The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Sock puppetry and fake reviews: publish and be damned
Authors are increasingly being exposed for fabricating glowing reviews for their own books. But why risk ridicule for the sake of a good writeup?Tags: Writing
- Worth reading: Merlin Mann on Entrepreneurship, Writing, Broadcasting, and Not F*cking Up Your Life and Career
When we mythologize ourselves, we tend to amplify the things that turned out okay and try to turn the failures or lack of success into something we learned from. You can do anything to make your life look really grand. It’s a shame that so many people find it difficult to do the things they’d like to do because they feel cowed by seemingly successful people who appear to never do anything wrong, or always learn from their mistakes. That just rings as a lot of B.S. and self-mythology to me.
- WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal (Plus Infographic)
If you are about to start creating your own website, you may be wondering which CMS (Content Management System) is the best choice. Choosing a CMS is needed if you don’t know how to code and/or just want a website up and running as fast as possible. If this is the case then there are three main options to choose from: WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.
Tags: wordpress joomla drupal
- How to Recommend eBooks for Libraries to Add to Their Catalog
Some public libraries allow customers to recommend specific ebook titles for the library to purchase and add to their online catalog for lending.Tags: eprdctn
- Your Mac’s Firewall is Off By Default: Do You Need to Enable It?
- Review: Open e‑book format comes with headaches – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK (AP) – In the world of e‑books, you largely have a choice between Amazon’s Kindle and everyone else.Tags: eprdctn EPUB
- 35 Finest UI Tools Every Designer Should Know
Since the ‘interface’ is the first thing a user notices of a website, it demands a lot of creativity. Essential UI designing tools and resources are a must to help you design a website easier, faster, and ultimately more useful for your visitors. However, with the availability of so many UI tools, it’s quite challenging to separate the good from the bad. So today, we’ve taken the guess work out and we’re giving you with a list of some top-notch UI tools that I’ve personally used over time. All the tools are uniquely helpful with a lot of features that will enable you to design a great, functional interface for your audience.