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The Will-Harris Wire
This is where I'll cover timely topics--and computer and design
topics that affect you. There'll be a new column every other week,
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Design Fascism
An article in one of the best design magazines around recently quoted a designer as saying that she had to "take the random 'creativity' from the museum's printed efforts." The idea that designers should be stifling the creativity of others, rather than inspiring it is sad--and spreading.
Bad Reviewers, Lazy Users
Are you using the software that's best for you? Are you using your software as well as it can be used? Those two questions have been nagging at me to the point where I couldn't stop my fingers from finding a keyboard and pounding out a few hundred words on the subject. My intent is not to offend my colleagues or readers, it's to help you do a better job.