Desiree Perry, Web Designer

Mark S. Luckie's blog 10000 Words has a great post "Journalism Grads: 30 Things You Should Do This Summer." It's an ambiguous list. Even if you just picked five of the skills to learn, it… Continue

How did I learn to do multimedia? Hard work and sacrifice: Yes, I got training from my employer, but I've also spent a lot of personal time and money on training. Is it worth worth it? Yes. Following are three of my colleagues sharing about their passion, hard work, and sacrifice in c… Continue

I love to listen to music as I design. Do you? Right now, I'm listening to the Jackson 5's I want you back, The Love You Save, Got to Be There, and Ben. That is the way I want to remember Michael Jackson. A sweet, angel-voiced little boy that sang and danced with his brothers, who inspired me as I drew in my youth. I have such fond memories of listening to the top 40 radio as a kid and drawing. Later I loved watching Jackson's creative music videos as I learned graphic design.

So… Continue

With the shake-up at the Society for News Design, I'm sure many of you are thinking about whether or not you should renew your membership. I can not advise you if you should renew or not. SND has done a a lot of good things, the quick courses and workshops are great for beginners. But I have been giving renewing a lot of thought. The Sndies… Continue

Many people in newspaper design talks about graphic visualization like it's something new, SIGGraph has been at the forefront of computer visualization since 1974!

What is AMC SIGGraph? That would be: the Association for Computing Machinery's… Continue

From PDN online: Multimedia journalists discover life after newspapers
"As layoffs continue to decimate newsrooms all over the country, a pressing question for staff photographers is, what is plan B when the pink slip comes? How do you translate your photojournalism skills into some other means of earning a living?"

Two from Mindy McAdams:… Continue

I saw Disney/Pixar's UP over the weekend. Once again Pixar created a visualy amazing film with a wonderful story.

To see some beautiful production illustrations from the film, check out Lou Romano's blog. Romano is a production designer at Pixar. He has a fun retro style. The color studies, test… Continue

My friend Carrie Pratt produced the 2009 Soul of Athens Trailer. I can't wait to see this year's site. What is the Soul of Athens? It is Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication's award-winning online publication about Athens, Ohio and its surrounding areas. A team of more than 60 people is currently hard at work creating the 2009 installment.

UPDATE: The 2009 site launches June 1st, 2009. Until then Here's last y… Continue

A colleague sent this to me today. We all had a good chuckle as we went down memory lane looking at it. Those under 30 may never have seen these rare artifacts from the time before the Macintosh. The rest of you will have fun remembering all this crazy stuff.

Oh my gosh, I do not miss cleaning clogged Rapi… Continue

My collegues Ted McLaren, Sherman Zent and Jeremy Bowers have been working on the All Eyes blog for a while now. It finally launched. Insprired by Boston.com's… Continue