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Christmas time is full of joy & stress trying to find the right gift. See our list of the best Christmas gift ideas for designers and be festive!

We are all excited! Everything is in progress, but it sadly takes times. If only stuff could be done instintly! Of course, where is the fun in that?

Courtesy of The Story of Stuff Project  Another gem from The Story of Stuff Project – this time about the dangers of tiny plastic microbeads in many products we use daily, which go down the drain and into our lakes, … Continue reading →

By Paul Kazlov While being environmentally-conscious might not always be the prettiest or flashiest way to improve your home, eco-friendly upgrades are one of the best investments you can make. After all, you can save huge money on your energy … Continue reading →

By Penn State News The question of whether it is environmentally correct to buy a real Christmas tree has been asked repeatedly in recent years, and an expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences wants to lay it to … Continue reading →

By Beth Porter Other Words How much of what you recycle ends up at the dump? Do you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash … Continue reading →

By Shira Golding Shareable We all have something to offer and needs to fill. The more we can provide for each other locally, the closer we are to sustainability. Share Tompkins, a volunteer-run group based in Ithaca, NY, was formed … Continue reading →

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Imagination is our Window into the Future. Your Oasis in Space There’s no place like home. Warm, wet and with an atmosphere that’s just right, Earth is the only place we know of with life – and lots of it. … Continue reading →

By Yessenia Funes Yes! magazine In his new documentary, Josh Fox says we can use love to push aside the fear and hopelessness that comes with climate change. China’s smog-ridden skies have driven some people to rebel in the streets—even … Continue reading →

Japanese artist, Chie Hitotsuyama, upcycles newspaper into splendid, life-size sculptures of animals and marine creatures. “When a piece of paper is rolled up, it increases its strength, and by glueing together one by one and side by side I can … Continue reading →

Modern American Impressionist, Meredith Brooks Abbott, is one of California’s leading plein air painters. Born in 1938 in picturesque Carpinteria, on California’s central coast, Abbott’s work focuses on the perishing rural landscape. She is a founding member of The Oak … Continue reading →

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By Deirdre Fulton Common Dreams The epoch is thought to have begun in the 1950s, when human activity set global systems on a different trajectory   The Anthropocene Epoch has begun, according to a group of experts assembled at the … Continue reading →

By Susan Bales Courtesy of Children & Nature Network Some years ago, I worked as a “nature lady” at a Y camp in the San Bernardino Mountains above Los Angeles. Urban kids who had no experience in nature came to … Continue reading →

By The National Parks Conservation Association In 2016, to celebrate the National Park Service centennial, 150 people experienced the wondrously dark night skies of Mojave National Preserve. Since 2008, these bi-annual star parties — courtesy of NPCA, Mojave National Preserve, … Continue reading →

By University of British Columbia Many people choose organic thinking it’s better for humans and the planet, but a new UBC study published today in Science Advances finds that might not always be the case. “Organic is often proposed a … Continue reading →

By Brett Israel UC Berkeley News Elemental sulfur, the most heavily used pesticide in California, may harm the respiratory health of children living near farms that use the pesticide, according to new research led by UC Berkeley. In a study … Continue reading →

By Catherine V. Moore YES! Magazine In the post-coal economy, life-skills training helps employ people and restore the savaged land. On a surface-mine-turned-farm in Mingo County, West Virginia, former coal miner Wilburn Jude plunks down three objects on the bed … Continue reading →

WildEarth Guardians Press Release Federal Court Overturns Leasing of Lands to Oil and Gas Industry SANTA FE, NM — In a victory for New Mexico’s air, climate, and water, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico today … Continue reading →

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CBD is being talked about everywhere. With more and more sources reporting the benefits of CBD in supporting health and wellness, comes a lot of myths, confusion, and misinformation. In order to educate the public about CBD, Diamond CBD has launched the “I am CBD, I am THC” video series nationwide. The national CBD educational […]

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Life as a designer can be very stressful and fill your life with stress and tension, you can treat without naturally and without damaging your health. When stress situations reach us, sometimes we feel so anxious that We try to reduce it on our own, such as self-medication, but in the long run, this can […]

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Whether you want to make it as a graphic designer or work in an up-and-coming tech company, the world of technology offers some of the best job prospects of any field in the world. It is very fast-paced but has outgrown the days where you did not need a degree to master the field – […]

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Building a business is a long and difficult process. It’s a time filled with uncertain ups and downs – so you need all the support and advice you can get, even if it’s not your first time creating a successful money-making business.  So, here are eight things you should consider, which you might not have […]

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Starting a small business is a different kind of career move, since you don’t need to have any educational achievements to get started. Unlike applying for employed job roles, where employers might state the degrees or other qualifications that they expect candidates to have, anybody can start their own small business, even if you dropped […]

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Starting an SEO campaign in 2022 can be a daunting task. Many SEO landscapes are highly competitive, SEO campaigns take a long time to gain returns, and many different types of optimization can be done. But don’t worry, we’re here to help! This guide will give you all the information you need to get your […]

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For software companies competing in today’s digital marketplace, simply having an online presence isn’t enough. To capture the attention of your target audience and engage them throughout your sales funnel, you need to develop and deploy a strategic, comprehensive, and consistent digital marketing plan. Digital marketing is not just about visibility — it’s about establishing […]

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In today’s constantly evolving digital landscape, search engine optimization (SEO) has emerged as a critical tool for enhancing online visibility and bringing more eyes to your content.  Implementing SEO strategies in life science marketing goes beyond simple rankings and clicks, though. It’s about providing valuable, user-focused content that resonates with the target audience you want […]

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Today’s business landscape is a complex, fast-evolving terrain where the need for agility has never been greater. Enterprises are under constant pressure to enhance customer experience while streamlining operations. This has led many to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for solutions. One AI tool that has mainly gained attention is the chatbot. A chatbot is a […]

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Digital marketing is an essential part of how today’s tech companies reach customers. A tailored digital marketing strategy can provide high value content to potential customers while also demonstrating the need and effectiveness of your offerings. This article dives into the importance of digital marketing for tech companies and the most important tactics and platforms […]

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Today’s tech firms need a solid digital marketing strategy to stand out and remain competitive in the eyes of potential customers. Tech businesses can use many tactics, channels, and communication styles to reach key decision-makers and sell more products or services. So, effective marketing strategies for tech companies must include an intentional combination of these […]

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A carefully planned and executed search engine optimization campaign is critical to most technology businesses’ overall digital marketing strategy. Technology companies, in particular, require a different approach to SEO than many others. They often face a highly technical target audience, prospects who thoroughly research possible solutions before making a buying decision, multiple stakeholders in the buying process, […]

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Launching a new B2B software product requires a different approach than traditional go-to-market strategies. The business model you choose should align with varying types of products and market conditions, as it significantly influences overall sales success and the structuring of sales teams. The software space is crowded, and your potential customers are likely already using […]

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Zach Rottman dealt with the stress of his son bringing home “bugs” from daycare by creating a table on how often the individuals of the household were sick. There are a bunch of advantages you can get from tracking “quantified self” data with visualizations, and I can appreciate this one about kids bringing home sickness from school. Not the kind of homework parents want to be dealing with.

My boy started school, my boy got sick.

As any parent could have told me, we got clobbered. Within three days, my son had Covid, and while he was only mildly sick for a day or two, he (and I) stayed home for ten. Meanwhile, my partner was out of commission for longer than that. Scarcely a week after his return our son brought home some gnarly cold—home again, not sleeping, not eating. Turns out, it’s especially hard to manage a head cold when you don’t know how to blow your nose yet and have a strong and very vocal preference against medicine. The next time it was hand, foot, and mouth disease, then RSV, followed by a slew of mysterious rashes. You get the idea. Most of the time mommy and daddy didn’t fare much better.

So, to distract me from my misery and take on a project that could plausibly be brought to fruition while also tending to a sick one-year-old, I started quantifying the sick days and built a simple web app (myboyissick.com) to see it all.

I do think the rows of 12 squares aren’t easily translatable to days or weeks on the calendar. Not a big deal when you’re designing just for yourself, but I would layout the grid to be more relatable to a calendar format.

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So you want to make an awesome infographic, but you aren’t sure where to start. Capsicum Mediaworks has 27 (Secrets) on How To Create An Awesome Viral Infographic in 2023.

This is definitely and example of “Do what I say, not what I do”.

There’s some fantastic information here! Ironically, this is NOT a great infographic. Saving a bunch of text as a JPG file does not make a good infographic. This infographic design goes against some of their own best advice! More visuals, less text. Make it big, not gigantic. Highlight/focus on the important points.

We all know that beautiful infographics are much more interesting as compared to long, plain text. It is the basic human tendency to associate more with anything that explains the same point with more visual appeal and less jargon.

Which is why infographics have become such a big deal.

The pictorial representation of the data, colorful backgrounds, short, to-the-point text, and easy to understand themes, are just some of the reasons why infographics have surpassed other digital marketing strategies in terms of popularity. And they are definitely here to stay.

So if you haven't jumped on this bandwagon yet, it's high time you do!

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I really like this chart! It hits all of the data visualization design best practices for me. This was published by the NYTimes in the article: Here’s How Much Hotter Than Normal This June Has Been

Here’s what I like:

• It’s time series data, so it’s visualized as a line chart

• Year-over-year data is easy to compare as overlapping lines for the same Jan-Dec time period

• No chart legend! The lines are labeled directly within your field of view in the chart

• Using the pre attentive attribute of color, 2023 is highlighted in orange and the rest are gray lines

• The chosen orange color isn’t red or green so there isn’t any implication of good or bad

• The 2022 line is a darker shade of gray, so it’s also distinguishable, but not the focus

• The x-axis labels are only every other month to minimize the text on the page

• The is one example of when a non-zero baseline is appropriate so you can see the details

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Listen to Wikipedia is a fun visual & audio project that gives life to real-time edits on Wikipedia.

For the visualization, green circles are anonymous edits, purple circles are bots, and white circles are edits by registered users. The size of the circles represent the size (in bytes) of the edit made.

Fro the audio portion, bells are additions and string plucks are subtractions. Pitch changes according to the size of the edit; the larger the edit, the deeper the note.

Listen to Wikipedia was written by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi, and is open-source. [Github link] This project was built using D3 and HowlerJS. You can read more about their project in their blog post.