Apr 13 2010

Mel Ndiweni - Meeting Your Client for the First Time

When I first started out as a freelancer and got my first client – the prospect of meeting him was daunting to say the least. Over time, my confidence grew which led me to write a short overview of

workflow , Clients , Business

Jun 11 2009

Sam Barnes - 4 Effective Strategies To Estimate Time For Your Design Projects

How many times have you been completely confused at how that ‘small’ project turned into such a big one costing double and taking three times the length you estimated? Many of you will say estimatin

Time management , Estimates , Design , Business

Aug 22 2009

Vitaly Friedman - Free Podcasting, Video and Photography WordPress Theme

In this post we are glad to release Smashing Multimedia, a unique, flexible and advanced WordPress theme for artists, photographers, podcasters, designers and users. The theme was designed by Sarah

wordpress , Podcasts , Freebies , Themes

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

Jun 12 2009

Cameron Chapman - Effective Website Maintenance: Examples and Best Practices

Every website has to perform maintenance at some point or another. Whether it’s just to upgrade a portion of the site or because of some problem with the site, it’s an inevitable fact of website own

Errors , Showcases , Inspiration

Sep 29 2010

Speider Schneider - Breaking Down Doors: Promoting Yourself To Dream Clients

There’s a saying that the School of Visual Arts in New York City once used in its ads: “To be good is not enough when you dream of being great.” We all have dream clients that we would like to add t

Clients , Business

Apr 09 2010

Robert Bowen - Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay

As a designer, you will eventually have to face a couple of unfortunate truths in your career. Number one: just because you wear a bathrobe for most of your “business” hours does not actually make i

Contracts , Clients , Income , Business

Mar 11 2009

Steven Snell - Redesigning Craigslist With Focus On Usability

Craigslist is obviously one of the most popular websites in the world, and each month it serves millions of users who post and view classified ads on the website. At the time this article was writte

Redesign , ux , Usability

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - AI In UX: Achieve More With Less

I have made a lot of mistakes with AI over the past couple of years. I have wasted hours trying to get it to do things it simply cannot do. I have fed it terrible prompts and received terrible outpu

workflow , ux , AI