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If your business it not organized, there is a good chance your design will ultimately suffer. Fortunately, there are ways to get organized ranging from simple tricks to helpful software.

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Dazzling Drop-downs

Sunday November 8, 2009
Drop-down menus have come a long way in web design. As always, they are a great way to offer the user more content while keeping your pages clean. With the current technologies available to web designers, including flash, AJAX and JavaScript, there are many ways to take this even further and offer more hidden, but easily accessible, content. Spyre Studios has a gallery of modern drop-down and sliding menu solutions that achieve just that. If you've been impressed with any drop-downs recently, please share in the comments.

Poll: Do You Use an iPhone?

Tuesday November 3, 2009
An iPhone is a great tool for your business, with tons of applications (85,000 if I remember correctly from the last Apple commercial) to perform all kinds of tasks. Apps like What the Font allow you to identify fonts on the go, while apps like Tweetie let you keep up with your Twitter accounts.

The Business of Creativity

Saturday October 31, 2009
In the business of graphic design, it is essential to come up with creative solutions for our clients. The same applies to almost any business, whether it be music or farming, architecture or medicine. Fast Company is currently highlighting their 100 Most Creative People in Business, including people from all types of industries. From Sheila Bair, the chairman of the FDIC, to Bart Decrem, CEO of iPhone app development company Tapulous, it's an interesting list to review with short and to-the-point bios of each person.

How has the economy affected your design business?

Monday October 26, 2009

Chances are, the economy has affected the way you do business. Some clients may have reduced their budgets for design work, requiring you to come up with clever solutions to keep their business, while others may have cut out their design budgets completely. You may also have come up with ways to reduce your own costs, from minimizing personal promotion to changing office spaces. There are of course many ways you may have been affected beyond the answers here, so please share your experience.

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