The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- How To Scale A Service-Based Business
So how can you make sure not to follow in their footsteps? I asked 9 entrepreneurs from YEC for their best advice on scaling service-based businesses. Here, they share what strategies worked for them, and what they would suggest others do.
Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Brassballs
- How to Create a Secure Password You Can Remember Later: 4 Key Methods
Learn from security experts how to create a secure password you can remember and the different methods for using an unbreakable password.
- Adobe had abandoned/ignored Android?! Think again.
Most of Adobe’s mobile CC apps are also on Android.
Tags: CC CreativeCloud
- Top 5 Most Frustrating Writing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
- Colorful Plexi Text Effect using Photoshop
In this Awesome★ Photoshop tutorial, i’m going to show you how to create a cool looking colorful Plexi text effect. Throughout this tutorial we’ll create letters separately, getting some help from the Actions. Have Fun.
Tags: Photoshop
- Adobe Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2015 Offers, Deals & Specials
Adobe is having a worldwide sale with money-saving deals lined up from now until Black Friday 2015, and we’ve got the complete guide below… There are some nice offers on tap for major products in this “season of savings” – with discounts as much as 68% off the regular prices!
Tags: CC CreativeCloud
- Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress
Observing someone who is stressed — especially a coworker or family member — can have an immediate effect upon our own nervous systems. A separate group of researchers found that 26% of people showed elevated levels of cortisol just by observing someone who was stressed. Secondhand stress is much more contagious from a romantic partner (40%) than a stranger, but when observers watched a stressful event on video with strangers, 24% still showed a stress response. (This makes us question whether we, as happiness researchers, should watch Breaking Bad before going to sleep.)
- Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers (and Business People) [Infographic]
Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers (and Business People) [Infographic]Tags: Writing AmWriting selfpub epub
- Stock photos that don’t suck
Finding great stock photos is a pain. You’re left with either low-res amateur photos, people wearing cheesy headsets, or photos that are out of budget for the project you’re working on. Below is an ongoing list (so bookmark it) of the best stock photo sites I’ve come across.
Tags: Design GraphicDesign
- How Small Changes To Google Search Can Punch Your Web Traffic In The Face
Little tweaks to Google’s algorithm can mean a lot…of pain.
- A Plethora of Persuasive Business Communication Tips
Persuasive language lures your audience into action. Persuasive techniques may be the ticket you need to better business communication.Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance
- Stats and Data: Fastest Growing Social Networks You Need to Join
While Facebook holds the lion’s share of the social market, new services like Kik, Snapchat and WhatsApp threaten to break Facebook’s stranglehold on the social Internet.Tags: Twitter Facebook Instagram SMM
- CSS for EPUB [Video]
CSS is the best and most flexible way to visually present ebooks. Learn how to style your EPUBs—including text, graphics, and background elements—exactly as you want with CSS.
Tags: ePublishing epub self publish
- How To Make A Seamless Texture in Photoshop (Redux)
For this tutorial I wanted to revisit the topic of making seamless textures in Photoshop and share with you a new, incredibly simple technique which makes the entire process much easier than before. It even works on some textures which I would have ca…