The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Why Your Brand Needs to Get Visual
Today in media, everywhere we look we are seeing a shift to visual – including photos, infographics, illustrations, slideshows, memes, videos, and any other imagery that can be engaged with and shared. With more images and fewer words, visual content is the perfect answer for our busy schedules and hyper-engaged lives. Businesses looking to make an impact in today’s world should embrace this shift and the advantage that visuals provide to be seen and heard — quickly, clearly, and powerfully.
Tags: branding
- Realmac tells us how it built the best Markdown editor for Mac
Realmac Software has been schooling developers on how to make great apps since 2002. So when they brought Typed to OS X back in December, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Two months on, I’m convinced it’s the best Markdown editor you can get on the Mac, so I spoke with Realmac founder Dan Counsell to find out how he and his team built it.
- Realmac tells us how it built the best Markdown editor for Mac
Realmac Software has been schooling developers on how to make great apps since 2002. So when they brought Typed to OS X back in December, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Two months on, I’m convinced it’s the best Markdown editor you can get on the Mac, so I spoke with Realmac founder Dan Counsell to find out how he and his team built it.
- The FBI’s Top Hostage Negotiator Teaches You How To Lower Your Bills
Former FBI lead international hostage negotiator Chris Voss teaches you how to lower your bills with your cable company or other service provider.
- Yes, LinkedIn Can Help Freelancers Make Money. Here’s How
To many freelancers, LinkedIn is intimidating because the general tone is a lot less personable compared to other social networks. However, for those who know where and how to look, LinkedIn can be a goldmine of freelance possibilities.Tags: Freelance…
- 5 Things People Reading Your Resume Wish You Knew
That said, I can almost guarantee you that the way your career counselor handles your resume is not the way it will be handled once you submit your job applications. After speaking with many, many recruiters, here are some hard truths I’ve learned.
Tags: Resume Jobhunting
- How to Move your Creative Business from ‘Time Poor’ to ‘Time Rich’, with One Daily Action
I’ve spent the last 5+ years working with creative freelancers to build a successful business. Two of the most popular reasons people have for making the leap to freelance are:
- How to Add Nicknames (And Other Names) to Your Facebook Profile
Luckily, you can add another name, such as a nickname, pseudonym, maiden name, and others to your account, which (if you want) will be displayed at the top of your account in parenthesis next to your “real life” name.
Tags: Facebook
- Monkey Business [funny video] Fast and easy procurement cycles with Creative Cloud for Teams
Fast and easy procurement cycles – sign up and start using Creative Cloud for teams in minutesTags: CreativeCloud Adobe Enterprise
- Why We’re Choosing Self-Publishing Now
During this process, though, it became increasingly clear that our publisher would never give up print. She had stopped resembling a self-pub and seemed now to have more in common with traditional publishers, trying to wring the last nickel from a for…