5 Mindsets to Reshape Your Networking
121 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Marketing

Does anyone besides cringe at the time that they hear the term “networking”? The term, when defined as “making social connections in the interest of your career,” is about as cold being of the kind which you can get. And yet, we all feel like this is something we’re supposed to be doing. “Never eat alone,” the business pundits take an account of us. It’s even worse when like networking is scheduled. You go to a conference and scheduled between the keynote rate and lunch are 45 minutes notable “Networking Time” (of process, you assume that the conference coordinators virtuous wanted one less speaker to pay). (Read the full post about ‘5 Mindsets to Reshape Your Networking’…)

Five Hard Truths About Blogging
112 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Blogging

Although I’ve had my share of itinerant blogging in the past, about five months ago I decided to create a professional blog surrounding the efforts I’ve wearied over half my life studying and working in. Thus began Wake Up Later and it’s the first blog that I’ve found myself abundantly committed to. Although I am rather prosperous to see its solid progress, I’ve had to learn other hard truths about blogging along the way. Then again, if I knew these before, maybe I would have never begun in the first place. (Read the full post about ‘Five Hard Truths About Blogging’…)

8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make
128 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Website Building

An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often attain to designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at intention. Speaking of the same kind with a developer who spent his university years studying among other developers, I can safely say that programmers are not designers. Thankfully, we were graded rear then for having reusable code and proper OO methodology — not ever for our aesthetics. (Read the full post about ‘8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make’…)

Client Communication: The Most Important Part of Freelancing
94 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Freelance Lessons

As a solo freelancer, the easiest and most conformable second nature to find work is to connect with design or marketing firms who are looking for trusty contractors. In truth, over half of my own clients are firms who appliance me as a website contractor. So over the years, I’ve had a good allotment of conversations through clients respecting their frustrations with other freelancers (usually resulting in more work for me). Interestingly enough, the most common problem these clients have with freelancers is not related to faculty or skill, but rather communication. (Read the full post about ‘Client Communication: The Most Important Part of Freelancing’…)

GroupThink: Your Favorite Productivity Tip
108 Days Ago
–> Written by means of Samuel in GroupThink

In the corporate world, there is sometimes a disengage between productivity and personal increase (i.e., a person who works two times as fast as his co-workers does not necessarily make twice to the degree that much or advance twice as fast). But when you’re working for yourself, whether part-time or full, productivity becomes your greatest asset and each little tip multiplies your fortunate hit. (Read the full post about ‘GroupThink: Your Favorite Productivity Tip’…)

Updates and Outside Articles
71 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in News

It’s been a little while since the last entrance, so here are a few updates and outside articles written elsewhere.

Weekly Web Stuff
We’ve posted another series of interesting websites on the right. This week the links include Holgas, free stuff that is actually useful, a great list of fonts for the community who don’t use them much, and, of course, a series of photos involving soft toys.

Outside Articles
Every one time in a while, I get the suitable to write in many. (Read the full post about ‘Updates and Outside Articles’…)

Setting Guidelines for Turning Down Freelance Work
88 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Freelance Lessons

Throughout the span of this blog’s existence, the controversy I’ve seen most is, “How have power to I find more/better freelance work?” To be assured, this is probably a key aspect for most numerous freelancers, often causing them to accept work that is not necessarily profitable or within their talent scope. This is not always a bad thing ago such work is sometimes necessary (or at smallest instructive) during the at the beginning growth of a freelance career. (Read the full post about ‘Setting Guidelines for Turning Down Freelance Work’…)

Thanks to Our February Sponsors
131 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in News

Just wanted to say “Thank You” to the sponsors and partners who advertise here. I believe they all provide dignified value and hope you be able to get hold of the time to check them out. This month, we have:

XHTMLiT
I love any service that increases business productivity (and profit) while decreasing “nimble work.” XHTMLiT is common such service, taking your design files (PSD, AI, etc.) and turnery them into standards-compliant XHTML/CSS within individual business day. (Read the full post about ‘Thanks to Our February Sponsors’…)

An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications
115 Days Ago
–> Written through Samuel in Website Building

In some ways, webpages have’t changed a whole lot inasmuch as HTML 4.0 came out almost ten years ago (an eternity in the world of technology). Sure, more designers have taken up dwelling online, improving the quality of web aesthetics and improving on CSS usage. And yes, server technologies have improved, along with programming languages to support more robust experiences. But all in all, from 2000 up until recently, we’re seeing more of the same type of user interactivity. (Read the full post about ‘An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications’…)

6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong
33 Days Ago
–> Written by Samuel in Website Building

It’s recently occurred to me that I’ve been doing Flash sites now for 10 years and have seen it come a slack way since Flash 4, where I first cut my teeth on Actionscript, tweening, and pixel fonts. Over the years, I’ve seen and done many projects, some of which utilized Flash in very useful ways, while others had nay business using it. Sometimes, a Flash implementation hurt the company, detracted from the site’s purpose, and had poor results (all the while costing them more to build the site in the frst portion). (Read the full post about ‘6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong’…)