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MacSanta is back - with big savings!

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

If you missed out on the holiday savings last year, here’s an early gift from some of your favorite Mac developers: MacSanta!
MacSanta features software from 5 different Mac developers each day, offered at a 20% discount to you.
And today only, you can receive a 20% discount off the price of ColorSchemer Studio by using the […]

Pink for October

Friday, September 21st, 2007

While people are gearing up for October with all kinds of breast cancer events and fundraisers, there’s another growing group of people spreading the word across the internet.
Pink for October is a campaign that started last year, in 2006 with a small group of web designers who wanted to design their web sites with a […]

Caution: Contents may be hot!

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Now here’s an ingenious product: Sydney-based Smart Lid Systems has developed a coffee lid that uses color to let you know when it’s safe to drink your beverage.

If your drink is too hot, the normally-brown lid will turn bright red to warn you that you’re about to burn your mouth. And if it isn’t […]

Dell gets colorful

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Perhaps taking a cue from Apple and the various colors they offer on many of their products, Dell has gone a step further and created a new tool to help you find the accessories that match your favorite color and style.
Just select your favorite color from the swatches listed on the page, and then the […]

FF0000 Car

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Found via Digg, I thought that the web geeks out there might be able to appreciate this license plate:

And for those who are a little confused, “FF0000″ is the HTML hex code for the color red…

Apple WWDC

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

If you’re a Mac developer and you’re planning to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco next week, shoot me an email - I’d love to meet up, say hello, and chat.

Rock the vote…Love the Little Guy!

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Our friends over at COLOURLovers have been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Community Website of 2007…and they need your help!
If you’re not familiar with COLOURLovers, it’s a great community of people that share, rate and discuss colors and palettes (you can even download color palettes from their site directly to Color Schemer Studio!). […]

Windows Vista Update

Monday, February 5th, 2007

With the release of Windows Vista last week, Color Schemer Studio (PC) has been updated to v1.51 to fix a couple of compatibility issues when running the program on Vista.
So if you’ve already made the switch to Windows Vista, or if you’re planning to upgrade sometime soon, you can grab the latest release of Color […]

Happy Holidays

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

With the holidays approaching, a number of great Mac software companies are joining together to give a little gift to the community.
Visit MacSanta to check out all of the participating companies (including Color Schemer), and then use the discount code “MACSANTA” to save 20% on your purchase through any of their online stores.
But act fast, […]

Firefox color scheme search plugin

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

A few weeks ago, Brad Spry wrote in to let me know he had created a Firefox search plugin that will allow you to search for Color Schemer Gallery color schemes directly from the Firefox search bar.
So if you’re using Firefox, head over to http://library.uncc.edu/programs/firefox/colorschemer.html to install the Color Schemer Gallery search plugin with a […]