I am not ashamed to admit that I’m addicted to memes. I get a big kick out of collecting and sharing memes for any mood or occasion. I have thousands of them saved on my phone—8,462 to be exact. I’m sure I’ll have more by the time you’re reading this. Thankfully, I’m not just a digital hoarder. I found an outlet for some of that fun content last year at one of the CreativePro Week Maker Mornings when I led a hands-on group activity to make meme-books (think: matchbooks but with little cards of memes instead of matches inside).

One of my favorite memes about AI goes something like this: “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so I can do art and writing, not for AI to do art and writing so I can do laundry and dishes.”

I totally agree with that sentiment. I enjoy the process of making art and creative writing. I never want to use technology to automate or outsource those activities. Instead, I want machines to do the boring or difficult tasks that give me no joy. That way, I have more time for the things I love doing. And that is exactly the point of this month’s feature article by Pariah Burke, 10 Ways AI Can Help Designers.

Pariah shows how to prompt AI to do the stuff you don’t want to do, from interpreting client-speak and contractual legalese to drafting marketing copy and project estimates. Hopefully, he can show us how to generate clean dishes and folded laundry in a future issue.

Another way that you can use AI to support your creative efforts is to employ it during the ideation stage of a project to identify and refine your design direction. That’s the subject of this month’s members-only video by Kat Kremser.

Next up, we have a nerdy treat for folks who make complex long documents with InDesign. Peter Kahrel shares two easy ways to convert footnotes and endnotes to marginal notes. The first method makes use of a free script to convert notes to anchored text frames. The second method involves flowing endnotes into marginal text frames. Peter walks you through both methods and highlights the pros and cons of each one.

Nigel French is back with the tenth installment in his series on How to Be a Better Designer. This time, he talks about the importance of stepping away from the computer to gather inspiration and build skills from non-digital experiences.

In this month’s podcast, David Blatner and Theresa Jackson discuss how they build the CreativePro Week agenda.

And finally, be sure to check out our YouTube highlights and Community Calendar of upcoming events, including three free webinars and another awesome livestream video session.

Enjoy!