The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Get Some Work Done: The Best Writing Environments for Mac OS X
When tackling writing projects, you need the best writing environment possible to get the job done. Here are seven of them.Tags: Writing AmWriting
- E‑mail matters, Twitter doesn’t, to American workers. Yup. Really.
In spite of challenges from LinkedIn, Skype, BBM, the never-ending threat of spam, phishing, and hacking, and a generation of Millennials who dismiss e‑mail as being something for old people, e‑mail remains important to a majority of Internet-using American workers, according to a new report from Pew Research.
- Social media is now required for freelance success
Not all businesses require social media presence (woodworkers, doctors, etc) to be successful, but for the digital freelancer, social media is the greatest tool at our disposal. As the world grows more connected, its a disservice to you and all of you…
- Copyright Confusion Chilling Online Creativity
- Painting the subtle differences between sunset and sunrise
Freelance illustrator Paco Rico Torres explains how to paint the sun its two most eye-catching states.
- Skeuomorphism vs. Flat Design: It’s An Ongoing Conversation
This clip is a segment from an upcoming documentary, App: The Human Story, due for release this year, which features a series of interviews from assorted app development luminaries and experts. In this video, designer Neven Mrgan compares skeuomorphism to a classic car — and strikes a fascinating chord.
- The best way to mirror an iPad screen to a Macintosh screen for presentation or recording
The best new feature of Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) is tucked away in QuickTime Player that provides a rock-solid, reliable way to display an iPad or iPhone screen on the screen of a laptop or desktop computer.
- Building your network: Brushing shoulders with the industry greats
Your goal is to get ahead in your industry right? To make a substantial living and be able to provide for yourself and your family with your skill-set. To brush shoulders with the heavy hitters in your industry and become one yourself. To be remembere…