Learning When To Scrap Your App
Right around a year ago I bought the domain for Codesnipp.it. At the time, it was just me and my fiancé, Nikita, working on the site. When we launched, we already had a ton of beta sign ups and we believed our idea to be unique and something the dev community was sorely missing. Fast...
Read more…8+ Stereotypes about Freelance Web Developers–Busted
Every industry has its share of stereotypes and web developers aren’t an exception. While poking fun of these stereotypes amongst ourselves is a fun pastime, it can quickly get out of hand when it’s a client or someone outside the development industry who becomes biased thanks to them. Just like everything else, freelance web developers aren’t...
Read more…The HTML5 Logo & Why You Shouldn’t Use It
Last week the W3C came out with the HTML5 logo. The logo itself is actually really nice looking (and yes I want the t-shirt!), but unfortunately the neat design is now worthless. Yup the W3C decided that it wanted to lump in every new technology with HTML5, making it seem as if you couldn’t use one without...
Read more…Attracting Your Target Clients
We’ve talked before about choosing the kind of work and clients you want to work with. Knowing who you want to work with is great, but how do you find them? We’re lucky enough to be in an industry where there’s no shortage of work, but a lot of that work isn’t worth our time and...
Read more…Fun With Type Design
I’ve always been a huge fan of typography…so much so that my whole office’s theme is type. So I decided I would have some fun and sketch out some letters of my own. A free digital cookie to any of you typophiles who can guess this typeface from my rough sketch: And playing with my...
Read more…What Happens When the Website You Are Working on Blows Up?
It’s every developer’s nightmare. You finally get approval from the client to go live and launch the client’s website and then BOOM! Something happens and the whole site blows up. I recently had this scenario happen. Thankfully, the site wasn’t live yet, but the client still expected me to fix the site, with no offer...
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