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

Nov 26 2009

Mel Ndiweni - The Bare Bones That Every Freelance Contract Should Have

There are many templates out there for contracts that freelancers can adopt but eventually, you may have to create one for a specific unorthodox project or maybe you just want to take the time to de

workflow , Contracts , Skills , Business

Apr 18 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Powerful New CSS Techniques And Tools

The hard work of front-end designers never ceases to amaze us. Over the last months, we’ve seen Web designers creating and presenting a plethora of truly remarkable CSS techniques and tools. We have

Techniques , Tools , coding , Css , Resources

Aug 24 2009

Jeff Gardner - Marketing Rules and Principles for Freelancers

Freelancers have it hard. I mean, really hard. In theory, the idea of working for yourself, of being able to choose who you work with and what you work on, sounds like the perfect job. In practice t

Marketing , Clients , Business

Jul 21 2010

Kat Neville - How To Design Style Guides For Brands And Websites

A website is never done. Everyone has worked on a project that changed so much after it launched that they no longer wanted it in their portfolio.One way to help those who take over your projects is

Branding , Style Guides , Design , Logo Design

Apr 29 2009

Cameron Chapman - Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio

WordPress is often thought of as just a blogging platform. But it’s capable of so much more. Even WordPress’ documentation includes an entire section on using WordPress as a content management syste

wordpress , Themes

Aug 03 2010

Speider Schneider - Designers, “Hacks” and Professionalism: Are We Our Own Worst Enemy?

But I was struck by how these words are a perfect assessment of our society. We want it all, instantly and as cheap as possible. We are a Walmart culture. Fast and cheap have entered our every pore

workflow , Career

Aug 11 2009

Steven Snell - 40 Beautiful Examples Of Hand Drawn Typography

Some have been created completely by hand. Others have been sketched and scanned into Photoshop or Illustrator. Another option is to use fonts that create a hand drawn effect. Further Reading on

Showcases , Typography , Inspiration

Mar 25 2009

Paul Andrew - MySQL Admin and Development Tools Round-Up

In the overview below we present some of the most useful and most popular MySQL Admin and Development Tools for Mac, Windows and Linux, for beginners and for professionals. Among other tools we feat

MySQL , coding , SQL , Resources

Feb 20 2008

Sven Lennartz - 45 More Excellent Blog Designs

We, designers, are creative folks. And being creative, we permanently strive for inspiration — innovative approaches, crazy ideas, smashing concepts and, in general, unique designs which can help us

Showcases , Layouts , Inspiration , Blogging