Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 26 January 2016

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

• See How Much Unproductive Meetings Actually Cost With This Calculator
  Time is mon­ey. Try our Meeting Cost Calculator to see how much you’re spend­ing on meet­ings — and how much you could be saving.
• 4 Lies Startup Culture Teaches You About Running a Business
  But some­times, as indie entre­pre­neurs or free­lancers, it can be easy to get caught up in all the lies that this new start­up cul­ture is projecting.Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Startup
• 10 Steps to High Quality Content and Page 1, According to Google

  Google reveals the guidelines it uses to teach Search Quality Evaluators the difference between high quality content and low-quality content

  Tags: CM ContentMarketing

• 99 Strange Collective Animal Names
  Whether it’s a shrewd­ness of apes, a pan­de­mo­ni­um of par­rots or a zeal of zebras, lots of ani­mals have bizarre names when they gath­er in groups.
• Designing the Perfect Table of Contents: 50 Examples to Show You How
  Give your read­ers beau­ti­ful direc­tion with the per­fect table of contents.Tags: Design EditorialDesign
• Do You Know What Native Advertising Looks Like?
  Native adver­tis­ing is all around us on the web. It’s a con­tro­ver­sial prac­tice but is it the future? Do you know how to spot these sneaky ads before they dis­tract your browsing?Tags: nativead chur­chand­state edi­to­r­i­al advertorial
• 6 Expert Predictions for Digital Education in 2016

  The year 2015 was an excit­ing time in dig­i­tal edu­ca­tion. Now it’s time to look to the future and the things to come in 2016.

  Tags: ePublishing k12 high­ered edu

• How main­stream pub­lish­ers are turn­ing performance-based (affil­i­ate) mar­ket­ing into a ‘fine art’
  Affiliate mar­ket­ing is one of the fastest-growing sources of rev­enue for online retailers.
• Preflight Like a Pro: The 5‑Minute Proof

  Preparing your InDesign doc­u­ments for send­ing to print or export­ing as dig­i­tal files shouldn’t take up hours of your time. This quick guide will make short work of the job.

  
  

  Tags: InDesign

• Level Up Your Writing By Applying For These 3 Writer’s Workshops
  If you’re a spec­u­la­tive fic­tion writer who is look­ing to improve their writ­ing skills, there’s three work­shops out there that are now accept­ing applications.

  Tags: writ­ing amwrit­ing

• Why You Need To Conduct A Content Audit
  What is a con­tent audit? In this post you will find out what is a con­tent audit, and why you need to do one.Tags: Writing AmWriting copywriting
• 18 Colorful Pantone Projects

  Design enthu­si­asts unite! Your favorite col­or match­ing tool is inspi­ra­tion for some seri­ous­ly cool treats & DIYs.

  Tags: Design PANTONE

• 10 Ways to Design for the Human Brain

  Last sum­mer, I attend­ed a train­ing ses­sion by Jon Dixon at Bunnyfoot in London. Attendees learned about apply­ing key prin­ci­ples to design for people’s nat­ur­al think­ing process­es. These prin­ci­ples work across per­sonas and demographics.

  A lot was cov­ered in Jon’s day-long ses­sion, so I’ve round­ed up 10 of my favorite points.

  Tags: Design

• 9 Free A/B Split Testing WordPress Plugins
  Split test­ing or A/B test­ing is the method of com­par­ing two ver­sions of a web page or call to action in order to see which ver­sion per­forms bet­ter. It is the inte­gral part of any web design­ing as design­er cre­ates more than one ver­sion of a same web pa…
• Have you run out of blog ideas? Try this.
  Have you run out of blog ideas? Try this approach – it’s the same thing I do all the time.Tags: Writing AmWriting amblogging
• 5 ways to move from tuto­ri­als to pro designer
  Hogarth’s Peter Gordon explains how to get out of the tuto­r­i­al loop, and become a ful­ly fledged pro­fes­sion­al web designer.
• To Boldy Sell: Space Is for Sale, and That Could Be a Good Thing
  Space is for sale. And if we want to get seri­ous about our inter­plan­e­tary ambi­tions, that could be a good thing
• Top Plugins Every WordPress Site Needs
  Craig Johnson looks at the best WordPress plu­g­ins cov­er­ing secu­ri­ty, search engine opti­miza­tion and performance.
• How to Write a Résumé Like a Seasoned Pro

  The most impor­tant thing to remem­ber about writ­ing a résumé is that you should write a sep­a­rate résumé for each job you apply for. Each résumé should be tai­lored to the spe­cif­ic posi­tion you’re apply­ing for, the require­ments you need to meet, the type of com­pa­ny you want to work for, and so on. If you’re won­der­ing how it’s pos­si­ble to write dif­fer­ent résumés based on the same core infor­ma­tion, hang on for a bit. We’ll cov­er that shortly.

• Posterzine: A Monthly Magazine That Can Also Spruce Up Your Studio
  People of Print’s new pub­li­ca­tion – with its lat­est issue’s upbeat Anthony Burrill print – might be the splash of colour your white walls need.

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