I’m always excited to be able to offer my readers some excellent free content, whether it is in the form of a post-it note Photoshop tutorial or a list of 50 reasons why you won’t make it as a freelancer. This time, thanks to Mike at GUERRILLA, I am happy to offer “10 High Quality [...]
....continue readingI was just reminded of this the other day talking to a friend about the Internet, how it has developed, and grown since it first came out. I can’t remember the very first time I used it, but I can remember the first time I was taught how to sign up for an email address [...]
....continue readingI will be running a new feature here on BrianYerkes.com where I will present some great designers under the age of 20 along with some samples of their work, and a little about them. If you would like to be included and are under 20 years of age, whether you are a graphic designer, web [...]
....continue readingI recently found a website that allows you to see the first tweet sent out by typing in the person’s user name. Now that most of us have been using Twitter for at least a year, it seemed like a good time to take a look back at some of your first tweets! Unfortunately, it [...]
....continue readingEarlier today, I appeared on WGCU radio, a local radio station here in Southwest Florida, on the Gulf Coast Live show. Michele, organizer of Twestival SWFL asked me to join her as a guest on the show to help to promote the local Twestival event starting September 10th 2009, and to discuss the power of [...]
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I’m currently in Ireland on a work/pleasure trip, and just listened to a heated debate on RTE radio, Ireland’s national radio station. The topic of the conversation was Bulmer’s Cider, and their latest television commercial. Here are some details: Ireland is in a recession (obviously…as is the world…however, you wouldn’t think it when you see [...]
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Working with all types of clients on a daily basis can be as challenging as the actual design or development work that they are hiring you for. As a freelancer or a project manager, you are on the front-line and even though there shouldn’t be war between you and your client, it can sometimes feel [...]
....continue readingThis is part 1 of what I hope to be a never ending series as I continue to build relationships with some great people on Twitter. And there isn’t a “#FollowFriday @name @name @name @name jumble of mess” anywhere to be seen! Follow Friday tweets like that serve no purpose to me. The ones that [...]
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Here is my first set of free icons! I wanted to give something back to my regular visitors, those that RT my posts etc, and so hopefully some of you will enjoy using this icon set. Each social media icon is in the style of a Post-it note, and depending on the design of your [...]
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Over the past 3 years or so I have spent quite a lot of time testing, studying and analyzing Google’s search engine “algorithm”. Everything from data center analysis, to IP relative local results reporting and more….some days you sit back and realize that Google SERP’s (search engine results pages) control a large portion of the [...]
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