Productivity

Nov 06, 2008

The Days of Static Design Visuals are Dead

**update - submitted this article to Just Creative Design’s Group Writing Project for charity along with a monetary donation over at Just Creative Design’s fund raising page **
Static design visuals: all web designers use them as a way to present the designs to a client. I personally upload a jpg of the visual to my [...]

Oct 10, 2008

50 Reasons Why You Will Not Make It As A Freelancer 50 Reasons Why You Will Not Make It As A Freelancer

Some designers make a great career out of freelancing, some struggle to ever pay the bills solely from freelancing income.
If you are already a successful freelancer, you will probably see that you are not guilty of most of the points made below. If you are hoping to be a full-time freelancer, or are currently finding [...]

Sep 09, 2008

Most Important Thing I Would Tell A Design Student Most Important Thing I Would Tell A Design Student

I was recently interviewed by a graphic design student from a near-by University and a few of her questions made me think more about my career as an owner of a creative design and development studio . It also made me think about how it was to start out in the design industry…the things I [...]

Sep 07, 2008

Designers Present Their Workspace | Here's Mine Designers Present Their Workspace | Here’s Mine

A new blog diving into the online design community is Craig Farrell , and this week he has asked everyone to show their workspace, whether it be a designer’s corner in an office block, or a programmers dungeon with no sunlight.
Nice idea and it will be fun to see our online friends’ work areas, what [...]

Sep 02, 2008

Google Chrome - What?! Another Browser?! Google Chrome - What?! Another Browser?!

Yesterday, Google Chrome , Google’s open source internet browser, launched with a live video press release. Matt Cutts, head of Google Spam team was in the room, live blogging from his seat .
So, many of us developers and designers thought "Oh no, not another browser! Please not another CSS rendering nightmare to add to the [...]

Aug 26, 2008

3 Questions for 3 Top Design Bloggers & Productivity Tips 3 Questions for 3 Top Design Bloggers & Productivity Tips

Twitter, Technorati, Digg, Stumble Upon, Design Float etc etc…..the list is endless. Social Networking consumes a lot of our time, and it is now a difficult task to manage that time effectively, and remain as productive as possible with the jobs that pay the bills.
Later on in this post we will be discussing this with [...]