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Designing Great Information Graphics

The first great mainstream information graphic I remember seeing was of a New York Times article showing the casualties of war in Iraq around 2003/2004. The graphics were of bathroom-style stick figure men representing actual lives lost. What made it special was that it dramatically changed some boring statistics that you would normally ignore into mind-blowing facts.

Designing Great Information Graphics
Good.is — Transparency: The Largest Bankruptcies in History

The New York Times still prints great information graphics but for online, they have stepped up their game to do some of the best interactive graphics in journalism today. You can read this profile article for more on this aspect of information graphics.

The focus of this article will be less on interactivity and more on the simpler, static information graphics.

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Object Oriented CSS (OOCSS): The Lowdown

So I recently came across the idea of Object Oriented CSS (OOCSS) at An Event Apart San Francisco this year. The speaker was Nicole Sullivan, who is the leader in evangelizing and developing Object Oriented CSS. She makes a solid argument that best practice CSS techniques should be used and that we can build on those techniques to create even more efficient CSS for everyone involved.

OOCSS
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CSS Rehab – 3 Step Program To Getting Clean

I’ve been making websites commercially for about five years now. In 2004, a year or two out of college — it was definitely a learning process for me. I originally graduated with a degree centered on print design, so programming in general was very new to me. During that time, table-based layout structure was still prevalent, so that’s how I started out.

CSS Illustration
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Demystifying the Use of Service Agreements

One of the most popular questions designers ask are concerning payment and client relations pertaining to that subject. A few popular scenarios that may sound familiar:

  • “I completed 75% of the project but my client hasn’t paid the down payment yet!”
  • “My clients changed their minds and refuses to pay until the project has been completed!”
  • “The client claims the project was unsuccessful and refuses to pay!”
  • “My client is converting my print brochure into a website and other collateral!”

The Way To Great Client Relations
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