By Cheryl on Jul 5, 2008 in Business Tips/Advice | Comments Off
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 | Comments Off
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 | Comments Off
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 | Comments Off
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
By Cheryl on Nov 5, 2006 in Business Tips/Advice | Comments Off
We know that every successful enterprise is the result of a good match between two … whether that be persons or companies or what-have-you. So read these 10 Tips on Hiring Your Clients. -CF
By Cheryl on Sep 29, 2006 in Design Inspiration | Comments Off
Our profession, because of working so closely with the client, because of the ever-changing topography of technology, can get you to the point you have five million things to do … and where to start? This procrastination “hack” is for you.
By Cheryl on Aug 10, 2006 in Design Inspiration | Comments Off
Looking for inspiration… Have we been there before? Here are a couple of sites I came across that I’ve bookmarked for future reference: Current style in web design: “This is where I try to sum up the current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages, and identify the distinctive features that make a web page [...]