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With the ubiquity of computers and desktop publishing programs like Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign, there really isn’t any reason why we shouldn’t all be typographically literate. After all, most of us communicate by typing text all day long. But while many of us can spot Comic Sans or Papyrus

Designing a résumé is a challenging task and, unfortunately, there is no one right way to create one. To make things worse, there are actually several “types” of résumés out there that you’ll want to familiarize yourself with. Depending on the position you are applying for, the company you are sending your

If you go to Google Images and type in “Time Magazine,” you’ll notice a glaring visual trend: on nearly all of the covers, a large face dominates the visual space.  Very few of Time‘s covers show the full body (or even anything below the chest) of any of the people they are

In a digital age, computer literacy is darn near as important as reading and writing. In an information age, knowing the file formats that are used to create the documents we see should be right up there with knowing your ABCs. Any more, if you plan to create communication documents,

My Rating: 3.5/5 About the Book Donald Norman is a very well-respected researcher in cognitive psychology. His theories have been widely adopted into interaction design, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, and other related fields. In this, perhaps one of his more popular books, Norman describes his perspective as to why we

Whether you run a small business or a personal blog, your homepage is crucial to your website’s success. The homepage is often your first impression, after all, so it needs to send the appropriate message. But that isn’t always easy. There’s a lot to consider when creating a homepage; after

If you have a sick penchant for ugly design, a sad day for you is coming soon. Phone books, the go-to resource for superbly ugly advertising design, are on their way out. Oh, sure, we occasionally sift through those nostalgic yellow pages, when we move to a new place and

A couple decades ago or so USA Today did something monumental in the world of news: they made information much more visual. In an effort to boost readership (and sales) they did something that, at the time, seemed entirely radical: increase the size of the images to make the news

My Rating: 4/5 About the Book The authors, founders of design firm Column Five, describe infographics as a relatively new and important form of visual communication in  three areas: 1) science, academics, and business intelligence; 2) commercial; and 3) editorial or news-related. The authors address how to adapt infographics for