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The big Artificial Intelligence scandal

James — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:00:24 +0000

Horrible cliché stock photography. It’s certainly not limited to the topic of artificial intelligence, but yeah… it’s pretty bad, and it’s approaching the scale of Customer Service Girl.

Interesting read, and it points out a real problem in the design industry. Conveying an idea with the use of stock photography is nothing new, but finding the right photo to do it is time-consuming and in some cases nearly impossible. Designers have been battling the infamous “customer service girl on phone” problem for decades… and the best photographers have come up with is to switch from a corded phone to a headset for the models.

5 cool things you didn’t know you could do in Adobe InDesign

James — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:00:51 +0000

From creating interactive EPUBs and drawing logos to applying effects to text and graphics, Shutterstock Blog has Five cool things you may not have known you could do in InDesign.

New undetectable DNS hijacking malware targeting Apple macOS users

James — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:00:41 +0000

Ugh. A new malware targeting macOS. Just the way you want to start off the new year.

Inside Apple’s data center [50 Images]

James — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:00:49 +0000

There’s only one rule: Watch where you walk, lest ye trip over wires.

Apple’s Reno data center is getting an expansion.

This comes on the heels of Apple’s announcement last year of an entirely new data center in Des Moines, Iowa (image above), with construction set to start sometime this year.

Bloggers guide to WordPress security

James — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:00:48 +0000

Do you have a blog running on WordPress? If yes, then you should give this article on securing your WordPress blog a read. The guide includes some easy step-by-step solutions, as well as links to some great plugins that can add another level to the basic built-in WordPress security features.

Jony Ive on Apple’s new HQ and the disappearing iPhone

James — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:12:20 +0000

Fantastic article by Nick Compton, with more gorgeous photos of Apple Park by Mark Mahaney. Definitely check this article at Wallpaper out!

USB-C is kind of a joke… and a pain in the ass

James — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:30:33 +0000

USB-C sounded great on paper. What it has evolved into is actually a dumpster fire.

Which Photoshop content-aware feature should you use?

James — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:15:59 +0000

In Photoshop, content-aware features make automatic edits such as seamlessly blending the edges of retouched image areas. Using technology that recognizes different types of image content, content-aware features help you retouch images faster, and open up new possibilities for changing the composition of an image.
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But how do you know which of the many content-aware features might help you right now?

Conrad Chavez has a brief explanation of each of the features in his article at CreativePro.

Resizing the Photoshop canvas when your text or artwork goes off the edge

James — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:15:23 +0000

If you’ve ever designed with type in Photoshop, you’ve probably encountered a situation where changing the size or font caused the text to not fit on the canvas any more. Or maybe you’ve placed a large logo file that didn’t fit on the canvas to begin with.

Mike Rankin has the easy alternative to the tedious norm of resizing the canvas size manually using the Reveal All and Trim commands.

3 common grammar errors inexperienced writers make

James — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:00:38 +0000

Yeah, I get it. You’re not a copywriter. But you’re probably a designer, and that means you’ll be writing at some point in your career—even if it’s just a headline or two.

I love these quick grammar lesson types of articles.