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    Archive for June, 2008

    Why you’d want to be a design volunteer

    Monday, June 23rd, 2008

    With many young designers out of school for the summer, it seems like a pretty good time to talk about volunteering. It’s not just for the new designer, an experienced designer can get to do things they can’t do in their regular job.
    photo credit: lumaxart
    As you hopefully know, many jobs and even internships [...]

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    Live From The Field

    Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

    Edit: Sorry for the odd post. I forgot that I had to tag things properly to get it to format from my phone

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    Publications Vocabulary You Might Not Know

    Sunday, June 15th, 2008

    photo credit: bravenewtraveler
    Working in publishing, it feels there are always new terms to learn everyday. Here are some terms used for magazines, newspapers, books and other publications with definitions that are a bit more obscure to those outside of the business.
    There’s a few about newspaper sizes which have a large effect on perception [...]

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    Microblogging, Twitter and the Big Deal

    Sunday, June 15th, 2008

    photo credit: 7son75
    What is a microblog? At the time of posting this, I have an experimental microblog on my site powered by Twitter (I have the username Sketchee). Microblogs are just short posts and updates limited to a very very small number of characters. You can text a quick thought right [...]

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    Lending a Hand

    Thursday, June 12th, 2008

    I don’t know if I’d call it a perk of my job, but I had my hand in the last cover photo of Maryland Family Magazine. It’s a pretty odd task, but when the art director asked for my help, I thought why not. Is it wierd that they needed a child’s hand [...]

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