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- The Internet Is About to Become Worse Than Television – Net Neutrality to be Overturned
“The proposed rules were revealed in the New York Times, and they would overturn the principle of “network neutrality” on the internet. Put simply, network neutrality allows you to use services from rich companies like Google and small startups…
- 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With The WordPress Config File
“In fact, there’s a lot of lesser known useful hacks that can be without damaging WordPress in any way, and it’s about time you took your WordPress skills up a notch. Read on for 5 of my favourite wp-config tricks.
” - Pariah Burke on the Biggest Challenge Facing Designers, Inspiration to be a Designer, More
“Rather than a title, I sum up my professional role in my tagline: Inspiring, Informing, and Empowering Creative Professionals.™
That’s what I do, day in, day out: I work as hard as I can to inspire, inform, and empower creative professionals so that they can do their chosen professions and projects with a minimum of frustration and as few obstacles as possible and with a maximum of productivity, creativity, and enjoyment. I do that through writing books and articles, producing videos and live broadcasts, appearing on stage at conferences and events, giving workshops and webinars, providing websites and newsletters, and offering fully-customized, learner- and workflow-specific training classes and consultation.”
- What Clients Don’t Know (and Why It’s Your Fault) by Mike Monteiro [Video, PG-13 Language]
“When in-house or external clients go out in search of design they often have no idea how to describe what they need, measure what they’re looking for, or evaluate who they might work for and subsequently, the work that’s produced. As designers it’s our job to help site owners and stakeholders figure these things out and to give them the tools and knowledge they need to evaluate whether what we do is what they need. Without that insight clients have nothing to go on but gut instinct and subjectivity.
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- Copy, Transform, and Combine: Where Ideas Come From
“Kirby Ferguson argues, “creativity isn’t magic. It happens by applying ordinary tools of thought to existing materials.” How?”
- Copy, Transform, and Combine: Where Ideas Come From
“Kirby Ferguson argues, “creativity isn’t magic. It happens by applying ordinary tools of thought to existing materials.” How?”
- The 8 biggest typography mistakes designers make
“Type might look simple, but it’s still possible to get it very wrong. Here are 8 common pitfalls to avoid.
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- Researchers: Does Breaking Bread Help Make a Negotiation a Success?
“Deals over lunch may be tasty, but here’s why they’re not always smart.” –Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Effective Cloud Migration for Businesses
“For many businesses, cloud computing may seem like a simple technology to adopt. However, the transition phase can result in massive IT related headaches. One cannot simply just turn on a switch to cloud computing. Your business will need to f…
- 30 Great Logo Designs From Companies You’ve Never Heard Of
“Rather than re-hash posts of old and show you Coca Cola and Apple logos, here is some inspiration from some of the little guys (note: you may actually have heard of some of them).
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- Attempting to “Just Opt-Out” of Big Data Collection Can Leave You Feeling (and LOOKING) Like a Criminal
“The myth that users will “vote with their feet” is simply wrong if opting out comes at such a high price. With social, financial and even potentially legal repercussions involved, the barriers for exit are high. This leaves users and consumers with no real choice nor voice to express our concerns.”
- Send More Than the Default Request for Successful LinkedIn Connections
“DO: Peter, Its great to see you on LinkedIn! Amazing profile by the way! I would love to connect with you to stay in touch and learn more about your role at XYZ corp. If I can ever help you out, please let me know. Go ahead and look through my…