A blog can be an endless sea of words or an alluring spot where readers want to lose themselves for a little while. In my own efforts to turn my blog into something of a guilty pleasure for visitors (not that I’m there yet!), I’ve found some fun toys that I’d like to share:
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With so many avenues of communication available online now, how in the cyberworld do you keep tabs on what is being said about your company, products and services, competitors and your industry in general? In her latest blog post, Mhairi Petrovic of Out-Smarts Marketing offers some suggestions for free and paid tools that will help you stay “in the know” online. Check out “Are you listening?”

Poor Sue Horner of Red Jacket Diaries has lost her blogging mojo. I enjoy Sue’s lighthearted style. She’s witty, insightful and always gives me something interesting to think about. Sue’s latest post is no exception. And since I wouldn’t want Sue to stop blogging due to a case of misplaced mojo, I wanted to share some tips that I’ve picked up along the way:

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Have you heard this one? “I just don’t get Twitter.”

Twitter is a free service that lets you micro-blog at whim using just 140 characters to say something really deep – or something terribly shallow, depending on your mood.

For months, my Twitter page said the same thing: “Trying to find out what’s in Twitter for me.” My picture was the generic Twitter icon. Every now and then, I would look at people’s tweets, shrug and do something else. Then something changed…

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Editor’s Note: This week’s post comes from Cheryl Wituik of Vortex Visual Concepts, a Registered Graphic Designer from London, Ontario. Cheryl likes to put a different spin on all things design, and in this article she talks about how filling white space with nothin’ at all is actually a good thing! Check out Cheryl’s website and follow her on Twitter.

The title of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, taken literally, implies that a great fuss is being made over something insignificant, or unimportant. However, I’ve borrowed this title to illustrate just the opposite can be true when talking about graphic design and layout.

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