Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 28 October 2014

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

  • How To Get Rich As A Designer

    Most design­ers are under no illu­sions that their pro­fes­sion will lead to rich­es – that’s reserved for oth­ers who have more finance-oriented ambi­tions, after all. Or is it? How exact­ly would a design­er make tons of mon­ey from design? Is that even a worth­while or real­is­tic goal? Let’s explore the idea of a design­er mak­ing an out­ra­geous­ly com­fort­able liv­ing from design, and what that actu­al­ly means.

  • Freelance Vs. In-House: Which Produces The Best Designers?

    Does the uncer­tain­ty and ever-changing nature of free­lanc­ing pro­duce design­ers with sharp­er, more adapt­able skills? Or does the social, fast-paced, and ordered work­flow of an agency or design firm cre­ate more design super­stars? Let’s see if we can find some answers.

  • Freelance Vs. In-House: Which Produces The Best Designers?

    Does the uncer­tain­ty and ever-changing nature of free­lanc­ing pro­duce design­ers with sharp­er, more adapt­able skills? Or does the social, fast-paced, and ordered work­flow of an agency or design firm cre­ate more design super­stars? Let’s see if we can find some answers.

  • 8 Tips for Running a Virtual Meeting Like a Rockstar
    Many com­pa­nies, like us, now have dis­persed team mem­bers. We love the free­dom to hire amaz­ing peo­ple regard­less of where they live. As a man­ag­er, how­ev­er, how do you run meet­ings like a rock­star when your entire team is not around the same phys…
  • Get More Freelance Work: Make A Quality Pitch with the Tips in This Infographic
    If your pitch­es are lack­ing, fear not, because the info­graph­ic below will show you how to pitch bet­ter, which just might put more mon­ey in your pock­et at the end of each month.
  • Maximize Your Post-Conference Experience
    If you real­ly want to make the most out of your trade show, con­fer­ence, or oth­er learn­ing event you attend­ed, you have to be pre­pared to act when you get back to the office. And the best way is to use a sys­tem­at­ic approach to attend­ing conferen…
  • Standing Meetings May Help Improve Group Productivity
    At typ­i­cal meet­ings, peo­ple sit at a table in their own chairs with their own note­books and per­son­al space. This set-up pro­motes an indi­vid­u­al­ly ori­ent­ed mind­set right off the bat, even if the pur­pose of the meet­ing is to col­lab­o­rate and share …