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Robert Meireles is the current AIGA Miami Digital Chair in charge of the website. He is a recent graduate from the New World School of the Arts majoring in Graphic Design. He has successfully ran multiple websites, as well as many successful branding identities.

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A List Apart®

Understanding Progressive Enhancement: Steven Champeon turned web development upside down, and created an instant best practice of standards-based design, when he introduced the notion of designing for content and experience instead of browsers. In part one of a series, ALA’s Gustafson refreshes us on the principles of progressive enhancement. Upcoming installments will translate the philosophy into sophisticated, future-focused design and code.
Ten Years: When Google was little more than a napkin sketch and the first dot-com boom was not even a blip, we started a magazine for people who make websites. Celebrate A List Apart's first decade. Join Zeldman for a look back at the way we were—and why we were that way. Find out what we've done and who did it with us, peek into our process, and get a clue about what's next.

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NYTimes® Design

Art: From a Big Imagination, a Tiny Circus: A show at the Whitney Museum will recreate Alexander Calder’s world of trapeze artists and galloping horses.
Art Review: Not Quite Documentary Art: An exhibit at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University encourages viewers to think about the ways in which artists use and abuse documentary principles.
Arts, Briefly: Sarkozy, Merkel to Open De Gaulle Memorial: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will inaugurate a memorial complex dedicated to Charles de Gaulle.

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Photoshop Killer Tips

Keyboard Shortcut for Copying Layers Styles: Here’s a keyboard shortcut for quickly dragging layer styles from one layer to another. Download here
Copying Blend Modes: When making changes to multiple layers, use the copy and paste blend modes options to speed things up. Download here
Gradient Overlay: Remember to save this layer style to use in the future. Download here
Fade Fom White: Try this cool effect using layer styles. Download here
Crop and Rotate: Use this technique to create a different feeling in your photos. Download here

TAXI® Design Daily Feed

Web Site of The Day: 10 ways by Getty Images: Somewhere, somehow you've got to start. Pick one, at least.
The Front Seat Interview: Brian McCarty: In Brian Mccarty’s world, growing up doesn't involve growing obsolete from the things of childhood. In his world, growing up means getting more in touch with the things that mattered when he was a boy.
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BOOKS: Phaidon Design Classics: An extraordinarily absorbing, enticingly packaged and comprehensive collection of design classics that will, ironically, become a design classic itself. - reviewed by Wallpaper Magazine
The Driver Speaks: Plug and Play: Universal Connections, an exhibition by dialog05 in Munich presented a collection of USB art designed to make us think about technology in contemporary times.
The Driver Speaks: Cradle-to-Cradle Era: Sustainable design or C2C (Cradle-to-Cradle Design), what is it?
News: Nokia's First Public UMA Pilot Over WLAN is Underway: Nokia started its very first public Unlicensed Mobile Access pilot over Wireless LAN in the city of Oulu last week.

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Ask the Commenters Roundup [Hive Mind]: You asked, and your fellow commenters answered. Here are a few of the busier conversations in last week's open comment thread post: Any suggestions on what I might be able to do with my parents' old...
Election and Financial Crisis Causing News "Overfeeding" [Information Overload]: The New York Times reports that the economic crisis and U.S. election plus the endless number of sources of information about them—online and off—have people across the country...
Memeorandum Colors Visualizes Political Bias [Politics]: All platforms: JavaScripter Andy Baio likes to keep up with U.S. election news at the Memeorandum news aggregator, but wanted an easy way to see if the links on the page pointed to a liberal or...
Share Links and Videos at Internet Is Fun [Weekend Fun]: When keeping a blog is too much work but you want to share goofy internet video clips, pictures, and links with your friends easily, webapp Internet is Fun might be the ticket. Sign up for a free...
DIY Wall-Mounted Charging Station and Laptop Desk [Weekend Project]: A user on website Tilted Forum Project made a few DIY adjustments to a wall-mounted entertainment center kit to build a cordless desk and charging station. The result: a lot of charging capacity, a...
DIY Living Severed Hand [Weekend Project]: With Halloween just around the corner, DIY web site Instructables details how to build a killer costume with this living severed hand. All you need is some heavy gloves, a few household items, and a...