Author: Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

Lifestyle

Quick Tutorial | How to be Emo

Richard Darell 1 min read
Obviously you didn't want to become a nerd and instead you wanted to become "Emo". As a followup article on my "How to be a Nerd" I now present to you the easy and quick tutorial on how to be Emo. What? You don't know what Emo is? Well, that's why this tutorial exists I guess. In short it's nowadays ...
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Geek

Ultimate Tutorial | How to be a Nerd

Richard Darell 1 min read
Checking this post out you have unleashed the ultimate question of "How to be a Nerd". Yup, you obviously wanted to know, right? So, in order not to disappoint you I have found a truly inspiring video tutorial a' la cartoon style that will push you well over the starting line. You should always reme ...
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Lifestyle

Summering 2000 | What will we remember?

Richard Darell 1 min read
As 2010 is rapidly approaching I thought we would summon up what the decade has given us and what we will remember when we go in to the new decade of exciting and new things. Just like the 80's gave us Michael Jackson's "Thriller", neon colored clothes and first generation personal computers and gam ...
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Social Media

The way Social Media is explained is WRONG

Richard Darell 2 min read
After a couple of days of pondering what Social Media really is all about I set out on a quest to find the easiest way to describe it. I know there are countless of blog posts and articles out there that really tried their best to deal with this question. Each and everyone has their own answer. But, ...
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Design

Photoshop | Manga Yourself – Awesome Tutorial

Richard Darell 1 min read
After my previous post here on Bit Rebels about "Everything Manga". A bunch of Photoshop tutorials I decided to delve deeper into the Manga world to see what I could find. I stumbled over this really cool and hilarious tutorial on how to Manga yourself. Really, it's a super cool way of making yourse ...
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Design

Photoshop | Everything Manga

Richard Darell 1 min read
It has taken over the world in more than just lines on a paper. It's now viewable in every consumable media outlet and it looks as it won't stop spreading it's style anytime soon. We see this inspiring style in Comics, Movies, Music and Ads. There's even people now trying to look like this cult draw ...
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Design

Photoshop | How to Create Light Effects

Richard Darell 1 min read
Right now there's is a trend emerging where you are supposed to have light swirls incorporated into your images and you designs. This can be quite daunting if you don't know how to create them. There are several techniques on how to create these very eye catching elements in your pictures. But, as a ...
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Design

Photoshop | 3D Film Strip Effect

Richard Darell 1 min read
It wasn't long ago that Photoshop introduced the ability to create 3D effects in a more intuitive way. The result can be more than stunning if you know what you are doing. However, the tool is not always simple to use and can feel quite advanced at times and this is why we don't see more Photoshop t ...
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Design

Photoshop | Tilt Shift Effect

Richard Darell 1 min read
Do you have a dream of becoming a giant in your own world? Do you want to feel like your surroundings is build around you as a miniature world? Well, i can't help you there if you expect it to be in real time. However, there is a technique called "Tilt Shift" that will make your dreams come true. If ...
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Technology

DIY | iPhone Binder Clip Dock

Richard Darell 1 min read
Now with the market literally littered with iPhone accessories and companies trying to cash in on this growing phenomena maybe it's time to embrace the DIY (Do It Yourself) angle of things. In an attempt to find some useful gear for your iPhone I have found this really cool and heavily early industr ...
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Geek

Google Earth’s Secret Places

Richard Darell 1 min read
I have been checking out Google Earth a lot lately. Purely for personal reasons. Even though the major cities don't have much to offer as far as mysterious signs, blocked out zones or otherwise there are still a TON of secret and mysterious places on earth that I am pretty much sure you didn't know ...
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Technology

First Look | Apple Tablet Features?

Richard Darell 2 min read
It has long been the talk of the industry. It has long been rumoured to be just that, a rumour. However, wouldn't Apple be stupid if they didn't listen to what their consumers want? Or is it that the technology isn't there yet to satisfy Apple themselves with a product not reaching up to their own s ...
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Geek

Zombies in Plain English

Richard Darell 1 min read
Alright, so let me paint up the scenario for you. It's Saturday afternoon, you're in full gear of preparing that party that you and your friends have been planning for ages. Party hats, drinks, food, you name it. Everything has to be perfect for the evening when they come. But that's when it happens ...
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Design

What is Typography? | A Lesson

Richard Darell 1 min read
Sometimes the word "Typography" can be quite wide and blurry if used in a wider context. Both creating and viewing typography can be really inspirational for any design related topic and is widely used in several different art directions such as movie intros, book covers, titling etc... Creating a g ...
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Design

Photoshop | Applying & Removing Make-Up

Richard Darell 1 min read
Alright, we've come to the point when I'll be stepping over into a female territory for a second. Being an artist and all puts me at the make-up girls table every so often as well but I can tell you that the make-up a guy uses for TV appearances is not the same as what girl use each and every day in ...
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