I was reading Wikipedia on graphic design topics. Most of the articles aren’t in great shape without basic information on the topics we all use everyday in our profession. The web is big enough that any of the missing information can be found pretty quickly just by a Google search. I don’t [...]

Being a graphic designer can be a pretty pricey thing. We like to have powerful computers and expensive enterprise software. I’m looking at you Adobe Create Suite …. There are alternatives that aim to meet the needs of our profession and products. Graphic design is an art and software is just a [...]

Social networks aren’t just great for connecting people with their friends and family. They’re great ways to find content. Myspace has been a great platform for connecting bands with their fans and fans with musicians. The power of social networks is being harnessed to help artists and designers come together in new ways. Community [...]

I had a great time, I really did. Tons of people had a horrible experience. It was rainy (flooding), traffic was bad and poorly managed. I drove in my little Toyota Yaris. It took hours leaving from Potomac Mills to the venue. Roads were closed due to the flooding and many [...]

After reading about the design of social features for Google Reader, I was thinking about the overall design aesthetic of the product. Google Reader is just ugly. Why all of the blue and green boxes? It would fit in much better with Google’s company brand if all of that was just [...]

In optimizing this blog, it turned out that there are all these great features you can add to your existing Wordpress site that can make the experience better for you and your users. You can add your favorite aspects of larger sites without much programming experience. Here are some of the ones that [...]

Everyone wants to present their content with a great design. Wordpress makes it easy to update content and make it look great. It takes as much or as little effort as you want to put into it. Try one or more of these tips and see what happens!
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Simply Hired provides this look at graphic design salaries in my area. It’s actually pretty surprising. Designers around here are making much more than I had expected. The demand for high quality design work is increasing. With design is everywhere and every company sharing the need to establish the look of their brand, [...]