When I couldn’t find a calendar I really liked for my new office, I decided to design my own. I used a perpetual calendar format so that I could just create it once and use it year after year. In my office, I put up the current date and then the next two days, each in their own cork board square. This way, I can add a to-do list for each day which helps me meet my design deadlines for clients.

The other day I was writing a roundup style post here on MIB that required a bunch of screenshots. I was capturing the shots, bringing them into Photoshop, then tediously editing each individual one. It didn’t take me long to realized I was wasting a lot of time. A commodity which us designers never seem to have enough of. The simple solution was to create a Photoshop action to handle the dirty work of repetitive steps. PS actions are beautifully suited to save time for us lazy (I mean productive) designers. The result was so simple and easy, I wanted to share it here with you.

Hopefully my list of people to follow from the design community will be helpful to you. I choose those folks that I’ve found to be active, knowledgeable and helpful. Before we get started, it’s required that I shamelessly promote my own account :) So if you have an account, please consider adding me to your follow list: http://twitter.com/myinkblog

I know from personal experience that when I begin a web project it’s so easy to choose a Content Management System (CMS) that I’m already familiar with. Even more so, it’s easy for me to reach for the popular choice that’s already well established. Recently, I’ve had a chance to give SilverStripe a test drive. While it’s not perfect, it is brilliantly developed and easy to use. In this post I’ll present 5 reasons why SilverStripe may be the best option for your next big project.

We’ve gathered 23 of the best apparel related design articles so you can find everything in one place. These articles can serve as sources of inspiration, tutorials, and apparel related resources centered on design. This post was put together with a bookmark in mind, just something you can come back to each time you have a t-shirt design project looming on your desk. We have categorized the articles by tutorials, inspiration, and resources.

I’m always perplexed at how fast time slips by. This is already the fourth installment of the MyInkBlog Flickr Group Showcase. The artwork in this showcase is more inspiring than ever. If you would like to be a part of the next one, please consider joining the group. Enjoy!

The issue of how to handle a web maintenance contract has always puzzled me. I’m constantly rethinking how I should do things. Throughout my many efforts, I’ve tried to set up hourly and per project contracts. So which is better?

This is my biggest MyInkTrail compilation thus far. I found so many helpful posts this month, I actually could have added even more. I hope you find this list as useful as I did. Take a look.