If you’re in San Francisco, you may have noticed more nerds than usual wandering around. This is due to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where hardware and software developers go every year to learn from the folks at Apple through a series of sessions and tech labs. Usually, Apple makes a product announcement to kick off the WWDC....
View the full-sized version and click the links to watch some fun ads. History tells us that advertising originated in a pre-competitive state, seeking simply to inform about a product: what it is, what it does, what it costs, where you get it. That was a long, long time ago. Ever since supply has exceeded demand, products have been...
Scott Kelby is one of the top names in Photoshop, educating millions of users about everyone’s favorite digital imaging app. He’s the president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), editor-in-chief of Layers magazine, author of dozens of books about Photoshop, and a nominee for the 2007 Photoshop Hall of Fame. We’re getting his take on the latest...
Are you a freelancer who ships boxes of printed collateral to clients? An indie e-commerce site owner? A designer or printer sending overnight proofs? If so, the latest US Postal Service pricing changes may have thrown you for a loop. Not only are prices higher for many services, but new size regulations are also in effect. Many business owners...
Last weekend at the Orange County Museum of Art, a friendly and well-meaning volunteer docent inquired whether I was writing a school report, and proceeded to introduce some of the pieces on display in the current ‘Imaging + Imagining California’ exhibit. Alighting on a piece by John McCracken called Dream (Chartreuse Green), 1988-92—a leaning, gleaming, fiberglass plank—she gamely explained...
If you’re new to Web design, or a veteran who grew up on font tags and tables, you may need some practice with your cascading style sheets (CSS) skills. CSS has long been known to give Web designers more creativity and flexibility over their pages, allowing for precision typography and layout. But it can admittedly be hard to open...
Image courtesy of Basecamp’s video tour Do you find yourself keeping track of your projects using a mishmash of endless email threads, saved IM conversations, phonecalls, meetings, sticky notes, post-its, and scribblings on napkins and used envelopes? Struggling to recall time spent on a project after it’s done? Experiencing miscommunication with a client based on clashing expectations or surprises...
Happy Easter! (Yes, I know it’s June.) Did you know that many of your favorite programs contain “Easter eggs”? Easter eggs are secret images, messages, or other cool features that you can find, usually with a simple key command. In addition to computer applications, many video games, DVDs, and other media have Easter eggs that their authors included for...
Be sure and swing by Graphic Define Online Magazine! (Issue #2 was just released from our friend Dan Schutzsmith). Of special note, the featured article for Issue 2, On Staying Creative by D. Keith Robinson. Also on deck, some familiar faces, including Emily Cohen, Eric Karjaluoto and Ilise Benun. – From the NoD Sponsor: Sessions Online Schools of Art...
A few years back at a networking event, I wore a “Hello, My Name Is…” sticker with my online shop’s name on it. A man came up to me, poked his finger on the name tag, and said, “That’s a great name. I’ll never forget it.” Aside from being jabbed in the shoulder, I was really happy about this:...
