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Jann Alexander
Apr 11, 20155 min read
Eureka! I Found a Workaround for the Utterly Awful WordPress Reader
Warning: The Magic Formula you’re about to use will instantly improve your WordPress Reader experience! But first, a word on why. Then, a...
Jann Alexander
Jul 5, 20142 min read
Collecting Eye Candy for Inspiration—and Fun
Oysters as Eye Candy by Jann Alexander ©2014 Eye Candy. It was the way I described San Francisco, the first time I was there. Later, it...
Jann Alexander
May 8, 20143 min read
How Can We Turn Distractions Into Focus?
Take a Moment by Jann Alexander © 2014 Finding focus is a challenge. The distractions are limitless, more so because we see lists like...
Jann Alexander
Apr 5, 20142 min read
Are Shelfies The New Selfies?
At first glance, a shelfie is a generous way to share your library of ideas instead of your silly selfie face. But at worst, shelfies...
Jann Alexander
Apr 3, 20148 min read
There Is Nothing Fair About Fair Use
Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Royalty-free art is everywhere. Why rip it off? One of my cherished,...
Jann Alexander
Dec 29, 20133 min read
There’s an App for That: Achieve Your 2014 Tech Resolutions
Get your tech affairs together so you have more time for creativity in 2014. It’s nearly 2014. The year will begin with experts’ columns...
Jann Alexander
Dec 9, 20131 min read
More Steps to Creativity—for Visual Learners
No matter your learning style , there’s more than one way to skin the creativity cat. Take a look at the wealth of tools offered in this...
Jann Alexander
Aug 21, 20133 min read
Getting My Weekly Wacky Fix
As a self-defined seeker of the wacky , I’ve cultivated a number sources I follow online to get my Weekly Wacky Fix. These are some of...
Jann Alexander
Aug 8, 20133 min read
Dumping Facebook, Dating Twitter, Avoiding LinkedIn and Flirting with Google+
Flirting with Google+ (Since Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Are All So Demanding) Dear Diary, Just between you and me, I’m feeling a bit...
Jann Alexander
Aug 1, 20131 min read
How Can You Pick Just One Passion?
Success at day’s end “Like a parent with many children , I’d find it hard to name a favorite among my creative passions—Art, Design,...
Jann Alexander
Jun 21, 20133 min read
On Art + Magic
“ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene,...
Jann Alexander
Jun 19, 20132 min read
What’s True
From Wikipedia Commons As a child, I was either reading, writing or drawing (or some combination thereof), which is what I still mostly...
Jann Alexander
Jan 1, 20122 min read
Get Your Tech Affairs in Order for 2012
Mail thinks this is junk. Mail is right. Welcome to 2012. The day that experts’ columns appear with abandon, advising us on New Year...
Jann Alexander
Aug 1, 20113 min read
Your Image Is Your Brand
(And Your Brand Is Your Image.) If you’re a visual artist or photographer, your image is your brand. Literally. You’re known for what you...
Jann Alexander
Jul 28, 20111 min read
Design Is for Function. Looks? A Bonus.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs , US computer engineer & industrialist, ...
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