Photography Meets Design
It’s Friday! How about some inspiration for the weekend? (courtesy of www.fcmalliance.com)
Concise Guide to Archiving for Designers
Designers, protect your hard work! Archiving is one of the most important steps of the creative process, even if it isn't always the most fun! But if you take the time to archive properly, it will ...
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Best Professional Social Networking Sites for Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Social media has become vital to the success of any business, especially for the entrepreneurs out there. With limited time and countless options, determining the best sites to focus your energy on can be tough. ...
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Freelance workers reshape companies and jobs
Check out this very relevant article we found on usatoday.com about the evolving job market. Apparently, freelancing is becoming mainstream, which is no surprise to us! Is the increased flexibility and freedom worth the security that a full time ...
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Recruiters Won’t Kill Your Grandma
While perusing the interwebs this afternoon, I stumbled across a fantastic blog about recruiters. Myths about recruiters, in fact. Take a look-see and check the blog out here, and Mindy Slobodkin Fineout's awesome writing below:Recruiters ...
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Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Careers – Up 25 percent
It looks like things are moving in the right direction for job seekers. Read this article to see where design and related fields fit in to the grand scheme of things. (Spoiler alert: things are ...
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Self Promotion: Writing Case Studies for the Reader
Case studies are a highly-effective selling tool for your products or services. You take a success story where your company's products or services provided a successful solution for one of your clients -- and write ...
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Website Usability: Six Must-Have Improvements
(Courtesy of http://thoseinmedia.com) Not all usability improvements require a complete overhaul, and with the economy where it is now is a good time to consider more affordable projects. Concentrate on designs and structures that are ...
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Looking to take the web design plunge?
The School of Visual Concepts in Seattle is offering a class to help with the big scary transition from designing for print to designing for the web. One of the many invaluable classes offered at ...
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‘I swear you’re the only one!’ Or, The Importance of Customizing Submissions
So the tedium of the job hunt is getting you down. It seems like you’ve applied to a billion places, and no one is getting back to you. You’re frustrated and all you want is ...
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Best URLs for learning Adobe Flash and Actionscript
What are Flash and Actionscript? Here's Wikipedia's definitions: Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to Web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements and games. ...
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Phone Etiquette: Pinkies Up and Don’t Slurp
With the advent of texting and chatting, something's been lost: the phone conversation. Don't believe me? Check out this month's issue of Wired (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/st_thompson_deadphone/) to read Clive Thompson's riveting article about this phenomenon. 'So?' you ...
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Tools for benchmarking social media
An increasing number of companies has accepted social media as part of their public relations and communications strategy. These tools can drive sales and help you reach new markets; they can also create public relations nightmares.
Social Media Is Your Frenemy
"Frenemy" (alternately spelled "frienemy") is a portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" which can refer to either an enemy disguised as a friend or to a partner who is simultaneously a competitor and rival (www.wikipedia.org) How ...
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Call for Entries
Seattle Folks: If you're on the south-end The Des Moines Arts Commission is hosting its inaugural Poverty Bay Arts Festival on Saturday, Sept. 25th in and around the downtown Des Moines Marina District. The festival ...
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Fashion Is As Fashion Does
Every single morning, I face the same dilemma. It’s a daily struggle, and I admit, sometimes takes nearly an hour to resolve. What do I wear today? Yup, that’s the dilemma. I mean, seriously. What ...
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Referrals Matter!
How to get those personal referrals Personal referrals are important in the hiring process for the same reason customer reviews are important when making a big purchase. Before entering into an expensive or long-term commitment, ...
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What’s in a Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet…” Ah, yes. The famed passage from Romeo & Juliet by poetic genius William Shakespeare, which states that ...
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How To Follow-Through on Awesomeness
In the age of immediacy that we live in, it’s easy to let stuff slip through the cracks, and it’s easy to forget to follow through or follow up. But what does that mean for ...
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3 tips to improve your information architecture samples or portfolio
by BEN ALLEN on FEBRUARY 21, 2010 http://www.benallenblog.com/. For all those budding IAs out there – listen up – I have a few tips for you. Perhaps it’s just 1 tip but it’s a biggie ...
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Five Ways to Turn Off Employers
Job searches, much like first dates, are about giving the other party -- in this case the employer -- a once-over and presenting yourself in the best possible way. Also similar to first dates, job ...
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