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Great Advice on Writing Copy for the Web

pawel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:16:50 +0000

Rockable Press, the people behind the sites like Freelance Switch have just published a new and great ebook helping you to write better copy for your sites.

As this is an issue we all constantly battle with, from our clients asking us how to do it to even ourselves trying to come up with the best copy for our sites I thought I’d let you know about it.

You can find the ebook and more info about it on Rockable Press website

The Art of Being Minimalist (ebook)

pawel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:33:13 +0000

Today’s post is not really web related and I apologize to those of you who will consider it a waste of their time.

As many of you know I have been living a minimalist lifestyle practically since my University years (don’t even ask me how many years ago it way) and I am a strong advocate of this simple way of living. Thus I decided to tell you about Everett Bogue’s new ebook “The Art of Being Minimalist”.

In short the ebook is a concise guide to living a simple, minimalist lifestyle. Everett writes about practically all aspects of our existence that we need to take control of in order to embrace minimalism. Decluttering your life, your habits, spending, time management, your workweek and freeing yourself from being tied to any location are mentioned in the book. Everett gives a solid advice on what you need to change in any of those areas of your life.

I know that more and more people these days embrace this way of living so if you’re thinking of the same, “The Art of Being Minimalist” is definitely one of the books to read, study and follow the advice in it.

You can find more info on the book and purchase your copy here.

Also, check out my other blog: minimalist business

My top 3 UX blogs this year

pawel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:32:15 +0000

I don’t know about you but at this time of the year I usually get into the mood of looking back at what I have worked on, achieved and learned throughout the year. I usually end up making a lot of lists, like my favorite sites, books that inspired me the most. Or what were my best sources of inspiration, professional wisdom and many others.

And this year was really an User eXperience year for me. I devoted quite a lot of the time discovering it. Of course I didn’t learn UX from blogs alone but the three blogs listed below were really helpful.

And for that I want to thank the guys behind them.

So, here it is, my top 3 list of UX blogs out there.

1. UX Booth

2. Usability Post

3. Good Usability

Top 100 design blogs – great roundup on graphicdesigndegrees.org

pawel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:19:00 +0000

Adrienne from graphicdesigndegrees.org has put a lovely list of top 100 graphic design blogs out there. It’s really worth checking out. Some well known names are there but also a good bunch of interesting blogs I haven’t come across before.

http://graphicdesigndegrees.org/top-100-graphic-design-blogs/

Paper to Pixel is on the list too, thanks Adrienne.

A quick glance at what books I read now

pawel — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:27:52 +0000

I have a habit of checking other peoples libraries of books almost straight after entering their homes.

I know it’s awful but there is nothing I can do about it. I simply can’t resist discovering new books and being recommended ones worth reading.

This morning though I thought of doing the opposite and sharing what books I read now:

1. Handbook of Usability Testing by Jeffrey Rubin and Dana Chisnell

2. Design of everyday things by Don Norman

3. Purple Cow by Seth Godin