It is day #7! Recorded this video this afternoon – trying to pump things up a bit today, I think the last couple videos have been slowing dowwwnnn.. SO – Today I talk about best practices when rushing a job. Honesty is always the best policy! Let your other clients know what is going on [...]

It’s Day #6, I think my lack of sleep is making me boring? LOL. Anyway, today it’s been all about polishing up the theme, making sure nothing is overlooked. When you’re designing a blog theme, you have to think about not only the information that will be on the site when it is launched, but [...]

It’s Day 3 and I am still here! :) First and foremost, thank you to all of you who’re following me along on this, it’s been fun sharing the process and I hope that some of this is valuable to some of you! If anything, the hats and do-rags I use to cover my bed [...]

From time to time I get emails asking for advice about freelance matters. I hope that by publishing these inquiries and my response I can do a better service to my blog readers than just responding one email at a time. Plus, those of you who may have input on the matter that I didn’t [...]

I have been managed by a fair share of project managers and have acted as one myself over other freelancers on some projects — here’s what I have learned in the process. Know what you want. A project Manager who isn’t clear on what they want or what their client wants can cause an other [...]

So, I recently was thinking about 404′s for some client projects and ended up doing a lot of exploring through the internet to see what others are doing. Error pages are something that is just annoying, but some of these websites designers have come up with ways to make the 404 a little less of [...]

I really get a kick out of trying out new software, even if it ends up being something I don’t like or can’t find a big use for – I try at least a couple different wares out each month to see what they’re all about and there are a few that make the cut [...]

I’m sure you’ve noticed the trend too, text fields just seem to be gettign bigger and bigger! I gathered up some slightly large, pretty large and the straight out HUGE login, search, and form fields from the web. If you know of one I didn’t include, leave a comment and let me know about it! [...]

I asked some of your to recommend some must have books and I’ve pulled together a great list! Check it out, time to start that summer time reading! :) “Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop” by Timothy Samara (Recommended by Brian Hoff.) “Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?” by Susan [...]

At my old 9 to 5, I would regularly put in a 8 – 10 hour day and then come home and continue to work until bedtime. I was on salary, so this gained no overtime pay — just made it possible for me to stay on top of the monstrous workload. Eventually I got [...]