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  • 12.12.07 On Mindmeister, XMIND and Mind Mapping posted in Design, Geekery

    It’s my personal opinion that mind mapping doesn’t get enough attention. Of course, I spend a lot of time in the “real world” blabbing on about mind mapping. Evangelizing, even. So I’m going to expound (again) on thoughts and tools for few bytes…

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  • 3.29.07 Kuler Re-released posted in Design

    Adobe’s online color tool, kuler, was re-released along with Adobe Creative Suite CS3. I’m having a little trouble telling what’s new and what was previously available, but I can tell you that it’s still very cool. It features social networking aspects which allow sharing of palettes (downloadable and editable) and RSS feeds. I’m particularly enjoying the RSS feeds which, if you can keep up with them, let you find exciting new color combinations at a very rapid pace. Inspiration by the bucketload.

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  • 10.19.06 The evolution of the web designer posted in Web Design

    I used to think I was special. I had both creativity and technical skills with computers. I saw in the workplace that creatives were hired to design, geeks were hired to program, and communication conflicts between the two often led to design disasters. I felt that my left brain/right brain balance […]

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  • 8.19.06 Shifting creative gears. posted in Random Thoughts

    It’s definitely a strange day, so it’s time for a strange post. I slept in today, which makes it strange to begin with. I didn’t even get out of bed until 7:30AM. Ask my wife, that’s pretty late. I stayed up last night trying to fix the contact form for a […]

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  • 8.5.06 The talent debate… posted in General

    An entry by Paul Scrivens at 9rules.com poses a question that has plagued me for a long time… Can design be taught or are you born with it? Dan Rubin responded in an interview: Both, for the most part, and by that I mean you have to be born with some sort of eye, […]

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