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Script & Style is a new site to hit regularly »

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 [...]

8 Tips for Creative Soloprenuers »

8 Tips for Creative Soloprenuers - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog
another very timely and insightful blog post. In particular:
8. How to Deal With Scope Creep. Scope creep — when uncontrolled changes affect the scope of a project – can be the bane of a freelancer’s existence. If you don’t address it with a client, you [...]

Deadline Busters: 15 Tips for Generating Ideas When You’re Drawing a Blank »

Deadline Busters: 15 Tips for Generating Ideas When You’re Drawing a Blank | LifeDev
I have been finding that the first one listed here, has been working well for me. Every creative no matter what skill level, comes upon the dreaded “not an inkling, not a speck of an idea” span. For some it comes seldom, [...]

Organizing a Blog Post »

eXtra For Every Publisher » Blog Archive » Organizing a Blog Post
An interesting post on blogging. If you run a web design business, you really should have a blog on your site, not a personal one, but a business one. What to write it on? Well, you are a creative person, so create that [...]

11 Lessons to Learn From Honest Abe, the Bumbling Entrepreneur »

11 Lessons to Learn From Honest Abe, the Bumbling Entrepreneur | LifeDev
A good read for all of you web designers/entrepreneurs.

The List to Beat All Lists: Top 20 Productivity Lists to Rock Your Tasks | Zen Habits »

The List to Beat All Lists: Top 20 Productivity Lists to Rock Your Tasks | Zen Habits
Ahhh yes, a very good list of posts. read in small doses though.

New site for the more savvy e-Commerce web site owners »

Ecommerce Magazine | Miva Merchant Consultants | DoublePlus New Media Marketing
While the focus is on Miva Merchant (Susan is a very experienced Miva designer) it offers articles on many aspects of an e-commerce web site. It is geared to those that did/do their own site and have a bit of knowledge on the inner workings [...]

Starting up? …or not? »

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.

Andy Rutledge - The Employable Web Designer »

Design View / Andy Rutledge - The Employable Web Designer
Note also that nowhere in this list do the words “Photoshop,” “Illustrator,” “Dreamweaver,” or “Fireworks” appear. As I and others have observed plenty of times before, tools do not make a designer. Anyone can learn to use Fireworks or Dreamweaver in an hour or less, but [...]

The Art of Nonconformity » A Brief Guide to World Domination »

The Art of Nonconformity » A Brief Guide to World Domination
I read this last night as my nightly reading of printed stuff on dead treee. It resonates deeply with me. I’d ask you to read it. Print it out and read it. Then use the PDF for the links. But read it. Seriously. Then pass [...]