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If you’re graphic designer or web designer interested in switching to Linux to save on costs or maybe get more hands on experience administrating a LAMP, here is what I recommend for your base setup. Please note, these are my suggestions for Design applications on Linux only, I'll tackle the LAMP software in my next post. My Linux Flavor Choice: Fedora running Gnome3 Why Fedora? I come from a dabbler of Red ...

Recently I was talking with someone who was of the mindset that print is not just an essential media but will always be required. His reasoning wasn’t knew, it was based on people liking something to hold in their hands, and when I asked about his experience with devices such as the Kindle, Sony E-Reader or the iPad he admitted to not looking into them nor was he interested in ...

Over the last couple years the company I work for has been working on the development of a site using a CMS (Content management System) platform, a good change in my opinion and something that many companies are moving towards with their sites now as it allows for quick and efficient changes to a site without requiring a full time developer or web designer on your staff. That said, as CMS ...

In my last segment I overviewed various marketing tools that can benefit any commercial real estate office, but this time around I became a little side tracked. Instead of continuing on the marketing subjects I outlined, I’m going to start with design, as that is what everything else I’ll have to talk about stems from. I’ve broken this down into what I see are the three aspects of design, visual, ...