The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- 25 Fun, Quirky, and Memorable Ways to Thank Your Customers
While “thanks” has a nice ring to it, words just don’t carry the gravity of actions. If you’re in the customer service business—and every business is, in some capacity—you should strive to continually show your gratitude to customers in fun and memorable ways.
- The 10 Most Incredible Productivity Articles of 2014 for Entrepreneurs
From productivity-amping morning and nighttime rituals, to Jerry Seinfeld’s daily procrastination crusher, to the hyper-efficient habits of the world’s wealthiest moguls, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a countdown of our top 10 most-read articles about productivity in 2014. Read them and tweak.
- 5 Intellectual Property Considerations for Startups – Part II
In this article, we introduce the remaining three considerations:
How do you identify and protect your competitive differentiators?
Do you have an idea or solution that is eligible for patent protection?
What is your IP strategy? - From Lycos to Ask Jeeves to Facebook: the 20 most popular web sites every year since 1996
Sites like AOL and Yahoo did exist — and were popular. But the easiest way to make that point is to share with you this graphic, which shows the 20 most popular sites in December of each year, according to comScore. More interestingly, what it shows is when certain sites became and then stopped being popular.
- 5 Predictions for the Freelance Economy in 2015
As we’ve written about previously, the freelance movement is in full swing as businesses and workers engage in more flexible, on-demand work arrangements. And while this labor transformation has been well discussed during the last year, the real question is what will the future look like? What should companies and workers expect in 2015 and how should they plan accordingly?