As a graphic designer, your business card should do more than let people know how to contact you. If you’re interested in truly making a good first impression, the business card has got to stand out. Whether through color, design, die cutting, unique materials, 3D shapes, or actual samples of your work, a stand-out business card can demonstrate your creativity and talent. This week we’re looking at ways business cards can generate positive interest in your design. The following three examples all use shape to convey the nature of the business. These bottle-shaped business cards for a sommelier: Lindsey Casabella’s comb-shaped card, perfect for a hairstylist: If you feel like adding a third dimension to your business card, be inspired by some of bestbusinesscard.net’s 20 Most Unique Business Cards of 2010. Check out the TAM Cargo business card… …or the Norburn Model Aircraft Supply airplane card. Or you could ask yourself why a business card needs to be made out of paper.
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Over the past few years, Weblogs (or blogs) have taken the Web by storm. According to the Wikipedia definition, a Weblog is "a Web application which contains periodic posts on a common Webpage. These posts are often but not necessarily in reverse chronological order." Basically, if you publish content on a periodic basis, a blogging package may simplify your publishing workflow. This article assumes that you’re familiar with the basics of blogging and would like to start your own Weblog; for more information on what blogging’s all about, see Aaron Brazell’s article, The Blogger’s Primer. Why Have a Blog? Part of the Web professional’s job is to keep abreast of current trends in technology. Personal: an individual may want a blog to help keep family and friends informed of what’s going on in their lives.Topical: some blogs are devoted to a specific topic, such as politics or computer hardware. Why Use Someone Else’s Software? What’s on Offer? Hosted Services Self-Hosted Movable Type Features
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Many of you who know me personally, have been reading this blog or one my previous blogs or have been following me on Twitter for a while, know I’m a self-taught web-designer. I didn’t study design, arts, coding or whatever, and I never attended CSS 101 in college. Instead, I read blogs, tutorials and books. Becoming a web-designer can be quite a time-consuming process so I figured I’d make a list of all the RSS feeds I am subscribed to and read on a regular basis. The sites on this list are all related to web design, graphic design, development, CSS, HTML, WordPress, business and freelancing, creativity and inspiration. Why So Many? Let’s just say I read a lot! Download the OPML file here (downloaded 9897 times already!) Here’s The Big List Gotta Include My Blogs Right? SpyreStudios – Design, Blogging, Social Media Download The OPML File You can subscribe to all of these sites very easily! Your Turn To Talk Hope you discovered a few sites you didn’t know about!
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I subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds; so many in fact, that I could spend hours browsing through my feed reader. I love feeds because they put all my favorite sites into one place. Below is a list of RSS feeds that I subscribe to and recommend to all my readers. I am hoping that this list can become a complete and comprehensive list of feeds for design sites so don’t hesitate to suggest a site that I may have missed. Max from DesignShard was kind enough to create an OPML file for you guys to use instead of having to subscribe to each site one-by-one. Colorburned (shameless self-promotion) 10 1st Web De Abd Andy S Anidan Audio BOOOOOOOM! Drawn!
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