Saturday, May 29, 2010

Week 8.3

MyInkBlog is a site I found a while back, when I was looking through a list of design resources. It's a blog that brags about being a resource for "all things design," and I think it's earned the right to say that. Maybe it isn't the most well-known site, but it's far from useless.

A good portion of the posts are tutorials. That's always a good thing, because it can teach designers, young and old, something new. That section isn't necessarily updated at a regular interval, but it has plenty of things to look through and learn.

Besides tutorials, the website has a monthly feature post. They call it "MyInkTrail - Best of the Design community." There are different sections within the post - articles, tutorials, freebies, and featured designs - that are recommended by Andrew Houle, the founder of MyInkBlog. This shows good networking on his part, an interest in staying up-to-date with the design community, and a desire to share that with his readers. That by itself is a very good resource.

And then there's the other articles, ones giving tips on many different design-related subjects. They've got things from CSS tips, to "Lessons from the Lunch Pail," to advertising tips. A good many of these are done by guest writers, and they each have a little gem of advice to offer, some of which we may have heard and some we may not have.

All in all, I think it's a great resource to sift through. There are little posts all over the site that can be very helpful, even if it's just offering advice on one thing or another. It provides the resources to learn something new, and offers inspiration at least once a month. It's a good blog, and I recommend it for anyone in design world.

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