Coding and Design Tips & Tutorials

[caption id="attachment_6369" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] "Want to get together for coffee? I'd love to pick your brain.

[caption id="attachment_6365" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Gratisography[/caption] A recent Harris poll found that hands-on learning is the most popular method of education in the United States — but it's most likely that the pollsters meant "learning by actively doing," rather than just "touching stuff. " However, a different study has found that the power of touch itself might actually be a way to be more creative.

[caption id="attachment_6332" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr. [/caption] Maurice Sendak is most well-known for his beloved children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are," a story rooted in imagination and independence and defiance.

In a book every single person on the planet should read, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Twyla Tharp lists 33 questions, the answers to which, she says, form your creative autobiography. “I believe that we all have strands of creative code hard-wired into our imaginations,” Twyla explains.

[caption id="attachment_6310" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via[/caption] For musicians and songwriters, every day has a different result. Monday might feature the best performances and the best songwriting you have ever done, while Tuesday might just be the worst.

[caption id="attachment_6289" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Economists high-fived last week when the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report showed that the number of jobs had finally climbed back to pre-2008 numbers. However, the report didn't exactly show the whole picture — first, creatives, freelancers, gig-based workers, and contractors were largely missing.

The histogram on your camera can tell you a lot about the quality of your photo, but for beginner photographers, interpreting what the chart is trying to tell you can be overwhelming and confusing. Lucky for us, John Greengo offered up an easy explanation of the histogram in the course, The Photography Starter Kit.

[caption id="attachment_6265" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Bells Design[/caption] The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May jobs report this morning, to loud cries of celebration — technically speaking, the U. S.