Authors: D: Denise Jacobs
Denise Jacobs adores being an author, speaker, web design trainer, and creativity evangelist. She wrote The CSS Detective Guide, co-authored Interact with Web Standards, and is most appreciated on Twitter as @denisejacobs for her “Great Resources.” Her latest project: to encourage more people from underrepresented groups to Rawk The Web.
Articles By This Author
Reigniting Your Creative Spark
Issue 336October 4, 2011
Creative is as creative does, except when your creative spark fizzles out. Looming deadlines, over-fussy clients, dull projects, or feelings of fatigue that may signal the beginnings of burnout—any of these everyday afflictions can tamp down your creative fire, making it tough to come up with creative ideas just when you need them most. But fear not! Denise Jacobs shares sure-fire strategies to reignite your creative spark.
Banishing Your Inner Critic
Issue 335September 20, 2011
Everybody has one: the inner critic that tells you you’re just faking it, that others have more talent, that you’ll never achieve the success you seek. The inner critic is an unconscious deterrent that stands between the seeds of great ideas and the fruits of achievement, making you hate your designs, giving you “writer’s block” as your deadline looms, keeping you stuck in a project’s initial thinking stage because something isn’t quite right. Denise Jacobs anatomizes and shows how to quash your inner critic, giving you the mental space and energy to let your true talents emerge.
