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Stop the Graying of Sites Trend
May 7th, 2008 |The messages many sites send when they use gray text on a white background is, “We don’t want you to read our content,” “Our content isn’t worth your time,” and “We want you to struggle reading our content because we think black is boring.” #333333, #666666, #999999, and #cccccc (various shades of gray) are almost black, […]
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4 More Tips for a Good Twitter Experience
April 22nd, 2008 |Although Twitter hasn’t done much for my writing business, it keeps me in touch with friends and colleagues. It did contribute to my previous post. I decided to ask twitterville what they did whenever they become lethargic when they need to write. It worked well. As much as I’d like to regularly ask questions, overdoing it […]
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Blogging Lessons from a Match up
April 8th, 2008 |I survived my first Writing Blog March Madness match up. However, it was no easy win so advancing rounds will be nail-biters. As if the first one wasn’t. Community: The weakest spot in this blog is the lack of community. John’s right about that and it has puzzled me. For a while, I tried posing open-ended […]
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Question Your Work
April 3rd, 2008 |37signals asks eight questions before, during, and sometimes after working on a project or task. These questions work well for writers and other freelancers. Those of us who work solo rarely have anyone to check with us to make sure we’re on the right track. So we need to help ourselves figure out if we’re on […]
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Links: 2008-03-19
March 19th, 2008 |Early links. Spring break. Loads of offline resources for design inspiration. TypeFlash: Enter text, pick a typeface, modify it, and have fun. My youngest kept wanting to return to this site to see his name in different designs and colors. I told him we have lots more to explore! […]
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Links: 2008-03-07
March 7th, 2008 |Freelance Writing Fees: Anne Wayman has great series of articles to help writers with their fees. Unfortunately, writers won’t find a straight answer and it’s up to us to figure out our fees. But resources like this can help with the process. 70 logo design resources: I love […]
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Real-life Examples of Why Content Reigns and Design Boosts
February 25th, 2008 |How content and design play together… In the game of chess (kind of hard to shake this analogy when you’re trying to avoid “Content is queen/king.”), the strategies and the moves equate to content. They fascinate chess players and chess fans. The board with its squares keep the content on track. […]
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Links: 2007-10-12
October 12th, 2007 |Put an Office in Your Pocket: What portable applications to load on a USB drive for easy portability. Knowmore is an online database that uses color-coding — a great visual tool — to rate companies. Effective filing Search for people with Spock […]
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Control Feature Creep
September 17th, 2007 |Every new release of an application adds more features, but not always for the better. Get ten tips for getting feature frenzy under control. In writing an article about social network sites, I looked at over two dozen sites like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Sermo, TravBuddy, MyCreativeCommunity. Wikipedia provides a list of many social networking […]
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The Dark Side of Designing on Spec
October 2nd, 2006 |When I posted the entry about designing a logo, I didn’t expect to get the kind of emails I did about designing on specs. I didn’t think about the issue with such “contests” where a business posts its requirements and offers a set price. People would respond with their creations and then the business picks […]
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