The Smashing Book Review…And Win A Copy!
Pretty much everyone in our field has heard of The Smashing Book from Smashing Magazine. Published in 2009 with 313 pages,The Smashing Book offers a collection of modern design, usability, coding and best practices in the web world. The book had plenty of information to offer that I didn’t know about and, although I didn’t agree with...
Read more…Great Financial Resources Every Freelancer Should Use
As a compliment to my Budgeting for Freelancers post, (and the fact it’s a Monday right after Christmas so we’re both poor and unproductive) I wanted to step out of the developmer role for a day and talk to you about money. One of the reasons most freelancers leave their jobs to become self-employed is...
Read more…10 Websites That Do Everything Wrong But Look So Right!
There are many web design taboos and usability guidelines for websites today. Most of the time when we stumble across these websites, we are immediately turned off and leave. They normally appear to be made in the ’70′s (if the 70′s had the internet that is). Oddly enough, I’ve seen several websites brave enough to break the rules...
Read more…5 Great Gifts Under $50 That Every Web Designer & Developer Wants
Have you been looking for that perfect Christmas gift for your favorite blue-eyed blonde haired developer? (That’s me!) Perhaps you’re a client who wants to reward their freelancer? Or maybe you’ve just been good all year and want to buy yourself something awesome. In spite of the very stressful week it has been (sorry for...
Read more…Groundmap: the Social GeoTagging Platform. The Next Big Thing?
It’s not often (or ever) that I get the “inside” into anything new or cool. So I was delighted when I got to sit down with Eric Bieller, the co-founder of GroundMap, for a demo of their new social media platform and an interview. While I tend to be very wary of new social media sites....
Read more…CoreCommerce vs ZenCart vs Shopp: Battle of the eCommerce Softwares
If you’re as OCD as me, you find it hard to find really good software with really good code and an equally good interface. Also, if you’re on a budget like me (and who isn’t these days?) you hate paying for software, so you tend to stick with whatever’s free. I don’t do many eCommerce...
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