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- Workspace Design Trends To Increase Your Productivity
Your office needs more nooks, less sitting. Give your employees a space they look forward to coming to.
- Dear Web Font Providers…
We need more than access to thousands of Web fonts. Frankly, we need access to high-quality, appropriate Web fonts. And we need to be able to find them.
- “Precrastinating” And Why It’s Just As Bad As Procrastinating
A precrastinator–one who completes tasks in advance–may think they’re beating procrastinators at their own game, but that’s not true.
- Adobe InDesign Tips I Wish I’d Known When Starting Out
Here are some tips I wish I had known when starting out, as well as some answers to questions that others often ask me. This is not intended to be a manual; some good ones are already out there (although I personally learned by doing). Hopefull…
- Adobe InDesign Tips I Wish I’d Known When Starting Out
Here are some tips I wish I had known when starting out, as well as some answers to questions that others often ask me. This is not intended to be a manual; some good ones are already out there (although I personally learned by doing). Hopefull…
- 21 of the Best Lessons for Your Creative Career
While some of the lessons Wyndowe gives us are undoubtedly timeless (and widely, regularly shared), some are definitely great reminders of what matters most for us in our creative careers. Wyndowe reminds us of this fact with the final tidbit o…
- Breaking! WordPress 4.0 Just Released!
On September 4, 2014, WordPress Version 4.0, named for jazz musician Benny Goodman, was released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the WordPress Blog, and see the Changelog for 4.0.
For Version 4…
- Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies Cards Break Down Creative Blocks
The deck is the brainchild of musician and artist Brian Eno—most readily associated with Roxy Music, David Bowie, and Talking Heads. Devised in conjunction with artist Peter Schmidt, Oblique Strategies’ aim is to encourage lateral thinking. For example “Try faking it!”, “What to increase? What to reduce?”, and “Don’t be afraid of things because they’re easy to do”.
- How to Use Typographic Vertical Rhythm to Your Advantage
Typography is a big part of any design, especially web or app design. Vertical rhythm is the alignment of lines of text in terms of text size and the spacing between the lines. It is often used to organize text and make it more legible; in turn…
- Why don’t authors compete? A quick lesson in building trust and community for your brand from Seth Godin.
Yet, not only do authors get along, they spend time and energy blurbing each other’s books. Authors don’t try to eliminate others from the shelf, in fact, they seek out the most crowded shelves they can find to place their books. They eagerly p…
- Improve Your Email Workflow With Modular Design
Whether you’re in a Fortune 500 company or part a two-person team launching your first web app, email is one of the most important tools for reaching your customer base. But with the ever-growing number of emails to send, getting them all out the door can seem a little overwhelming. By putting in place a solid email design workflow, you’ll be able to regularly ship engaging and mobile-friendly emails with ease.
- The 4 Most Ridiculous Emails in Your Inbox—and How to Answer Them
Every now and again, I’ll receive one of those emails that makes me say: “Huh?” My face contorts into an expression of massive confusion, and I’m left not quite sure what to respond. I can tell from the length or the content of the email that a response is needed, but something about the message has made even getting started on a response a huge headache.
For those days where you’re faced with a similar conundrum, here’s my advice: Do not engage the non-sensical email, and throw it back in the other person’s court instead.
To help you out, I’ve compiled my suggested responses to the four most common types of confusing emails I receive.
- Get Stolen Naked Photos Off the Web
Why should it be easy to take down Guardians of the Galaxy and impossible to delete stolen nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence? Congress needs to change the law to force Reddit and 4Chan to do the right thing.