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These days, it’s not easy to find a job- you don’t need me to tell you that. It’s a tough world out there, and desperation leads to temptation.
I’ve recently found myself in the position of a hiring manager, which means I screen, interview, and recommend candidates for hire who will work with my directly. It’s a great position to be in, as I get to meet and speak with the people I will be working with on a daily basis, but it is also a very taxing one: Some of the things people will do just to get an interview are depressing.
I’ve compiled this short list of what to do and not to do based on my experience over the past few weeks:
So it happened again. Another client asks to have everything above the fold. Since the term “above the fold” has its roots in newspapers, I can’t help but draw the newspaper analogy.
Ahhh, Twitter. For better or worse, the service has gained major exposure from 
Yesterday I got in a bit of a 
Yeah, OS X is great. It’s stable. Its UI is quite possibly the most intuitive (well, once you get used to different things being in different places than you’re used to). But it always struck me as odd that the OS used most by designers allows the least amount of customization. Sure you can manually change each icon by hand (Select icon you want to use cmd-c to copy, select app/file you want to use it on, cmd-i to bring up the info pane, select the icon, cmd-v to paste), but that can get very, very tiring when wanting to theme out your entire desktop.
