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Font Fun

03.24.2010 · Posted in Design

Submerged is an appropriate name for the styling of this font. It would be great to bring this font into Photoshop and put some different colors to the reverse text. I picked this font simply because it has “Chocolate” in its title. On its face, it isn’t that impressive. Blase serifs, flourishes on the uppercase letters, and ...

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Trade your rolodex?

I don’t actually own a rolodex. I do have a unorganized drawer filled with business cards that I’ve collected, but as I eschew paper whenever I can, most of my contacts are consolidated into my LinkedIn account and my Outlook contacts. I’d like to trade my list of Buffalo-area media contacts and online outlets with someone ...

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A Twitpitch?

An email newsletter that I receive suggested that organizations should develop a twitpitch, which is an inelegant word to describe the succinct text-based hook to promote something through twitter and twitter-like communication channels like text messaging. I’m very happy to see a move away from overdone, overhyped flashy flash videos and back toward what really ...

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What I Do in a Day at Work

10.01.2008 · Posted in Uncategorized

copywriting / copyediting / web maintenance / web development/coding / web design / graphic design / customer service / project management / media relations / public relations / media monitoring / marketing / recruitment / alumni relations / event support / photography / photo editing / internal communications / social media communications This doesn’t include the ...

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