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December 27, 2007

36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

This is a collection of startup tips covering software engineering, infrastructure, PR, conferences, legal and finance. They describe best practices for an early-stage startup

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December 17, 2007

9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design

Web design can be deceptively difficult. Getting a design that is both usable and pleasing, delivers information and builds brand, is technically sound and visually coherent… So here are my 9 principles for good web design with examples and further reading!

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December 12, 2007

Lazy Man’s Way to Building a Great PowerPoint Presentation

Delivering a breathtaking presentation that wows the audience isn’t easy. Here is a kick ass PowerPoint template to take some of the stress off your speaking experience.

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December 1, 2007

20 Horrible Habits of Clients

A common list of issues designers have to deal with while working with clients on projects and how to avoid or solve those issues in a professional manner.

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November 22, 2007

Mac OS X Leopard: 200+ Productivity Booster Keyboard Shortcuts

Title says it all.

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Top 12 Sites for Web Design Inspiration, Guides and Resources

Whether you are a professional or amateur web designer, or simply enjoy amazing web designs, these are great resources to browse and bookmark. This collection covers various design styles, guides and tools as well as free fonts, stock photographs and vector images. Organized by category, this is a must-bookmark collection. Enjoy!

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November 10, 2007

Why You Need to be Organised to be Creative

Organization, structure, discipline and habit – these often seen as threats to creativity. Not to mention corporate-sounding phrases such as ‘time management’ or ‘workflow’. But examine the life of any great artist and you will find evidence of hard work, discipline and a hard-won knowledge of the rules and conventions of their medium.

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October 20, 2007

3 highly effective tips to handle criticism

People react differently to criticism. The most common reactions are either getting angry and take it personally or else get unmotivated and simply give up in what you are doing (normally the subject of criticism). This post gives three tips on how to deal with criticism to avoid any of the two extreme reactions mentioned above.

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September 7, 2007

Photoshop Text Effects: 51 Text Effect Tutorials Every Designer Should See

Text and the way it looks is a major part of any design. A great design can be cheapened if the text on the page looks wrong. Any logo is almost entirely text. From water to fire, these 51 tutorials will show you how to create any style of text you want.

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July 18, 2007

10 Articles All Bloggers Should Read (at least once)

From writing killer headlines, to building killer linkbait, these are the classic articles on blogging.

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