I'm taking an extended break from TBODC and just wanted to let everyone know so you don't think I disappeared completely. I've been busy working and promoting my new design business Doug Draws and enjoying the outside world. I will return in a month....

When first starting out in the blogosphere things can get pretty overwhelming fast. I know because I was overwhelmed by it all myself. Choosing where to blog was a no-brainer, because I'd known about Blogger for some time and had read many articles...

Ladies and gentlemen, it is now official ... Doug Cloud must eat crow when it comes to all the negative things he's said concerning WordPress. I just started my own WP site for my design business, whose name has changed to Doug Draws. The other day I...

In my testing of WordPress as a possible alternative for TBODC I discovered a few things. First and foremost, I learned that I'm better off staying with Blogger, at least for now anyway. The reasons are pretty simple, but to give WordPress a fair shake...

If you use Illustrator regularly then you know the program can be a bit annoying at times, just like it's cousin, Photoshop. In this article I'm going to share some of the useful tips, tricks, and treats I've discovered in my time using AI (Version...