BackBlaze Review - After Over a Year of Service

Posted on January 19th, 2011 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Website Tips, Design, Deals, General Business.

A question came up on the CafePress forums about back up strategies. I answered it similarly to others, you can have external drives, DVD / CD s, Online services, and heck, even thumb drives.

It made me think about all the different things I’ve tried (heck I’ve even used Zip Drives). Of all these things the thing I currently love the most is BackBlaze.

Why? Is it for bells and whistles and easy access to data?

It’s basically for its simplicity.

It can run in the back ground all the time, you can schedule it, or you can just turn on when you want it to. It backs up files and keeps them in the same organization structure as how you have it on your computer.

You don’t have to plug anything in or install any physical hard drive.

It’s got unlimited space for a very reasonable yearly fee.

And lastly… it’s the only back up that I have been able to stick with for over a year.

Sure, I swore I’d burn CDs regularly, but did I? No. I did back up what I wanted, but not regularly. I could’ve lost months of work at a time.
Sure, I swore I’d swap out data to my external drives and even keep one in my bank safe deposit box… but did that ever happen? Nope.

If you’d like to try BackBlaze, here’s my referral link. You will get a trial period so you can check out the service for yourself.
PS One thing I have also been using while using BackBlaze is an accessible from the net and other devices (my cell phone) service (SugarSync, it works great but I didn’t pony up for the paid service, I found BackBlaze’s pricing better for my needs). Also, I do back up some files with Gmail (email it so myself) or Google Documents.

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Photoshop “Real Steel” Tutorial

Posted on April 20th, 2007 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Design.

So I was making a graphic that I wanted to feature a steel fridge in, and came across this tutorial. It’s a great step by step tutorial so I thought I’d share it.


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The Structure of Man - Video Tutorial on Drawing

Posted on December 20th, 2006 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Design.

This blog contains a series of videos on drawing the human body from your mind (versus from models).

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Beta Version of the Tips and Tricks Shop - A Graphic Designer’s and Entrepreneur’s Library

Posted on November 18th, 2006 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Marketing, Showcased Posts, Design.

From Tips and Tric…

I’ve set up a shop with my recommended books and software for a graphic designer’s library and for a t-shirt entrepreneur’s library. I’ve included some gadgets as well based on things I personally own and added my own personal notes to each item.

You might want to leave a link to the shop lying around in case someone needs help doing Christmas shopping for you!

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Animated Snow Tutorial

Posted on November 17th, 2006 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Design.

This is for Photoshop and Image Ready but can be applied to other programs as well.

You can use a variation of this to make “sparkle graphics” but for goodness sake, don’t go crazy with that sort of thing.
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Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Keyboard Shortcut Tips

Posted on October 29th, 2006 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Design.

From Tips and Tric…

When creating in Illustrator and Photoshop I often like to look at my designs from different viewpoints.
Here are a few keyboard shortcuts I frequently use.

  • “Ctrl +” and “Ctrl -” (Mac’s use the Command key)
    • “+” Zoom you in and “-” Zooms you out.
      • Zooming out lets you see design elements in relation to each other. Zooming in lets you catch any stray pixels that you might miss.
  • “Ctrl 0″
    • This centers you on your document at the largest size it can fit in your computer window.
  • “Shift Tab”
    • This clears all palettes except the Toolbox so I can get a good enough view of my work without the Text, History, Swatches, etc. panels in my way but at the same time I still have access to the Toolbox

This is by no means an exhaustive list but I was just working on some new designs, used Shift Tab and decided to write a post about it.

If there’s interest, I’ll add more posts like these. Meanwhile, feel free to share your own most used keyboard shortcuts by commenting below!

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Graphics Tutorial: Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstein

Posted on October 25th, 2006 by thetshirtnexus.
Categories: Design.

Pop Art Tutorial

Here’s a great Photoshop tutorial for creating Lichtenstein style pop art (in case you need a memory jog, Lichtenstein pop art pieces often featured emotional damsels in distress who cry out in comic book bubbles).

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