The teaser poster for season 4 of the AMC Originals series ‘MadMen’ was released last week. The poster is at once familiar, simple and says a tremendous amount about what’s to come:

Don Draper is starting over and has all the tools he needs; his suit, his phone, and his cigarettes. In addition, he has established his footing and is looking towards the future.

For those who haven’t seen season 1-3, we aren’t going to spoil anything. What we do highly recommend is placing the first three seasons on your Netflix, by picking them up at Amazon.com or by getting a ’season pass’ on iTunes. Because of the time period and superlative writing, this series will be worth watching again and again. We here at Bauer Graphics can’t recommend it highly enough.

The executive producer of MadMen, Matthew Weiner, recently told Entertainment Weekly that the new season is “…about stripping away the things these people think define them. Once they’re taken away, they just may have to look at who they really are.”

The new season begins Sunday, July 25 on AMC.

Smashing Aps does it again! By ‘does it again’ we mean that they have compiled an incredible list of resources to help designers. Click the link below to access their collection of 75+ Truly Useful Tutorials & Colorful Resources For Designers.

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For a stunning graphical user interface designers always need sharp and crisp icons. But sometimes there is not much time for designers to create them from scratch. So, what are your options? Well, Shred Design has put together a list of six (6) search engines which can be really helpful for you in your icon hunt.

1. IconFinder

Iconfinder provides high quality icons for webdesigners and developers in an easy and efficient way.

2. IconLet

Iconlet is simple search engine for free icons, images.

3. IconLook

ICONlook.com is a place where to find your icons.

4. VeryIcon

The VeryIcom.com is a icon search engine, it contents over 20000 high quaility web icons in more than 1000 icon packs.

5. IconSeeker

The IconSeeker.com is the best icon search engine on web, it contents about 50,000+ high quaility icons and each icon has PNG, ICO and ICNS formats for Windows, Macintosh and Linux Systems.

6. Icons-Search

The Icons-Search is an Icon Search Engine that helps you to find quality icons available on the Internet.

This original article from Maximum PC covered 30 apps that were essential. We currently use 10 of their suggestions so we thought about cutting down their list from 30 suggestions over six pages* into a condensed 16 item list:

ScreenToaster
Allows you to capture a video of what you are doing on your computer. Use it to make tutorials, make instructional videos, or just to build presentations and video podcasts.

OpenTable

We like to take our clients out for all of the wonderful work they provide us. We use OpenTable to quickly and easily make reservations online. OpenTable can also suggest nearby times, or other similar restaurants with open seats.

Readitlater
“Like TiVo for your blogroll”, Readitlater allow you to queue up articles to read later. Almost as awesome as…

Amazon Wish List
Go to any online store, and when you see something you want, click the “Add to Wish List” button in your Bookmark Toolbar. A great way to manage holiday shopping and vendor appreciation gifts ;)

ConvertCenter
This webapp does pretty much everything else when it comes to unit conversion. With hundreds of units to choose from, even the strangest conversion can be done in a flash.

Google Wave

Communicate and collaborate in real time! Google Waves are great for collaborating on articles and presentations.

PDFescape
Upload a PDF file, then easily write on it wherever you want. This allows you to easily fill out any form, even if they’re not in an editable PDF form…and IT’S FREE!!!

SpeedTest
Invaluable tool in providing a quantifiable measure of your connection speed. Speed Test shows you ping readings and download speeds.

Vuvox
Many Windows users haven’t been able to use iPhoto or MobileMe to create web collages of their photographs. Enter Vuvox. Vuvox allows users to crop and rotate their pictures and embed their collage into any webpage.

Lovely Charts
Create simple charts and diagrams in a flash and then export your diagram to JPG or PNG, with a basic account (free).

Aviary
A simplified alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop, Aviary not only allows you edit basic images but it also allows you to edit audio, vectors, and even color palettes.

YouSendIt
We use One Time Download to send/receive large files here, but if you need to send a file to somebody that’s too big for your office’s email server, look into YouSendIt. You can upload a file up to 100 MB for free (up to 2 GB with a paid account), then email a link to that file to the intended recipient.

Newsmap.jp
If you find browsing CSS readers tedious and boring, check out Newsmap’s colorful treemap. Newsmap arranges stories into squares with more important stories getting the biggest squares. bigger the square is, the more important the story.

Floorplanner
We use this app to arrange furniture, but you could design a single house with vibrant 2D and 3D models.

Pandora
Create radio stations based on their favorite artists, and generates playlists comprised of similar sounding artists. It’s the easiest way to find new artists.

Simplenote
We use it everyday! Simplenote replaces the Notes app on your iPhone and syncs to a desktop app that allows to access your notes from anywhere.

My fervent apologies to Maximum PC for not sending our readership over to read six pages of links, but hey, we’ve got things to do ;)

Photoshop’s text and layer tools can be used to create some really awesome Typography’s. We’ve put together a list of 33 of the best Typography tutorials we could find to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques. You’ll find some really cool grunge and glass styles, learn how some of the best designers create their unique effects.

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Harness the power of the antique and make your graphics pop with one of these vintage-inspired fonts, which have returned to the spotlight both in print and online. From the Wild West and Victoriana to the Avant Garde and Calligraphy, there are plenty of styles to choose from.

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Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
‘Cause there’s a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
‘Cause there’s a million ways to go
You know that there are

Chorus:
You can do what you want
The opportunity’s on
And if you find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
you see ah ah ah
its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
‘Cause there’s a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
‘Cause there’s a million things to do
You know that there are

Chorus

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
‘Cause there’s a million things to be
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are

Here at Bauer Graphics labratories we are constantly working on confounding the Internet technology at our disposal. Our most recent findings have shown us that we can update this site via the most peculiar, and cumbersome, method. We will be testing this new technology this week.

If this works out, we will share exactly how we’ve managed to do what we’ve done to our readership.

As always, all of the work at Bauer Graphics Internet Labratories is highly roundabout and convoluted and should not be duplicated by people wanting to have a social life.

Well be keeping everyone posted on our process this week :D