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How Paypal Works: FAQs

January 17, 2011 Read the full article →

Paypal is probably something you’ve heard of. You might even use it. But, this article is for the scores of people who ask me very frequently how it works and what exactly is it. I will try to outline and answer the most popular questions I get. I often recommend Paypal to customers that want [...]

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Ask Lena: InDesign 5 Questions

November 22, 2010 Read the full article →

Question I guess Adobe made some changes to Indesign 5 from 4. Do you know how to set a .pdf to open automatically (to view it) after it was created using the Indesign “Export” command? Answer There is a checkbox you’ll need to select for this when exporting your PDF. After you set it, it becomes [...]

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Essay: Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser

August 23, 2010 Read the full article →

Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929 in New York City) is a graphic designer, best known for the I Love New York logo, his “Bob Dylan” poster, the “DC bullet” logo used by DC Comicsfrom 1977 to 2005, and the “Brooklyn Brewery” logo. He also founded New York Magazinewith Clay Felker in 1968. Part of AIGA Talk in London, November 22, 2001 Now on Milton Glaser’s [...]

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Logo Trivia

August 3, 2010 Read the full article →

I had a friend pass this along to me recently and I thought it was very interesting. We spend so much time seeing well known logos, but don’t actually “see” them. Tostitos If you look in the middle of this Tostitos logo, you can see that the “Ts” make two peoople enjoying a bowl of [...]

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What does your rock jar look like?

June 14, 2010 Read the full article →

In First Things First, Stephen Covey tells a story that one of his associates heard at a seminar. The seminar presenter pulled out a wide-mouth gallon jar and placed it next to a pile of fist-sized rocks. After filling the jar to the top with rocks, he asked, “Is the jar full?” The group replied, [...]

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Can I use a PC external hard drive with a Mac?

June 7, 2010 Read the full article →

Question Also, I have an external hard drive that we use for our PC. It has photos, music, etc. Our PC is about to bite the dust, and we are probably getting a Mac. I know that I can use the external hard drive with a Mac, but do you have any idea if I [...]

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Recommendations for Teaching Yourself Web Design

May 10, 2010 Read the full article →

Question I’ve been planning on talking to an IT counselor at my local college about taking a class or two, or three… in web design. I don’t want to take the wrong classes and in the wrong order, but quite a lot can be learned for free via web. Much of what I know now [...]

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Every Time Zone: Time Zones, Math Free!

May 4, 2010 Read the full article →

Ever been at work and needed to make a phone call to the other side of the continent or overseas? You know it’s 10:00 a.m., but what time is it there? The fingers and the math comes out. No more! Look at this brilliant little website I found! It’s called Every Time Zone. When you [...]

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Protect your WordPress Site from Getting Hacked

April 29, 2010 Read the full article →

It happens all the time. Websites get hacked. Especially websites that use common software packages. Hackers want the most bang for their buck, and WordPress sites are a great target because so many people utilize them. How Hackers Do it Most hackers use a script that crawls your server looking for “holes” they can use [...]

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The future of magazines: Sports Illustrated

April 29, 2010 Read the full article →

Here is this great demo of a Sports Illustrated magazine. With the popularity of reading media on computers and mobile devices like the iPad, you can see what the near future might look like. Already many of my magazines offer versions that are digital and full of search capabilities.

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