Tips and solutions I’m sharing that improve my day-to-day productivity as a designer, developer, and business owner.
When a client in his 80s reached out, his life’s work—an 800-page interactive genealogy book—was at a standstill. A cryptic Adobe error was blocking his family videos and music on a legacy Windows 7 machine, and even a home-tech visit couldn't fix it. Discover the simple 'downgrade' workaround, the file-sharing trick we used across state lines, and how to stop Adobe from 'breaking' itself again...
A simple Illustrator setting that ensures your AI files always show artwork previews in Finder and Quick Look on Mac.
Why Grammarly first won me over: Being naturally competitive, Grammarly's "gameifying" of my weekly writing comparisons with others using the app motivates me.
This is my list of "recommend because I use them dozens of times a day" key commands for designers working on Apple computers.
Accessing old files requires organization. I find archiving projects effectively is crucial when wrapping up a design project. This post provides tips and how-tos for archiving various types of design projects.
If you're having issues getting a shared Google Calendar to show up or sync on your iPhone, here's the trick that worked for me. It's simple to fix. All you are missing is the Google Calendar Sync URL.
Ever wanted to better organize your Google Chrome extensions? Yep, me too! Here's a quick few tips to pin and arrange your most frequently used Google Chrome extensions in your browser.
Ever wanted to delete your messages in Gmail on your iPhone by swiping? Yep, me too! My default swipe settings were configured to archive my messages, not to delete unwanted messages. Here are quick how-to instructions for setting deletion as your default swipe action for unwanted messages in the Gmail application on your iPhone.
There likely will come a time when you want to use two different computers, as two users, during a virtual meeting. Have you tried it? It often goes poorly due to audio feedback. Here are a few tricks to help you make this a success.
Today, I found a handy online tool called URL Slug Generator. It takes a string, or in layman's terms, words, and turns them into slugs.
I hate doing repetitive work, so this tool is a great find! This tool will decrease the time it takes me to rename dozens of PDF files that are currently in caps and include spaces.