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Facebook has been in the news a lot lately for not doing enough to stop misinformation. Today I want to described one specific type of post that continues to show up from time to time and people are still falling for it. Let’s look at one I spotted recently and...
Ransomware has been all over the news recently. First it shut down an important pipeline on the East Coast of the US and then meat processing plants. Criminals have been hitting these high-profile targets because they often lead to huge paydays. Big companies often...
I’ve been a fan of the Shark Tank television show since the first season. Some of the companies presenting have turned into huge hits and some of them seem like crazy ideas. Along the way there are tidbits of business advice. In a recent episode, they included a...
I look forward to March Madness every year in hopes of seeing my Kansas Jayhawks bring home a championship. This year we got a completely different kind of madness and we all have to find a way to survive and advance in the tournament of life. Most important of all,...
I was sitting at dinner a while back and I got an email sent from the contact us form on our unleash.com Web site that jumped out at me. The subject line was “Disrespected” and I wondered what the heck had happened to get such an email. Below is what was...
There are some memories from my childhood that are very vivid. One of those is sitting in a typing class and learning how to work a typewriter. While it probably didn’t seem important at the time, that skill has helped me as a writer. There were a handful of...
We all get frustrated when things don’t go our way. There are times that it seems as if the world seems to be conspiring against you. I’m as guilty as anyone for having some of those days. So as we venture into a new year, I wanted to share a post from Jon...
This is a question I get quite often. Someone downloads a file from one of our Web sites and they have no clue where to find the file. If you don’t know where you saved the file on your computer, I don’t know where it is saved either. But if it was a...
I feel the pain as do many designers. There are constant requests to do projects without pay. Along with the requests come all kinds of reasons (excuses?) why this particular job should be done for free. Of course artists will sometimes use their creativity for an...
One of the most important elements of our Vehicle Templates Unleashed Web site went missing last week and quite a few customers let us know about it. This sent me searching for a solution to bring it back. Let’s first go over what was missing and how it is...
Any time a new version of CorelDRAW is released, questions are asked about whether favorite add-ons are working well or if an update will be needed. With the last few versions, there has been some change in the CDR file format that required a minor update to the...
Whether you have no Web design experience or you are an experienced developer, there is always something to learn to improve your skills. Part of the learning involves the tool or tools used to build a site, but there is also a lot of knowledge about making a site...
You may not do any Web design yourself, but it is quite possible that part of your job is creating even the occasional graphic destined for a Web site. For all the details of how to create the graphics in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, get our CorelDRAW Web &...
If you haven’t visited the Seamless Textures Unleashed site in a while, you may have missed that a tutorials section was added. And even if you did visit fairly recently, you’ll find that even more tutorials are listed. Below is a list of all the tutorials...
I’m working on a new tutorial all about color and CorelDRAW. I’m not sure when it will be ready for release, but it won’t be much longer. One of my favorite tips is to create custom palettes for your projects. This makes it easy to have color...
I know that font management is a frustrating subject for many users. That’s exactly why I created the Fonts, Font Management, Typography and OpenType Success Kit. One of the tasks I suggest all users complete is to build a folder of all their fonts. This project...
Recently someone used my Hire the Geek service to have me observe some of their typical tasks in CorelDRAW. Once I observe their workflow, we’ll put together training to take their skills to a higher level. One thing I noticed was that the Insert Character...
