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8 Things You Should Include In Your Terms of Service Agreement
8 Things You Should Include In Your Terms of Service Agreement
"If you've been a solo freelancer for any significant stretch of time, you've probably learned the h...
Conversations With Thought Leaders: Jim Coudal Reinvents the Business Model
Conversations With Thought Leaders: Jim Coudal Reinvents the Business Model
"Coudal Partners started as a traditional ad agency. Then Jim and Co. morphed it into something else: a multid...
Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas
Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas
"Ideas. They're at the heart of every creative process. However, almost no really good ideas are flashes ...
Lance Wyman & Wayfinding Systems
Lance Wyman & Wayfinding Systems
"A Wayfinding system incorporates branding, signs, maps and directional devices that tell us where we are, whe...
Richard Saul Wurman interview
Richard Saul Wurman interview
"With the publication of his first book in 1962 at the age of 26, RSW began the singular passion of his life: ...
Visualizing large graphs: Graph drawing of matrices in the University of Florida Collection
Visualizing large graphs: Graph drawing of matrices in the University of Florida Collection
"Graph visualization is a way to discover and visualize structures in complex relations. What sort of structur...
The Language of Graphics: The Lecture
The Language of Graphics: The Lecture
"The invited lecturer, Yuri Engelhardt, started his speech by talking about the presence and importance of gr...
Such Hubbub Over a Subway Map. Decades Later, Revisions.
Such Hubbub Over a Subway Map. Decades Later, Revisions.
"It was gorgeous. It was abstract. It was criticized. It was confusing. And it's back.
With its 45- and 9...
How to Unleash Your Creativity
How to Unleash Your Creativity
"In a discussion with Scientific American Mind executive editor Mariette DiChristina, three noted experts on c...
VizThink ‘08 Conference: Call for Sessions
VizThink ‘08 Conference: Call for Sessions
"Planning for VizThink Europe ‘08 is well underway. The event will be held October 12 - 14 at the Crown...
One Leg Leads to Another
One Leg Leads to Another
"The human leg has evolved continually over many eons, adapting from an underwater propeller to its current fo...
The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome
The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome
"In the vast majority of website projects that I have managed during my ten years in the industry, content is ...
TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Blog
TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Blog
"TheDieline.com defines good graphic design and product packaging in consumer products in industries such as f...
Follow the Rainbow: 101 Color Resources for Web Designers
Follow the Rainbow: 101 Color Resources for Web Designers
"Do you freak out if someone asks you to match print colors to Web colors? Or, maybe you just can't decid...
Chris Ware animation for This American Life
Chris Ware animation for This American Life
"Chris Ware has returned with another animated opening for THIS AMERICAN LIFE."...
Footers Design Showcase
Footers Design Showcase
"Footers can be much more than an afterthought containing the fine print of a web site. With the right design ...
“No Dashes Or Spaces” Hall of Shame
“No Dashes Or Spaces” Hall of Shame
"Though I have a tolerably good handle on e-commerce software, I've not written much of it myself. In this res...
brand tags
brand tags
"The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people's heads. Therefore, whatever it is they...
The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations
The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations
"Are there existential dilemmas in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Does Brad Bird's oeuvre cont...
Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done
Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done
"Writing your blog should be a fun way to stretch your mind and stay connected to trends, friends, and the gre...
99 Flickr Groups for Design Inspiration
99 Flickr Groups for Design Inspiration
"Web designers and graphic designers are always looking for new sources of design inspiration. Of course, many...
16 Ways to Keep A Razor- Sharp Focus at Work
16 Ways to Keep A Razor- Sharp Focus at Work
"Focus is something of a novelty these days. We've got cellphones for texting and calls, IM, Twitter, Ema...
Information Design Patterns
Information Design Patterns
"This application prototype is part of the Master thesis 'The Form of Facts and Figures,' developed by Christi...
One pixel notched corners as used by Google Analytics
One pixel notched corners as used by Google Analytics
"I use Google Analytics, and I noticed that their left nav has an interesting characteristic: instead of each ...