How to Organize Your Files
Wednesday April 30, 2008
This is definitely one of those "do as they say, not as I do" situations. I often start out with very meaningful file names. But time and time again my ... Read More
Print a Poster on Any Printer With the Avery Poster Kit
Tuesday April 29, 2008
A few weeks back I picked up an Avery poster kit. I was curious to see if the "3 Easy Steps" described on the box were really easy.
Print preview ... Read More
Try Before You Buy: Trial Software for Desktop Publishing
Sunday April 27, 2008
Professional level desktop publishing software is expensive. Reading reviews and getting the opinions of others are great tools to help you decide where to spend your money, but hands-on experience ... Read More
Every Color in the Crayon Rainbow
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Did you know that there are currently 120 Crayola crayon colors?
Box of 64 Crayola Crayons (with sharpener)Photo by Andy Melton; Creative Commons License
And most of the Crayola crayon colors ... Read More
Magazines On-Screen
Wednesday April 23, 2008
I've been reading a lot of PDF books lately. It's a lot easier to multitask when I read at my computer -- between chapters I can check email, play a ... Read More
Sketching to Find Images
Saturday April 19, 2008
This has been around a while but I'm just now finding it. Retrievr is (was? doesn't appear updated) a experiment in image retrieval.
screenshot from retrievr
Using a simple, somewhat crude ... Read More
When Repeating Yourself is a Good Thing
Wednesday April 16, 2008
I was mildly chastising my husband the other night because he kept repeating himself over and over turning a 5 minute conversation into a marathon.
"Affirmation #416"© J. James
But in ... Read More
A Better Way to Present Identity Design Pieces
Friday April 11, 2008
Found this great collection posted by Ivan over at creativebits. When you design a logo you may think about how it will look in different formats -- on a business ... Read More
Bad Typography Hurts and Other Ways Type Affects Us
Tuesday April 8, 2008
I dipped into some recent YouTube video uploads and found these... Here's a short (3:34 minute) video showing how typography surrounds us. Bad typography affects communication. Nothing earthshattering here, but ... Read More
Go Green This Week
Monday April 7, 2008
I know St. Patrick's Day was last month but this month is a green month at my house. My daughter is trying out a very green (vegan-like) eating style -- ... Read More
Font Time
Thursday April 3, 2008
How much would you pay for a dozen fonts? $450-$1880 perhaps? Here's a gift idea for the type lover in your life: The last page of the April issue of ... Read More
Office 2008 for Mac
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Focus on Macs Guide Tom Nelson gives Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac 3.5 stars. From his description, sounds like its got some "what you see is what you print" ... Read More