March 24, 2008

Keeping up with Design

Filed under: Graphic Design, Web Design — Douglas T @ 4:23 pm

Somebody asked me a good question today. To paraphrase, it was “what websites do you use to keep up with what’s going on in the industry?”. Here’s the list:

While I don’t write about blogging, I do follow what’s going on with that industry. It’s too much of a factor in the web design business not to.

Mostly I like to read about Art and Design. You’ll notice that a number of these these sites aren’t web or graphic design related. Web design needs to be inspired by all arts, not just other web design.

Inspiration can come from all kinds of interesting stuff.

I’m particularly fond of Search Feeds. Most people don’t realize that a lot of search engines allow you to subscribe to the search. So you can be notified of anything new on the subject of your choice.

I also subscribe to a number of Technical Feeds. While some of these sites write about things outside of design, it’s important to keep up on these too. The more I know about all aspects of my job, the better I can do my job. This might include how my computer and software work, how to improve them or how to fix them, and what’s new in the industry .

I keep track of my subscriptions with the Sage feed reader for Firefox. I have posted elsewhere about other Firefox resources I regularly use.

9 Comments »

  1. Why thanks for the mention, Douglas.

    I hope all’s well with you.

    Comment by David Airey — March 24, 2008 @ 4:53 pm

  2. Thanks for the link and for subscribing! I like your blog I might become a regular as well.

    Comment by LGR — March 24, 2008 @ 5:02 pm

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  5. I’m honored to be included with such great blogs! Thanks for the link!

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  7. Thank you for this information Douglas, it is going to be very helpful to me.

    Comment by Sage's Unicorn! — March 26, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

  8. Thanks for a good list and am proud to be mentioned!

    Comment by jason — March 28, 2008 @ 7:31 am

  9. Thanks for the mention.

    Here is a blog that I find very inspirational - it dives into libraries and shows off old drawings.

    http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/

    Comment by Martin Weiss — April 12, 2008 @ 5:45 pm

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