Elliot Swan

Made The Switch (24) 6:32 pm

My Macbook arrived this morning, and I’ve been spending most of the day moving my data over and finding new software.

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Snippit: Yet Another Awesome Threadless $10 Sale (0) 4:59 pm

Another awesome $10 sale at Threadless.

Snippit: 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (0) 10:43 am

2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards winners — Incredible work.

Snippit: Digital Paper (0) 12:56 pm

Flat Futures, a smart/digital paper…Intriguing.

Snippit: The Endowment Effect (0) 10:47 am

The Endowment Effect — “Unfortunately, you can be in for a world of hurt if you assume the average person will even try out your software just because it is groundbreaking.”

Job Training for the Web 2.0 Era: Design Like a Pro in 10 Minutes (10) 2:28 pm

Some of you may remember a post of mine from over a year ago in which I heavily suggested that the true money will lie with the Greek majors. However, I realize that not everybody is into that sort of thing, and some of you might still be completely intent upon sticking with a design career.

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Snippit: Get Paid To Be A Google Business Referral Representative (0) 12:53 pm

Google Business Referral Representatives–”you’ll visit local businesses to collect information (such as hours of operation, types of payment accepted, etc.) for Google Maps, and tell them about Google Maps and Google AdWords. You’ll also take a few digital photos of the business that will appear on the Google Maps listing along with the business information.” Make up to $10 a business.

Snippit: It’s OK to charge for your product (2) 2:33 pm

Jason Fried from 37signals responding to TechCrunch’s assertion that software should be free.

Snippit: Astronaut (0) 10:58 pm

Astronaut–Music video that pulls 53 random photos from Flickr based on tags matching the lyrics of the song, thus creating a different video every time. Finally a piece of Flash to be proud of.