Smashing Magazine has done a showcase of RSS Icons. You may recall a post I did about a previous RSS showcase.
Smashing Magazine’s review is a bit more thorough. You will find more examples and more helpful links.
You can still download my RSS Icons Zip file with a PSD and 2 AI files (One CS2 and one for older versions) of the basic icon for faster editing and customize your own RSS icon!
ARC Design was part of a feature story about Smart News on NBC-17.
You can read the article or watch the video at NBC 17’s website.
Adage has an article today titled, “Give It a Try: Put Brands in Consumers’ Hands (Literally)“.
Essentially, the article discusses why it is good to give out samples of your product so customers really know what they are getting.
How does this apply to Graphic Designers in any mediums?
Simple, hand out your business card, make posters and advertise. It is the same concept, you are giving a sample of your work. Other ways are to keep samples of everything you print to put into books to give to prospective clients. Its a lot easier to win people over when they can see some of your prior work.
Our internet has been spotty since Friday, pings to our ip are ranging from 2ms - 4ms with spikes of 76ms-120ms. Not good.
The in office assumption is that our router is going on the fritz or one of the cable or connectors is bad.
An employee from our cable company showed up and informed us that it was due to the new billing system they are implementing.
Who would have thought?
Is this relative to the Chaos Theory?
Although some may say Foxnews is not a reliable source, they have an interesting article on swearing.
More specifically swearing in the workplace.
It is said to relieve stress, which I could understand. Holding in any high-powered feelings such as Anger, Depression or Bliss could cause one to go mad. If the best way for you to deal with Anger is to swear, I say have at it. Just make sure you aren’t going to offend those around you.
Otherwise, your stress relief may turn into additional stress for someone else.
Today I am at Showbiz, it is an expo for Cumberland County Businesses to show off their services.
We obtained the both closest to the front door so when people enter, we are the first thing they see. We have set up a 36in. Vizio flat screen tv running a slideshow of the various websites and identities we have done. We also have 2 laptops, one is for showing visitors possible improvements they can make to their websites and the other is for showing our promotional video.
We have met a ton of people and have set up a few appointments and have several promising leads.
One thing I have heard a lot today is “I already have a website”.
You may have a working website, but who is it working for. Are you paying for a site that does nothing for you or is your site driving customers to you on a daily basis.
One of our greatest success stories is Cape Fear Staffing. They are set up here at the expo as well and have done an excellent job both in their own promotion and promoting us. They have saved time and money by having a website to automate their job listings and have a consistent stream of visitors. Deservedly so, they are a great advantage for those in the community looking for a job and are highly recommended.
We soon hope we can offer glowing reviews for all the businesses we have met here.
Stay Tuned!
Am I wrong in thinking the new Payless logo looks like a fetus?
Can your readers contact you?
I read a great blog post this morning at http://www.goldbusinesstips.com/keep-customers-happy-100-of-the-time
It is an article informing small design businesses that lying is important to keeping your customers happy. Sounds like it would be a bad idea, but it actually provides valid points about under selling and over promising.
Unfortunately, one of the paragraphs must have been hurried because it has quite a few grammatical errors. I was going to contact them about it privately, but no email address or contact link is provided.
One key part of a blog is having a way for readers to contact you. It creates a small sense of intimacy and can promote return visits.
So go look at your blog and make sure you aren’t hiding behind your words without allowing visitors to reply.
Design Float pointed me in the direction of Over 35 Different Styles of RSS Icons. A very useful article for seeing the different ways people have customized the RSS Icon while keeping that basic shape.
It also points to a couple tutorials on the topic, unfortunately it does not point to some generic files for the purpose of customizing. Sometimes it is easier for someone to be creative with just the bare bones version.
I have uploaded a zip file containing a PSD and 2 Vector files (One CS2 and One compliant with older versions of Illustrator).
These files should make it easier for anyone to customize their RSS Icon while being able to skip the step of creating the basic shape.
Enjoy.
Last night, my boss Ryan joined in my weekly Soccer game and am pleased to announce showed great natural ability.
While most of us play a tentative defense, he went at it with reckless abandonment, perfect for a good defender.
Next week, Adam, the other boss will possibly be joining in.
Here at ARC we aren’t just about design, we are also about staying healthy through good excercise.
This is also the reason we go up and down the stairs to move our cars every 2 hours.
On a side note, the Gas house aka Festival Park Place burned the other day. Unfortunately, a local free daily newspaper, Smart News, was working out of offices in that building. So ARC is lending some of our office space to them so they can get back on their feet.
If you are looking for the next big thing in news, Keep your eye out for these fledgling news services that are giving the news without the fluff.
Also if you would like to help them out, they always have advertising space available. You can get more information on their Advertising Rate Card (PDF).