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If you’re in a profession where you see presentations on a regular basis, you’ve probably heard all the hate-talk directed at Microsoft PowerPoint. The hatred runs deep. On a list of hated design-ish things, it fights for first place with the typeface Comic Sans. In fact, it has become so

With the college football season right around the corner, I couldn’t help but play around with some of college football’s most iconic logos. A couple visual communication theorists (see below) suggest that by adding simple shapes to designs, we humans inadvertently anthropmorphise (give human-like characteristics to non-human objects or shapes) designs

While there are countless ways to ruin good writing, there is probably no quicker way to lose writing credibility than by exhibiting punctuation errors. Punctuation is the visual cue in our language that we use to increase comprehension, to change speed and tone, and to improve the overall reading experience.

To grammar enthusiasts, Weird Al’s new parody, “Word Crimes” (which plays on Robin Thike’s “Blurred Lines”) nails just about every writing pet peeve on the head. Those who don’t like grammar, however, may feel insulted. Or, just thoroughly confused. After all, if you’re not sure what an Oxford comma is

Infographics, it seems, have taken the media by storm. Because they are visually attractive, eye-catching, accessible, fun, and–if done well–quickly and effectively informative, people are drawn to them. And businesses have caught wind of this. We see infographics in magazines, on blogs, and even on corporate “About Us” pages in

At the college where I teach, professors have the unique opportunity every May to develop a course outside of their typical curriculum. Teachers get to explore their interests in new courses as diverse as “The Chemistry of Cooking” and “Writing a Film Short.” Students are offered a wide variety of

One of the most fundamental components to making a document visually appealing (and readable) is to make sure the text is designed well. And while there are infinite possibilities for what you can do with your fonts and sizes and organization, if you follow these eighteen rules, your text can

There are hundreds of important design terms that graphic and visual designers need to know to be good at their professions. But for the average writer/designer, you can probably get away with knowing fewer than that. At the very least, you’ll want to know come of the most important terms

I often get asked: what makes a really good résumé? Truth is, that is a loaded question with no real good answer. Every employer is different and every job description is different and every applicants’s qualification’s are different. In fact, there is no perfect, good resume example. The only right