Design Business Links 7 March 2014

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • 13 Browser-Based Tools For Writers

    “Portability and acces­si­bil­i­ty are impor­tant for writ­ers. You nev­er know when inspi­ra­tion will hit, and when it does you don’t want to be caught off guard. Professional soft­ware suites can be nice but often times are overkill, local­ized, and more has­sle than they’re worth. Browser-based writ­ing tools are avail­able no mat­ter where you go.
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  • Badass Lady Creatives: Kiwi Designers and Illustrators

    “New Zealand is known for its extreme nat­ur­al beau­ty (see Peter Jackson’s Tolkein movies for ref­er­ence), and its design scene is pret­ty great, too. This week’s badass lady cre­atives are among the young and tal­ent­ed Kiwi design­ers and illustrators.

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  • The Tongue-In-Cheek Names Used To Describe Different Groups Of Creatives

    “The Tongue-In-Cheek Names Used To Describe Different Groups Of Creatives

    By Thia Shi Min, 25 Feb 2014
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    The cre­ative team who call them­selves Adrian and Jana have come up with amus­ing names for dif­fer­ent groups of creatives. 

    Titled “Creatives of Adland”, these are tongue-in-cheek names that make fun of the cre­ative industry—a pan­ic of account man­agers and a grid of design­ers are some examples. ”

  • How CareerFoundry wants to put the per­son­al touch back into online education

    “Berlin-based start­up CareerFoundry has launched its mentor-driven “zero-to-job-ready” voca­tion­al train­ing plat­form for those who aspire for a career in tech. The startup’s offer con­sists of a 3‑month long pro­gram, dur­ing which stu­dents are paired with men­tors from the rel­e­vant indus­try who help them in the course of their studies.”

  • Nimble Design Firms Should Do Good
    “Indeed a great idea for a design firm, but this is noth­ing new. Many design firms, both big and small, are already doing this. I would con­sid­er this is a big name val­i­da­tion of a busi­ness con­cept that works.”
  • How to Survive the Next Wave of Technology Extinction – NYTimes​.com

    “Don’t mock the belea­guered Nook own­er. That could have been you.

    Five years ago, when the nation’s largest chain of book­stores released an e‑reader that it promised would best Amazon’s Kindle, could you blame the poor souls who bought in to Barnes & Noble’s vision of the future? In 2011, Consumer Reports pro­claimed the Nook the best e‑reader in the land, say­ing it sur­passed the Kindle in just about every way. Well, that sounds pret­ty defin­i­tive, doesn’t it? No won­der your aunt bought you one for Christmas.”

  • Facebook Pages Now Display Other Pages That Tag Them

    “After the Trending Topics fea­ture in January, the new update adds anoth­er lev­el of inter­ac­tion for dis­cov­er­ing new con­ver­sa­tions. Facebook illus­trates this with an exam­ple: “A post by the Bleacher Report might be shown in News Feed to peo­ple who fol­low or like Dwight Howard, in addi­tion to peo­ple who fol­low or like the Bleacher Report.””

  • Responsive Pie Charts, Bar Charts and Line Graphs
    “The over­whelm­ing response to Pizza, our respon­sive pie charts, had us think­ing that we could deliv­er up more than a slice of pie. So we went back into the kitchen and expand­ed our menu. Today, we’re pleased to intro­duce our brand-new responsiv…
  • 20 Amazing Examples of Typography Sketches for Your Inspiration

    “Today I’d like to show the beau­ty of typog­ra­phy and let­ter­ing through the cre­ation process. I’ve put togeth­er 20 inspir­ing exam­ples of typog­ra­phy old-style sketch­es for your inspiration.

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Curated by Pariah Burke