Not Just for Slides: Using PowerPoint for Graphic Design

A significant part of my job involves creating graphic designs. While I can make my way around Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere well enough when I have to, PowerPoint is my tool of choice for 99% of my design projects. I’m not telling you that PowerPoint can do everything those other tools can do but IContinue reading "Not Just for Slides: Using PowerPoint for Graphic Design"

Friday Finds | July 21, 2017

A bumper crop of good stuff for graphic design, instructional design, along with some nice tools and resources for telling your story. Don’t wait a whole week to see all the good stuff I’m finding. Subscribe to my daily newsletter.  Digital Story Tools A handpicked list of tools and resources to help you build yourContinue reading "Friday Finds | July 21, 2017"

An Easy Hack for Finding the Free Stock Photos You Need

Did you know you can use those expensive stock photo sites even if your budget is totally busted? Many designers and developers are limited by small or non-existent budgets and are commonly forced to rely on using free source for their stock photos. While there are tons of great free options with more and moreContinue reading "An Easy Hack for Finding the Free Stock Photos You Need"

Friday Finds | July 14, 2017

Is been a rainy, dreary week here but that isn't going to stop us from brightening your week with the best things I've found this week from the intersection of learning, technology, and social media.   Training Tips Weekly by Chris Mattia Whether you're a corporate trainer or a teacher, Chris Mattia can help youContinue reading "Friday Finds | July 14, 2017"

Friday Finds | July 7, 2017

This week in learning, technology & social media: video portal, presentation guide, slide templates & L&D people to follow

Friday Finds | June 30

Here are a few of the things I'm kicking around this week, as we head into a holiday weekend here in the U.S.: Vivaldi browser I've been test driving the Vivaldi web browser this week and so far I like it. It has some nice features and unique ways to handle tabs and so farContinue reading "Friday Finds | June 30"

The Quest for a Perfect Icon

Icon Resources Icons can often play an important role in the things you are designing. They are great for helping to reduce text, call attention and a host of other nice benefits. Fortunately, there are a lot of great resources for finding exactly the icon you need. Some of my favorites include: Flaticon Icons8 IconmonstrContinue reading "The Quest for a Perfect Icon"

Friday Finds | June 23

This week in learning, technology & social media: social bookmarking, data viz tips, better design reviews & free fonts

Is Your Design Toolkit Overflowing Yet?

Even more wonderful resources for filling your toolkit with great, free design assets #elgspotlight

Friday Finds | June 16

More great stuff this week to share with you. Don’t want to wait until Friday for a peek at what I’m finding? Subscribe to my daily newsletter.  Biteable The democratization of multimedia creation tools is steaming full speed ahead. Biteable is one of the latest examples of free, online tools that lets anyone create "pro"Continue reading "Friday Finds | June 16"