By Cheryl on Aug 22, 2008 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice, CSS, Design Inspiration, Tools of the trade | 0 Comments
Script & Style is a fairly recently-developed site of the type that collects high-quality articles spotted around the web that are useful to web designers and developers.
A project of Chris Coyier (whose name you might remember from my enthusiastic mention of his CSS-Tricks.com site) and David Walsh — if I’m remembering correctly, this is the [...]
By Cheryl on Jul 22, 2008 in CSS, Tutorials, Wordpress | 0 Comments
Okay. Feeling a bit over-enthusiastic right now, but I’ve been watching some of Chris’s podcasts this morning and they have been top-notch terrific in clarity and promotion of good, semantic CSS habits.
So put down the mouse and pickup your coffee (tea, soda, water, etc.) and check out CSS-Tricks.com. This morning, I’ve been watching the three-part, [...]
By Cheryl on Jul 10, 2008 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Checklist | 0 Comments
10 Things Any Web Developer Worth Their Spit Should Know: (Via Search-This.)
Yep. That’s a pretty good list!
By Cheryl on Jul 5, 2008 in Business Tips/Advice | 0 Comments
I have nothing to add at this point. This is a great great “take assessment” and “be forewarned” post for independent / freelance creative / web professionals.
Via the incomparable Chris Brogan, who also mentions this “or not” blog post.
By Cheryl on Jul 3, 2008 in Tools of the trade | 3 Comments
How about nothing?
I just spotted - or should I say, viewed - a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment).
The product is VYEW, and having watched [...]
By Cheryl on Jun 17, 2008 in Business Tips/Advice | 1 Comment
You’ve got an online product, a new book, a service (or you are a web developer with a client need): why aren’t people signing up?
A great article, in five easily-consumed bites, answers the question with:
#1 value proposition
#2 investment breakdown
#3 call to action
(And the “call to action” might be a bit different than you think.) Do [...]
By Cheryl on May 19, 2008 in Business Tips/Advice, Productivity | 2 Comments
What do you want to do with your life? With your business? With your relationship(s)?
You have a goals list, don’t you? Maybe you have 12 of them scattered throughout your office and/or your house. I’m not talking about your to do list - they’re more for one-off tasks like “get a widget to fix [...]
By Cheryl on Dec 2, 2007 in Design Inspiration, Tutorials | 0 Comments
Designer Henry Jones generously shares: The first of the Free Design Elements is a collection of worn edges in PNG format. These come in handy when creating a rustic or vintage design.
In the (right) side panel are links to some very interesting ActionScript3 tutorials and demos.
By Cheryl on Feb 13, 2007 in Design Inspiration, Interesting Stuff | 0 Comments
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture.
By Cheryl on Nov 10, 2006 in Business Tips/Advice | 0 Comments
From this article in the 30 Oct 2006 issue of Information Week, news of Jajah, another VoIP service that doesn’t even require routing the voice data through your internet connection. Just pick up the phone. Very interesting.
-CF