The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- 7 Reasons Why Your Content Isn’t Connecting With Millennials [INFOGRAPHIC]
64 percent of millennials respond positively to content that is tailored to their cultural interests, and about one-third (31 percent) say that they are more likely to buy from a brand if it delivers interesting content that teaches them something.Tag…
- 7 Remarkable Book Marketing Stunts
It’s harder then ever for writers to sell fiction, which means they’re getting ever more inventive: here are seven real-life stunts that have been used to catch the customers’ attention – some formally and intellectually innovative, and some, well, just plain old audacious.
Tags: eprdctn selfpub epub writing amwriting
- These Website Mistakes Are Costing You Money [Infographic]
This infographic from MyCase breaks down the biggest mistakes small-business owners make on their websites.
- How to create ultra-realistic clear glass in Photoshop
Glass varies from colour-tinted to embossed patterns, making reflections and distortion very complex. Still, don’t worry, as all you need is to do is achieve the illusion of glass – just enough to convince the viewers.
Tags: Photoshop DigitalArt
- Why Is The Dollar Sign A Letter S?
The letter S appears nowhere in the word “dollar”, yet an S with a line through it ($) is unmistakably the dollar sign. But why an S? Why isn’t the dollar sign something like a Đ (like the former South Vietnamese đồng, or the totally-not-a-joke-currency Dogecoin)?
Tags: typography
- The Perfect Length for All Kinds of Online Content
Creating a blog post, YouTube video, tweet, podcast or other type of online content? How long should it be? Find out here.
- Looking for a Job? Watch What You Post on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that 52 percent of recruiters say that they always search for a candidate’s online profiles during the hiring process?
Tags: SocialMedia
- Visualizing Sun Tzu’s The Art of War – HBR
She was struck with a jolt of inspiration. Each of Sun Tzu’s dictates felt like a caption, like something she could illustrate in her style. After posting a few efforts to her site, her agent called and suggested that she illustrate the entire book, which resulted in the upcoming The Art of War Visualized: The Sun Tzu Classic in Charts and Graphs.
Tags: SunTzu Illustration