I am Pariah.com / PariahBurke.com is the Web home of Pariah S. Burke, a prolific Renaissance creative—freelance print and new media designer; InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress guru; WordPress evangelist; online publisher; creative pro software author, columnist, speaker, trainer, and consultant. More About Me…
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Recent Blog Posts
- The Han Solo Carbonite Desk #StarWars
  
  Geek alert! I am an insane Star Wars fan. Go ahead, ask me any question… I’ve seen every movie at least 25 times, probably more. I got so excited when I saw this desk that my hands started shaking. This…
- Playing with Six Monitors | Jon Peddie Research
  
  via jonpeddie.com
  I’m already running 4 monitors, but thanks to Jon Peddie Research, I’ve now found my next video card and setup. Click the photo for more pix and details.
- Bookmarks Reading 04 March 2010 Through 09 March 2010
  
  Interesting, share-worthy links 04 March 2010 through 09 March 2010.
- Bookmarks Reading 27 February 2010 Through 04 March 2010
  
  Interesting, share-worthy links 27 February 2010 through 04 March 2010.
- Bookmarks Reading 19 February 2010 Through 26 February 2010
  
  Interesting, share-worthy links 19 February 2010 through 26 February 2010.
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Miscellaneous other projects that haven’t yet grown in size or frequency to merit their own categories.

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A Plan To Reduce Spam

Several proven methods of reducing the amount of spam you receive—and some ways to reduce the profits of those who send it.

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My Publications & Websites
- WORKFLOW: Freelance
  
  Scouring the Web 24/7 for the most important news and information you need to Design Your Own Business™
- WORKFLOW: Creative
  
  Consulting & Training with Creative & Publishing Workflow Expert Pariah S. Burke
- Gurus Unleashed
  
  Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy, QuarkXPress, and Acrobat news and tutorials so you don’t have to.
- Designorati
  
  A 360-Degree View of the Creative World
- Quark VS InDesign.com
  
  The Authority for News & Opinion on the War of the Desktop Publishing Giants QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign
My Books
- Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design & Production
  - Sybex/Wiley August 2007
  - ISBN: 978-0-470-11456-8
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- Real World QuarkXPress
  - Peachpit October 2007
  - ISBN: 978-0321350305
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- Special Edition: Using Adobe Creative Suite
  - QUE September 2005
  - ISBN: 978-0-7897-3367-2
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- Illustrator CS2 @Work
  - SAMS October 2005
  - ISBN: 978-0-672-32801-5
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From My Portfolio
WordPress Plugins
- Hack WP-RelativeDate to Show ONLY Relative Date and Time
  
  With two tiny code changes easily modify the popular WP-RelativeDate plugin to display just the relative date and time, and to show hours old instead of “today.”
- Hack Batch Categories Plugin to Show More Posts Per Page
  
  Quick and easy hack makes batch category and tag management a heck of a lot easier.