You’ve asked. You’ve begged. Fine, you get it. Here is a revision to the sign in with Twitter and Facebook button set. This time, I’ve included 16px icons, 32px icons and 3-state buttons for signing in with Twitter, Facebook and OpenID. I’ll keep this brief and not rant like I usually do.

Oh, wait! Last bit. Before you download these bad boys, realize that you’ll need to link me back as I am releasing these under an attribution license. If you need different arrangements and can’t link me back, we’ll have to settle it some other way, so contact me. Peace.

Download Social Sign In Buttons & Icons

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As social websites like Twitter and Facebook have become dominant forces in the social network scene and with both networks offering sign-in solutions using either of them, we are going to see “Sign in with…” buttons popping up all over the place. And why not? Why would I want to create yet another account in the account-soup that is the interweb today? I don’t! It’s a heck of a lot easier for me to sign into a site using my Twitter or my Facebook account than it is to go through a lengthy account creation process.

Well, then cool! So as signing in with these websites is becoming more popular, let’s just say that I think that the buttons are not so hot. Let’s face it. I want to click beautiful things. I don’t want to punch some gawdy twitter button that some poor developer with an amazing idea came across on an old geocities design hack’s site. I want that developer to have a beautiful “Sign in with Twitter” button.

Enough of my ramblings, I’ll get to the point. I made signin buttons for both Twitter and Facebook for you guys to use at will. There are 3 button states in each PNG image that you will see in the download: default, hover and press. That’s all! Enjoy!

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“an embodiment or personification” or “a graphical image that represents a person”

Many people use pictures of themselves, which seems to be the most obvious and easy way to show users who you are. That’s no fun for me.

For me, avatars show a sense of who a person is or their brand. Perhaps it is their business, their personality, something memorable or a combination of all. Being a design freak, I love to find creative solutions packed into a 48×48 square. Many times, I’m compelled to chat more to a person that I feel I know by their avatar, be it familiarity with their business or just a good vibe I get from it. I’ve scoured the list of my followers as well as found a few other Twitter avatars that I find to be pretty rad.

Avatars I Love

My Avatar Progression

The worst avatar of all time

What would a best-of list be without the worst-of? In my opinion, you need to show a worst avatar to really show how the best shine. Without further ado, here’s the worst avatar I’ve seen on twitter (I call it the thinking amoeba):

If you spot some avatars that boast more radness, drop it in a comment here and I’ll be sure to update the list.

• command_tab – Collin Allen
• ridlo – James Ridle
• lmarburger – Larry Marburger
• alanhogan – Alan Hogan
• lovskogen – Tor Løvskogen
• bryanveloso – Bryan Veloso
• lashakrikheli – Lasha Krikheli
• mschoening – Maximilian Schöning
• thursty_thurst – Thurston Elfstrom
• webdav – Dave Simon
• denhamcoote – Denham Coote
• xENo – Jimmy Thomas
• markjardine – Mark Jardine
• mheerema – Matt Heerema
• CoryDuncan – Cory Duncan
• jtkendall – Joshua Kendall
• natalie – Natalie Jost
• falkowski – Brendan Falkowski
• indiqo – Maximilian Bartel
• theblahman – Daniel Barrett
• cdharrison – Chris Harrison
• lukesh – Francis Lukesh
• jmathias – James Mathias
• lealea – Lea Alcantara
• snookca – Jonathan Snook
• gotwalt – Aaron Gotwalt
• elihorne – Eli Horne
• friarjohn – John Bedard
• ikkekietje – Sarah
• unqueram – Michael Unquera
• jking – Josh King
• webgeekgirl – Christine Kringle
• DraStudio – Oscar Cortez
• n0s0ap – Ben Lew
• prof – Gerald Scheetz
• iamkyle – Kyle Sollenberger
• imjustcreative – Graham Smith
• reybango – Rey Bango
• SuzanneE – Suzanne Elfstrom
• shawnw – Shawn Wallace
• lillianb – Lillian

I’m not going to categorize these people at all. They aren’t necessarily designers, programmers, zookeepers, athletes, etc. They are fun people that make being on twitter fun for me. They converse, respond and at times initiate conversation with me. Without them, twitter wouldn’t be worthwhile. It seems to me that they are also good people and don’t have issues with talking to anyone, so follow them and they may follow you. Happy twittering!

Please, feel free to comment with your favorite twitter friends as well.