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With a little help from one of our audience members, we’ll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We’ll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time to plan your future may be.

Keys to the Game:
Hide Edges in Illustrator Guides
Mac: Cmd + h
PC: Ctl + h

Book Report from todays show:
The CSS Anthology - 101 Essential Tips, Trick & Hacks 2nd Edition
By Rachel Andrew, Published by Sitepoint
A great book for those who are intermediate to beginner users of CSS, but advanced users may get a thing or two out of it as well. I found the book to be a great help as I update our company site and get it up to web 2.0 standards!

Links from todays show:
Colin Finkle’s site
Photoshop World Vegas 07

Rookie Mistake Tip:
Just in the time spent growing up we all realize that nothing in life is easy, and this definitely carries over into a career. How you survive through the bad times (that will happen) is going to show you (and others) what kind of person and what kind of worker you really are. Don’t be too quick to throw in the towel.

In the Bullpen:
Photoshop Reference Guide

This Episode included music by:
Bad Brains

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Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings.

Keys to the Game:
Show/Hide Guides and Grid in Adobe products
Guides
Mac: Cmd + ;
PC: Ctl + ;
Grid
Mac: Cmd + ‘
PC: Ctl + ‘

Links from todays show:
Paul Mycroft + Company Search Engine Services & Tips
Apple iLife 08
Apple iWork 08

Rookie Mistake Tip:
Don’t just take anyone’s word that a certain solution will work for your problem. All problems have multiple solutions and its up to you to find several ways to attack it and creative ways to solve it, whether we’re talking about driving business to a website, or solving a design dilemma.

In the Bullpen:
Web Designer Magazine

This Episode included music by:
Solea

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Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of Tivo and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a look at this topic and how it may impact your career, or simply your TV viewing life.

Keys to the Game:
Jump to page in InDesign
Mac: Cmd + j
PC: Ctl + j

Links from todays show:
Creative Suite Training
Vote for Rookie Designer in the Podcast Awards

In the Bullpen:
Freewebs

This Episode included music by:
Cold Hot Crash

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