Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 15 December 2015

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

• 33 Business Books to Read Before 30
  To help you fig­ure out how to nav­i­gate the pro­fes­sion­al world and set your­self on the right tra­jec­to­ry, we’ve round­ed up some of our favorite busi­ness books.Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Brassballs
• Buying advice: Best Mac for graph­ic design
  Graphic design­ers have long loved Macs, and OS X remains the lead­ing envi­ron­ment in which to be cre­ative. We explore the best options for design­ers, to find the per­fect Macs for themTags: OSX mac macbook
• 5 Smart Moves to Make in a Technical Interview (That Have Nothing to Do With Coding)

  Technical inter­views are known for their puz­zles. Whether you’re asked to write a bina­ry tree out on a white­board, explain a sort­ing algo­rithm, or imple­ment FizzBuzz in 10 lines or less, you should pre­pare for tech­ni­cal pro­gram­ming ques­tions in the aver­age interview.

• 37 Effective PowerPoint Presentation Tips

  Consider this your all-inclusive guide. We’ll look at prepar­ing your pre­sen­ta­tion, how to design it in PowerPoint, prac­tic­ing your deliv­ery, and then how to nail your deliv­ery suc­cess­ful­ly come pre­sen­ta­tion time. We’ll also address what not to do—so you can side­step any big mis­takes. Let’s dig into these tips for effec­tive PowerPoint presentations.

  Tags: PowerPoint pre­sen­ter

• What Are The Biggest Trends In Design For 2016? Get Ahead Of The Curve

  So where is design going in 2016? What are the hot trends that we need to keep an eye on? How will 2016’s design trends dif­fer from those of last year? Check out the info­graph­ic below for a fas­ci­nat­ing look.

• How to Create Your Own Online Video Membership Site

  Online video mem­ber­ship sites are quick­ly grow­ing in pop­u­lar­i­ty. If you are think­ing about mak­ing your own video mem­ber­ship site, you will be relieved to know that the process is rather sim­ple. There are many options out there; how­ev­er, the most sim­ple meth­ods of cre­at­ing your site will now be pre­sent­ed so that your chances of mak­ing a mis­take are dras­ti­cal­ly reduced.

• How to Move Your Startup Into Its First Office
  Here’s what you need to know before mov­ing your start­up into an office space.Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Startup
• Why Increased Efficiency Will Make Us Miserable
  Unfortunately, this con­ve­nience comes at a cost: The more effi­cient we get, the less we interact.
• The Guide to Hiring the Best Designer for Your Team
  This guide to hir­ing design­er will pro­vide an out­line of the hir­ing process that will find you the best design­er for your team. First iden­ti­fy the designer.Tags: Design Business
• ‘Based on a true sto­ry’: the fine line between fact and fiction

  From Kapuscinski to Knausgaard, from Mantel to Macfarlane, more and more writ­ers are chal­leng­ing the bor­der between fic­tion and non­fic­tion. Here Geoff Dyer – long­time mas­ter of the space between, in books such as But Beautiful and Out of Sheer Rage – argues that there is no sin­gle path to ‘truth’ while, below, writ­ers on both sides of the divide share their thoughts…

  Tags: Writing AmWriting self­pub epub

• Setting Boundaries: The Key to Maintaining Control of Your Life and Work

  The dif­fer­ence between suc­cess­ful peo­ple and real­ly suc­cess­ful peo­ple is that real­ly suc­cess­ful peo­ple say no to almost every­thing. – Warren Buffett

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