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Archive for November, 2009

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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 so [...]

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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?

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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.

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