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Friday Links, vol. 10

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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.
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The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 11 with guests Michael Sacca and Alex Rolek, co-founders of Brandisty.com

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The Busy Creator 11 w/guests Michael Sacca & Alex Rolek

Michael Sacca (@MichaelSacca) and Alex Rolek (@AlexRolek) are the co-founders of Brandisty.com, a website that allows companies to put their brand on the web. The duo started out as a small agency doing web design and software development before shifting towards a B2B product. Along with Prescott, they discuss the origins of Brandisty, how they went about getting early feedback, and the day to day scrappiness of running a small web software company.

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