37signals provides an overview of The 10 most popular newspaper typefaces which was first mentioned at Creative Pro. Check out the article on Creative Pro for more details.

Cameron Moll weighs has presents the nine skills that separate good and great designers. A quick and inspirational read that will surely give you some food for thought. Also check out the audio version of his presentation that you can download.

Joshua Jeffryes has some really nice posters he is submitting to Bad Design Kills.

Jason Santa Maria wraps up the design vs. un-design debate, providing a clear statement that regardless if the design is pretty or ugly, “design is communication“.

I was checking my stats this weekend and happily stumbled on this huge link resource.

Visual Complexity.com is a visual exploration on mapping complex networks. “The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web.”

Donovan, over at Be A Design Group, has posted some tips for students on the essential design elements that should appear in a portfolio. These tips could easily go for any graphic designer who is interested in getting a new job or attending graduate school.

Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design has relaunched and is filled with terrific articles and an easier layout than its flash predecessor.

Knowledge@Wharton has an interview with Adobe’s CEO Bruce Chizen about the acquisition of Flash and what the future holds for the newly merged companies.

Even though I didn’t get the position at About.com, I thought it would be very cool to give the GD readers some of the content that went into my application. Here is the article in its entirety.