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If you’re like me, then you are probably tired of hearing the word Web 2.0 passed around the net like a buzz word on steroids. Google alone currently shows 126,000,000 results for the search term “web 2.0″ at the time of this writing.

However, although this term may be overblown, it does have significant influence on the current changes taking place on the Internet. Most importantly, it has many implications for the online marketer.

Wikipedia has defined social search as the following:

“Social searching is the latest innovation in the search engine industry. Sprouting from web2.0 concepts like folksonomy or social bookmarking it gives the user the ability to interact with the search engine and promote what they feel are the relevant results. This is a user based approach website relevancy as opposed to the traditional webmaster based approach”

We are currently seeing a multitude of social search engines exploding onto the Internet’s virtual landscape. Sites like Digg, del.icio.us, and MySpace are attracting millions of users. Read more

With literally thousands of fonts now available for download, it’s no wonder that nearly every designer needs a system for managing them. In Font Management, Ted LoCascio discusses various font types, where to download both free and for-purchase fonts online, and how to manually manage fonts on both the Mac and Windows platforms. He also profiles a number of third-party font management applications, including Suitcase, FontAgent Pro, Font Book, Font Reserve, and Linotype FontExplorer, and explains how to handle fonts for print output and electronic distribution.

To access Free Sample go to: Font Management

lynda.com is an award-winning provider of educational materials, including Hands-On Training™ instructional books, the Online Training Library™, CD- and DVD-based video training, and events for creative designers, instructors, and students.

Casey has been in the graphic design profession for over 17 years, and has worked for KWGC, Fossil Watch and Arthur Andersen (as the Art Director for the Southwest Region designing web environments for clients). Casey has won numerous awards and has been featured in many of the leading design magazines. Casey teaches Art Direction II at Collin County Community College for the past 4 years.

In 2001 Casey established a letterpress business, Inky Lips Press. He concentrates on posters, invitations and any other unique pieces that keep the presses active. Casey’s hand carving of linoleum or hand setting metal and wood type keeps the craft alive.

Casey splits his time between designing for his clients and printing on his letterpress(es). Listen to the Interview:

November 15, 2006 @ Reel FX Creative Studios

What are all the steps we take to realize a piece of work where one of the parameters is “time”? It’s about the process of working with all the tenants of good design plus one: storytelling. Reel FX will sight examples of their work and do a walk through of their process. Sign-Up Now!
When: Nov. 15th, 2006, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Where: Williamson Printing, 6700 Denton Drive, Dallas, TX 75235