Education by Sean MacEntee

I’m following with interest the results of our recent poll about how you stay current with your education. Blogs are by far the most common way you keep up-to-date with our ever-changing world.

Our Tuts+ Premium team are an amazing bunch of people who are experts in educating via blogs. I don’t know if you’ve discovered their blog yet (tutsplus.com/blog), but it’s definitely worth checking out. It’s an outlet for the team to discuss all kinds of issues – most often education.

Here’s a collection of seven of their most interesting thoughts about getting the best blog education you can.
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A number of the Tuts+ team met up in New York recently to brainstorm about the tutorial network, work and meet the community. Here they are enjoying an inspiring view of the city.

There’s a fantastic collection of photos of the event on Flickr now. Make sure you check them out.

And you can find hundreds of Envato-related photos on the We Are Envato Flickr stream.

Blacksmith by Bader Albassam

Iron sharpens iron. Metal requires heat and pounding to become malleable. And our own creative work needs the pressure of review, feedback and criticism if it is to improve. But where can you go for constructive feedback?

Tuts+ have recognized the need for peer review, and many of the sites offer a weekly workshop where readers can submit their own work for friendly, constructive criticism. Most of the feedback comes from the Tuts+ community, who really seem to appreciate the opportunity to help one another.
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