It’s always good to have a good laugh, and staying in good spirits can make you more productive! …just don’t spend too much of your work day perusing these links ;) Freelance Freedom The Bradz 1Pt. Rule xkcd PC Weenies Kopozky BLaugh OK/Cancel Joy of Tech PHD Comics

I was recently a part of an article at VelvetAnt.net called Ghosts of design work past, where 18 designers shared some of our student work from back in the day. Luckily, it looks like everyone had doe a tremendous amount of growth since these pieces! It was difficult to even find my old stuff  — [...]

I asked some of your to recommend some must have books and I’ve pulled together a great list! Check it out, time to start that summer time reading! :) “Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop” by Timothy Samara (Recommended by Brian Hoff.) “Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?” by Susan [...]

Free Abode Webinars – from CreativeTechs Seattle’s own, CreativeTechs is in their 4th week of their 10-week FREE online Photoshop Webinar series. It’s a 1 – 2 hour class, every Thursday from the comfort of your own home. Experience live interaction with virtual classmates via twitter (#creativetechs) and a real-time Q&A session at the close [...]

This next interview is with Niki Brown, a web designer and blogger living in Boston, MA. Niki works by day at a small web design firm and by night (and in the wee hours of morning) cranks out freelance design and content for a design blog, which I am sure you all know and love, [...]

If you’re a Photoshop or other kind of image making nerd, you may enjoy this. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album. Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days [...]

Made this short video about some poor packaging design on part of Michelob Beer. Have you seen packaging that fails in its messaging? + I just want to say this isn’t hate for Michelob! I’ve enjoyed your beer in the past — this is just a design thing.

I recently had the chance to interview Kristine Johnson of Cognition Studio, a Seattle-based design firm that specializes in design and illustration for the Medical Industries. Kristine runs Cognition Studio out of her Seattle home with her husband, David Ehlert — We discussed running a small-business, design, inspiration, passion and nightmare clients! Kristine Johnson of [...]

I recently had the chance to interview Kristine Johnson of Cognition Studio, a Seattle-based design firm that specializes in design and illustration for the Medical Industries. Here Kristine gives her recommendations for Must-Have Books for every designer library. Subscribe to the CMD+Shift Design Blog for the upcoming interview with Kristine and a video tour of [...]

Inspired by this tweet from Niki Brown and her Day in Logos post from back in November ’08 – Here is my day in logos. What would your day in logos look like? Try snapping photos of some of the logos you encounter throughout your day and share it on your blog or Flickr!