Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 4 August 2015

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

• Self-Publishing Success Story: David Chilton

  David Chilton is a Canadian author who began as an investor. He now runs his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny, as well as a finan­cial plan­ning busi­ness, and for a time was part of CBC’s Dragon’s Den as one of the tit­u­lar “Dragons.”

  Tags: Writing AmWriting self­pub epub

• 12 Free Ebooks to Teach You Blogging and Content Marketing
  Here you’ll see free ebooks on�how to start blog­ging, how to become a suc­cess­ful writer,�how to get mon­ey with blog­ging�and�get traf­fic, how to orga­nize your blog and�cre­ate strong visu­als, and more. So, scroll down and enjoy!

  Tags: ContentMarketing CM AmWriting self­pub

• Privacy Isn’t Just Digital: What I Learned In Private Investigations
  When you think about pro­tect­ing your pri­va­cy, you prob­a­bly think about your Facebook data or text mes­sages. However, as I learned while work­ing for a pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tions com­pa­ny, most of us don’t ful­ly under­stand how pri­va­cy works, how it extends beyond our brows­er his­to­ry, or how we’re real­ly vulnerable.

  Tags: Privacy

• 15 Fun Games for the Bored Designer
  In this post are 15 addic­tive games that test your knowl­edge on things relat­ed to design: fonts and kern­ing, col­ors and hues, hex codes, site lay­outs and more. Race against the time and com­pare scores with your fel­low design­ers, and most of a…
• 10 Depressing Reasons The Internet Is Destroying Itself
  But there are storm clouds gath­er­ing on the online hori­zon. Halfway through the sec­ond decade of the 21st cen­tu­ry, it’s start­ing to look like our sun­ny utopia won’t last much longer. Across the world, cul­tur­al trends, gov­ern­ments, and cor­po­ra­tions are unit­ing to suck what joy is left from the Internet, leav­ing it a shell of its for­mer self.
• 7 E‑Learning Heroes Share How They Spiced Up Boring Content
  Learn quick and easy tips to turn dry, bor­ing con­tent into some­thing fun and engaging.Tags: elearn­ing edu ilm elm
• How to Make a To-Do List for Your To-Do Lists

  If you’ve ever sat down to write a to-do list only to dis­cov­er you’ve com­plete­ly for­got­ten every­thing that would have actu­al­ly been list­ed, I’m here to help. Below I’ve list­ed con­crete steps to help you pre­pare a to-do list for your to-do lists:

  Tags: Satire

• Ultimate Free Tools for Cross-Browser Testing
  If you have a web­site of your own, whether it is a large busi­ness site or a small blog, the impor­tance of cross-browser desk­top test­ing is the same.Tags: Webdesign
• 10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics
  Who can resist a colour­ful, thought­ful venn dia­gram any­way? In terms of blog­ging suc­cess, info­graph­ics are far more like­ly to be shared than your aver­age blog post. This means more eye­balls on your impor­tant infor­ma­tion, more peo­ple ral­ly­ing for your …
• Teach Yourself Adobe Illustrator for Free
  Why should I learn Adobe Illustrator?Can I learn Adobe Illustrator with­out any draw­ing skills?Where can I learn Adobe Illustrator for free?Tags: Vector Illustrator
• Draw Pad Pro (Amazing Notepads and Sketchbooks!) Now Free for iPad and iPhone
  With near­ly 3 mil­lion down­loads to date, Draw Pad Pro is a clear and com­pelling choice for tak­ing notes. The app is designed as a beau­ti­ful and inno­v­a­tive way to cre­ate and man­age all your thoughts, ideas, sketch­es, scrib­bles, and more. It offers a va…
• The 3 Secrets For The Successful Marketing Of Your Writing
  The 3 secrets for the suc­cess­ful mar­ket­ing of your writ­ing – go beyond lean­ing about mar­ket­ing and actu­al­ly put an effec­tive plan into action.Tags: Writing AmWriting copywriting

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