The basic rules pertaining to chewing gum have always been very straightforward; you chew it and you don’t fall asleep with it in your mouth. If you do happen to break either of these rules, typically the most harm you could do is trigger an emergency haircut.

You don’t have to respect designers. You really don’t. The frivolous, superficial productions that designers create are natural to overlook, and even easier to ignore. But whether you know it or not, we’re helping you.

How and why should you say “no” to a client? What are a designer’s blindspots when providing project estimates? And at what point should we stop calling ourselves “graphic designers” and just stick to the simplified term “designer”?

When I hear the word catalogue, I think of two things: Sears and libraries. Both are notably old-school institutions, and don’t bring to mind spunk, hipness and vigour. Calgary-raised stock photography & typography supplier Veer has pretty much changed all that.

If you’ve been on the hunt for a simple, easy-to-customize music player for your website, call off the dogs, because we just found the answer. It’s Yahoo!’s EasyListener, and it just saved you about 30 hours of web research, trial and error and Flash development.