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“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year.” Steve Jobs said this almost 15 years ago. How, then, do you get people’s attention?

With lyrics like, “Skirt chasing, freebasing, killing every village. We drink and rob and rhyme and pillage,” it’s no wonder they ushered in the dubiously credible genre, “frat rap.” But not long after the Beasties emerged into the limelight of sold-out arenas, they began to question their image...

For years, people have been talking about print media becoming obsolete and indeed, publications have struggled to remain relevant and financially viable. But what if the way for print to maintain its usefulness isn’t in rejecting technology but by embracing it through augmented reality?

The name “Raw Power” derives from a particular style of powerlifting, which was their focus when they were a small, private gym. But don’t let the name fool you...

This slide series was originally created as an Articulate training for independent authors. It provides practical, step-by-step instructions for interior book formatting, cover design, and choosing a self-publisher. It includes helpful checklists, tips for new self-publishers, and resources such as an IngramSpark versus Amazon KDP comparison chart.

Weekly newsletter design for high school soccer team — demonstrates layout skills, information hierarchy, and clear communication for diverse audiences.

The African Republic of Burundi has the 12th highest child mortality rate in the world. In a country where the leading cause of death is waterborne contaminants, over 3 million people will need humanitarian aid this year...

Her only son, Michael, took his own life in 2015. To begin to understand, we travel back into Davina’s childhood - a place, though painful, she goes willingly...

The overall perception of the U.S. economy during the COVID pandemic has been one of loss. Austin alone has seen the closure of almost 1,700 businesses; however, Austin has continued to grow...

Healthcare in the United States is a business — subject to significant governmental regulation and tied to federally funded programs — but largely affected by the capitalism of private enterprise. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this; it’s the way we do the business of healthcare that trips us up...

One thousand dead crickets in a box. That’s what I’m looking at right now. If that sounds like the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard, to be fair, they were supposed to be alive...

In our mundane world, in which fears are often amorphous, unseen, and complex, perhaps it’s comforting to sink our teeth into a story in which the danger is apparent, the response obvious and driven by the oldest most basic parts of our brains...

Much to my feminist mom’s dismay, I loved pink and bows and lace and all things “girly.” Another obsession that caused Mom to grit her teeth? Barbies...

But somewhere along the line, I let an MLM convince me I needed a twelve-step program for my skin. Hundreds of dollars bought me cleanser, toner, primer and various foundations — elixirs in pots and tubes in soothing blue colors that promised to stop time and the unbearable horrors of *gasp* wrinkles...