ArtBistro Ranks their Top 25 Cities for Designers and Artists

ArtBistro.com: "Which cities offer the most overall value in 2009? While all of these communities have a healthy art and design community the emphasis on this list is the cost of living..."

Below is a quick summary. Read the full article here to get all the details:

1. Austin, TX
   
2. San Antonio, TX:
   
3. Salt Lake City, UT
   
4. Oklahoma City, OK
   
5. Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Area, NC
   
6. Seattle, WA
   
7. Rochester, NY
   
8. Portland, OR
   
9. Denver, CO
   
10. Honolulu, HI
    
11. Nashville, TN
    
12. Virginia Beach, VA
    
13. Kansas City, MO
    
14. Pittsburgh, PA
    
15. Charlotte, NC
    
16. Boston, MA
    
17. Buffalo, NY
    
18. Columbus, OH
    
19. Indianapolis, IN
    
20. St. Louis, MO
    
21. Hartford, CT
    
22. Louisville, KY
    
23. Cincinnati, OH
    
24. Philadelphia, PA
    
25. San Diego, CA
    

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Twittermaven Survey Results:Users’ perception of brands on Twitter

Twittermaven recently surveyed 240 people with 6 questions regarding interacting with brands. Here are some key findings, as well as a sample chart.

• Most users (89%) agree that brands should engage their customers on Twitter.
  
• almost 90% of users would frown upon poor or inappropriate brand use of Twitter.
• 60% of respondents would recommend a company based on their presence on Twitter and 80% of Twitter users will reward those brands
• More than 60% of respondents have 100+ followers and almost 50% of respondents have posted more than 1000 Tweets

For the full results, including a number of other interesting charts, read the article.

A List Apart: The Web Design Survey, 2007

The Web Design Survey, 2007: "Designers, developers, project managers. Writers and editors. Information architects and usability specialists. People who make websites have been at it for more than a dozen years, yet almost nothing is known, statistically, about our profession. Who are we? Where do we live? What are our titles, our skills, our educational backgrounds? Where and with whom do we work? What do we earn? What do we value?"

Give it a go to improve the findings, and you may even win something...