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Archive for March, 2010
Monthly Archive
Friday, March 26th, 2010
I had a reader email me and ask what they should show and not show in their portfolio. In this video I answer the question and take you through some of my current portfolio pieces and talk about what I would show, take out, and how many items I would present in a job interview. [...]
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
I’m looking for feedback on the content, frequency and format of The Design O’Blog. I just realized this blog has been around for about 2 years! I figure now is a good time to take inventory and see what you guys like or don’t like and what you want to see more of! Feel free to give [...]
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Congrats to Scarlett @ScarlettColey & Ralph @ralphsaunders! Hope you both enjoy Dribbble! Thanks to everyone who commented! Will let you know when I have more invites! So I’ve been on Dan Cederholm’s sorta super top secret Dribbble site for a little while and now and have been enjoying it immensely! I know tweeting about sneak [...]
Friday, March 12th, 2010
As you probably all know I’m an avid Twitter user. I love interacting with other designers and non designers to share and learn. But all to often Twitter turns into a sea of links and re-tweets. This in itself isnt a bad thing, but I think we (myself included) tend to forget that ACTUAL PEOPLE [...]
Monday, March 8th, 2010
One of the most important assets you can have as a designer doing print work, whether you are new or old is an understanding of how to correctly set your files up for printing. There are multiple ways to do this and I am not saying that my is the only way but, mine works [...]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Computer – check. Photoshop – check. Lots of free time – check. It seems that this is all that is necessary to call yourself a ‘designer’ these days. I believe that there is far more to a designer than software, computers and free time. Designers should have critical thinking skills, understanding of design principals, knowledge of grid systems, typography and [...]
