Reports from Recruitment for Creatives and Creative Businesses

The number of people employed by advertising in the US is hitting a new high since the recession. But, with peaks come troughs. Is the outlook skeptical? And what does this mean for your own career planning?

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• Crusher website ~ Send invites for free

  A nice, design-friendly alternative to evite. ‘Tis the season to monitor your invite chic.

  (tags: tool)

“It’s like Hot or Not, but for Websites.” That’s what they said. It’s a cute idea, but the original digg.com story called it “Best-Designed Sites on the Web by Popular Vote.” Design is more than what looks good. Beauty contest, yes; design contest, no. But if you see our site out there, give us the click.

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A straight diversion to the funnies.

from xkcd.com

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• Cost of Living comparison calculator

  A dollar in LA isn’t the same dollar in NY isn’t the same dollar in SEA isn’t the same dollar in SF … You get the idea, yes? This bankrate.com online calculator gets more granular than most (i.e., line item comparison for ibuprofen), and we like that.

  (tags: relocation tool career)

• First Things First 2000

  A design manifesto.

  (tags: politics design business creative the_business_creative)

• First Things First 1964

  The original design manifesto.

  (tags: business creative design the_business_creative politics)

• Web Worker 101: Tracking Business Expenses « Web Worker Daily

  A little reminder about, and interesting discussion on, that painfully necessary banal task of expense tracking. It’s useful.

  (tags: business blogs howto)

No-one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.

Italian police have found what they say is a “Ten Commandments”-style code of behavior for Mafia members, at the hideout of a captured Mafia boss. Even the Sicilian Mafia knows the importance of being introduced. And you thought we were crazy about referrals.

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