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How to illustrate for magazines and why you should draw every day

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by on January 1, 2015 at 9:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Alexander Huls is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire and other publications. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Canadian designer Lola Landekic‘s illustrations have appeared in a variety of newspapers — The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail — and she’s forged a fruitful relationship with the phenomenal online (and print) magazine Hazlitt, which has provided a particularly vibrant outlet for her richly colored illustrations. Landekic also works at OCAD University, collaborates with book publishers, and is part of the trifecta behind popular website Art…

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Our sorry state of technology: let’s do better in 2015 shall we?

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by on January 1, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Boris, Column, Insider


This morning I tried to upgrade a flight I have booked for next week. I opened the iPad app from the airline I’m flying with and tried to find my flight. It has a button that allows me to pick a chair. I click it and the in-app browser starts. I’m logged into the app, but the in-app browser window still asks me for my booking code. It is shown in the background but I can’t scroll to it and the browser is blocking my view. I switch to Mailbox and search my Archive for the booking mail. Mailbox spins…

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Twitter’s new ‘While You Were Away’ recaps have been spotted on users’ timelines

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by on January 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

One of the features Twitter revealed at its November analyst day has started rolling out. ‘While You Were Away’ recaps notable tweets that have been published since you last opened up your timeline. As TechCrunch notes, a number of users have spotted the feature in recent days. OMG, it appears Twitter is testing a Facebook-like algorithm for the Home stream called “While you were away…” pic.twitter.com/CpQQMLp0VO — Eli (@EliLanger) December 31, 2014 Of course, some of us spend all day glued to Twitter anyway, so maybe we’ll never actually see it (I swear I sleep-tweet sometimes too). Others are hoping…

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9 tips for retailers to generate more online sales in 2015

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by on January 1, 2015 at 3:35 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's, Social Media

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Paul Rogers is an experienced ecommerce customer acquisition consultant who works with retailers from all over the world, primarily on the Magento platform. Following on from the busy holiday peak, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you can generate more revenue via your e-commerce website in 2015. We’ll focus on growth opportunities in both customer acquisition and customer experience. Here are a few extra-revenue generating tips to think about, if you’ve not already, as we enter the peak trading period. Capitalize on peaks If you’re able to provide the customer with more options that are capable of saving them time, you’re…

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10 useful Chrome extensions to try in 2015

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by on January 1, 2015 at 10:30 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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I’m a huge fan of adding functionality to my browser, and we’ve featured some great extensions to supercharge Chrome in the past. Here are a few more that you might not have heard of, but are certainly worth a try. Jot If you’re constantly working in your browser, Jot is the best to-do list you could ask for: just open a new tab and add tasks or even quick notes to refer to later. Large fonts and beautiful background images of landscapes make it easy on the eye too. ➤ Jot DF YouTube Sure there are other extensions for the…

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