Design Something Every Day 21/365

It has been a while since I’ve posted something from my Design Something Every Day project, so I thought I’d bring it back. This is a fake CD cover using the Random CD Cover Game protocol. For this one the random band title turned out to be “Warren High School”, the random album title was “be is the purpose in life.” I like that it’s very beatnik. The photo is High School Girl from the superb photographer Ru Kazu.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

• 52 Beautiful Typography Designs for Inspiration – Web Design Blog – DesignM.ag http://goo.gl/OEbH #
• Yummy! 40 Tasty Restaurant Websites to Inspire You | Inspiration http://goo.gl/1uKg #
• If you like retro art and cold-war ephemera check out The Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org/ #
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Adobe InDesign (Really) Quick Tips

I was working on a brochure today and realized that I had forgotten the keyboard shortcuts for a couple of useful features in Adobe InDesign; setting type in all caps and setting the indent of a paragraph on the fly. After perusing my keyboard shortcuts for way too long, I finally rediscovered the shortcuts. I thought I’d share a few of them incase you’d forgotten them too and to save you the trouble of hunting for them:

Toggle All Caps
Select the text or text box and then type:
Ctrl + Shift  + K on a PC
Cmd + Shift + K on a MAC

Indent to here
Place your cursor where you want the rest of the paragraph to be indented and type:
Ctrl  + \ on a PC
Cmd +\ on a Mac

For more shortcut goodness, here’s a handy guide to InDesign CS3’s native keyboard shortcuts from nobledesktop.com (for PC & Mac).

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

• @JakeLeBeau Welcome to Twitter! #
• As a typophile, Las Vegas is a great place to see interesting and eclectic uses of type. #
• Good post: Great Visualizers: Always With Honor via @infobeautiful http://tinyurl.com/39f32uu #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

• Cool retro space gear Earth calling the 1950s… « How to be a Retronaut http://goo.gl/hW6r #
• Actual Rebels with out causes. Great pics. 1950s calling earth… « How to be a Retronaut http://goo.gl/NcjY #
• See ya wanna take the Via Appia about 3 leagues and take a left… The Roman Road Map… « How to be a Retronaut http://goo.gl/RVv7 #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

• Great old #tiki postcard. tahiti_motel_wildwood_crest_NJ http://goo.gl/e0sx #
• Go ahead make my day… RT @vectortuts Exclusive Freebie Pack – Vintage Pistols http://bit.ly/ao3iSE #
• 100 Years Of Propaganda: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Smashing Magazine http://goo.gl/VGCF # Read more >>

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

• Tiki Architecture: Jungle Island – Buena Park, California http://goo.gl/qQqf #tiki #
• Cool Tiki Aquarium Stuff! | http://goo.gl/kmtu #tiki #
• Nice! Seth’s Blog: Drill baby drill http://goo.gl/vC1c #
• RT @ebertchicago: I will never, ever, watch a movie on my iPhone. Nor will I read a book on my thumbnail. #
• File under good to know: Tutorial: Make Your Colorful Photos POP! – PhotographyBB Online Magazine and Community http://goo.gl/vKZK #
• Great Photoshop actions: PhotographyBB Pro Photoshop Actions Downloads http://goo.gl/zgmD #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

• @SeattleSonics most over rated: Patrick Ewing. in reply to SeattleSonics #
• Good to know… RT @behoff: A beginners guide to OpenType fonts http://bit.ly/9Gwq2G #
• RT @SonicsGate Starbucks censors Sonics fans on Facebook. http://bit.ly/cKaJf2 & http://tinyurl.com/38vvaen. We will never forget Howard! #
• Design Resource | 45+ Quality Free Vector Files to Download | Dzine Blog http://bit.ly/bofer8 #
• I want to play this! Lost as an 8 bit 90′s text game! Penney Design | Folio – Illustration http://goo.gl/7UXx #
• Sweet free typeface! Via Randa Clay Design
  The League of Moveable Type – League Gothic http://goo.gl/r8TR #
• File this under, Internet; so cool & weird: beyond, deux – Vincent Price explains fine art in an employee… http://goo.gl/5V9E #
• Some cool stuff here. Radical Redesigns: 42 Creative Logo Design Ideas | Design + Ideas on WU http://goo.gl/Eju6 #
• Retro um, goodies? VD posters from the 1940′s The Enemy in Your Pants | Mother Jones http://goo.gl/MdPV #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

• Lost series finale or The Dungeonmaster, both on TV at the same time. So tough to choose… #
• The Golden Ratio never looked so deadly! Natural Born Killer from Michael Paukner @paukee http://goo.gl/tCFD #
• RT @youthedesigner 40 Excellent Fabric Textures for Your Next Designs http://bit.ly/9zNiLU #
• One of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while: viabeyond, deux – I think they are about equally attractive…. http://goo.gl/DyEl #
• Crummy quality, but pretty cool: Walter Cronkite soft shoes for #TRON | The Disney Blog http://goo.gl/GNFy #
• Amazing pictures: Checking in on Saturn – The Big Picture – Boston.com http://goo.gl/wTDu #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

• Like something from a Robert Anton Wilson novel! One Dollar Conspiracy on Flickr – Photo Sharing! http://goo.gl/sasZ #
• As Captain Hook would no doubt say: Bad Form Twitter, bad form: Twitter takes Disney handle away from user | Disney Blog http://goo.gl/FCBU #
• A sweet pad to spend the end times! Doomsday entrepreneurs sell spaces in underground bunkers – Boing Boing http://goo.gl/hP7h #
• Great Retro Goodies: Science and Tech Ads from the 50′s & 60′s – a set on Flickr http://goo.gl/ogGv #
• A great article: Simple, Practical Color Theory | Tutorial9 http://goo.gl/Hifj #
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