Intermediate

Facebook introduced a new button that allows you to forward a specific page to your Facebook friends. Here is how Facebook explains it:

We all know and use the different Lorem Ipsum solutions to place dummy copy in layouts. But how about images? What if you need images of a certain size in a certain theme? Here is a simple solution for your needs: Lorem Pixum allows you to generate these placeholder images dynamically. Check out the images below and reload the page. The same code will generate different images every time:

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Another Google service launched this week: Google +1. In short it allows you to "+1" search results or web pages and these recommendations will show up for your friends when they perform searches. Read more on Google's blog.

Here are a couple of online tools to create cool background patterns:

1. tartanmaker
2. stripemania
3. colourlovers
4. pixelknete

The new Chrome 10 Beta for OSX is even faster than before. According to various tests speed improvements can be between 30-60% thanks to an updated javascript engine.

Check out Solo, the new project management web app created for freelance designers. It's free for 10 days and then it costs 5 pounds per month.

The app's main advantage: it is beautiful. This is a welcome change from most of the solutions out there that look like accounting software. Solo promises to be fun to work with.

Google has been busy digitizing hundreds of thousands of books and magazines for last few years. Some of them are fully available online, others are only available partially. Although nothing beats the good old book smell, using Google Books you can find a lot of design, advertising, typography and branding related books and magazines with a single search and get inspiration and knowledge without going to a physical library.

Wirify is a bookmarklet that lets you turn any web page into a wireframe in one click. It’s lightweight and works in many modern browsers. To use Wirify drag the link with the green arrow on Wirify's page to your Bookmarks toolbar.