This tutorial covers the noteboard: the page where the client and admin will be able to post messages back and forth, in an area that is organized for effective communication. Time to throw away those disorganized email messages!

Everybody wants to be more productive. Productivity translates to success, whether you’re a freelancer or an employee. Here are five powerful ways to make sure you’re getting the most out of your time.

Even if increased productivity didn’t bring extra income, people would still want to be productive because there’s just a confidence-building, make-you-feel-great kind of charm about knowing you can work fast, be efficient and get the job done without rushing.

The graphic design industry has flourished before our eyes, and there’s no doubt of how it has changed the perception of our world. However, there is one form of graphic design that is often forgotten: album cover design.

Album covers are of the most inspirational forms of design there is. With the rise of the Internet, we don’t buy CD’s often enough anymore to view their creative covers, and are thus forcing out an entire genre of graphic design. To regain that source of inspiration, here are more than 20 of the best album covers out there.

With blue being such a basic color, many designers shy away from it in hopes that an alternative color will make their designs more creative. However, just like all colors, blue can come in a variety of shades, hues, and moods. Applied in the right context, blue can truly be amazing.

Typography has gained a lot of attention in the recent years of web design — as it should have. It’s a large part of any website, some saying that it takes up more than 90% of the website itself. With more options for design arising, we as designers must recognize good from bad typography for ultimate legibility.

Finding Twitter graphics is just another chore, so create them yourself with these 20 resources concerning Twitter. You can follow them directly, or derive design ideas from them for your own design.

Make sure you never leave your participants hanging after an important meeting. Part 4 of this series will help you maintain a long term relationship with your participants.

User-centric web design is a method of web design where the content, design, and usability factors are all placed in accordance to the target audience’s needs and goals — a design that is centered around the user. This article will cover the basics of what user-centric web design is, and how to achieve it.