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Website Management: An Organizational Structure That Supports Your Digital Presence

Posted by Paul Boag on November 16, 2012 · Comments Off

Which category does your organization’s Web presence fall into? Over- or under-managed? When it comes to the Web, few organizations have found the Goldilocks zone. Their online activities are either under-managed with minimal policies and procedures, or dogged by bureaucracy and internal politics. Those that fall into the former category are vulnerable to [...]

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Website Management: An Organizational Structure That Supports Your Digital Presence

Posted by Paul Boag on November 16, 2012 · Comments Off

Which category does your organization’s Web presence fall into? Over- or under-managed? When it comes to the Web, few organizations have found the Goldilocks zone. Their online activities are either under-managed with minimal policies and procedures, or dogged by bureaucracy and internal politics. Those that fall into the former category are vulnerable to [...]

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Helpful Tips: The Difference Between Good And Bad Job Requirements

Posted by Jim Bosveld on November 12, 2012 · Comments Off

In Web design, as one of the seemingly few markets that is actually growing, job opening postings are common. They’re not all equally convincing, though. In fact, most of them are unpleasant, uninviting and sometimes bordering on hostile. Some, however, are great, and give you an honest and pleasant sense of what it’s like to work at the studio in question, [...]

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The Difference Between Good And Bad Job Requirements

Posted by Jim Bosveld on November 12, 2012 · Comments Off

In Web design, as one of the seemingly few markets that is actually growing, job opening postings are common. They’re not all equally convincing, though. In fact, most of them are unpleasant, uninviting and sometimes bordering on hostile. Some, however, are great, and give you an honest and pleasant sense of what it’s like to work at the studio in question, [...]

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Encouraging Better Client Participation In Responsive Design Projects // Design Process

Posted by Andy Clarke on September 28, 2012 · Comments Off

Last week at the fabulous Smashing Conference in Freiburg, I gave a new talk, one I’d written just a few hours prior. I chose not to use slides, but instead to speak about three things that I’m incredibly enthusiastic about: Responsive design is not (just) a design or development problem; The client participation process is broken; How to call your client [...]

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Typography Carved In Stone // Design Process

Posted by Anne Brady on September 20, 2012 · Comments Off

Every name here is a tragic story of loss and heartbreak. The Garda Memorial Garden, or Gairdín Cuimhneacháin an Gharda Síochána, is located in the heart of Dublin city. This memorial is a contemplative garden with large stone plinths and a lot of names and numbers. The list of names, this “roll of honor,” records individual police officers (gardaí) who [...]

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Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers // Freelancing Experiments

Posted by Sacha Greif on August 27, 2012 · Comments Off

Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that the pressure of juggling multiple bosses and constant deadlines eventually started to wear me down. As a result, in the past couple of years I’ve been focusing more and more on personal projects, and thinking about [...]

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Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers // Freelancing Experiments

Posted by Sacha Greif on August 27, 2012 · Comments Off

Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that the pressure of juggling multiple bosses and constant deadlines eventually started to wear me down. As a result, in the past couple of years I’ve been focusing more and more on personal projects, and thinking about [...]

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The Art Of Staying Up To Date // How To Stay Current And Productive

Posted by Vasilis van Gemert on August 9, 2012 · Comments Off

An important part of our job is staying up to date. Technologies don’t really change that fast — HTML5 and CSS3 take a long time to be specified and implemented. But the ideas surrounding these technologies and the things we can do with them are constantly evolving, and hundreds of blog posts and articles are published every day. There’s no way [...]

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“I Draw Pictures All Day” // Why Doodling Is Important

Posted by Alma Hoffmann on August 3, 2012 · Comments Off

“So, you do nothing all day.” That’s how many people would respond to someone who says they spend the day with a pen or pencil in their hand. It’s often considered an empty practice, a waste of time. They’re seen as an empty mind puttering along with the busy work of scribbling. But for us designers and artists, drawing pictures all day is integral to [...]

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