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Ask A Good Product Manager
Ask A Good Product Manager
Another good thing from former XPLANEr Jeff Lash: "Ask A Good Product Manager provides answers to your product...
The 2007 Digital Economy Fact Book
The 2007 Digital Economy Fact Book
"The Entire Communications Industry, in Less than 200 Pages... The 2007 Digital Economy Fact Book is a tightwa...
Job openings at XPLANE: Project management
Job openings at XPLANE: Project management
XPLANE continues to grow and we're looking for project managers for the Portland and Atlanta offices. You can ...
Vector Magic Leaves Stanford: No Longer Free. Desktop Coming Soon.
Vector Magic Leaves Stanford: No Longer Free. Desktop Coming Soon.
"I'm rather sad to be reporting this one, but Vector Magic, the awesome free online vectorizing service i...
Advertising Got Better
Advertising Got Better
Paula Scher: "I don't see very many speakers from the advertising community invited to speak at design confere...
AT&T Information Visualization: Swift-3D
AT&T Information Visualization: Swift-3D
"Swift-3D is a system for visually surfing datasets of hundreds of millions of items, with the full data avail...
50 Years of Symbolic Peace
50 Years of Symbolic Peace
"Pacifists and war protesters all over the world wear peace signs on shoulder bags and jeans jackets. But only...
Graphis Annual ’57/58
Graphis Annual ’57/58
"As promised, here I will continue with my series on Graphis Annuals of years past (previously: ‘59/60 p...
Lunchtime Quiz: It’s Fontastic!
Lunchtime Quiz: It’s Fontastic!
"Happy (belated) birthday Helvetica! The typeface turned 50 last year and feted with the release of an eponymo...
Questioning the Cult of the Sketch
Questioning the Cult of the Sketch
"Designers must draw. We pretty much all agree on that one. Regardless of whether we're designing buildings, p...
Apartment in a box
Apartment in a box
"Here's video of 'Casulo,' the much-hubbubbed-about 'apartment in a box' from Marcel Krings & Sebastian Muhlha...
Meet Adobe Illustrator (1987)
Meet Adobe Illustrator (1987)
"As promised a couple of weeks ago, I've uploaded a copy of the VHS tape that shipped in the box with Illustra...
Visualizing Information
Visualizing Information
"Visualizing Information: An Introduction to Information Design is a booklet I wrote and designed to introduce...
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas
"How do we ensure that our Web sites actually give users what they need? What are the best ways to understand ...
List of information graphics software
List of information graphics software
This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics:
either includes the ability to create ...
Nielsen debuts animated video by XPLANE at Mobile World Congress
Nielsen debuts animated video by XPLANE at Mobile World Congress
Check out this new video from XPLANE, demonstrating the impact of mobile marketing. If you'd like to shar...
Brand Risk Management: Why Brands are Becoming More Valuable and More Vulnerable
Brand Risk Management: Why Brands are Becoming More Valuable and More Vulnerable
"But what precisely is brand risk? It has been defined in various ways, most of them too narrow. Under many ri...
Podcasting Equipment Guide
Podcasting Equipment Guide
"So, you're thinking about podcasting and have no idea where to start. Or maybe you tried recording using...
Steven Heller Master Series
Steven Heller Master Series
"The first book I ever owned was a gift from my Uncle Al: Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, by Victor Appleton. Th...
Pixish
Pixish
"Here's the short version: Pixish is a new site where you can create image contests.
Here's the longer version...
A history of the stick figure
A history of the stick figure
A presentation by former XPLANEr Eric Lewallen at Ignite Portland 2. (Thanks Jon!)...
The States, by Frank Chimero.
The States, by Frank Chimero.
"An exploration in form where I take each of the states in the US and turn it into something. Childish? Yes. A...
The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos
The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos
"You've seen these tech logos everywhere, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? Did you know th...
How to record a kickass podcast between two Macs — and cheap!
How to record a kickass podcast between two Macs — and cheap!
"A lot of people ask me how I do the MetaFilter Podcast (warning: the podcast makes no sense to anyone outside...