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25 Ways to Find Time for Creative Play
Freelancers are creative people. It can be difficult to find time for creative play when you’re faced with looming deadlines and various administrative minutiae. Here are 25 creative ways that you can find time to unleash your inner child and engage in creative play. After all, this isn’t just kid’s stuff, as a creative professional, your livelihood depends on your ability to let loose and be creative. So, go play! learn more Read More →
7 Habits of Successful Freelancers
March 24, 2009 by Jen Nipps · 15 Comments
Ads abound saying you can make a six-figure annual income by freelancing. Some go so far as to say you don’t have to do much work. Others are more honest and admit it will take work. One thing is true: Freelancers, successful or not, have habits. Whether you believe the ads or not, there are seven common habits of successful freelancers. learn more Read More →
5 Tips for Spotting Trends
March 9, 2009 by Jen Nipps · 2 Comments
Some freelancers spend their time chasing trends and turn in assignments that aren’t as timely as they could be. Other freelancers have learned how to spot trends and can turn in assignments that are ahead of the trend and can highlight coming trends. Whether your business is graphic design or you’re trying to author a regular column, trend-spotting is a must-have skill to stay relevant in your field. If you generally chase trends, these tips can help you learn to spot trends instead. learn... learn more
10 Tips for Meeting Deadlines
February 18, 2009 by Jen Nipps · 7 Comments
If you do any freelance work, chances are you work from home. Everyone who works from home knows what distractions and challenges come with that particular work environment. When that happens, how do you meet deadlines? Here are ten tips for meeting internal deadlines set by you and external deadlines set by an editor: learn more Read More →
Five Great Resources for PowerPoint Tips and Tricks
February 17, 2009 by Cynthia Giles · 1 Comment
I heard a good story this week about an astronaut who wanted to make a point with NASA bosses. So he created a YouTube video (it’s fun—take a look) because he didn’t want to do a “boring PowerPoint.” Which is yet another reminder that most of the many PPT presentations getting made every day are not interesting, not creative, and not very effective. So how can you rise above the boring average and make great stuff with PowerPoint? How can you develop presentations faster/smarter? There’s... learn more
25 Ajax Code Snippets and Tutorials
February 13, 2009 by Oli · 37 Comments
It’s a Friday Flashback! Our list of 25 Ajax Code Snippets and Tutorials has been recently updated and now re-released! We’ve got two double-scoops of Ajax resources for storing, sorting and sharing code snippets as well as direct links to ajax tutorials for creating drag & drop lists, polls, rss readers, bookmarklets, and even digg-style voting scripts. Enjoy the refresher course. After our code snippets for web designers series, we present you with 25 Ajax tutorials and code snippets... learn more
5 Best Sites for Finding Freelancing Jobs Online
February 11, 2009 by Jen Nipps · 7 Comments
The latest news reports indicate there have been over 600,000 jobs lost in the United States in this current recession. Because of this, many people are considering freelancing/contracting who wouldn’t have done so in the past. The question arises, then, what are the best freelancing websites online? Here is a list of five of the best freelancing sites: 1. Freelance Writing Jobs: This site is dedicated to freelance writers and bloggers. It started as a blog on Blogger and grew, eventually moving... learn more
Eye-Tracking Measures the Sight Unseen
February 10, 2009 by Michael Alexander · 2 Comments
I read on Google’s Offical Blog about an eye-tracking study the company recently conducted and that got me thinking about eye-tracking in general and about how to use that information to create more effective Web pages and enhanced usability. First, let me tell you a bit about eye-tracking, how it’s performed, and how it’s used to analyze a Web page’s usability. I’ll get back to why Google’s results are so interesting after that. When I first read about eye-tracking... learn more
Roundup: Even More Sites Where You can Find Images Free and Clear
January 14, 2009 by Michael Alexander · 1 Comment
I wrote about using Flickr a while ago as a good source of images that you can use free and with few or no copyright limitations. Lately, I’ve been organizing my database of places to find free and unrestricted images. Keep in mind that “free” often requires your giving the source credit and a link back to the image provider’s site. No, this list does not include every site in the universe. If you have some favorites, please add them as a comment and I’ll add them... learn more
The Importance of a Simple Online Resume + Free Template
April 21, 2008 by chriscoyier · 2 Comments
In this day and age, it’s not just graphic designers and programmers who really benefit from having a simple online resume, it is anyone on a serious job-hunt. (Although, if you are a designer or programmer, you should really have one.) Here’s why: 1. It shows you go the extra mile Potential Employers are definitely looking at all angles of you when you apply for a job. Having a personal website, however simple, is a sign that you take some pride in yourself and that you take things... learn more
