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Weekly Inspiration  

by posted in Authors, Community, General
May 2

Last week at the Envato Community Meetup in K.L I met a young author who had just started designing and uploading his items. When I asked him how he was finding the experience he answered:

“I really love designing, but I don’t know if I will ever get an item accepted”.

I asked him why he thought that way and he replied that he didn’t know if he would ever be a good enough designer to achieve his dream.

It reminded me of this quote by Dinah Mulock Craik, a British writer.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

As long as you believe in yourself and work hard toward your goals, you will achieve them. It is never too late to try!

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Show Your Appreciation: Vectortuts+  

by posted in General
Apr 30

Vectortuts+ is Envato’s tutorial site for Illustrator artwork and other vector drawings. If it’s your favorite Envato site, give it a shout out in the comments!
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Community Meetup, What a Night!  

by posted in Community, General
Apr 29

It has been an exciting week for the Envato staff in Kuala Lumpur. After finally meeting many of their workmates for the first time (face to face) they were able to have a night out with some awesome authors and community members at the 2012 Meetup! Continue Reading

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Flagging Item Comments and Posts  

by posted in Authors, Community, General
Apr 28

Recently we’ve noticed an increase in incorrectly reported item comments and posts. Maybe you are all working too hard, had a few beers or are not feeling on top of your game. Whatever the reason, read this article to find out how you can flag posts that will help staff respond to you and manage reported posts more efficiently. Continue Reading

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Weekly Inspiration  

by posted in Community, General
Apr 25

How are you finding this week? Are you motivated and focused? Or are you finding it difficult to concentrate? Maybe you need to listen to some people who inspire you!

One of the most important tricks to remaining passionate about your work and ambitions is to surround yourself with people who support you. As Mark Twain says:

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.”

– Mark Twain

Surround yourself with people who inspire you and help you develop your skills, even if that’s just by watching TED! :D

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Show Your Appreciation: Nettuts+  

by posted in General
Apr 23

Nettuts+ is Envato’s tutorial site for all things Web development. If it’s your favorite Envato site, give it a shout out in the comments!

You might like to browse our previous posts related to Nettuts+.

Site Summary

With 1,477 posts and counting, Nettuts+ is the perfect place to learn about Web development. With tutorials for beginners to advanced users, you’re bound to find something right at your level.

Nettuts+ is a site aimed at web developers and designers offering tutorials and articles on technologies, skills and techniques to improve how you design and build websites. We cover HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails.

If you want to take your web development learning further, visit Tuts+ Premium – our online education platform for web developers and designers.

Be Social

If you’d like to keep up to date with the latest tutorials from Nettuts+, you’ll find it on most social networks.

There’s always a lot going on, so follow us in multiple places so you don’t miss out! So how often do you visit Nettuts+? Let us know in the comments.

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Scheduled PayPal Downtime 1 Hour: This Friday  

by posted in General, News
Apr 17

PayPal Scheduled DowntimeThis is an important announcement for Envato Marketplace and Tuts+ Premium users. Time UpdatedThis Friday, April the 20th between 3:00pm and 4:00pm AEST (Check what this is in your time zone)  – PayPal will be bringing down all of its services for scheduled downtime. During this period users of our sites will be unable to make deposits via PayPal to their account or complete purchases via PayPal. Our alternate payment provider Skrill Moneybookers will be available throughout the downtime. You will also still be able to make purchases on the Marketplaces at this time if you have enough funds already deposited in your Marketplace account.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Envato Community Podcast Episode 16- Out Now!  

by posted in Community, General, Podcasts
Apr 17

Envato Community Podcast Episode 16 is out now! Our host Drew, Community Manager Jordan and community officer Carmen are joined by Travis King. Travis hands out more than his share of laughs and a updates us with what’s hot on the forums. Jess Hooper (ex PhotoDune Reviewer) comes in to give us some insight into what the reviewers get up to. The awesome Jeffrey Way joins us for a chin wag about his latest Rockable Press release, Decoding HTML 5. Of course, in addition to the witty banter we have plenty of Marketplace news and updates including some exclusive podcast competitions so be sure to listen carefully!

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http://podcast.mp.s3.amazonaws.com/Community/Podcast2012/Envato_Community_Podcast_Episode_16.m4a


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Show Your Appreciation: Psdtuts+  

by posted in General
Apr 16

Psdtuts+ is Envato’s tutorial site for all things Photoshop. If it’s your favorite Envato site, give it a shout out in the comments!

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Weekly Inspiration  

by posted in General
Apr 16

This week we are focusing on preparation. Do you prepare for your new projects? It’s always a good idea to take some time to brainstorm and consolidate any of your ideas before starting a project.

My dad always says:

“the six P’s are the key to success”.

What are the six P’s you ask?

Perfect,
Preparation,
Prevents,
Piss,
Poor,
Performance.

Although my dad’s quote is catchy, I have to say Benjamin Franklin had a better take on it:

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

Either way you look at it, preparation is a great place to start a project!

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