The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- On Back Ups and Ownership for Writers
Right now, through KU and Scribd and Oyster, writers are lessors. We have the ability to lease our work exclusively, or non-exclusively, for a limited time. Publishers–once essential middlemen who connected us with readers via paper–are being replac…
- 30 Stunning Packaging Designs for Liquor Bottles
In today’s roundup I present 30 stunning packaging designs for whiskey, vodka and rum bottles. See how they make use of intricate illustrations, special print effects and premium packaging materials to create upmarket brands.
Tags: Inspiration
- CSS and JavaScript Tricks for Selecting, Copying, and Pasting on Your Website
Have you ever tried to copy and paste some text only to find it frustrating, awkward, or even impossible? I bet you have. It’s not random. On the web, you have a decent amount of control over it. Let’s just lay a bunch of stuff out there as food for t…
- Three Social Media Hacks for the Busy Entrepreneur
Social media is a smart investment of an entrepreneur’s time. These three tips will show you how to do so efficiently.Tags: SocialMedia
- Three Social Media Hacks for the Busy Entrepreneur
Social media is a smart investment of an entrepreneur’s time. These three tips will show you how to do so efficiently.Tags: SocialMedia
- The Small Business Owner’s Secret to Saying No
As tough as it can be to turn down a new opportunity, saying no can actually be a smart move for your business. Learn when and how to do it.Tags: Entrepreneur Freelance
- I Handed Over My Facebook Password to an Indonesian Hacker. Now We’re Friends.
The person who really owns the account is me, Annie Lowrey. But the person using it as a kind of postmodern sock puppet is a 27-year-old Indonesian man named Ferdi. As for our relationship status, well, “It’s Complicated.” But this is the shaggy-dog story of the friendship that we developed between hacker and hacked, half a world away.
- 70% of U.K. authors who got their rights back from publishers used the same content to earn more money themselves.
- How to Enable Click-to-Play Flash Player in Every Web Browser for Greater Stability and Fewer Ads
Click-to-play allows you to conserve download bandwidth, improve page load times, reduce CPU usage, and extend laptop battery life. This feature gained popularity with Flashblock for Firefox and is now built into modern browsers.Tags: Flash
- 40 FREE Resources Every Designer Should Know
Ever wondered where designers get their resources to help them succeed with a project? Here is a list of great resources including sites, PSD. files, actions, UI elements, mock ups et cetera and best of all, they are totally free and availabl…