Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong – SXSWi 2009

This video brings up great points about Web design.

US Copyright Reference Table

Use this helpful chart when researching whether a particular public domain item can be used (or when it might become available).

Start Earning Money Today From Your PDF Content

I am sure you all know about AdSense from Google and how you can make money by putting a piece of code in your web pages and Google pumps ads that are contextually related to your content, right?

But did you know you can also do the same with PDF files?

That’s right, you can now start to monetize any type of PDF content, including articles, newsletters, technical or journals articles, reprints, whitepapers, sellsheets and more.

How this works is that Adobe has formed a relationship with Yahoo so it is Yahoo ads that are pumped into your PDF files. When readers then click on the ads (like AdSense) you get paid.

The steps to get started are easy.

1. Register for an account here: http://tinyurl.com/6ehrxs

2. Then upload your PDF (or your clients) content to register it for ad placement

3. The PDF content is automatically analyzed to receive relevant ads that match your PDF content

4. Sit back, sip your iced tea and wait for he checks to roll in

Additionally you also have the ability to block competitive ads from appearing in your PDF.

I think there is a real opportunity for smart creative owners to take advantage of this opportunity. Once you set it up it’s a breeze to replicate the next batch of PDF’s.

4. Sit back, sip your iced tea and wait for he checks to roll in

How to Use Visual Psychological Triggers for Greater Success

Learn how to use Visual Psychological Triggers in your environment to program your subconscious for greater success.

Not long ago I read a story about Arnold Palmer where early in his carer he had a table where he would inset the various medallions he won at the golf tournaments he played in. But he also did something interesting – when he finished mounting the tournament medal he just won he would always carve out an empty circle for the next medallion.

This is an excellent example of using a Visual Psychological Trigger for self motivation.

How can you use VPT’s to your advantage? There are many ways.

You can emulate Arnold Palmer by putting up a medal (or certificate or picture) each time you secure an A-List client.

Another example is to put yourself on a magazine cover.

I also read of a noted network marketer who “mocked-up” his picture on Success Magazine and in a little less than a year he was actually featured on that very same cover.

Here’s a site that can help you with your own magazine cover:

http://www.magmypic.com/

You can also do this with other meaningful pictures, trophies, plaques – really anything that will help trigger you in a positive way.

So take the time to set up your environment(s) with some VPT’s where you can subtly re-program your subconscious for greater success.

Notes: Make sure the VPT’s are in your normal path of site throughout your day. It does no good to put them in a back room which you never visit or see. Also, to add prestige and importance you might want to mount, frame or create some type of display to your VPT.

FREE @issue Magazine From CDF

Are you familiar with The Corporate Design Foundation?

What is the CDF?

The CDF is a non-profit education and research organization founded on the belief that design can make a major contribution to an individual’s quality of life and to a corporation’s success.

They also have, in my opinion, one of the best print publications on the effective use of design in business today.

The publication, called @issue, is a concise, ad-free, exquisitely designed and full of interesting and cool articles.

AND, best of all the publication is free – believe it not!

Check it out by visiting the link below and then heading to the red, left-hand navigation that says “Subscribe to @issue”

@issue Magazine – http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/issue_journal.html

Enjoy.

PS: Unfortunately this offer is only for residents of the U.S.

Have You Checked Out Vector Magic Yet?

This amazing online tool converts bitmap images to vector art in a way that has simply not been possible before.

Have you ever tried this with Flash or Adobe Live Trace or Corel Power Trace? I certainly have and the results have always been less than spectacular. Not so with VM.

All you do is choose a bitmap image (in JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP or TIFF format) upload it, (using the buttons on the home page) follow the simple prompts and Wa-La, instant and accurate vector interpretation which you can then download as an EPS, SVG or PNG file.

I tried this a number of times and was very impressed. I think you will be too.

Click here to checkout Vector Magic

Vector Magic is the result of a Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory research project by James Diebel and Jacob Norda.