Friday Links, vol. 10

Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • ID2Office, the InDesign plugin that allows export to MS Word and Powerpoint format, has updated to a new version for CC 2015.
  • Grab some type samples from The Designer’s Foundry

Techniques

  • Create dynamic pull quotes in InDesign using tables (really!)
  • The Hamburger Menu Doesn’t Work
  • Listen to video games soundtracks while you work; they’re designed to maintain focus, eliminate distraction. As discussed on Reddit

Habits

  • What Stephen Curry Can Teach Us About Creating Successful Habits
  • Self-Discipline: what it is and why we are bad at it

Everything Else

  • A Visual History of the iTunes Application Icon. (Catch it while you can)

About Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox is a New York-based graphic designer and brand developer with 14+ years experience in branding, packaging, graphic design, and web design. He runs The Busy Creator.
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    I told my son yesterday that all successful people work very hard and it’s no accident. Thanks for sharing the Stephen Curry Link.