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Like Creative Toolbox? Try Nudge Up.

Creative Toolbox started as a companion blog for my first published book, Adobe Creative Suite 2 How-Tos. This book was published five years ago. I've enjoyed to continue to contribute a few tips, thoughts, and curate content related to Adobe through out the years but as time has waned so has my general interest in just focusing on Adobe content.

That's why I've decided to create a new blog that focuses more on my interests and experiences while being a bit more personal. Enter stage left, Nudge Up. Nudge Up will be more about UX design, web design and development, random, funny and weird stuff. If any of these interest you, please feel free to follow me on Tumblr here and/or Twitter here.

I'll still post content related to Adobe and Apple but you'll find the content on Nudge Up to be more varied than just around these two topics.

For those still following Creative Toolbox, thanks for sticking with me. I hope you follow me along at Nudge Up. 

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The Users Don't Know

This is totally worth watching if you are a part of designing user experiences. I try to express these ideas to others all the time but they seem to think we still should just give them the "ice cream and candy".

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Seven Reasons why Fireworks Works for Screen Design

However, somehow a good portion of the industry is still stuck with a photo editing tool. Here are seven reasons why Fireworks works for screen design.

Filed under  //   design   fireworks   photoshop   ux  

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ignore the code: Removing Features

This is such a good read for anyone designing or developing user experiences. I totally agree with this entire article. I can tell you
it's happened to me and now I look up and wonder how did it get this bad? If you're not sure if your app suffers from feature bloat, try running a user test on it. The results may be eye opening. Learning to say "no" is so important.

Filed under  //   design   development   ux  

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The Idea Killers

(via http://twitter.com/_Everaldo/status/7802143095)

Filed under  //   design   thoughts  

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Amazing Retro Futurism Design Showcase & Tutorials

I love this style of design. Chris puts together a great collection of examples and tutorials on how to recreate the style.

Filed under  //   design   effects   lighting   retro   tutorials  

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5 Branding Basics Every Logo Designer Should Know

Like many things in design, simple yet distinctive succeeds.

Filed under  //   branding   design  

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The Ultimate Guide to Version Control for Designers

The Ultimate Guide to Version Control for Designers. A great, rather extensive overview of Version Control, Timeline, SVN and other source control options. (Via Speckyboy.)

Filed under  //   creative suite   design   version control   version cue  

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Lesser-Known Color Vocabulary

Lesser-Known Color Vocabulary. Features one of my favorite colors: Heliotrope.

Filed under  //   color   design   tips  

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Silly Flasher, Intros are for Newbies

Silly Flasher, Intros are for Newbies. Some great examples of rich user experiences using Flash. (Via @webdesignledger.)

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