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- 10 typography tricks every designer should know
Banish kerning calamities and learn to love leading with our expert tips and tricks for perfect typography.
- How To Go Freelance. Advice from Rik Lomas.
Going freelance means that you need a plan. It shouldn’t be something you do on a whim. Step one is start saving money. You will need some kind of monetary fallback when you go freelance. Plan for the worst. I would suggest saving around one or two months worth of salary in the bank before diving in. I went freelance with £1,500 (around $2,500, €1,800) in my bank account and I needed around 75% of it in the first few months.
- Lessons Learned by Being the Client
At first we only outsourced design, but increasingly we are also using outside help for development.
Here are some of the things I have learned by being the client.
- Tips for Enticing Freelance Clients to Pay Faster and Finalize Payment Sooner
However if you think ahead and are clever in your way of working with clients you can instead turn a severe headache into a major opportunity to get more out of the project than what you initially asked for. The strategy of doing that is a litt…
- The Day’s Color: A Site for Daily Color Inspiration
For a regular dose of color scheme inspiration, head over to Nigel Evan Dennis’s site, The Day’s Color. On The Day’s Color, a color palette is published every day. You can use the palettes as inspiration towards developing a color scheme, or set them as your desktop wallpaper background.
- The Publishing Industry Isn’t Dead, But It IS Evolving
The rumors of the publishing industry’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Long-form content is experiencing a resurgence thanks to new technologies that create new monetization opportunities for the publishers.
The ongoing and recently resurfaced, “Amazon versus the publishing industry” debate coupled with the recent news of Time Inc. going public seemly highlighted one thing: the publishing industry is dying. Common belief is that consumers prefer shiny screens to glossy magazines, tweets to tomes and publishers don’t understand how to embrace new technology to meet new consumer demands, both long and short.
Don’t believe the hype. That’s not the case, but the publishing industry is experiencing an evolution.
- Self-Published Sci-Fi eBook Series Licensed for Major Motion Picture Trilogy Adaptation
Yes, self-published works CAN go all the way to fame and fortune in Hollywood.
- How To Use Punctuation Marks Correctly
Don’t just depend on spelling and grammar checkers in Word. If you do, you’re probably making dumb grammar mistakes that can otherwise be avoided. By learning the proper use of punctuation marks, you’re not only improving your knowledge, but also causing less confusion for your readers.
- Considering Graphic Design School? There Are Things You Need To Know
If you want to greatly increase your chances of landing a job as a professional graphic designer, it is important to consider going to graphic design school. This definitely is not a decision to take lightly. Here are some important things to c…
- Car Market Explodes In June As America Buys Everything. Best Month of Sales Since 2006
It was 17 million, making June’s 1.4 million sales part of the best month since July 2006 when it wasn’t quite clear that we were headed right off a fiscal cliff.
- The Collaboration Paradox: Why Working Together Often Yields Weaker Results
But what if we’ve misunderstood the lessons of McCartney and Lennon? What if The Beatles’s productivity teaches us something entirely different about how collaborations work? What if we’ve been doing it all wrong?
- The Noguchi Filing System Keeps Paper Documents Organized On Its Own
For those of us still struggling with paper files, the Noguchi filing system can keep our documents in order effortlessly. All you do is set it up, and it organizes itself. Here’s how it works.