Friday Links, vol. 79

Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • The Adulting School helps teach you things you should have learned, but didn’t.
  • Paul Boag‘s new book, User Experience Revolution, is available for pre-order, releasing 18 April 2017.

Techniques

  • How to make your workplace happy and productive — policy examples from around the world.
  • Marie Forleo helps a reader with her website. Some good insight, actually. (starts at 4:00)

Habits

  • When is it ok to design for free? Paula Scher weighs in.

Everything Else

  • Have you ever noticed the attention to detail that goes into an Apple shopping bag?
  • 63% of freelancers choose the lifestyle, including friend-of-the-show Matt Inglot. Are you one of them?
  • A visual analysis of how true movies are. The ones “based on true events,” that is.
  • Could better typography have prevented the Oscars mix-up? Yes.

About Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox is a New York-based graphic designer and brand developer with 15+ years experience in branding, packaging, graphic design, and web design. He runs The Busy Creator.