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- The Elements of Content Strategy
- We’re back at it with a brand new A Book Apart from the ever brilliant, Erin Kissane: The Elements of Content Strategy.
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- Sugar/Smack
- I’m one of those people who really don’t have many childhood memories to speak of. The years just blur together, bound by images, places, feelings. But the memories I do have—the clear ones—are about candy. by Kristina Halvorson
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- Retrick/Retreat
- If you wish to see a maniacally enraged, completely unhinged seven-year-old, ask him to dress up, promise him candy, have him come to your door step, and then give him school supplies. By Frank Chimero
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- On Good
- Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.
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- All Things Nice
- I remember the candy cigarettes most fondly, not because they tasted better, but because they were grown-up. By Mandy Brown
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- Make Yourself Presentable
- My first time speaking professionally in public was back in 2005 at the first An Event Apart in Philadelphia. Let’s just say it could have gone better.
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- What the World Needs
- “Art?! As soon as there’s a war or recession, art will be the first thing to go. And when that happens, you’ll be right back here washing dishes. People will always need cooks.”
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- Cultivating Conversations
- Is there a way to make comment threads more useful, and more usable?
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- On the Subject of Design
- Good books are tough to find, so I’ve begun keeping track of notable ones.
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- Hello, My Name Is
- Badges are often a decidedly unfun and necessary evil of attending conferences. I have a pile of the things, some too big or too small, and others so garish they feel like a punishment. I can deal with an ugly badge, but I hate an unusable one.
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- Explain Yourself
- Contemplations on the utility of “graphic” in the title “graphic designer” for someone who designs websites.
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- If You Were a Typeface…
- A bit of cheesy fun: tell me what typeface best represents you. Extra points for additional typeface info.
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- Shake it Like a Metaphorical Picture
- Sometime next year, Polaroid will stop producing instant film. This represents a huge blow to photography, but also a loss of one of our greatest visual metaphors.
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On the Subject of Me
Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer living and working in sunny Brooklyn, NY. More »
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- “Insightful, witty and practical, Responsive Web Design points us in the direction of a new web.”
—Mark Boulton
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Design Is History, created as a teaching tool for young designers just beginning to explore graphic design and as a reference tool for all designers. Chock full of great info. †
Education at FontShop, a great resource for tips, tricks, and type knowledge. †
A List Apart: Issue 311, Start web design projects the right way. Learn when and how to say no. Articles by Whitney Hess and Kevin M. Hoffman. †
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