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Rick Martin
Joined almost 8 years ago
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- Made a pocket planner. And a neat little static site for it with Poole (twentyweeks.com)
- Adobe Illustrator Draw: Pen Tool in app icon, but not actually in app?
- Recommend a CMS where content editing on mobile is really easy?
Posted to Black Friday deals for designer tools., Nov 26, 2018 Posted to We just launched reactjsexample.com, in reply to Miklos Philips , Oct 15, 2018 And that sex is ample!
Posted to How are you keeping track of the progress of your longterm goals (like quarterly goals)?, Jul 31, 2018 I recently made a notebook for exactly this purpose: https://vimeo.com/252014662
Each weekly spread prompts you to plan and review, based on your longer term goals (10-week periods x 2, first half, and second half). Happy to send you a freebie if you'd like to try it out! (I'm still gathering feedback)
Posted to Made a pocket planner. And a neat little static site for it with Poole, in reply to Bradley Taunt , Jan 26, 2018 I think it might be an aversion to generators that use NPM. I'm only a novice programmer/developer at best, and I always feel like I'm swimming in deep waters when I use NPM. Also, Poole is a Python thingy, and Python is the only language I can claim even the littlest bit of competency in.
I like blog generators (I use Pelican for my own blog) but I just wanted a simple site. Before poole, MKdocs was my favorite non-blog generator. But now it's Poole (Though poole has a secondary blog function too). No affiliation, I just like it.
Posted to Made a pocket planner. And a neat little static site for it with Poole, Jan 26, 2018 There are still a bunch of things I need to fix here, but I was really impressed with Poole as a static site generator for making a non-blog site. (Disclaimer, I'm not much of a designer, just trying to learn a little bit)
Posted to What invoicing billing tools do you recommend for freelancing?, Oct 29, 2017 Totals app for Mac. Pretty simple, and a one time payment as opposed to subscription.
Posted to What kind of company swag should I bring with me to a design conference? stickers? pens? totes?, Oct 03, 2017 Fridge magnets. No one ever throws those away. You're just buying cheap ad space on someone's fridge!
Posted to What is the best laptop/pc to get for a new designer?, in reply to Jaron Saturnino , Sep 15, 2017 I've been a mac user for most of my adult life, and while I LOVE the software available on mac OS (Sketch in particular) I also really miss the modularity of PCs like the Thinkpad. As a consuimer, I miss being able to easily swap out RAM or a hard drive when I need to, and I resent when companies take away that option.
If you're working in the Adobe Suite, I think a PC is fine provided that it has adequately powerful internals. One disadvantage, I think, is that you can't always try out the new design software du jour that often starts out exclusively on Mac OS.
Posted to How and why do you use Dribbble?, Sep 06, 2017 I don't use it. If it were easier to get invites, I might.
Late to the party here, but my Agile-ish pocket planners are 33% off the regular $6 price (so now 4$) from Black Friday to the end of the month. Still an idea that I'm trying to validate, hence the rather low price.
Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY, at twentyweeks.com .