Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations

With a little help from one of our audience members, we'll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We'll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time to plan your future may be.

Keys to the Game:
Hide Edges in Illustrator Guides
Mac: Cmd + h
PC: Ctl + h

Book Report from todays show:
The CSS Anthology - 101 Essential Tips, Trick & Hacks 2nd Edition
By Rachel Andrew, Published by Sitepoint
A great book for those who are intermediate to beginner users of CSS, but advanced users may get a thing or two out of it as well. I found the book to be a great help as I update our company site and get it up to web 2.0 standards!

Links from todays show:
Colin Finkle's site
Photoshop World Vegas 07

Rookie Mistake Tip:
Just in the time spent growing up we all realize that nothing in life is easy, and this definitely carries over into a career. How you survive through the bad times (that will happen) is going to show you (and others) what kind of person and what kind of worker you really are. Don't be too quick to throw in the towel.

In the Bullpen:
Photoshop Reference Guide

This Episode included music by:
Bad Brains