Tag Archives: Clayton Makepeace

Building an efficient and useful swipe file

A couple of months ago, I was reading a note by InDesign guru David Blatner. He was raving about a portable, dual-sided sheetfed scanner he was using. While I have a single-sided flatbed scanner, it’s a pain to have to … Continue reading

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Cold-calling: Waste of time or path to success?

In my first real career, I worked in radio and eventually became news director of a radio station. Since I had multiple half-hour newscasts to fill each day, I had to put together lots of stories. That often meant calling … Continue reading

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