Okay Okay.. the title may be a bit extreme but the reality is we do not think about personal information we are putting out on the web. Social websites like Facebook and Google+ are awesome. They allow us to share with friends what’s going on day to day in our lives. Something exciting happens.. “gotta post it on my wall.” Soon after, your friends are messaging you about it and cheering you on with a barrage of thumbs up and +1′s.

But how safe is the information you are sharing?

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If you have used the Google search engine today you may have noticed the page looks a bit different. We often see the Google logo displayed with designs celebrating various current events, but never an interactive page such as this. Check out some of the past Google Logo Designs on inspirationfeed.com.

Today the Google page displays a huge interactive zipper and the actual logo looks like it is sewn fabric. Click and drag the zipper and you will see a really cool animation of the page being zipped away to reveal the search results page. This design is to commemorate the 132nd birthday of Gideon Sunback, a Swedish engineer credited with helping to develop the modern zipper.

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Google has announced on their Official Blog that they will revamp the design to its social network site Google+. Some improvements include, a new navigation (now located on the left side of the screen instead of the top) with drag-and-drop elements and actions that appear when you hover over each item, as well as the introduction of new features aimed at making it easier to discover conversations to join, a dedicated page for Google+ Hangouts, new profile page layouts,   and more.

Google stated on their Blog:

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Ask any designer and they will tell you how important it is to keep researching new trends and quality design. Researching websites, magazines, museums, and logo’s are extremely important in order to stay creative. I’m sure you have heard of the term “writer’s block”. Well, designers go through this as well. We are not an endless vat of creativity, sometimes we need to be inspired. Research can help cultivate new ideas and re-energize your love for design.

Here are 20 fresh logo designs that can help inspire you with your next client!

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Tilt-shift photography is used predominatly for two main reasons.

1.Tilt-shift photography is a creative way to manipulate your camera using your lens. This results in life-sized locations and/or subjects that look like miniature-scale models. Basically, you can make any scene look like the huge model of the town in the movie BeetleJuice…That may have just aged me.

Here is an image of the BeetleJuice model. This look (as if the picture you are taking is a model on a table) can be achieved with the Tilt-Shift lens.

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