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The Face Behind The Blog Collection

“One picture is worth 10,000 words”.
Chinese proverb
Putting a face to the name of someone you haven’t met helps recognition and adds a more personal feel to your conversations.
As blogging is truly international, and the chances of meeting the people behind your favourite blogs are slim, today I’m announcing The Face Behind The Blog meme.
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My logo design blog has moved URL

Moving blog

There are some changes going on with my little logo blog and it’s only right to let you know (plus you can help out if you have a little time!).

My articles were previously published at davidairey.com/blog. Now they’re located in the root = davidairey.com. Here’s how, and why.

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6 tips to improve your blog articles

Wendy from eMom’s at home recently wrote a similar post, and asked me the question, “What does it take to write a great blog post?”
The fact that Wendy asked me in the first place was a big compliment. It suggests I know how to write a great blog post in the first place! Thanks Wendy.
I’ve [...]

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How much money is your blog worth?

Recently I posed the question, “What’s your logo worth?” Today I’m asking, “How much money is your blog worth?”
Whenever someone leaves a comment on my blog I’m always curious to see what they’re posting about themselves, so I follow their hyperlink from the comment form and browse their blog. Today I found an interesting, if [...]

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Focus on graphic design blogs

Ace Jet 170

Ace Jet 170 is a blog by Richard Weston, an English graphic designer working in Belfast (a city close to my heart). Richard is married with two “very young, active, funny and very brilliant” boys. At work he mainly develops and implements brands and corporate IDs, works very hard and eats cake.

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What is RSS?

Watch and learn how you can benefit by using RSS subscriptions. This short video tutorial from commoncraft describes how to save yourself time, in words and actions a child could understand.

If you haven’t already, why not subscribe to David Airey for regular updates and discussion on all things creative.

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The gaming of Technorati favorites?

There have been a host of articles published recently about Technorati favorites and the race to get into the top 100 list on the Technorati website. Some of those people writing are Maki of Dosh Dosh, with the first largescale Technorati favorite exchange I’ve seen, and Gary Vaughan, who participates whilst calling the exchange “gaming”. [...]

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Does blogging interfere with your day job?

This is a question of particular relevance for me at this exact point in time. davidthedesigner asked me this question a while back, and I was thinking about it today during the beginning of my house move.
Does blogging interfere with your day job?
Obviously if you’re a professional blogger this won’t apply. However, there aren’t too [...]

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Making your blog more about your readers

In a continuous effort to involve you more in this little blog of mine, I’ve made two subtle changes today.
Firstly, you’ll notice in the horizontal navigation at the top of the page that there’s a new section for Quotes of yours.
I was asked to include a page showing all of your kind suggestions, so you [...]

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Creative Design Awards now open!

I’d like to give you credit for implementing what I believe is an excellent design element into your website or blog. It can be a great logo, footer, use of imagery, or something unique that I haven’t seen somewhere else. That’s why I’m launching the Creative Design Awards.
I’m going to choose five people today that [...]

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