How to survive a digg slashdot effect

Every worried that you wordpress blog , forum or just simply your webpage would not be able to handle the massive traffic of digg / slashdot effect ? Scared that your website would crumble if it received a shout out from the media ? Worried when your blog goes viral on social  sites like reddit , fark , indianpad , facebook , Mixx or twitter ?

Well this is a fear among many bloggers and webmaster . Fortunately there are simple tips and tricks one can you to survive this possible scenario . They are

How to make and host a favicon

Its strange how so many blogs don't care about having a proper favicon.

Favicons are very useful for branding and establishing trust with your users .

How to create and host a custom favicon :

Creating a custom favicon is very easy , you can do it in these few simple steps :

1) Crop your logo or any picture you want to turn to a favicon as a square .

2) Save the picture may be in Gif or Jpeg format .

3) Go to the htmlkit website and convert the picture into an ico format .

4) Download the created zip file from html kit and unzip the favicon.ico file .

5) Upload to your website . And you are done

What is Web 2.0 and Web 3.0


I am sure all of us have heard of the Term Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0 . But what do we really no about it ? Is it all just about glossy buttons with the word alpha , beta , 2.0 captioned upon them ? Is it just about creating new forms of design , navigation and dynamism ?

There are 100's of questions that would arise just from this term . But I stumbled upon this great video which explained the term so well . Check it out below:

Best Site For Creative Logo Design Inspiration


The effort that goes into designing a logo is totally underrated . Thanks to Photoshop , every one considers himself to be a capable designer ( including me ) . The fact is most logo designers use Adobe Illustrator and minimal amounts of Photoshop . They spend hours creating blueprints , following various branding principles and creating images to fit certain criteria , instead of making some flashy and glossy mess like what most of the $10 freelancers out there produce these days. There are some great websites you can go to , for your dash of inspiration . But in my opinion one site overshadows the rest . READ MORE >>>

The best site for design inspiration is hands down  Logo Of The Day . It features some of the most creative and practical logo designs on the internet . This site is run by Jacob Cass , the owner of the popular blog Just Creative Designs who is a renowned logo / graphic designer . So if you ever find yourself in the need to create a logo and in no mood to hire a freelancer , check out logo of the day for your dose of inspiration , motivation and for stealing others ideas err... " borrowing creativity " I mean . Here is a list of my favorite logos from that site :