Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

Maki is a beautiful icon set designed and made available by the folks at Mapbox. These icons are created especially for map designers who use Mapbox tools, but anyone can use them for any purpose — all thanks to set being open source and the Creative Commons CC0 license that it has been made available under. Maki Icons consists of 114 little icons, available in two sizes — 11px by 11px and 15px by 15px in the SVG format. You can download the entire set or customize it before downloading. If you’re a developer, you can even fork Maki Icons…

Time Zones are frustrating. Not only are they difficult to figure out, they also take up much of your time when you’re trying to schedule a call or a meeting. This is worse when you’re in a non-conventional time zone, like us in India with a 30 minute offset (UTC+05:30) or Nepal, with a 45 minute offset (UTC+05:45). In today’s connected age, we typically interact with friends, colleagues, co-workers or clients spread across the globe and it becomes very difficult to figure out a time for a quick call or meeting that suits everyone. There have been several apps that…

The internet has evolved remarkably over the last few years. Today, there are a lot more subscription-based services than there were 5 years ago. A typical savvy internet user usually has at least 10 active subscriptions, to services like web-hosting, music and movie streaming, cellular and data, file storage and syncing, software and related services, etc. As you keep on adding subscriptions, it becomes really difficult to manage and keep track of how much you’re spending in a month. If you’ve ever found yourself in the same boat, Billy is what you have been looking for. Billy is an elegantly…

Here’s another gorgeous iPhone app for all you movie/film enthusiasts out there. Thousands of films are released every year from various studios and at any given time, there are several films being screened simultaneously across theaters in your city. Snapseat is a meticulously crafted iPhone app that helps you browse what movies are being screened around you and what are the show timings for each one. Now, your local multiple chain probably offers their own app, but when you have the choice of such a beautiful UX, why bother with the junk? Snapseat has two main views — one displays…

Nucleo is a collection of close to 8000 beautiful vector icons/glyphs designed by the folks at Amber Creative. This library of icons has been available to be delivered via a lovely web app. A couple of days ago, the duo behind Nucleo announced the availability of the Nucleo Mac app — a native Mac app that brings drag and drop capabilities to your workflow. Since these are vector icons, you can choose the size you want as well as the background or foreground color for the icons. There’s also a nifty option to choose 1px or 2px stroke. The Mac…

Yeti is a super simple iPhone app that helps you capture your ideas quickly and easily. With a single tap, you can capture anything in the form of notes, audio, photos, videos or even sketches and Yeti will save them for you. The simplicity of the app and the simple gestures of launching the app, tapping the desired format and letting your ideas flow is what makes Yeti so good. Yeti’s main screen presents you with the four formats it supports — Notes, Audio, Photo/Video and Sketches. Yeti also allows you to capture your ideas right from the Notification Center…