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To tweet, or not to tweet – that is the question. And the answer is yes.

I’ve had a personal account on Twitter for ahwile, and have found it useful for following people who post interesting articles or blog posts related to their specialty, and I’ve decided to take advantage of that in the design field. Starting this week I have an account on Twitter for all of my professional and design related updates. If you should care to follow me, I can be found at http://www.twitter.com/acobbdesign

If you’ve ever had an in-depth conversation with a designer, you’ve probably been bombarded by letter combinations like CMYK, RGB, DPI, and odd terms like bleeds and spot colors. We designers throw these terms around all the time, maybe without realizing that not everyone lives and breathes these things like we do.

I’m going to start with decoding just a few basics in this article, namely the acronyms pertaining to color profiles. They are: CMYK, RGB, and PMS.
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Starting this month, I’m going to be doing a series of articles here on the AC Vent that aims to help clients and prospective clients understand a little more about the world of design. Design is a skilled trade, so there is a lot of technical know-how and industry-specific lingo that we designers use without a second thought, but which people outside of the design industry may be confused about. This series will hopefully help to bridge that gap and help make sure everyone is on the same page.

It’s going to be called Decoding Design, so whenever you see a blog post with that in the title, that’s what’s going on! The first article in the series will be coming up this week, so check back in a few days.

Here are the parts of the series so far:
Decoding Design: Color Lingo
Decoding Design: Web Lingo
Decoding Design: Print Lingo