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Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 132, Jake and Kitty talk about how they like to get back into the routine. Specifics of sleep patterns, going to the gym and making lists are brought up. They also tackle a very good Twitter question from a fan asking about how to deal with a client who wants [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop Rookie Designer » Rookie Designer Podcast - Everybody's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop After a bit of a hiatus, Rookie Designer Podcast is back with episode number 131. During this episode we talk about the challenges of juggling a contract job and freelance clients. We also talk about a pretty cool site for inspiration called Pinterest and we announce the upcoming 24 Hour Photoshop by M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop After a bit of a hiatus, Rookie Designer Podcast is back with episode number 131. During this episode we talk about the challenges of juggling a contract job and freelance clients. We also talk about a pretty cool site for inspiration called Pinterest and we announce the upcoming 24 Hour Photoshop by Mogo Media. We [...]Rookie Design ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer Rookie Designer » Rookie Designer Podcast - Everybody's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer Hello and thank you for checking out Episode 130 – The Traveling Designer! It’s been a busy last couple of weeks for both Jake and I. Jake moved to a new place and now that he got everything set back  up and running, we are back to record Rookie Designer for you! In this episode, [...]Rookie Designer » Rookie Desig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer Hello and thank you for checking out Episode 130 – The Traveling Designer! It’s been a busy last couple of weeks for both Jake and I. Jake moved to a new place and now that he got everything set back  up and running, we are back to record Rookie Designer for you! In this episode, [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag Kitty and I have been very busy over the last month. We realize our listeners have been wondering where the latest podcast may be. Well here is #129! In this latest episode we talk about a little thing known as Google+ and we also answer our first Mailbag question from Kasia. Enjoy the show and [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag Kitty and I have been very busy over the last month. We realize our listeners have been wondering where the latest podcast may be. Well here is #129! In this latest episode we talk about a little thing known as Google+ and we also answer our first Mailbag question from Kasia. Enjoy the show and [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5 Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5 A short video on what a snippet is, how to save them and how to use them on a future project. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send me an email [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5 Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5 A short video showing how you can use the displace filter to create a proof for your customer using a vector logo on top of a photo of a golf ball. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Displace Filte ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning A short video tip on a way to help you with your kerning, using InDesign but also can be done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Typography Tip to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5 Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5 A video on some of the features of the shape tools in Illustrator. I cover the rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon and star tools. The flare tool will be covered in another video tip coming soon. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks This evening I decided to take some time and watch a few TED Talks on YouTube. As you may have noticed I have started using YouTube as my broadcast choice for my weekly Video Tips. I have spent some time exploring and had heard about TED Talks before from other bloggers I follow. When I [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: TE ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5 Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5 A short video tip on how to add a new layer in Photoshop using the layers pallet, the menu item and also the keyboard shortcut. These tips work with Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5.Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer Podcast #128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?” Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer Podcast #128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?” Jake and Kitty talk about their trip to Print & ePublishing Conference 2011 in DC presented by InDesignSecrets.com hosts Anne Marie Concepcion and David Blatner. They talk about the sessions they enjoyed and about why they think every Rookie should attend a conference like PePCon. Jake and Kitty also talk about what  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?” Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?” Jake and Kitty talk about their trip to Print & ePublishing Conference 2011 in DC presented by InDesignSecrets.com hosts Anne Marie Concepcion and David Blatner. They talk about the sessions they enjoyed and about why they think every Rookie should attend a conference like PePCon. Jake and Kitty also talk about what “Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4 Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4 A short video on how to create a box with rounded corners using InDesign CS3 and CS4.Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer Podcast #127 – It’s Nice To Meet You Rookie Designer - Everybody is a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer Podcast #127 – It’s Nice To Meet You Rookie Designer Podcast is BACK! We are very exited to post a brand new Rookie Design Podcast for your listening pleasure. In this episode Kitty Florido and Jake Van Ness take a few moments to introduce themselves to the Rookie listeners. Giving a little insight to where they are from, what their design background is [...]Rookie Designer - Everybody i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You Rookie Designer Podcast is BACK! We are very exited to post a brand new Rookie Design Podcast for your listening pleasure. In this episode Kitty Florido and Jake Van Ness take a few moments to introduce themselves to the Rookie listeners. Giving a little insight to where they are from, what their design background is [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a R ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 126 - Bad News, Good News There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio - Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio – Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway DrugRookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio – Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio – Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) [...]Rookie Designer - Eve ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 125 - Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 124 - Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that [...]Rookie De ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 123 - Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey Ed GotoMeeting Hold your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey [...]Rook ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 122 - Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. Links [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 121 - Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 120 - Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rook ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 119 - Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible.Links from the show:When Bad Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 119 - Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 118 - Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: WordPress Joomla Drupal Dreamhost (my [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 118 - Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: WordPress Joomla Drupal Dreamhost (my [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 117 - Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 117 - Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie befor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 116 - Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 115 - Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 115 - Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 114 - Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 114 - Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 113 - What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 113 - What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 112 - Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 112 - Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rook ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 111 - Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up (The REAL One!) Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 111 - Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 110 - Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 110 - Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 109 - A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 109 - A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate [...]Rookie Desig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 108 - Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 108 - Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 107 - Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 107 - Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 - Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...]Rookie Designer - Everyo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 - What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: Everything You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 - What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: Everything You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 - What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: Everything You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 - What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: Everything You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 - Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss�strategy�for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for�completed�work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 - Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 - Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 - Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics cov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 - Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 - Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 - Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 - Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 102 - When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 102 - When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 102 - When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Just Checking In! Hey, I know I said I wasn’t going to record anything for a few months, but a couple things came up and I couldn’t help myself. First and foremost, I have posted an Interview with the founder and CTO of YouSendIt, Ranjith Kumaran. They are doing some interesting things over there to help us designers send large [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Just Checking In! Hey, I know I said I wasn’t going to record anything for a few months, but a couple things came up and I couldn’t help myself. First and foremost, I have posted an Interview with the founder and CTO of YouSendIt, Ranjith Kumaran. They are doing some interesting things over there to help us designers send [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Just Checking In! Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Just Checking In! Hey, I know I said I wasn’t going to record anything for a few months, but a couple things came up and I couldn’t help myself. First and foremost, I have posted an Interview with the founder and CTO of YouSendIt, Ranjith Kumaran. They are doing some interesting things over there to help us designers send [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 101 - One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 101 - One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 101 - One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 100 - On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 100 - On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 100 - On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 - Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 – Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 - Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 - Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 - Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 99 – Quality Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 99 – Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 98 - Effective Emailing and Web Design We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 98 - Effective Emailing and Web Design We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that [...]Rookie Designer - Ever ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More… This is pretty much a mailbag episode where we cover questions about font usage, picking out a design school to attend, and knowing when to pull the plug on a client or a project going in the wrong direction. Keys to the Game: Spell Check in Adobe applications: Mac: command + i PC: control + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More… Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More… This is pretty much a mailbag episode where we cover questions about font usage, picking out a design school to attend, and knowing when to pull the plug on a client or a project going in the wrong direction. Keys to the Game: Spell Check in Adobe applications: Mac: command + i PC: control + [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie bef ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business Promoting your work can be just as important, if not more, than the work itself! If you can’t secure a job or a new client, your skills will not make much difference. So how do we get the word out there that we are the super duper master of design? There are several ways that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 96 - Promote Your Work/Business Promoting your work can be just as important, if not more, than the work itself! If you can’t secure a job or a new client, your skills will not make much difference. So how do we get the word out there that we are the super duper master of design? There are several ways that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business Promoting your work can be just as important, if not more, than the work itself! If you can’t secure a job or a new client, your skills will not make much difference. So how do we get the word out there that we are the super duper master of design? There are several ways that [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud What is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble when it comes to disputes with customers? Fix the problem before it happens! The use of contracts and design specs can change the way you and your client think about things like payment, agreements, the way you receive content and more. Keys to the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 95 - Nip Problems in the Bud What is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble when it comes to disputes with customers? Fix the problem before it happens! The use of contracts and design specs can change the way you and your client think about things like payment, agreements, the way you receive content and more. Keys to the Game: Some [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud What is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble when it comes to disputes with customers? Fix the problem before it happens! The use of contracts and design specs can change the way you and your client think about things like payment, agreements, the way you receive content and more. Keys to the [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job Design is what you do, not who you are. These are words that we should understand and remember so the two don’t get confused. There is a point at which its a good idea to turn the computer off and live a little. Failing to do so could end up with you getting burned out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 94 - You Are NOT Your Job Design is what you do, not who you are. These are words that we should understand and remember so the two don’t get confused. There is a point at which its a good idea to turn the computer off and live a little. Failing to do so could end up with you getting burned out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job Design is what you do, not who you are. These are words that we should understand and remember so the two don’t get confused. There is a point at which its a good idea to turn the computer off and live a little. Failing to do so could end up with you getting burned out [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Des ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year Looking toward the new year there are always a lot of things to think about. We can reflect on the year past and what may have gone right or wrong, certain goals we would like to reach for in this new year, and perhaps smaller skills or tasks we would like to tackle. In this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 93 - Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year Looking toward the new year there are always a lot of things to think about. We can reflect on the year past and what may have gone right or wrong, certain goals we would like to reach for in this new year, and perhaps smaller skills or tasks we would like to tackle. In this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year Looking toward the new year there are always a lot of things to think about. We can reflect on the year past and what may have gone right or wrong, certain goals we would like to reach for in this new year, and perhaps smaller skills or tasks we would like to tackle. In this [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation Building a page that users will be directed to from an online ad or url may seem like an easy thing to accomplish, but there is more that goes into it than may appear. We must take into account several issues, most importantly keeping the attention of the user so that they don’t make that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 92 - Website Landing Page Creation Building a page that users will be directed to from an online ad or url may seem like an easy thing to accomplish, but there is more that goes into it than may appear. We must take into account several issues, most importantly keeping the attention of the user so that they don’t make that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation Building a page that users will be directed to from an online ad or url may seem like an easy thing to accomplish, but there is more that goes into it than may appear. We must take into account several issues, most importantly keeping the attention of the user so that they don’t make that [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting Taken from a topic on the Rookie Designer Forum, we’ll discuss what it means to be a design professional, and when you have achieved the feat. Also is a discussion about how to steer a meeting with a client that seems to be going nowhere, to get the most productivity out of your time and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting Taken from a topic on the Rookie Designer Forum, we’ll discuss what it means to be a design professional, and when you have achieved the feat. Also is a discussion about how to steer a meeting with a client that seems to be going nowhere, to get the most productivity out of your time and [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement The don’ts of customer service are a valuable thing to know to keep your business up and running and keep your clients happy and coming back for more. we’ll cover some key mistakes that are made all the time so hopefully you can avoid them. we’ll also discuss some strategy for making those wild dreams [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 90 - Customer Service and Goal Achievement The don’ts of customer service are a valuable thing to know to keep your business up and running and keep your clients happy and coming back for more. we’ll cover some key mistakes that are made all the time so hopefully you can avoid them. we’ll also discuss some strategy for making those wild dreams [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement The don’ts of customer service are a valuable thing to know to keep your business up and running and keep your clients happy and coming back for more. we’ll cover some key mistakes that are made all the time so hopefully you can avoid them. we’ll also discuss some strategy for making those wild dreams [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized! This is an important topic, so we’re going to cover it again, but organization in your work and life can go a long way to making sure that you achieve your goals and do so in a timely fashion. Not everyone is an org freak like me, but if you take anything away from this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 89 - Let�s Get Organized! This is an important topic, so we’re going to cover it again, but organization in your work and life can go a long way to making sure that you achieve your goals and do so in a timely fashion. Not everyone is n org freak like me, but if you take anything away from this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized! Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized! This is an important topic, so we’re going to cover it again, but organization in your work and life can go a long way to making sure that you achieve your goals and do so in a timely fashion. Not everyone is an org freak like me, but if you take anything away from this [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Roo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more! Our good friend Paul Mycroft is back with some more tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and there’s a web design twist to it this time. Also stay tuned for some mini topics to ponder on the subject of good vs. bad design, and noticing design all around you. Keys to the Game: Increase/decrease the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 88 - Search Engine Optimization and more! Our good friend Paul Mycroft is back with some more tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and there’s a web design twist to it this time. Also stay tuned for some mini topics to ponder on the subject of good vs. bad design, and noticing design all around you. Keys to the Game: Increase/decrease the size of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more! Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more! Our good friend Paul Mycroft is back with some more tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and there’s a web design twist to it this time. Also stay tuned for some mini topics to ponder on the subject of good vs. bad design, and noticing design all around you. Keys to the Game: Increase/decrease the [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More We’re flying free in this episode with discussion about the advantages of going to grad school, what makes a great workstation, not only in regards to your physical health, but also your mental health, as well as a bunch of well-overdue topics from the forum. Keys to the Game: Select words without reaching for the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More We’re flying free in this episode with discussion about the advantages of going to grad school, what makes a great workstation, not only in regards to your physical health, but also your mental health, as well as a bunch of well-overdue topics from the forum. Keys to the Game: Select words without reaching for the [...]Rookie Designer - Every ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 87 - Grad School, Workstation Setup and More We’re flying free in this episode with discussion about the advantages of going to grad school, what makes a great workstation, not only in regards to your physical health, but also your mental health, as well as a bunch of well-overdue topics from the forum. Keys to the Game: Select words without reaching for the mouse Mac: Option [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup Rookie Designer’s home has a new look and a lot of new features. In this episode I’ll point out those improvements, and also share some of the best things I learned at Photoshop World 2007. Keys to the Game: Go to line in Dreamweaver Mac: Cmd + , PC: Ctl + , Book Report from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup Rookie Designer’s home has a new look and a lot of new features. In this episode I’ll point out those improvements, and also share some of the best things I learned at Photoshop World 2007. Keys to the Game: Go to line in Dreamweaver Mac: Cmd + , PC: Ctl + , Book Report from [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 86 - New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup Rookie Designer’s home has a new look and a lot of new features. In this episode I’ll point out those improvements, and also share some of the best things I learned at Photoshop World 2007. Keys to the Game: Go to line in Dreamweaver Mac: Cmd + , PC: Ctl + , Book Report from todays show: Learning Web Design - [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations With a little help from one of our audience members, we’ll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We’ll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations With a little help from one of our audience members, we’ll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We’ll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings. Keys to the Game: Show/Hide Guides and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings. Keys to the Game: Show/Hide Guides and [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 84 - Search Engine Optimization Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings. Keys to the Game: Show/Hide Guides and Grid in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of TiVO and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of TiVO and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they'r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 83 - TV & Multimedia Advertising Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of Tivo and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both? The topic for this episode comes from our first participant of the U-Share Program. We’ll discuss the changes going on, on the web and beyond, and how that could possibly effect your career. We’ll also take a look at Web 2.0… What the heck is it?! Keys to the Game: Reselect in Photoshop Mac: Cmd [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both? The topic for this episode comes from our first participant of the U-Share Program. We’ll discuss the changes going on, on the web and beyond, and how that could possibly effect your career. We’ll also take a look at Web 2.0… What the heck is it?! Keys to the Game: Reselect in Photoshop Mac: Cmd [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Ro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 82 - Designer, Programmer�or Both? The topic for this episode comes from our first participant of the U-Share Program. We’ll discuss the changes going on, on the web and beyond, and how that could possibly effect your career. We’ll also take a look at Web 2.0… What the heck is it?! Keys to the Game: Reselect in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer PSA 2 Forgot a couple of things in the last episode: If you are in the San Diego (CA) area, use Photoshop 20-30 hours per week and would like to participate in n Adobe user study, contact me at adam@rookiedesigner.com and I’ll hook you up! Second, I’ll be on vacation from the 21-29 of July, so instead [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer PSA 2 Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 2 Forgot a couple of things in the last episode: If you are in the San Diego (CA) area, use Photoshop 20-30 hours per week and would like to participate in n Adobe user study, contact me at adam@rookiedesigner.com and I’ll hook you up! Second, I’ll be on vacation from the 21-29 of July, so instead [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Roo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview Lots of random information in this episode, but useful nonetheless. We talk a bit about color models in Photoshop, I deliver my first ever book report and conduct an interview with the CEO of aniBOOM. Keys to the Game: Gamut Warning in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + y PC: Ctl + Shift + y [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview Lots of random information in this episode, but useful nonetheless. We talk a bit about color models in Photoshop, I deliver my first ever book report and conduct an interview with the CEO of aniBOOM. Keys to the Game: Gamut Warning in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + y PC: Ctl + Shift + y [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rook ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 81 - Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview Lots of random information in this episode, but useful nonetheless. We talk a bit about color models in Photoshop, I deliver my first ever book report and conduct an interview with the CEO of aniBOOM. Keys to the Game: Gamut Warning in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + y PC: Ctl + Shift + y Links from todays show: Vote [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer PSA 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a member of the forum and have not yet made at least one post, your account will be deleted next week. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ROOKIE DESIGNER FORUM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POSTED AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE BY NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 12TH. Also, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer PSA 1 Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a member of the forum and have not yet made at least one post, your account will be deleted next week. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ROOKIE DESIGNER FORUM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POSTED AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE BY NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 12TH. Also, [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 1 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80b - Approach to Design Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser Mac: Cmd + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rook ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80b - Approach to Design Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser Mac: Cmd + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80a - Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3 Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus ContestRookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80a - Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 80a - Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 79 - Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links from todays show: Share your SWFs [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 79 - Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links from todays show: Share your SWFs [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 79 - Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links from todays show: Share your SWFs [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign – Hide InDesign [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 78 - Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign - Hide InDesign Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign – Hide InDesign [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 78 - Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign - Hide InDesign Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 78 - Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about.Keys to the Game:Cheers to InDesign - Hide InDesignMac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 77 - Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more.Keys to the Game:Lights Out in LightroomMac or PC: LRookie Mistake Tip:Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person on the other end to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 77 - Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person on the other end to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they� ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 77 - Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person on the other end to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 76 - Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + r PC: Control + r Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Roo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 76 - Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more.Email Campaign:Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster MagazineKeys to the Game:Rulers in Creative Suite appsMac: Command + rPC: Control + rRookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 76 - Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + r PC: Control + r Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 75 - Get More Out of Your Apps Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an Al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 75 - Get More Out of Your Apps Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 74 - Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Choose tools [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 74 - Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion.Email Campaign:Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.comKeys to the Game:Choose tools [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 74 - Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Choose tools [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 73 - Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the applications you use on a daily basis. If [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 73 - Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the applications you use on a daily basis. If [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 72 - Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + ] or [ PC: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 72 - Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + ] or [ PC: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold! Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 72 - Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + ] or [ PC: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn? Hopefully this will never happen to you. My computer won’t start and its making my life hell! Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Open disc drive when computer doesn’t boot up Mac: Hold Mouse Button Down + Start Computer Boot up from a disc Mac: Hold [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 71 - Crash and Burn? Hopefully this will never happen to you. My computer won’t start and its making my life hell! Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Open disc drive when computer doesn’t boot up Mac: Hold Mouse Button Down + Start Computer Boot up from a disc Mac: Hold C Down + Start Computer Gives option to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn? Hopefully this will never happen to you. My computer won’t start and its making my life hell! Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Open disc drive when computer doesn’t boot up Mac: Hold Mouse Button Down + Start Computer Boot up from a disc Mac: Hold [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they� ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 71 - Crash and Burn? Hopefully this will never happen to you. My computer won’t start and its making my life hell! Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Open disc drive when computer doesn’t boot up Mac: Hold Mouse Button Down + Start Computer Boot up from a disc Mac: Hold C Down + Start Computer Gives option to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview Its interview time again, and I might just be getting better at this! Listen to my experience with one of the longest interview adventures yet, and perhaps pick up a tip or two for your next opportunity. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: SHow Hidden Characters [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 70 - Conquering the Interview Its interview time again, and I might just be getting better at this! Listen to my experience with one of the longest interview adventures yet, and perhaps pick up a tip or two for your next opportunity. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: SHow Hidden Characters in Illustrator and InDesign Mac: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview Its interview time again, and I might just be getting better at this! Listen to my experience with one of the longest interview adventures yet, and perhaps pick up a tip or two for your next opportunity. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: SHow Hidden Characters [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie befor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 70 - Conquering the Interview Its interview time again, and I might just be getting better at this! Listen to my experience with one of the longest interview adventures yet, and perhaps pick up a tip or two for your next opportunity. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: SHow Hidden Characters in Illustrator and InDesign Mac: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 69 - Typefaces & Fonts What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: Control + Alt + ; Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 69 - Typefaces & Fonts What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: Control + Alt + ; Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 69 - Typefaces & Fonts What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: Control + Alt + ; Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 68 - Choosing a Printer Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Switch between applications [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 68 - Choosing a Printer Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs.Email Campaign:Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.comKeys to the Game:Switch between applications [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 68 - Choosing a Printer Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Switch between applications [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important! Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 67 - Customer Service IS Important! Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important! Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important! Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie bef ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 67 - Customer Service IS Important! Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 67 - Customer Service IS Important! Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man The dreaded tax season is upon us, and with it comes many things to keep in mind. How much you owe and when to pay, what can be subtracted from your taxable total, and how to go about filing to name a few. In this episode we’ll cover these issues and more. Email Campaign: Send [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 66 - The Tax Man The dreaded tax season is upon us, and with it comes many things to keep in mind. How much you owe and when to pay, what can be subtracted from your taxable total, and how to go about filing to name a few. In this episode we’ll cover these issues and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man The dreaded tax season is upon us, and with it comes many things to keep in mind. How much you owe and when to pay, what can be subtracted from your taxable total, and how to go about filing to name a few. In this episode we’ll cover these issues and more. Email Campaign: Send [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Desi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 66 - The Tax Man The dreaded tax season is upon us, and with it comes many things to keep in mind. How much you owe and when to pay, what can be subtracted from your taxable total, and how to go about filing to name a few. In this episode we’ll cover these issues and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 65 - Creative Placement Services Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 65 - Creative Placement Services Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 65 - Creative Placement Services Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal Unless your lucky enough to have jobs handed to you by others, you probably need an effective way to convince businesses that you have what they need in terms of design services. This is where knowing how to effectively market your business with a job proposal comes in, and that’s what we’ll talk about in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 64 - Writing a Job Proposal Unless your lucky enough to have jobs handed to you by others, you probably need an effective way to convince businesses that you have what they need in terms of design services. This is where knowing how to effectively market your business with a job proposal comes in, and that’s what we’ll talk about in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal Unless your lucky enough to have jobs handed to you by others, you probably need an effective way to convince businesses that you have what they need in terms of design services. This is where knowing how to effectively market your business with a job proposal comes in, and that’s what we’ll talk about in [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 64 - Writing a Job Proposal Unless your lucky enough to have jobs handed to you by others, you probably need an effective way to convince businesses that you have what they need in terms of design services. This is where knowing how to effectively market your business with a job proposal comes in, and that’s what we’ll talk about in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it? HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all. Keys to the Game: Find and Replace Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t confuse [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 63 - HCI�What is it? HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all. Keys to the Game: Find and Replace Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t confuse your visitors right off the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 63 - HCI�What is it? HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all.Keys to the Game:Find and ReplaceMac: Command + fPC: Control + fRookie Mistake Tip:Don’t confuse your visitors right off the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it? Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it? HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all. Keys to the Game: Find and Replace Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t confuse [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 63 - HCI�What is it? HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all. Keys to the Game: Find and Replace Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t confuse your visitors right off the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 62 - Freelance Step by Step part 2 Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2 Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 62 - Freelance Step by Step part 2 Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2 Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2 Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 62 - Freelance Step by Step part 2 Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 61 - Freelance Step by Step part 1 What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again. Keys to the Game: Align two lines of type in Indesign and Quark Mac: Command [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 61 - Freelance Step by Step part 1 What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again.Keys to the Game:Align two lines of type in Indesign and QuarkMac: Command [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 61 - Freelance Step by Step part 1 What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again. Keys to the Game: Align two lines of type in Indesign and Quark Mac: Command [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1 What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again. Keys to the Game: Align two lines of type in Indesign and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1 Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1 What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again. Keys to the Game: Align two lines of type in Indesign and [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end. Keys to the Game: Arrange Layers in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 60 - Joining a Team Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end. Keys to the Game: Arrange Layers in Photoshop Move layer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end. Keys to the Game: Arrange Layers in [...]Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 60 - Joining a Team Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end.Keys to the Game:Arrange Layers in PhotoshopMove layer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 60 - Joining a Team Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end. Keys to the Game: Arrange Layers in Photoshop Move layer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 59 - Color Basics How do you choose your colors? In this episode we’ll crack open the text books and cover some color theory. Perhaps not the most exciting topic, but one that will result in you making better choices when choosing colors for your next design. Keys to the Game: Text Frame Options in InDesign Mac: Command + b PC: Control [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 59 - Color Basics How do you choose your colors? In this episode we’ll crack open the text books and cover some color theory. Perhaps not the most exciting topic, but one that will result in you making better choices when choosing colors for your next design. Keys to the Game: Text Frame Options in InDesign Mac: Command + b PC: Control [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 58 - Getting By in Slow Times We’re getting into that part of the year where business really drops off for some, and as a freelance designer this can be hard on the budget. Many people seem to have holidays on the brain, so you have to find new ways of getting their attention and letting them know you’re ready to go [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 58 - Getting By in Slow Times We’re getting into that part of the year where business really drops off for some, and as a freelance designer this can be hard on the budget. Many people seem to have holidays on the brain, so you have to find new ways of getting their attention and letting them know you’re ready to go [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 58 - Getting By in Slow Times We’re getting into that part of the year where business really drops off for some, and as a freelance designer this can be hard on the budget. Many people seem to have holidays on the brain, so you have to find new ways of getting their attention and letting them know you’re ready to go [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 57 - The Office Handyman Are you finding yourself saddled with jobs or tasks that aren’t part of your job description? Is there a way to rid yourself of this nuisance? In this episode we’ll try to answer some of these questions. Keys to the Game: Print with Preview in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + p PC: Control + Alt + p Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 57 - The Office Handyman Are you finding yourself saddled with jobs or tasks that aren’t part of your job description? Is there a way to rid yourself of this nuisance? In this episode we’ll try to answer some of these questions. Keys to the Game: Print with Preview in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + p PC: Control + Alt + p Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 57 - The Office Handyman Are you finding yourself saddled with jobs or tasks that aren’t part of your job description? Is there a way to rid yourself of this nuisance? In this episode we’ll try to answer some of these questions. Keys to the Game: Print with Preview in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + p PC: Control + Alt + p Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 56 - Print to Web Making the jump from print design to web has not been an easy one so far, but I’ve already learned a lot. In this episode I’ll share some of my observations and on-the-job experiences in hopes of pointing out the major differences between the two diciplines, and how to make a transition easier on yourself. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 56 - Print to Web Making the jump from print design to web has not been an easy one so far, but I’ve already learned a lot. In this episode I’ll share some of my observations and on-the-job experiences in hopes of pointing out the major differences between the two diciplines, and how to make a transition easier on yourself. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 56 - Print to Web Making the jump from print design to web has not been an easy one so far, but I’ve already learned a lot. In this episode I’ll share some of my observations and on-the-job experiences in hopes of pointing out the major differences between the two diciplines, and how to make a transition easier on yourself. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 55 - Pride and Respect DO you take pride in your work. How would you define this? I’ll take you through my laundry list of items that spell out pride in your work to me. Rookie Mistake Tip: Heed the words of Ken…Don’t take other’s work for granted. Respect the work of others by recognizing that they work as hard as you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 55 - Pride and Respect DO you take pride in your work. How would you define this? I’ll take you through my laundry list of items that spell out pride in your work to me. Rookie Mistake Tip: Heed the words of Ken…Don’t take other’s work for granted. Respect the work of others by recognizing that they work as hard as you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 54 - Interview with Ken Barber (2) This is the second half of the interview with Ken Barber of House Industries. Rookie Mistake Tip: Ken’s top five things to remember when setting type in a design. In the Bullpen: House Industries House 33 Orange Italic Letterror Tal Leming Coming Soon: Photo Lettering Type and Lettering Books: Stop Stealing Sheep, by Erik Spiekermann Elements of Typographic Style, by Robert Bringhurst Todays show featured music by: The Dudes at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 54 - Interview with Ken Barber (2) This is the second half of the interview with Ken Barber of House Industries. Rookie Mistake Tip: Ken’s top five things to remember when setting type in a design. In the Bullpen: House Industries House 33 Orange Italic Letterror Tal Leming Coming Soon: Photo Lettering Type and Lettering Books: Stop Stealing Sheep, by Erik Spiekermann Elements of Typographic Style, by Robert Bringhurst Todays show featured music by: The Dudes at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 54 - Interview with Ken Barber (2) This is the second half of the interview with Ken Barber of House Industries. Rookie Mistake Tip: Ken’s top five things to remember when setting type in a design. In the Bullpen: House Industries House 33 Orange Italic Letterror Tal Leming Coming Soon: Photo Lettering Type and Lettering Books: Stop Stealing Sheep, by Erik Spiekermann Elements of Typographic Style, by Robert Bringhurst Todays show featured music by: The Dudes at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 53 - Interview with Ken Barber (1) This is the first of a two-part series where we talk to Ken Barber, Director of Typography at House Industries. Learn from a seasoned veteran about typography and lettering, and how it relates to good design, as well other topics of interest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 53 - Interview with Ken Barber (1) This is the first of a two-part series where we talk to Ken Barber, Director of Typography at House Industries. Learn from a seasoned veteran about typography and lettering, and how it relates to good design, as well other topics of interest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 53 - Interview with Ken Barber (1) This is the first of a two-part series where we talk to Ken Barber, Director of Typography at House Industries. Learn from a seasoned veteran about typography and lettering, and how it relates to good design, as well other topics of interest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 52 - State of the Podcast Address Rookie Designer has been going strong for a year now, and its time for a little reflection on the year past and a look into the future of the podcast. Keys to the Game: Open a new tab in Firefox Mac: Command + t PC: Control + t Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t underestimate your capacity to make things work. If you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 52 - State of the Podcast Address Rookie Designer has been going strong for a year now, and its time for a little reflection on the year past and a look into the future of the podcast. Keys to the Game: Open a new tab in Firefox Mac: Command + t PC: Control + t Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t underestimate your capacity to make things work. If you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 52 - State of the Podcast Address Rookie Designer has been going strong for a year now, and its time for a little reflection on the year past and a look into the future of the podcast. Keys to the Game: Open a new tab in Firefox Mac: Command + t PC: Control + t Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t underestimate your capacity to make things work. If you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 51 - Register the Copyright The much awaited episode on copyrighting is here! We’ll take a look at the easy-to-use process of registering a copyright on your work, as well as some common misconceptions about copyrighted art and how you can use it. Keys to the Game: Insert an image in Dreamweaver Mac: Command + Option + i PC: Control + Alt + i Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 51 - Register the Copyright The much awaited episode on copyrighting is here! We’ll take a look at the easy-to-use process of registering a copyright on your work, as well as some common misconceptions about copyrighted art and how you can use it. Keys to the Game: Insert an image in Dreamweaver Mac: Command + Option + i PC: Control + Alt + i Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 51 - Register the Copyright The much awaited episode on copyrighting is here! We’ll take a look at the easy-to-use process of registering a copyright on your work, as well as some common misconceptions about copyrighted art and how you can use it. Keys to the Game: Insert an image in Dreamweaver Mac: Command + Option + i PC: Control + Alt + i Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 50 - Communication is Key If you’re thinking you can get away with holding a job as a designer and not being strong in the area of communication, think again! Communication (written, oral and otherwise) is going to be key if you are to have success in the world of design. Keys to the Game: Group objects in the CS Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 50 - Communication is Key If you’re thinking you can get away with holding a job as a designer and not being strong in the area of communication, think again! Communication (written, oral and otherwise) is going to be key if you are to have success in the world of design. Keys to the Game: Group objects in the CS Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 50 - Communication is Key If you’re thinking you can get away with holding a job as a designer and not being strong in the area of communication, think again! Communication (written, oral and otherwise) is going to be key if you are to have success in the world of design. Keys to the Game: Group objects in the CS Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 49 - My Story Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Today its all about me! I’ll be sharing stories of how I first became interested in art and the field of design, my schooling experience and how I got my first job…All the way up to the present. Keys to the Game: Hide an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 49 - My Story Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Today its all about me! I’ll be sharing stories of how I first became interested in art and the field of design, my schooling experience and how I got my first job…All the way up to the present. Keys to the Game: Hide an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 49 - My Story Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Today its all about me! I’ll be sharing stories of how I first became interested in art and the field of design, my schooling experience and how I got my first job…All the way up to the present. Keys to the Game: Hide an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 48 - Which Job do I Take? Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. It may not be often that you have your choice of several jobs, but if you ever do, here are some things to keep in mind to help you make your decision. Keys to the Game: Lock an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + 2 PC: Control + 2 Unlock an object [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 48 - Which Job do I Take? Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. It may not be often that you have your choice of several jobs, but if you ever do, here are some things to keep in mind to help you make your decision. Keys to the Game: Lock an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + 2 PC: Control + 2 Unlock an object [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 48 - Which Job do I Take? Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. It may not be often that you have your choice of several jobs, but if you ever do, here are some things to keep in mind to help you make your decision. Keys to the Game: Lock an object in Illustrator Mac: Command + 2 PC: Control + 2 Unlock an object [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 47 - Knowing when to stop Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. When is too much really too much? we’ll look at 4 common overuses of effects and techniques that can bring down the quality of your designs. Keys to the Game: Canvas Size in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + c PC: Control + Alt + c Rookie Mistake Tip: When you’re going through [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 47 - Knowing when to stop Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. When is too much really too much? we’ll look at 4 common overuses of effects and techniques that can bring down the quality of your designs. Keys to the Game: Canvas Size in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + c PC: Control + Alt + c Rookie Mistake Tip: When you’re going through [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 47 - Knowing when to stop Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. When is too much really too much? we’ll look at 4 common overuses of effects and techniques that can bring down the quality of your designs. Keys to the Game: Canvas Size in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + c PC: Control + Alt + c Rookie Mistake Tip: When you’re going through [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 46 - Photoshop World 2006 Wrapup Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. In this episode I’ll share some of my experiences, thoughts and reflections on my first ever trip to a Photoshop World conference. Keys to the Game: Create Clipping Mask in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + g PC: Control + Alt + g Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t just go through the motions when [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 46 - Photoshop World 2006 Wrapup Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. In this episode I’ll share some of my experiences, thoughts and reflections on my first ever trip to a Photoshop World conference. Keys to the Game: Create Clipping Mask in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + g PC: Control + Alt + g Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t just go through the motions when [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 46 - Photoshop World 2006 Wrapup Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. In this episode I’ll share some of my experiences, thoughts and reflections on my first ever trip to a Photoshop World conference. Keys to the Game: Create Clipping Mask in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + g PC: Control + Alt + g Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t just go through the motions when [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 45 - The Problem Customer Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Have a client that is a total pain in the a@$? Think you’re the only one? Think again. In this episode we’ll discuss some very common problems that clients can present to your business and your workflow, and how to deal with them in a professional manner. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 45 - The Problem Customer Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Have a client that is a total pain in the a@$? Think you’re the only one? Think again. In this episode we’ll discuss some very common problems that clients can present to your business and your workflow, and how to deal with them in a professional manner. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 45 - The Problem Customer Sponsored by: WickedLasers.com the world’s most powerful consumer laser. Have a client that is a total pain in the a@$? Think you’re the only one? Think again. In this episode we’ll discuss some very common problems that clients can present to your business and your workflow, and how to deal with them in a professional manner. Keys [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 44 - Reality Bites, The Job Hunt In this episode, you’ll experience some “reality podcasting” and see what was going through my head throughout an interview process. Specially recorded “confessionals” are released from the vault and you get to hear them! Keys to the Game: Adding Keyframes in Flash Add frames to a layer: F5 Add a keyframe: F6 Add an empty keyframe: F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t put [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 44 - Reality Bites, The Job Hunt In this episode, you’ll experience some “reality podcasting” and see what was going through my head throughout an interview process. Specially recorded “confessionals” are released from the vault and you get to hear them! Keys to the Game: Adding Keyframes in Flash Add frames to a layer: F5 Add a keyframe: F6 Add an empty keyframe: F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t put [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 44 - Reality Bites, The Job Hunt In this episode, you’ll experience some “reality podcasting” and see what was going through my head throughout an interview process. Specially recorded “confessionals” are released from the vault and you get to hear them! Keys to the Game: Adding Keyframes in Flash Add frames to a layer: F5 Add a keyframe: F6 Add an empty keyframe: F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t put [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 43 - Back to School Ah, the dreaded back to school episode. Let me just take this time to remind you why you are actually lucky to still be in school. Its not always fun, but it is an important time in your life. Keys to the Game: Apply the last used filter in Photoshop Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 43 - Back to School Ah, the dreaded back to school episode. Let me just take this time to remind you why you are actually lucky to still be in school. Its not always fun, but it is an important time in your life. Keys to the Game: Apply the last used filter in Photoshop Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 43 - Back to School Ah, the dreaded back to school episode. Let me just take this time to remind you why you are actually lucky to still be in school. Its not always fun, but it is an important time in your life. Keys to the Game: Apply the last used filter in Photoshop Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 42 - Portfolio Building As junior designers, many of us do not have a wealth of experience, and because of this, we might not have a lot to chosse from when selecting pieces for our portfolio. When this happens we can’t just add sub-par work to flesh it out, so what options do we have? Today we’ll talk about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 42 - Portfolio Building As junior designers, many of us do not have a wealth of experience, and because of this, we might not have a lot to chosse from when selecting pieces for our portfolio. When this happens we can’t just add sub-par work to flesh it out, so what options do we have? Today we’ll talk about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 42 - Portfolio Building As junior designers, many of us do not have a wealth of experience, and because of this, we might not have a lot to chosse from when selecting pieces for our portfolio. When this happens we can’t just add sub-par work to flesh it out, so what options do we have? Today we’ll talk about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Last Chances to Vote! There are only three more days to get your votes in for Rookie Deisgner to win the Podcast Award in the Education category. Voting ends at the end of the day on this Friday , August 11th. You can vote once each day, so that gives you the opportunity to vote three more times for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Last Chances to Vote! There are only three more days to get your votes in for Rookie Deisgner to win the Podcast Award in the Education category. Voting ends at the end of the day on this Friday , August 11th. You can vote once each day, so that gives you the opportunity to vote three more times for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 41 - In-House Design Sometimes the criticized, never the underachievers, In-House Designers make up a large portion of the design population. Today we’ll look at the pros and cons, and what exactly goes into the job of working in-house for a company. Keys to the Game: Show Invisibles in InDesign/QuarkXPress InDesign Mac: Command + Shift + I PC: Control + Shift + I Toggle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 41 - In-House Design Sometimes the criticized, never the underachievers, In-House Designers make up a large portion of the design population. Today we’ll look at the pros and cons, and what exactly goes into the job of working in-house for a company. Keys to the Game: Show Invisibles in InDesign/QuarkXPress InDesign Mac: Command + Shift + I PC: Control + Shift + I Toggle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 41 - In-House Design Sometimes the criticized, never the underachievers, In-House Designers make up a large portion of the design population. Today we’ll look at the pros and cons, and what exactly goes into the job of working in-house for a company. Keys to the Game: Show Invisibles in InDesign/QuarkXPress InDesign Mac: Command + Shift + I PC: Control + Shift + I Toggle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 40 - Junior Designer Tips Confidence is not always an easy thing to come by in the design field, but there are some realities to this subject that will help you not get too down on yourself. We’ll also take a look at a very helpful blog sent in by a listener (Thanks Konstantin!). Keys to the Game: Move object to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 40 - Junior Designer Tips Confidence is not always an easy thing to come by in the design field, but there are some realities to this subject that will help you not get too down on yourself. We’ll also take a look at a very helpful blog sent in by a listener (Thanks Konstantin!). Keys to the Game: Move object to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 40 - Junior Designer Tips Confidence is not always an easy thing to come by in the design field, but there are some realities to this subject that will help you not get too down on yourself. We’ll also take a look at a very helpful blog sent in by a listener (Thanks Konstantin!). Keys to the Game: Move object to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 39 - Application Smorgasbord Its really late, but its really loooong! Over 50 minutes!! We’ll look at applications you might want to build up skills in, whether you’re designing for print, web, or multimedia. We’ll also point out a couple of essential applications to know for ANY design job. Keys to the Game: Image Size in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 39 - Application Smorgasbord Its really late, but its really loooong! Over 50 minutes!! We’ll look at applications you might want to build up skills in, whether you’re designing for print, web, or multimedia. We’ll also point out a couple of essential applications to know for ANY design job. Keys to the Game: Image Size in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 38 - MacWorld 2006 A little different format today. We’ll look at what goes on at a MacWorld Expo through the voices of some of the expo floor presenters. Keys to the Game: Open image in editor from InDesign Mac: Option + double-click PC: Alt + double-click Swap Fill and Stroke Colors Universal: Shift + x In the Bullpen: InDesign Secrets Links from todays show: Lynda.com link to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 38 - MacWorld 2006 A little different format today. We’ll look at what goes on at a MacWorld Expo through the voices of some of the expo floor presenters. Keys to the Game: Open image in editor from InDesign Mac: Option + double-click PC: Alt + double-click Swap Fill and Stroke Colors Universal: Shift + x In the Bullpen: InDesign Secrets Links from todays show: Lynda.com link to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 37 - Print vs Web Design What are the differences between working with graphics and workflows for print and web? Are there any similarities between the two, and is it actually to your advantage to know both? Keys to the Game: Save for Web in Photoshop and Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + Shift + S PC: Control + Alt + Shift + S Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 37 - Print vs Web Design What are the differences between working with graphics and workflows for print and web? Are there any similarities between the two, and is it actually to your advantage to know both? Keys to the Game: Save for Web in Photoshop and Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + Shift + S PC: Control + Alt + Shift + S Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 37 - Print vs Web Design What are the differences between working with graphics and workflows for print and web? Are there any similarities between the two, and is it actually to your advantage to know both? Keys to the Game: Save for Web in Photoshop and Illustrator Mac: Command + Option + Shift + S PC: Control + Alt + Shift + S Rookie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 36 - Think Outside the (Computer) Box Even though your computer and applications can help you produce effects that mimic real life objects and textures, sometimes it is easier and more time effective to just use real life in your designs. Get away from the computer from time to time and experiment with this. Keys to the Game: Put Tabs in your tables [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 36 - Think Outside the (Computer) Box Even though your computer and applications can help you produce effects that mimic real life objects and textures, sometimes it is easier and more time effective to just use real life in your designs. Get away from the computer from time to time and experiment with this. Keys to the Game: Put Tabs in your tables [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 36 - Think Outside the (Computer) Box Even though your computer and applications can help you produce effects that mimic real life objects and textures, sometimes it is easier and more time effective to just use real life in your designs. Get away from the computer from time to time and experiment with this. Keys to the Game: Put Tabs in your tables [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 36 - Think Outside the (Computer) Box Even though your computer and applications can help you produce effects that mimic real life objects and textures, sometimes it is easier and more time effective to just use real life in your designs. Get away from the computer from time to time and experiment with this. Keys to the Game: Put Tabs in your tables in InDesign Mac: Option + Tab PC: Pick insertion point, right-click, choose “Add special character” and choose “Tab” Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t pass up ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 35 - Web Hosting and Design How much web hosting space do you need and how do you go about finding a decent provider? What web design applications are the best to use, and do I still need to know HTML? Keys to the Game: Update design view in Dreamweaver Universal: F5 Spell Check (Correction from show!) Universal: Shift + F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Make sure you protect your work. When building a site for a client, do so on a secure server or only on your machine. In the Bullpen: Boagworld Links from todays show Bonus Mov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 35 - Web Hosting and Design How much web hosting space do you need and how do you go about finding a decent provider? What web design applications are the best to use, and do I still need to know HTML? Keys to the Game: Update design view in Dreamweaver Universal: F5 Spell Check (Correction from show!) Universal: Shift + F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Make sure you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 35 - Web Hosting and Design How much web hosting space do you need and how do you go about finding a decent provider? What web design applications are the best to use, and do I still need to know HTML? Keys to the Game: Update design view in Dreamweaver Universal: F5 Spell Check (Correction from show!) Universal: Shift + F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Make sure you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 35 - Web Hosting and Design How much web hosting space do you need and how do you go about finding a decent provider? What web design applications are the best to use, and do I still need to know HTML? Keys to the Game: Update design view in Dreamweaver Universal: F5 Spell Check (Correction from show!) Universal: Shift + F7 Rookie Mistake Tip: Make sure you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 34 - Formal Training vs. Self Training What are the pros and cons of teaching yourself design as opposed to going back to school? Can you get an edge by choosing one method over the other? We’ll discuss these topics and more in this episode. Keys to the Game: Show out of gamut colors in Photoshop Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t stop at one option when it comes to applications and platforms. If you have the means, learn all you can. Many employers are now requesting it. In the Bullpen: Desig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 34 - Formal Training vs. Self Training What are the pros and cons of teaching yourself design as opposed to going back to school? Can you get an edge by choosing one method over the other? We’ll discuss these topics and more in this episode. Keys to the Game: Show out of gamut colors in Photoshop Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 34 - Formal Training vs. Self Training What are the pros and cons of teaching yourself design as opposed to going back to school? Can you get an edge by choosing one method over the other? We’ll discuss these topics and more in this episode. Keys to the Game: Show out of gamut colors in Photoshop Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 34 - Formal Training vs. Self Training What are the pros and cons of teaching yourself design as opposed to going back to school? Can you get an edge by choosing one method over the other? We’ll discuss these topics and more in this episode. Keys to the Game: Show out of gamut colors in Photoshop Mac: Command + y PC: Control + y Rookie Mistake [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 33 - The Tools of the Trade We learn many useful lessons about our profession in school, trainings and in our everyday work experiences, but is there more out there? Can we take it a step further in order to advance our career? Keys to the Game: Rule Above/Below InDesign Mac: Command + Option + j PC: Control + Alt + j QuarkXPress Mac: Command + Shift + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 33 - The Tools of the Trade We learn many useful lessons about our profession in school, trainings and in our everyday work experiences, but is there more out there? Can we take it a step further in order to advance our career? Keys to the Game: Rule Above/Below InDesign Mac: Command + Option + j PC: Control + Alt + j QuarkXPress Mac: Command + Shift + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 33 - The Tools of the Trade We learn many useful lessons about our profession in school, trainings and in our everyday work experiences, but is there more out there? Can we take it a step further in order to advance our career? Keys to the Game: Rule Above/Below InDesign Mac: Command + Option + j PC: Control + Alt + j QuarkXPress Mac: Command + Shift + [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 33 - The Tools of the Trade Download this podcast! We learn many useful lessons about our profession in school, trainings and in our everyday work experiences, but is there more out there? Can we take it a step further in order to advance our career? Keys to the Game: Rule Above/Below InDesign Mac: Command + Option + j PC: Control + Alt + j QuarkXPress Mac: Command + Shift + n PC: Control + Shift + n Rookie Mistake Tip: No one has ALL the answers. Never discontinue your search for more knowledge in your field of desi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 32 - Is �Graphic� holding us back? Download this podcast! Are we being pigeon-holed by the term “graphic”? We know that there is more to our job than working with graphics, but do others realize it? Is a name change in order? Keys to the Game: Fade in Photoshop Mac: Command + Shift + f PC: Control + Shift + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t get discouraged by others in the workplace.You know what you’re worth to the company, and you don’t have to prove yourself to anyone! In the Bullpen: Beyond Graph ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 32 - Is �Graphic� holding us back? Are we being pigeon-holed by the term “graphic”? We know that there is more to our job than working with graphics, but do others realize it? Is a name change in order? Keys to the Game: Fade in Photoshop Mac: Command + Shift + f PC: Control + Shift + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t get discouraged by others in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 32 - Is �Graphic� holding us back? Are we being pigeon-holed by the term “graphic”? We know that there is more to our job than working with graphics, but do others realize it? Is a name change in order? Keys to the Game: Fade in Photoshop Mac: Command + Shift + f PC: Control + Shift + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t get discouraged by others in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 31 - Client says jump, you say how high? How much control over the design is given to you and how much does the client hold? Do you try to change their mind? We’ll look at these questions and more.Keys to the Game: Swap fill and stroke colors in IllustratorMac and PC: Shift + xRookie Mistake Tip:Be responsible! If you sign a contract with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 31 - Client says jump, you say how high? How much control over the design is given to you and how much does the client hold? Do you try to change their mind? We’ll look at these questions and more. Keys to the Game: Swap fill and stroke colors in Illustrator Mac and PC: Shift + x Rookie Mistake Tip: Be responsible! If you sign a contract with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 31 - Client says jump, you say how high? How much control over the design is given to you and how much does the client hold? Do you try to change their mind? We’ll look at these questions and more. Keys to the Game: Swap fill and stroke colors in Illustrator Mac and PC: Shift + x Rookie Mistake Tip: Be responsible! If you sign a contract with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 31 - Client says jump, you say how high? Download this podcast! How much control over the design is given to you and how much does the client hold? Do you try to change their mind? We’ll look at these questions and more. Keys to the Game: Swap fill and stroke colors in Illustrator Mac and PC: Shift + x Rookie Mistake Tip: Be responsible! If you sign a contract with someone, make sure you honor it and finish the job correctly, whether it be as the client wants it, or your personal design. In the Bullpen: Layers Magazine Lin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rookie Designer 31 - Client says jump, you say how high? How much control over the design is given to you and how much does the client hold? Do you try to change their mind? We’ll look at these questions and more.Keys to the Game: Swap fill and stroke colors in IllustratorMac and PC: Shift + xRookie Mistake Tip:Be responsible! If you sign a contract with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website