By DJ on Feb 19, 2010 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice | 0 Comments
16 Blogs To Help You Master the Business of Design – Visual Swirl.
good stuff. especially for those just starting out
By Cheryl on Dec 17, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice | 1 Comment
Do you always have a good written document to fall back on should your client suddenly get amnesia? Even in the best of worlds, clients are busy people like the rest of us and a bit of critical information from a phone call six weeks ago is not going to be necessarily retained if it’s [...]
By Cheryl on Dec 5, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Design Inspiration, Productivity, Tools of the trade | 1 Comment
I’m three paragraphs into this article and it rings as true as a bell and as solid as a stack of bricks.
One thing. One thing to be a good designer. Want to know what it is? Read the article then pop back over here and comment on whether it rings true with you or [...]
By DJ on Nov 24, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, CSS, Code code code | 1 Comment
Coding Clean and Semantic Templates.
a good article. so many times a woman applies for membership on the mailing list, I look at their portfolio, and I see “div-itis” and yet they say they know CSS. If they did, they’d not have a whole article written just for them. Most just allow Dreamweaver to do their [...]
By DJ on Oct 21, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Tools of the trade | Comments Off
7 Free Tools to Identify A Font | Webdesigner Depot.
Countless times on our mailing list the question is asked “what is this font” and then the url to the page or the graphic. And since it has been asked a thousand times (I guess Google must be blocked for some people), this post at Webdesigner [...]
By DJ on Sep 13, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice | Comments Off
Tools to Help you Estimate Price for your Web Work | Admix Web.
I have not had a chance to go thru all of them, but quick scan looks good. Of course you should develop your own methods for pricing. When you start out, chances are that you are going to underestimate quite a bit, until [...]
By DJ on Aug 18, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, CSS | 1 Comment
250+ Resources to Help You Become a CSS Expert | Webdesigner Depot.
They always have good stuff. This list is big and hefty, so bookmark and read at your leisure or as you need.
By DJ on Aug 16, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice, Tools of the trade | Comments Off
Effective Strategy To Estimate Time For Your Design Projects | How-To | Smashing Magazine.
Good read. Good read.
By DJ on Aug 16, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Code code code, Design Inspiration, Tutorials | Comments Off
25 Detailed Tutorials for Coding Up Your Web Designs.
Good list. even for us “pros” there is always something more to learn.
By Cheryl on Aug 9, 2009 in Advice for Newbie Web Designers, Business Tips/Advice | Comments Off
Well, you know what I mean. This great post from FlyingSolo.com.au reminds you that as an entrepreneur, you are a business. And there’s some things that the big companies do that are good to keep in mind, including #1 (Be Firm) and #3 (Turn Away Customers). It’s brief but great reading.