Creative Drifter

We hear about Google and Facebook providing child care and free lunch for their valued workers but what are the real perks to working at one of the big tech companies? Here’s an infographic showing all the sweet little things that make working for a place with money to blow:

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Path.to let’s you create a profile that you control, so you can showcase your best assets and give whomever is searching for you something to look at. It’s functionality and user interface makes editing your profile a breeze. You can also import data from your Google and Linkedin profiles to save time. Path.to also gives you options to customize your profile with different header graphics, colors, templates, and profile photo.

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Social media is all about SHARING. As a web designer/developer I research a lot of trends in social networking and social marketing. I came across this pretty little info graphic that shows some very valid facts on trends in sharing.

I think a lot of people that are not making posts for business purposes don’t really think about why or what they are sharing, that it’s somewhat unconscious and they don’t realize the impact of their content could have on how people view them. Anyhow, check this out and PLEASE share something relevant.

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Being part of a community and coercing with other people in your field will make you better in that field. That’s just how it works. Be social, give info, get info, talk to the world. I often participate in social networks, and not just twispacebookdin. Here’s a list of Communities, Forums, and Social Networks for designers and creative types.

1. deviantART: where ART meets application!
2. Behance Network
3. depthCORE :: Digital to the Core
4. Evoke™ v4
5. Front Page Stories | Designmoo
6. Kontain | Your life
   
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