School is back in session here and we’re celebrating our amazing daughter’s birthday. There is a lot to be thankful for including some of these things that surfaced on my radar this week. Cheers! Does eLearning Work? What the Scientific Research Says! What does the scientific research tell us about elearning effectiveness, particularly as itContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | August 18, 2017”
Category Archives: design
Advanced Eyedropper Tip + 29 More Expert PowerPoint Hacks
Most people who work in PowerPoint regularly, probably know how to use the Eyedropper tool. The Eyedropper too works really well for precisely matching colors from a shape or picture in your presentation to other parts of your deck for a consistent design. But what do you do if you want to match a colorContinueContinue reading “Advanced Eyedropper Tip + 29 More Expert PowerPoint Hacks”
Software Simulations the Free, Quick & Easy Way
BrightCarbon shared this slick little slide tip for simulating a cursor click that has been one of my favorites for a long time now. https://twitter.com/BrightCarbon/status/893131867578413057 My version is very similar except I don’t build my own cursor and use a float in / float out animation instead of a grow/shrink. I made a quick oneContinueContinue reading “Software Simulations the Free, Quick & Easy Way”
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 IContinueContinue reading “Not Just for Slides: Using PowerPoint for Graphic Design”
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 moreContinueContinue reading “An Easy Hack for Finding the Free Stock Photos You Need”
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 farContinueContinue 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 IconmonstrContinueContinue 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”ContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | June 16”
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