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The first installment of a giant list of freelancing articles, tutorials and resources.
Two questions that I’m often asked (and quite frankly, dread) are:
“Do you think that I could succeed as a freelancer?”
“Should I become a freelancer?”
Freelancing is not a ‘paycheck every two weeks‘ type of job. When you get a fixed income every month, it’s easier to plan things and manage your expenses. That’s not the case with freelancing where you can make get $50 today and a thousand next week
Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our prof
..she was excited to let me know that she was giving her two weeks notice at work to become a full time work-at-home freelancer.
Working at home isn’t exactly the most productive place to get things done. Thanks to the wonder that is the internet however, we have a number of online applications to help us manage our time better.
Browsing through bridal websites resulted in a new formula for web design. Unexpected Usefulness + Cool Factor = Twirling Bride
With more people using Dual monitors these days, good quality wallpapers for them are how hard to come by, that’s why i thought it be nice to share some very amazing high quality Dual monitor free wallpaper goodies that i’ve stumbled upon over time.
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Besides differences between systems that use anti-aliasing and those that don’t, there are also different styles of anti-aliasing depending on whether you are using a Mac or Windows system. Find out why it makes a difference and why to compare them.
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Adrian Diaconescu of Rubiqube. In this interview we talk design, blogging and freelancing.
Stock photography tends to bring to mind images of grinning telemarketers and laughing families that look so phony they set your teeth on edge, but there is a better way.
Ever wonder what advice Michelangelo would give to a modern web designer? Here are five tips from his life and work.
Hand Drawn Based Websites.
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More awesome work by James White
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This is pretty clever, here's the description...
CSS rule looks for all a tags whose href attribute ends in the specified file extension, then gives it some extra padding on the right of the link to make room for a small pdf icon as a fixed posit
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After several months, we are excited to finally launch the completely new web site! In addition to the updated look and feel, we’ve added many new elements and features that we consider make the site more reflective of who we are...
Adding a print stylesheet to your website will make your pages look good on and off the web. This article is a guide to the ins and outs of building a stylesheet for print.
What happens if you oppose the product or service that you are supposed to design for? What would you do?
The way you judge a website’s content is by its purpose. Here are a few questions to help you translate that purpose into great content.rnrnWarning: Mediocre to painful Star Trek analogies ahead.
If you don’t have a *clear* idea of what your website’s purpose is, you have know way to tell whether it’s working or not. Here's how you can get that clear idea.
"One thing that I’ve noticed about web designers who care about good design is that we often tend to focus on a design as if it were the most important aspect of a web site. The problem is that it’s not."
There are many steps in the web design process. From gathering initial information, to the creation of your web site, and finally to maintenance. The exact process will vary slightly from designer to designer, but the basics are generally the same.
A great guest post on the Xemion Web Design Blog by Joshua Clanton. Joshua talks about specific focuses web designers can have on their blogs.
How can web designers get beyond "I like it," or "I don't like it" evaluations of their work? By asking objective questions.
The rule of thirds is a standard tool for photographers and artists. But how can it be applied to web design?
