Josh over at 52WeeksofUX has included a great reading list at the end of his latest post, Keep on Learning. Fire up your Amazon reading wish list!
Archive for October, 2010
Communicating with type
Matthew Smith has posted his slides on Communicating with Type that start off with the basics of typography and work itself down to emotional and technical decisions of choosing a typeface for a project.
A guide for selecting fonts for lengthy text blocks on Typekit
This is a great guide for selecting long blocks of text using Typekit fonts: The Great Typekit Table.
Take the 2010 Survey for people who make websites
The end of 2010 is nearing and you know what that means: A List Apart’s 2010 Survey For People Who Make Websites is up and ready to be answered by you. I enjoyed reading the results of 2009 and provides great insight into our field and profession by who better than our on colleagues.
How to have an idea by Frank Chimero
Please whatever you are doing, stop and read this ‘comic’ by the talented Frank Chimero. A real eye opener in many ways on how to have an idea.
How to get hired as a Graphic Designer
I’m really glad Carsonified shared how they hired two new designers for their company. It provides valuable insight into the minds of the company hiring process (although different from place to place) and how the designers went about it.