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Dave Awl

Dave Awl is a Chicago-based writer, performer, and Facebook aficionado. He is the author of Facebook Me! A Guide to Having Fun with Your Friends and Promoting Your Projects on Facebook. An alumnus of Chicago's popular Neo-Futurists theater company, Dave has appeared on NPR's This American Life, and has published a collection of poems and monologues called What the Sea Means. His Web site is www.ocelotfactory.com.

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12 Tips for Creative Pros on Facebook

How-Tos: Written by Dave Awl on July 1, 2009

Facebook offers a slew of communication tools that can help your creativity reach a wider audience. How wide? Try 200 million active users! To make the most of this opportunity without alienating that potential audience or putting your copyrighted creations at risk, follow this expert advice.

The Fine Art of Linking In

Features: Written by Dave Awl on January 18, 2008

When you know how to work it, LinkedIn can be a great resource for new assignments. Here are seven tips for getting the most out of it.

Illustrator How-To: Live Paint Is a Bucket of Fun

How-Tos: Written by Dave Awl on December 21, 2005

Illustrator's newest coloring tool gives you a more intuitive way to paint, so you can color shapes and spaces the way your eye sees them. In this article, one of the writers of "The Adobe Illustrator CS2 Wow! Book" shows you how to click with Live Paint.