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29th December 2005

GraphicDefine

“GraphicDefine focuses on the business of graphic design by covering topics such as client relations, project management, new business, self-promotion, studio management and the creative process. These writings are the documented findings and thoughts of Daniel Schutzsmith, Business Manager of The Chopping Block in New York City.”

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29th December 2005

Blog Post Formats

“As mentioned in our Blog Interface Design article, blog posts often align with a specific format: ‘Some posts are full-fledged articles with substantial content, some are simply pointers (links) to content found elsewhere, some are announcements, some are reviews (of books, movies, events, etc.), and some are compilations of content published in various locations.’ Amy Gahran described seven such formats and even outlined the characteristics of each type: link-only, link-blurb, brief remark, list, short article, long article, and series postings. On Functioning Form, however, I’ve been labeling each post as one of these six formats…”

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29th December 2005

The Business of Art: How to earn a living as an artist

Talks about marketing, selling, teaching, making, web sites, finding a niche, etc…

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29th December 2005

pastebin - collaborative debugging tool

“pastebin is here to help you collaborate on debugging code snippets. If you’re not familiar with the idea, most people use it like this: * submit a code fragment to pastebin, getting a url like http://pastebin.com/1234; * paste the url into an IRC or IM conversation; * someone responds by reading and perhaps submitting a modification of your code; * you then view the modification, maybe using the built in diff tool to help locate the change.”

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