Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X Tiger

Introduction

One of the many perks of doing what I do is that occasionally I get invited to be a guest speaker at art schools and college design courses. I stand at the front of a room full of the next wave of professional designers ready to take on the artistic world, absorbing their expressions, dreams, and desires.

Of course, the reason I am there is to answer their questions. And students always have lots of questions. There’s the usual litany of questions about font managers and color issues, along with the usual concerns about the job market and finding internships. But one day, I was asked a new question—one that was more profound than I realized at the time: “Is there a good book about Mac OS X for designers?”

I replied, “Yes, there are ...