Author: Curtis Newbold

Whenever you are faced with organizing information it may seem that there are a million options ahead of you. In reality, I suppose, there are infinite possibilities for designing anything. But when it comes to organizing information, there are really only five ways to do it. (Well, there may be

Every church has a message to share. And nearly every established church these days has a website in which it promotes and “brands” its church and message. Doctrine aside, I thought it would be insightful to see just how the top 20 churches in America (in terms of reported membership) go

My earlier post on annoying punctuation errors was popular enough that I thought I’d post a few more visuals of mistakes to reiterate an important point: a little (correct) punctuation can go a long way.    

My Rating: 5/5 About the Book Understanding Comics is a book about the art of creating visualizations to tell a story. Perhaps a misnomer of a title, this book covers far more about visualization and communication than it does about the comics industry. Written entirely in comic book form, the author

Over the years as a writer and college instructor, I’ve come to conclude two very important things about punctuation: 1) it’s absolutely critical to good communication, and 2) many college graduates still struggle with it. Punctuation is a visual cue in our language that tells readers not only what the

Have you ever witnessed a car accident or other event that seemed horrific or startling? When you recall that story to your friends (or even to the police), how accurate do you think your explanation of the story is? Many of us are under the (false) impression that our memories

My Rating: 1/5 About the Book Written by The Adobe Creative Team, this book is a resource manual for learning how to create and design websites using Adobe Dreamweaver CS6. Classroom in a Book is broken up into multiple lessons designed to have the reader follow along. A CD is included,

My Rating: 4/5 About the Book 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People is a 200+-page collection of theories and research about how people react to design. The book is broken up into 10 sections: how people see; how people remember; how people think; how people focus their

For those of you who feel like people rarely take you serious, it may be because of something you have no control over: your face has baby-like characteristics. Believe it or not, research has shown that when people have “baby-face” attributes, they are less likely to be taken serious and