Creative Community Bulletin 4 September 2013

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

• 3 Reasons Day Dreaming is Good for You and Your Work
  Are your men­tal mean­der­ings a must-have fea­ture of your cra­nial life or a bug in your skull system?

  Peter Killeen, the psy­chol­o­gist who explained to us the neu­ro­phys­i­o­log­i­cal step-by-step to men­tal wan­der­ing, asked as much in a recent paper…

• Client Checklist: Things to Check Before Sending Artwork to Print [Infographic]
  “Many good self-published books are let down by a poor cov­er design. How can you avoid this and make yours stand out from the crowd? Anna Lewis offers a four-step solution.”
• I’ve Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here’s Why It’s Actually Amazing
  “Any time we talk about Evernote, a good num­ber of you say the same thing: you’ve tried it time and time again, but you could nev­er real­ly “get into it.” I was in the same camp, but after read­ing the oth­er side’s expe­ri­ences in this arti­cle and…
• Four steps to cre­ate a great cov­er for your self-published book #eprd­ctn
  “Many good self-published books are let down by a poor cov­er design. How can you avoid this and make yours stand out from the crowd? Anna Lewis offers a four-step solution.”
• Creative Cloud for teams – what’s it all about? [Infographic]
  “Many good self-published books are let down by a poor cov­er design. How can you avoid this and make yours stand out from the crowd? Anna Lewis offers a four-step solution.”
• How Important is Design to Business Success? [Infographic]
  “Many good self-published books are let down by a poor cov­er design. How can you avoid this and make yours stand out from the crowd? Anna Lewis offers a four-step solution.”
• How to Optimize for Happiness at Work
  Fantasies. Unfounded expec­ta­tions. Unrealistic goals. We know the neg­a­tive effect they can have in our per­son­al lives, but we seem to for­get once we get to work.

  We opti­mize for hap­pi­ness at home and mis­ery at work.

• Amazon launch­es Kindle Matchbook: dis­count­ed e‑books for those who own the hard copy #eprd­ctn
  Today, Amazon announced a new fea­ture called Matchbook that will allow own­ers of hard copies of books to pur­chase extreme­ly cheap ebook ver­sions for their Kindle collection.
• 6 Tech Relics Still Sold in Stores

  “We’ve grabbed a few exam­ples of bizarrely out­dat­ed tech that you can still pur­chase through large, rep­utable stores such as Walmart, Best Buy and Office Depot — and they will blow you away.”

• Job Seeking Out of Your Industry: 5 Steps to Take

  “Here’s a shock­ing sta­tis­tic: 59 per­cent of Americans would choose a dif­fer­ent career if giv­en the chance to do it all over again. Although these pro­fes­sion­als may be able to move hor­i­zon­tal­ly in their cur­rent orga­ni­za­tion, often­times a com­plete indus­try switch is necessary.

  When you find your­self in the posi­tion of job seek­ing in an indus­try you’re not famil­iar with, it’s impor­tant to take some alter­na­tive routes. Here are some valu­able steps to keep in mind.”

Curated by Pariah Burke