Business

New TimeFox Widget Is Fast and Easy Way to Handle Timesheets

Form and function meet on the desktop. Small creative companies can manage time more effectively than ever with the free TimeFox Widget.

Free Online Seminars from Apple

Learn how to brand your business, get better color from your monitor, and much more.

Designers Explore U.S. National Design Policy

The AIGA reports on a November 2008 summit that yielded several immediate action steps for developing a U.S. national design policy.

Call for Entries for Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Partnership with International Council of Graphic Design Associations for awards ceremony expands global recognition.

11 Tips To Get More Out Of Your Freelancing

Wise words on increasing your creativity, dealing with clients, balancing work and the rest of life, and more.

Creative Management Tool Now Leverages the Latest Technology

The latest version of the ad agency software and project management groupware for creative and design firms releases support for Adobe Flash Player 10, Apple's Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5, and Safari 3.2.

Design Google-Friendly Sites or Else

Google now has almost three-quarters of search-engine traffic. The upshot: When you want sites to be found by the most people, optimize them for Google.

Speed Payments for Small Businesses

Overdue payments estimated at $33 billion; online billing tool manages invoicing, can accept credit cards – even on an iPhone

CMYK Magazine Contest for Aspring Creatives

Promote yourself in six categories: advertising, art direction, copywriting, illustration, graphic design, and photography. Students, recent graduates, and self-taught creatives all welcome.

Win $1,000 in Free Printing

PrintingForLess.com is holding an "Economic Stimulus Contest" to small and mid-sized businesses overcome the slowdown. Winners will be chosen in November and December!

Is Photoshop Killing Photojournalism?

In an age of photo doctoring and other technology-driven turmoil, the photographic agency Black Star has released a free e-book to help photojournalists and students sort through "what's right and wrong today.”

Ten Free Online Tools Every Designer Should Know

These free resources help you manage your business, store files, find stock images that aren't copyrighted, explore color, and more.

New Google Tool Set for Enterprise and Developers

This collection of tools will help you get a better handle on your AdWords, Google Ads, and Google Ranking.

Join WOLDA's International Artistic Project

Europe By Designers is an international artistic project attempting to unveil a multitude of images of Europe, from both the inside and the outside.

ADC 88 Call For Entries

Deadlines for the Art Director Club's annual competition are January 16, 2009 (professionals), and January 30, 2009 (students).

Free Business Seminar for Designers

If you'll be in Los Angeles on November 6, check out this free seminar that helps small design firms stay financially sound in troubling times.

New Site Links Creatives and Non-Profit Organizations

The Art Directors Club (ADC) has launched DesignismConnects.org, a matchmaking site that connects creatives and non-profits in need of design/communications help.

Track and License Photos, Other Assets

LicenseStream Creator PRO now offers tracking and licensing in one service, empowering content owners and creators to make more money from their digital assets.

New Personalization Software from XMPie

The capabilities of PersonalEffect 4.5 deliver business-growing marketing opportunities.

Caboodle 1.2 Collects Text, Images, and Other Content

Caboodle 1.2 lets you arrange items in an outline-like hierarchy, and include both structured fields and free-form text and pictures in each entry, along with web links, lists, tables, PDFs, and any other kind of file as attachments. It supports encryption, imports and exports, and more.