Archive for November, 2009
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Google Wave Invites – I Haz Them!
Hope everyone had a lovely thanksgiving! I finally had a chance to disconnect for a few days and relax. When I came back to internet land I noticed that I had 16 Google Wave invites in my inbox to give away.
I’d like to give away the invites to people I’ll actually talk to [...]
21 Comments » - Posted in Web 2.OH, technology by Niki Brown
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
AOL Rebrands – My Thoughts
Aol rebrands. Graphic designers everywhere gnash their teeth and weep in sorrow for the unnecessary slaughtering of design principles. (ok maybe not…) Is this a rash move on AOL’s part… or branding brilliance in disguise?
17 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design by Niki Brown
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Discussion: Getting Timely Feedback From clients
How do you get clients to give timely feedback on projects?
I’ve been running into some situations with clients (who are otherwise great) that haven’t been giving timely feedback. How do you deal with this? Do you remind them via email? Phone? Do you have anything in your contract regarding delays?
Leave a comment and join the [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Question Of The Week, Web Design, design by Niki Brown
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Quick Tip #47: Selecting Hex Color Codes In Photoshop
In this quick tip I show you a cool and quick shortcut for selecting hex color codes in Photoshop.
9 Comments » - Posted in Quick Tips, Screencasts, Tutorials, Web Design, color, design by Niki Brown
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Why Should I Become A Designer?
A little while ago I was contacted by a student that was considering design as a career. Instead of answering her questions myself I thought I would ask my twitter friends. Below you will find their answers including some useful advice and suggestions and insight into what a career in design is like. Feel free [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Interviews, Web Design, design by Niki Brown
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Quick Tip #46 How To Create Actions In Photoshop
In this quick tip I’ll show you how to automate some of your workflow by creating actions in photoshop and using keyboard shortcuts to execute actions.
