mindgraffiti

mindgraffiti - noun; musings on creative work, publicly posted.

About

I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.

Inspirational Reading

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

How to Stand Out in Any Job by Chris Guillebeau
Getting Things Done When You’re Only a Grunt by Joel Spolsky
How to Make Time for Your Personal Goals by Leo Babauta
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Thanks. No. Finally, a polite message to stop those chain letters and other assorted random messages from cluttering up your inbox. A free service from your friends at 43folders.
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Typography for Tuesday

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

First, a few design rules even us non-designers can remember and apply. Then a crash course in typography, followed by an excellent list of other fonts available to use on the web. Now that you have a handle on the basics, calculate a nice rhythm and typeset your web pages. Don’t forget- you can also [...]

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Thursday Finds

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Something Gorgeous
I have trouble creating beautiful designs, but no trouble identifying them. For anyone else in this same boat, here are some tools and ideas to help create respectable work, design already included:

Obsidian Dawn: beautiful PhotoShop brushes, to add a graceful artistic element to any print or web work.
Mad Mimi: prettier e-mail campaigns, with a [...]

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What’s in your feed?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Although my feed reader has multiple feeds in it, only a few priority reads every day:

A List Apart helps me learn about and keep pace with web standards.

Blue Flavor’s blog is where I observe the trail blazers.

Lifehack.org- Adrian Savage’s reminders that society needs to slow down is refreshing.

Lifehacker has excellent tech-related info.

Steve Olson offers [...]

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