Author Archives for Joel Newcomer

More free ways to store and share files online…


I have been playing with different sites for quite a while trying to figure out the best way to store files online and to get files to friends and clients. Dropbox is one of my current favorites because it has a desktop client that meshes well with my workflow and also has an excellent web [...]

Grab bag of excellent reading


Every once in a while I come across an article that I agree wholeheartedly with…over the past months I have collected several that particularly stood out to me on various topics. All of these have the common theme of efficiency. So lets get to them….the first is called Meetings suck, but they don’t have to… [...]

Great tool for getting client feedback


I recently found a great tool for getting proofs to clients in a way that gives you a more professional appearance and allows the client to easily mark-up and provide feedback on your work. The name of the site if Backboard…they have a free account that limits the file size for each Backboard to 5MB, [...]

Great online billing solution for freelancers


Hey all, I haven’t done any freelance work lately, but one part of freelancing that can be a headache is the billing part. The website CurdBee seems to be a great solution to this problem…I have not yet tested it to see how well it works, but I wanted to share the information for anyone [...]

Powerful online presentation tool


More and more we are seeing online apps grow up to be as feature-rich as their traditional software predecessors. Many people still hesitate to switch to online apps for very good reasons such as the uncertainty of the stability and longevity of web apps that are here today and may or may not be here [...]

Need a rhyming word?


You don’t have to rhyme to draw attention to a particular design project, but every once in a while you might be working on a cute or clever design where a rhyme is very catchy and powerful. So when I came across a resource that helps you when you are stumped trying to create a [...]

The irony


Well, life and work and everything else has finally slowed down enough for me to get back to writing on here. The irony is that my first post is a non-productive post that is just an opportunity to take a break from whatever you are doing and laugh. But in these days of uncertainty, stress [...]

Joel Newcomer

I am a graphic designer for Community Journals, LLC, the publisher of three weekly full-color newspaper in the Upstate of South Carolina. In addition to the newspaper we produce a number of other publications.