• Dear Maury, My Google Page Rank Is Too High

    The lesson here is that, for now, bloggers should be careful about the titles of their posts less they get too high a Google page ranking. I say “for now” because, before too long, the porn sites will figure out this little trick and stuff their pages with references to “Survivor,” “The Apprentice,” Mark Cuban‘s…

  • Switching To InDesign, Service Providers Who Resist

    Over on the Design Weblog I answered some mail asking for advice for dealing with printers and service bureaus who don’t want you to switch to InDesign. Here’s a short excerpt: Switching To InDesign From Quark and Service Providers Who Won’t Take InDesign Files “ Service providers will adapt to InDesign. They don’t have a…

  • InEffects 1.0 for InDesign CS: An Electric Screwdriver

    If you already owned a complete set of manual screwdrivers, would you buy an electric with just the basic flat and Philips heads? InEffects 1.0 publisher: ALAP platform:   price: $99 usd rating: A Lowly Apprentice Productions (ALAP) just released the long-awaited InEffects 1.0 for InDesign 2 and CS. I first tinkered with InEffects last…

  • Creating Contracts:  Project Milestones & Materials Delivery Responsibilities

    Writing effective, professional client contracts is one of the top five most requested and most confusing business tasks facing graphic designers, web designers, and other creatives today. Designer Contracts is an ongoing series of articles designed to help creatives write better, more thorough contracts that protect creatives, their clients, and both parties’ rights, and helps…

  • Homeless Mothers Treated Like Queens In SF

    I wish I had found this earlier. It would have made a nice Sunday morning feel-good read this Mother’s Day. I applaud Harry Denton for this unique and generous 10 year tradition. From a press release by Harry Denton’s Starlight Room. San Francisco — Sunday, May 9 (Business Wire) WHAT: 53 homeless mothers living at…

  • Blogging Is My Business. Business Is Good.

    Though I haven’t really a point or argument to make, I’m passing this along as more of an FYI. Blogging is a new art form, and it’s a new a business form. Blogs are becoming commercial, make no mistake about that. While Big Media is trying to grok out the business model of blogs, a…