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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>I’m Jessica Thurber and I wear many hats. I currently work as a marketing, social media, and creative consultant for Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc.href&gt; and I operate CaptionASLhref&gt; on the side. I am also the founder of Deaf Politics.href&gt; In my free time, I contemplate about surviving the zombie apocalypse. Personal motto: never stop being thirsty.</description><title>Jess types out loud.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @jathurber)</generator><link>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>The pros and cons of freelancing full-time</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pros:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every day is a &amp;#8220;bring your pet to work&amp;#8221; day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You set your own hours.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pajamas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cons:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Eventually you end up feeling like this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="382" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SKx0fNQMLYo/Sxgly35aLbI/AAAAAAAAEHs/2EoE9GnT3vo/s400/introvert.jpg" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19836507068</link><guid>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19836507068</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:31:00 -0400</pubDate><category>freelance</category><category>career</category></item><item><title>Design Tip #2</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The only time it is okay to use Comic Sans is if it never leaves a child&amp;#8217;s room.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In a horrible alternate universe:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="MY EYES" height="238" src="http://bluevapours.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/comic-sans-logos.png" width="475"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image credit: the &lt;a href="http://bluevapours.com/wordpress/index.php/2012/01/16/the-most-loathed-typeface-in-the-world/" target="_blank"&gt;Blue Vapours&lt;/a&gt; blog.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19757348552</link><guid>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19757348552</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:14:00 -0400</pubDate><category>design</category><category>tips</category><category>comic sans</category></item><item><title>Design Tip #1</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Less is more. Clutter is stress-inducing. Why would you want to stress out your readers/customers?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;See, this is scary. Don&amp;#8217;t do this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt="Scary. Don't do this." height="419" src="http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/horrible-design.jpg" width="465"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And now, a wonderful example of less being more:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img alt="Volkswagen advertisement" height="602" src="http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/Design/headlines/think_small.jpg" width="463"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19749224362</link><guid>http://jathurber.tumblr.com/post/19749224362</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:57:00 -0400</pubDate><category>design</category><category>tips</category></item></channel></rss>
