Category: Business
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Portfolio Planning
View Post: Portfolio PlanningAfter decades at the same job, it’s time to put my portfolio back together. Read how I determined my portfolio items and managed the project.
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Turning Brettro Back On
View Post: Turning Brettro Back OnWith the start of this new chapter, it seems like a great time to restart Brettro.
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Update 2: The Bland Brettrospective
View Post: Update 2: The Bland BrettrospectiveA brief update on Brettro.com’s design.
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Brettro Design System: Typography, Part 1
View Post: Brettro Design System: Typography, Part 1I love typography and was very excited to tackle this aspect of the system. Read how I tackled it and dealt with some frustration about it.
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What is all the Figcitement?
View Post: What is all the Figcitement?About a month ago, after hearing more and more about Figma, I started using it to manage my design system.
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LEGO Lion Knights’ Castle
View Post: LEGO Lion Knights’ CastleThis build is chock full of clever details and hidden compartments. This was an extremely fun build.
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Brettro Design System: Grids & Spacing
View Post: Brettro Design System: Grids & SpacingLearn how a few foundational decisions set up design system spacing and grids.
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Update: Website Content Workflow, Now with Ulysses
View Post: Update: Website Content Workflow, Now with UlyssesA few years ago I came across Ulysses, a writing app that streamlined my entire content workflow.
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Product Numbering Standard: Moving to Lists
View Post: Product Numbering Standard: Moving to ListsAfter seeing the value of using Microsoft Lists for my editorial calendar, I decided to use it for managing my product numbering standard.
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Blogging Workflow: Moving Editorial Calendar to Lists
View Post: Blogging Workflow: Moving Editorial Calendar to ListsWhen Microsoft released Lists this past summer, it’s built-in content scheduler template looked like a great replacement for my OneNote table.
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Adobe CC Libraries: Paragraph and Character Styles
View Post: Adobe CC Libraries: Paragraph and Character StylesAfter integrating Adobe CC Libraries into my design workflow it’s clear to me that its most powerful feature is the ability to store paragraph and character styles.
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Brettro Product Numbering, File Naming and File Structure Standards
View Post: Brettro Product Numbering, File Naming and File Structure StandardsFor years I wrestled with how to name and where to save my creative files. And then I came across “Designing Brand Identity” and my light bulb went off.