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Friday Links, vol. 11

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Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • Gemini is a duplicate-finder app for Mac. You probably have tons of duplicate files, actually.
  • LooseLeaves is a Mac app that lets you quickly share snippets of markdown via the web
  • Here’s a funny looking sit-stand desk. But it seems legit.

Techniques

  • Weird things start to happen when you stare into someone’s eyes for 10 minutes, so maybe don’t do it.

Habits

Everything Else

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Programmer & Developer Ben Borowski explores the creative side of software and shares his recent personal projects - The Busy Creator Podcast 62

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The Busy Creator 62 w/guest Ben Borowski

Ben Borowski (@TypeOneError) is a software developer and programmer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In past years, Ben run a small studio doing web development for top agencies, but has recently made a move to create his own project, and is working on that full-time.

Ben is one half of Oki Doki, along with Designer & Digital Strategist Marie Poulin. Together, the duo are hard at work on Doki, a web platform to build and run online courses and communities. In this conversation, Ben discusses the creative side of programming, the definition of a “coder”, and the challenges of putting aside client projects for the endeavor of building your own app.

Catch up with Ben on his site, Type One Error, or check out Doki.io.

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Pro Tip for Organization - The Humble Coloured Folder

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Pro Tip

One technique can bring massive results with only minimal setup, and it’s simple. Coloured folders.

I mean this in two ways. First, actual tangible folders to keep papers. No, seriously, imagine if you put a system in place where the folders on your desk were colour-coded by project. Black means internal stuff, red means client A, blue means client B, etc. Absolutely worth a try.

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Level-Up Strategy for Organizing Your Digital Life

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Level-Up Strategy

With the gradual takeover of the paperless office, and our personal reluctance to keep physical things in our already-crowded home studios, staying organised often means keeping your digital files in check. The most important strategy you can employ — if you haven’t done so already — is to create for yourself some kind of naming convention. Perhaps we’ll cover this topic in more detail at a future date, but for now assume there is no correct or incorrect way to do this. Anything is always better than nothing.

Once you have that in place, try this strategy: Don’t create versions.

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My Two Favourite Tools for Quick-Saving and Quick-Sharing

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Quick-share tools

As creative pros, we often find the need to quickly share an image, link, or document with our co-workers, clients, and friends. Could be a logo design in progress, an article on a topic we’re researching, or a case study PDF that’s part of our strategy. Fortunately for us, there are a number of software tools on the Mac and on the web that enable us to share these items quickly, or save them for future reference.

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Prepare with Purpose for OS X 10.10 Yosemite

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Prepare for Yosemite

The new version of the Mac operating system, OS X 10.10 Yosemite is just around the corner. Many pro users are already running a late beta on their current machines. But before you wipe your system and install the new OS afresh, be organized and prepare. Here’s how to handle the change with minimal drama so you can get back up and running in no time.

What to backup

Many of us have continuous, automated backups in place, but when wiping your system down to zero, I recommend manually backing up a few things extra. Here’s a list of what you should back up before you go new.
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