Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 13 November 2015

The day’s best and most impor­tant design- and design business-focused arti­cles, tuto­ri­als, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.

• The age of dig­i­tal matu­ri­ty for every company?

  Today, the chal­lenge is about being able to offer a con­tex­tu­al­ized and per­son­al­ized response in real time, to engage direct­ly with a prospect or client, regard­less of the device.

• 5 iPad Pro apps cre­atives should down­load now

  Apple’s mas­sive iPad Pro tablet is final­ly get­ting into the hands of the wait­ing pub­lic, and now all that remains is the small mat­ter of how to make the most of its 13-inch screen.

  Tags: iPadPro

• What ‘MacKeeper’ is and why you should avoid it
  Literally every time I work in the com­put­er store, we’ll get a cus­tomer whose Mac is plagued with prob­lems they don’t under­stand: Their Mac is act­ing slow. It crash­es. And more. And in more cas­es than not, we find that they’ve installed a pro­gram call…
• FileThis 2.0 Will Organize Your Statements And Bills, Remind You When To Pay
  As more con­sumers shift to using online ser­vices for man­ag­ing their bank­ing, bills, pay­ments, and more, some of our most impor­tant per­son­al and financial..
• Founder of Banking Startup Simple Warns His Silicon Valley Pals: Don’t Ruin Portland

  And today, he sent out a warn­ing to his fel­low tech entre­pre­neurs: If you move to Portland, you’d bet­ter come with hous­ing solu­tions.Otherwise, Payne warns, you’re going to price peo­ple out.

  Tags: PDX Startups Entrepreneur

• Dictater Adds Controls to Your Mac’s Text To Speech Function
  Apple’s built-in text to speech engine is a fea­ture with­out an inter­face. Dictater is a sim­ple Mac pro­gram that fix­es that.Tags: OSX Mac ElCapitan
• What If Management Ideas Actually Mattered?
  We need real think­ing, not quick fixes. 

  What if man­age­ment thinkers of every stripe — our writ­ing, talks, and teach­ing — have mat­tered all along? What if the cur­rent state of lead­er­ship and man­age­ment is not a result of our inad­e­qua­cy but an out­come of our work?

  Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Brassballs

• If You’re Freelancing, Have a Plan For Your “Hibernation” Season
  Freelancing is an awe­some way to give your­self flex­i­bil­i­ty in a tough job mar­ket. It’s also finan­cial­ly unpre­dictable. Give your­self a “hiber­na­tion” fund to make it through the rough months.

  Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance

• Picking a colour scale for sci­en­tif­ic graphics
  Here are some rec­om­men­da­tions for mak­ing sci­en­tif­ic graph­ics which help your audi­ence under­stand your data as eas­i­ly as pos­si­ble. Your graph­ics should be strik­ing, read­i­ly under­stand­able, should avoid dis­tort­ing the data (unless you real­ly mean to), and be safe for those who are colour­blind. Remember, there are no real­ly “right” or “wrong” palettes (OK, maybe…

  Tags: Design info­graph­ics

• Disney artists bid to recap­ture clas­sic hand-drawn animation
  Hallabaloo is a hand­drawn film that hopes to help pre­serve the dying art of 2D animation.
• iPad Pro Review Roundup: Powerful Creative Canvas, but Not Quite a PC Replacement
  Apple released the iPad Pro online and in stores ear­li­er today, and the embar­go has now lift­ed for hands-on reviews of the new 12.9‑inch tablet.

  …Tags: iPadPro Design

• Some Mac App Store Apps ‘Damaged’ Due to Expired Security Certificates
  Tweetbot devel­op­er Paul Haddad tweet­ed that the issue appears to be relat­ed to secu­ri­ty cer­tifi­cates that expired on November 11, 2015, and he fur­ther spec­u­lat­ed that the receipts now using SHA256 encryp­tion may be caus­ing prob­lems with old­er OS X versions.

  Tags: OSX Mac

• What’s Different For Women In Tech Now: They’re Taking Action
  A pan­el fea­tures women work­ing on solutions.Tags: changeth­er­a­tio girl­ris­ing HeForShe wom­en­should EverydaySexism
• What’s Different For Women In Tech Now: They’re Taking Action
  A pan­el fea­tures women work­ing on solutions.Tags: changeth­er­a­tio girl­ris­ing HeForShe wom­en­should EverydaySexism
• 13 inspi­ra­tional com­ic artists to fol­low on Instagram
  These com­ic book artists are mak­ing us swoon with their inspir­ing Instagram snaps.
• Digital Asset Management Success!
  Digital asset man­age­ment can be a bit tricky. Learn the ins and outs of dig­i­tal asset man­age­ment and get the DAM tools you need to achieve DAM success.Tags: DAM Assets lia­bil­i­ty IP
• How to Easily Replace The Sky in Your Photos Using The Gradient Tool

  Similar to work­ing with a Graduated Neutral Density fil­ter (GND), it’s impor­tant when using this tech­nique to have a rel­a­tive­ly flat hori­zon. Otherwise, you may end up with black edg­ing where the images are blended.

  Tags: Photoshop

• Selectively Sync fold­ers on your com­put­er using Creative Cloud

  Did you know that you can selec­tive­ly sync fold­ers from Creative Cloud on your com­put­ers? Well, you’re in august com­pa­ny; till a few moments ago nei­ther did I! If you’ve been wait­ing for it, skip the next sec­tion and jump ahead. If you’re won­der­ing whether you’ll ever need this, take a minute or two and see why I find it extreme­ly useful.

  Tags: CC CreativeCloud

• The 43 best Photoshop plugins
  Create amaz­ing images and designs with this selec­tion of the most cre­ative, use­ful, and time-saving Photoshop plu­g­ins available.Tags: Photoshop

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