Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 5 March 2016

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

• Up and Running with Behance [Video]
  Create, share, and find amaz­ing art­work with Behance, and cre­ate a cus­tomiz­able dig­i­tal port­fo­lio using your own unique URL.Tags: Design Business
• 5 of the Best Mac Calendar Apps & Add-Ons
  There are plen­ty of great third-party apps that serve as a replace­ment for your Mac’s Calendar appli­ca­tion, or as add-ons to take it to the next lev­el. Here are our favorites.Tags: OSX Mac Productivity
• 10 Hilarious Charts That Explain What a Designer’s Life is Really Like

  Sometimes it’s real­ly hard to explain what’s going on in our life. Due dates, specs, clients, and all sorts of lit­tle issues make every sin­gle day a chal­lenge — yet oth­er peo­ple some­how believe that we just col­or for a liv­ing. These charts are my attempt to show what’s real­ly going on. Do any of these ring a bell?

  Tags: Design Humor

• How to Choose the Right (Analog) Drawing Tools
  Different draw­ing tools suit dif­fer­ent styles. Here we explain how to choose the best mate­ri­als for your toolkit.Tags: ampaint­ing amdrawing
• The Unflattering Childhood Label That Actually Predicts Higher Income 40 Years Later
  Adults who grew up with this child­hood per­son­al­i­ty trait earn more mon­ey now.
• Why Every Writer Needs a Purpose — and How to Discover Yours
  If sit­ting down to write has ever felt like you were exhaust­ing your­self try­ing to unlodge an immov­able object, your solu­tion is sim­ple. And here it is.…Tags: Writing AmWriting
• B&N NOOK Abandoning UK/EU Market
  Nook Press have made the deci­sion to pull out of the UK ebook mar­ket on 15th March 2016. From that date dig­i­tal con­tent from Nook Press will only be sold…Tags: ePublishing eprd­ctn epub selfpub
• Designing With Eye Tracking in Mind

  These eye move­ments, called sac­cades (from the French word for “jerk”—as in the type of move­ment), are an impor­tant part of the design of every aspect of your site, from nav­i­ga­tion to icons.

  Tags: Ui UX web­de­sign mobiledesign

• The Best Out-of-Office Autoresponder (From a Photographer)

  A good autore­spon­der usu­al­ly has the dates on which you are away and some emer­gency con­tact data. But, you can also use autore­spon­ders to improve the expe­ri­ence of your clients. Photographer David Talley cre­at­ed a bril­liant autore­spon­der that got me laugh­ing out loud. Now, who would not want to work with a guy who has bat­man as a sidekick.

• Typeface App, a Simple, Minimal Font Manager for Mac

  Typeface is a new kind of font man­ag­er for Mac. It helps you pick the per­fect font by focus­ing on quick and accu­rate font pre­views. Silky smooth brows­ing & detailed com­par­isons make Typeface an indis­pen­si­ble tool when you’re design­ing
  sexy typog­ra­phy for a new logo, web­site or app.

  Tags: Design

• The Designers’ Guide to the Golden Ratio
  The Golden Ratio can help make your designs pleas­ing on the eye. We explain how you should use the Fibonacci sequence, and why.Tags: Design
• Always Take a Copywriter to the Pub Quiz

  But that doesn’t mean we don’t like a bit of com­pa­ny and cama­raderie every now and then. Company that you should offer. Because when it comes to a pub quiz, a good copy­writer is always indispensable.

  Tags: Writing AmWriting copy­writ­ing

• How to Write Blog Posts That Actually Attract New Clients

  First: Remember, Blogging is Another Piece of Marketing. And…

  Tags: Writing AmWriting copy­writ­ing

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