest Reviewer. By the way I think I’m the newest member of the Envato team.

I’m also ThemeForest’s Community Moderator, I’ve serving voluntarily since April 2010.
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Featured Site: Snipplr  

by posted in General
Jan 31
2011

Snipplr is designed to keep all of your code snippets in one place. Since the site started in 2006, over 30,000 snippets have been added – almost half of which were added in the last year. Snipplr became an Envato site half way through 2010.


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This Week at Envato – AppStorm T-shirts Spied at Macworld  

by posted in Team
Jan 29
2011

It’s been a huge week at Envato. 2011 is well under way, and the year looks more exciting each week. It’s Saturday morning here. I’m sitting in McDonalds with a tall cappuccino using my own wireless because the free wifi here seems to get slower and slower. Once I’ve finished typing, my weekend starts!

Here are the highlights from Envato Notes this week:

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Freebie Friday: Abduzeedo’s Tuesday Total Textures  

by posted in Freebies
Jan 28
2011

One of my favorite blogs is Abduzeedo. It inspires me. If you haven’t heard of it, here is something from the site’s About page:

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. Of course there are other softwares contemplated like Pixelmator, Fireworks, and web design tutorials.

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AudioJungle’s Gareth Coker Featured on the UK Trailer for “The King’s Speech”  

by posted in Authors
Jan 28
2011

How talented are our AudioJungle composers and music producers? Incredibly talented!

AudioJungle author Gareth Coker wrote the opening cue for the trailer embedded above. Gareth’s piece is followed by some Classical music (feel free to name the composer and title in the comments), then the long cue at the end is Philip Glass. Gareth reports, “I feel humbled to have been placed alongside them…” Congratulations, Gareth!
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Ruby, the Envato API and More at LeviHackwith.com  

by posted in General
Jan 27
2011

Web developer Levi Hackwith recently began his first solid attempt at learning Ruby, and is chronicling his journey on his blog levihackwith.com. Besides being a great place to pick up detailed tips on Ruby, you might also pick up some tasty snippets about his wife, GraphicRiver manager and FreelanceSwitch editor Amanda Hackwith.
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Your Say: How Do You Feel About Google Dropping H.264?  

by posted in Your Say
Jan 27
2011
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Image by osde8info at Flickr

We want to hear from you. Each week we give you a chance to share your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Have your say!

Google have dropped support of H.264 video in their Chrome browser in preference for their own WebM format. What’s your take? Are they backing a winner, doing an Apple, manipulating the market or eating their dogfood? What should they do?

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January Podcast with PhotoDune Giveaway Released!  

by posted in Podcasts
Jan 27
2011


This months episode of the Envato Community Podcast is a special one. Joining us in this episode is the web dev guru and Nettuts+ manager, Jeffrey Way. Jeffrey is currently visiting the Melbourne office and was nice enough to drop by for our recording. We also have a chat with the one of the funniest people at Envato, Aaron Osteraas.

Don’t wait, start listening to this months podcast! Subscribe, downloads, and show notes below.

Oh, and did we mention there is a special giveaway to users who listen to this episode? Well there is, be sure to listen and see the full post for more information.

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Rockable Have a New Book: Get Going with Google AdWords  

by posted in News
Jan 26
2011

Rockable Press have just released their latest book: Get Going with Google AdWords. It’s designed with the beginner in mind, “and will help you get started with setting up simple, water-tight campaigns to promote your blog, website or business.”

Nguyen has put together an “easy to grasp” guide on what AdWords are, what using them can do to give your site that added exposure and how to get started using them right away.
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Ask Collis  

by posted in Team
Jan 26
2011

Collis is Envato’s wise and fearless leader. Every month we’ll choose a bunch of your questions, and Collis will answer them. You can add your questions to the pot by heading over to this Web form. It’s also a great place to catch his previous pearls of wisdom.

Here are this month’s questions:

Hey Collis, I’m happy to have found a place where I can ask you a question! About a month ago you mentioned something about a streaming service or something along those lines, for AudioJungle. Are you able to elaborate on that?

We don’t have any plans for a streaming service on AudioJungle, however I might have mentioned selling tracks for listening to, that’s something I believe is coming soon. Also we’re hoping to add a way to buy and sell sheet music too! But no streaming services, at least not that I know of :-)
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