The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Prototyping Tools: Moving from Fireworks to Illustrator (and Forgetting About Photoshop)
Let’s compare Fireworks, Illustrator and Photoshop features for prototyping:
- Ten Reasons Why The Gatekeepers Of Self-Publishing Have Become… You
The online self-publishing clique has become incredibly judgemental of its own kind. These didacts are scaring the heck out of those wanting a nice gentle, creative, inclusive experience. Simply, self-published authors have become dictators of their own industry. Here’s why.
- Ten Reasons Why The Gatekeepers Of Self-Publishing Have Become… You
The online self-publishing clique has become incredibly judgemental of its own kind. These didacts are scaring the heck out of those wanting a nice gentle, creative, inclusive experience. Simply, self-published authors have become dictators of their own industry. Here’s why.
- How Twitter’s ‘Buy’ button will shake up social media
Already tested out by influential retailers such as Burberry, nonprofts such as The Nature Conservancy and music acts including Pharrell Williams, the “Buy” button works like it sounds. Within the Twitter app, users can view a tweet offering a product. If they like what they see, they simply need to tap “Buy Now” to pull up more details, enter shipping and payment info and, done.
- How Twitter’s ‘Buy’ button will shake up social media
Already tested out by influential retailers such as Burberry, nonprofts such as The Nature Conservancy and music acts including Pharrell Williams, the “Buy” button works like it sounds. Within the Twitter app, users can view a tweet offering a product. If they like what they see, they simply need to tap “Buy Now” to pull up more details, enter shipping and payment info and, done.
- Apple Was Going To Partner With PayPal On Apple Pay Until It Found Out PayPal Was Working With Samsung
PayPal was excluded from Apple’s new payment platform, Apple Pay, because the payment platform partnered with Samsung during negotiations with Apple, Bank Innovation’s Ian Kar reports.
- The Rule of 52 and 17: It’s Random, But it Ups Your Productivity
And the trick might surprise you. Turns out, what the most productive 10% of our users have in common is their ability to take effective breaks. Specifically, the most productive people work for 52 minutes at a time, then break for 17 minutes before getting back to it (similar to the Pomodoro Method—more on that here).
The employees with the highest productivity ratings, in fact, don’t even work eight-hour days. Turns out, the secret to retaining the highest level of productivity over the span of a workday is not working longer—but working smarter with frequent breaks.