Tag: Design

  • Designer Shout Out

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    I was recently breifly interviewed by a wonderful identity, brand, all around designer, and Photoshop teacher that goes by @Firgs on twitter. Hit the link to read the interview. Once you’re done browse her site and subscribe to her blog for some awesome Photoshop and design tips. Designer Shout Out on Design by Firgs

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  • Blog Designer Interview

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    I was recently interviewed by @kellymccausey of Blog Designer News. Click the link below to listen to the short interview and check out Blog Designer News. Interview.

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  • Your Only Investment is Your Time

    Your Only Investment is Your Time

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    As any web designer could confirm there are a host of people with “good ideas,” no skills to implement them and no money to pay someone to do it for them. If this describes you read on, this post may tell you how to have a chance of getting someone to invest their time for…

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  • Your Clients Best Interest

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    When clients come to you to do a job they do it with the belief that you are the best person they can find for the job. Often if we are honest with ourselves we are not the best person for the whole job. With very few exceptions there is always someone better at user…

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  • Scope Creep and the In House Designer

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    At one time or another each freelancer must deal with a client regarding the question of scope creep. As freelancer’s it can be easier to put your foot down, assuming you have a contract, and say no to added features at the same price. But what does an in house designer do? They don’t have…

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  • The News: IE to use Webkit & Staying creative

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    Well here is an interesting development. In a recent developers conference in Sydney Steve Ballmer said that “Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that.” This is very interesting as the rendering in IE sucks currently and Webkit is awesome. I know that for all web designers it would be a wonderful thing…

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  • The Daily News: WordPress 2.7 and pricing your projects

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    How about we start the day with some twitter inspiration. Use the link to check out some creative twitter backgrounds and get some inspiration for designing your own. I know mine could sure use a refresh. Next up today is some feature previews for WordPress 2.7, which I am really excited about. Overall the interface…

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  • Is Crowdsourcing the Answer?

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    I just read an article on Sitepoint about Crowdsourcing for Freelancers. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, crowdsourcing is when you put your project up on a site (99designs, Crowdspring…) and get multiple options for the design. You then pick one and pay for that. I feel that it basically amounts to spec…

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  • The Daily News: Keeping clients, javascript and an interview

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    Keeping Clients Around Once you do the hard work of landing a client you always want to keep them. Repeat work for good clients is always a bit easier. If you want some tips on those little things that keep clients around check out this article on Freelance Switch. It lists 3 easy ways to…

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  • The Daily News: Stolen designs, site conversion, and usability

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    Let’s start today with an article from Freelance Switch (FSW) on Intellectual Property Resources. All of us designers get worried about our design work getting stolen. It seems that when this happens it’s hard to do much about it. The list provided by FSW gives you places to find your legal rights. Second up is…

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