This is Saturday’s post. So I made this mockup to demonstrate how I think that the Glyphs dialog could be improved in Inkscape. I added it to the blueprint thread on the Inkscape development forum. This is why Open Source is better.
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97 of 365 is for Sarah #Inkscape
A long time supporter of this project and very close friend, Sarah, asked me what I might do to visually bring together the names of people in a particular program and its acronym. Thanks for asking, Sarah!
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One of my most devoted supporters in this project, Beth, asked me if I could find a way to honor her astrological sign or her Native American nation of Penobscot. I decided to do the one that I knew the most about, in order to avoid any unintended faux pas. I hope you love it, Beth, and I just wanted to say I appreciate your support, as always!
This is a series of wordmarks I’m working on to help brand a new venture called Act for School Libraries (Act4SL). I love the idea: advocacy for media expertise in school libraries so that transliteracy can be fostered in one of the most important places possible: school libraries. This is a work in progress, essentially just begun, and therefore has some roughness to it. That said, I love the directions that it is going in!
I saw this great post on Lifehacker (at http://lifehacker.com/5543914/do-not-covet-your-ideas) that I feel clarifies a big part of why I’m doing this project. This quote belongs to Paul Arden, and the Lifehacker post shows more of his related ideas. This idea rings true for me. It explains why all of my work, posts, and images are Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike licensed. It explains why I often will give presentations for free if the budget does not exist. It explains why I love open source software and open standards. I know it all comes back a hundred fold. Yes, I have a paying job, but in that job, I work to show what I know about topics in an open way. Yes, I often will be lucky enough to get a compensated presentation, but I try to pass on as much information as I can in those sessions, and I often ask people to contact me with follow-up questions or connect with me. Holding on to your ideas and knowledge with a tight grip does very little for you, and nothing for anyone else. For those of you who share so freely, thanks for all you do!
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