Dec 07 2009

Mel Ndiweni - Where Do You Work?

Assuming that you have a choice available with no outside factors involved - choosing whether to work from home or a rented space/studio is a decision every freelancer should spend time thinking ab

Remote Work , Networking , Business

Jan 24 2011

Sam Barnes - Guidelines For Successful Communication With Clients

OK, so this is a yet another article about dealing with clients. But let’s face it — it doesn’t matter how well you can design or code; as a freelancer or if you’re running a digital agency, if you

workflow , Productivity , Clients , Communication , Business

Oct 12 2010

Vitaly Friedman - 50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tutorials and Tools

These are great times for front-end developers. After months of exaggerated excitement about HTML5 and CSS3, the web design community now starts coming up with CSS techniques that actually put newly

Techniques , coding , Css , Resources

Jul 14 2009

Jeff Gardner - Quality-Price-Ratio in Web Design (Pricing Design Work)

I’m about to make a bold statement. The quality of a design and the monetary cost of producing or procuring that design have absolutely no relationship whatsoever. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, I k

Pricing , Income , Business

Feb 04 2010

Kat Neville - The Art And Science Of The Email Signature

Email signatures are so easy to do well, that it’s really a shame how often they’re done poorly. Many people want their signature to reflect their personality, provide pertinent information and more

Inspiration , Emails , Web Design , Content Strategy , Design

Oct 29 2010

Speider Schneider - Take The Initiative and Create Your Own Projects

Their parents had hoped for their own children to work there and eventually retire in the same homey place. They were anchored in this town that held no other industries. Like layoffs in a town that

workflow , Business

Apr 04 2009

Cameron Chapman - 10 Useful FTP Clients For Designers And Developers

FTP’ing is a fact of life for Web designers and developers. Some Web design programs have built-in FTP utilities, but they may not always quite meet your needs. Sometimes you just want to upload a f

Software , Clients , Resources