technical things that people should learn how to do

Not that I blame those who don’t! But:

  • You should learn what a vector file is (e.g. EPS, AI) and when to use it versus a bitmap file.  And you should learn when to use a JPEG (photos) and when to use a PNG/GIF (graphic-y, logo-y things — things with sharp changes in contrast).
  • Use your Twitter client’s reply feature properly (when possible, i.e. when not using the SMS interface)! This sets the “in reply to” metadata, which allows for handy threaded conversation displays like this:


    (names changed because sometimes people are weird about stuff like this)

/pet peeves

2 Responses to “technical things that people should learn how to do”

  1. the g says:

    i dunno tom, i personally love it when people send me GIFs for large format trade show graphics.

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