The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Is Your Font Racist?
There can be a fine line between type and stereotype. Tao Jones columnist Jeff Yang explains.Tags: Typography fonts design
- InDesign 101: Tips I Wish I’d Known When Starting Out
I love Adobe InDesign. For multi-page documents, it’s the most flexible and complete application out there. Yet I remember how counter-intuitive some things were when I was learning it for the first time. Here are some tips I wish I had known when starting out, as well as some answers to questions that others often ask me. This is not intended to be a manual; some good ones are already out there (although I personally learned by doing). Hopefully, these tips will help you make the best of your day-to-day use of InDesign. If you are preparing a document for print, keep your margins and bleeds in mind from the beginning. Your printer will give you the measurements for the bleed, but generally 1/8 inch or 3 mm should suffice. Approximately the same area within the document should be kept free of text and important graphic elements (such as the logo). Set up your document for bleed in InDesign as you create it by selecting the correct settings in the document set-up box.
Tags: InDesign
- Build Websites Superfast with Foundation 5 [A Guide]
Zurb Foundation 5 is one of the most powerful frontend frameworks out on the market. It’s logically built, easy-to-use and completely free. It lets you make use of a flexible CSS grid that facilitates in the creation of a clean, user-friendly layout. The Foundation framework is also heavily tested, so it takes care of cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
- 15 Incredibly Useful WordPress Plugins For Effective User Management and Login Process
If you’re setting up a magazine site, a membership site, or any other WordPress site that requires you to manage a community of users, you’ll need to give yourTags: WordPress
- Useful Pointers for Creating an Attractive Header Card in Your Package Design
Designing a header card that will grab your customer’s attention is a critical factor in a shopper’s overall decision. Make sure your header card stands out!Tags: Design GraphicDesign
- Print VS Online: 5 Ways A Digital Portfolio Is More Efficient Than A Black Book
- How I Tripled My Salary in Less Than One Year After Getting Fired
Then I did five things that completely transformed my life. Within two months, I was working 50-plus-hour weeks for my own clients and making six figures – more than twice my previous salary. Today, less than a year later, I’m making more than three times that original salary.
Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance
- Everything You Should Do at the End of the Year to Optimize Your 2015 Taxes
It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, so taxes are probably the last thing you want to think about. It’s not the most exciting thing to do between sipping eggnog and wrapping gifts, but if you can squeeze in some tax moves by December 31st, it’ll make tax season much less of a headache in April. Here are some year-end moves to make to get the most out of your 2015 taxes and stay organized.
Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance Tax EOY
- 4 Tips to Name Your New Business
Wondering how to pick your business name? Click here to learn to check company name, test it out on people and more!Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Startup
- Top 10 Stubborn Exercise Myths That Just Won’t Die
- How to Capture the Milky Way in Photographs
An increasing number of landscape photographers are venturing out at night to capture scenes lit by the Moon and stars. The star attraction of the night sky is the Milky Way. It’s surprisingly easy to capture over landscapes, once you know a few basics.
Tags: Photography
- How Publishers Can Use Facebook Instant Articles
Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan said, ‘We want to reach current and future readers on all platforms, and we aren’t holding anything back. Launching Facebook Instant Articles on Facebook enables to give this extremely large audience a faster, more seamless news reading experience..”
Tags: CM ContentMarketing
- Most Americans Aren’t Middle Class Anymore
Presidential hopefuls from both parties have been saying throughout the primary campaign that the American middle class is in trouble. Bernie Sanders says it is…
- Up and Running with Office for iPads and iPhones
Learn how to quickly become productive with the new Office for iOS suite. Author Nick Brazzi explains the differences between paid and free version of the apps and steps through common tasks in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. He also explores the file st…
- Training and the Infinite Return on Investment
Training pays. Sometimes, it’s easy to underestimate just how much it pays. Consider an employee who is going to work 2000 hours for you this year. It’s not unusual for an organization to spend only 10 or 20 hours training…Tags: Entrepreneur Leaders…
- What All of Those Confusing Dress Code Terms Really Mean
You just received an invitation to an event or party, and in the dress code section it says something to the effect of “business casual” or “black tie attire only.” Here’s what all of those dress code terms actually mean, and few examples of each to get you off on the right foot.