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2nd September 2005

You May Already Be a Winner

“There was a time when entering, and winning, design competitions was the one true path to fame and fortune in the field of graphic design. A young designer like Woody Pirtle could burst on the national design scene from the obscure reaches of Dallas, Texas, by getting seven entries in the CA Design Annual only after eighteen months in business. (Naturally, he then produced a poster promoting this achievement, which was then entered in the following year’s competitions.) Gaining a profile in the annuals led to feature stories, speaking engagements, board positions, calls from headhunters. Design competitions don’t seem to have the same power today.”

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2nd September 2005

Codefetch

“Codefetch’s mission is to connect programmers and authors so that programmers get the information they need, and the work of authors is supported and encouraged… Codefetch uses and supports open source software, and is an affiliate of the Open Technology Business Center. Codefetch’s code excerpts connect users of open source software with great books about those software products — spurring the continuing development of top-quality documentation for open source software.” (Thanks a.wholelottanothing.org!)

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