There’s only so much that colleges and universities can really teach you about design. The rest is gleaned out there in the world, behind a desk, cranking out ads for Uncle Harry’s Crab Shack or making business cards for a landscaping company called Lawn Time No See.

These little helpful tidbits are my contribution to the extended learning program that is real life. Some are my own, and some are borrowed, but all of them are 100% true.