You may have noticed that we didn’t post anything on Friday or Saturday. Sorry about that!

So yeah, we just wanted to let our subscribers know that we’re taking a whole week off from the blog.

Why?

Because we have work to do! (We will return to our regularly scheduled programming on Friday, May 25th)

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Wednesday Quotes, on of our newer columns, is focused on finding our fellow designers some great quotes from some of the most renowned artists and designers of the past.

Oh yeah, we release them as free desktop backgrounds to keep you motivated all week long, too!

This week’s quote is anonymous – the most likely source (according to Quote Investigator) is John William Gardner. We try to be tidy here at Nascent, though our minds are anything but.

Posts are a simple concept, but a simple concept with plenty to cover.

From custom post types to categories and tags – the whole thing can get a little confusing.

So we’re going to take a long look at some of your options when it comes to WordPress posts. Read more →

Five Finds is the Weekend Column from Nascent – where we share our favorite finds of the week.

And just because we found them and want to share them this week doesn’t mean they were published this week. We want to expose older articles as well as new ones.

So, without further ado, check out our Five Finds of the week from May 6, 2012 – May 12, 2012. Read more →

Ally and I have been stretching ourselves pretty thin for the past couple of weeks.

I feel like I’ve been working 16 hour days 7 days a week. It’s pretty rough.

So how do we cope when we’re approaching the burnout zone? Read more →

Wednesday Quotes, on of our newer columns, is focused on finding our fellow designers some great quotes from some of the most renowned artists and designers of the past.

Oh yeah, we release them as free desktop backgrounds to keep you motivated all week long, too!

This week we have a great quote from the poet Pierre Reverdy. This one resonates with us due to our philosophies at the studio – creativity and efficiency.

Have you ever asked your web developer for a PSD mockup and received a blank stare?

Or have you hired a web designer to create a database-driven content management system?

Web designers are not web developers. Web developers are not web designers. “Web guys” and “Web gals” can sometimes be both.

It can get confusing sometimes, so we’re going to bring the cast of Overhaulin’ in to demonstrate the differences. Read more →

Five Finds is another new Weekly Column from Nascent. Here’s where we share our favorite finds of the week.

And just because we found them and want to share them this week doesn’t mean they were published this week. We want to expose older articles as well as new ones.

So, without further ado, check out our Five Finds of the week from April 29 – May 5, 2012. Read more →

Want to know what doesn’t work? Multiple choice tests, lectures, and notes. This isn’t learning, it’s regurgitating.

Is it odd to think that your entire education was pretty worthless when you started doing things in the real world? Especially if you’re an entrepreneur or designer.

Many creative professionals comment that their formal education was nearly useless. They learned everything they needed to know once they began their careers.

So I ask another question – how do you learn the things that you need to use now? Read more →

Our newest column – Wednesday Quotes, will be focused on finding our fellow designers some great quotes from some of the most renowned artists and designers of the past. Then we turn them into elegant desktop backgrounds.

To get things started the right way, our first hump day quote is going to be from one of my favorite designers – Paul Rand.