Shop Window sites – An overview of... Even if the nineties have long gone, there are still many sites designed as online brochures. We should probably ignore this kind of sites, as Google, Bing and Yahoo ignore them and potential customers stay away from them driven by gut instinct. However, for a freelance web designer, sometimes it’s...

Self-employed Web Designer? Consider ren... I took the plunge of going self-employed 6 months ago and truly, I have not looked back. This lifestyle is so much better – I can manage my own time, I value my hours and money more and I get to work from any location. Currently my chosen location is my home. I don’t intend it to be this way forever,...

Google Wave + iPhone = The Web Of the Fu... Social networking and bookmarking tools have been growing since they hit the mainstream in 2005/2006. Nearly everybody uses Facebook, and those who don’t at least have an account. Webmasters are harnessing bookmarking technologies such as Digg.com which allow people to post links to their favourite...

Design a Business Card, Beginner Photosh... As Robert Rodriguez once said (in “Rebel Without a Crew”), if you want to be a director go and have some business card printed with “film director” as a title. The same holds true for Web Designers, I think. In this tutorial I will explain how to design a simple business card in Adobe...

Freelance Webdesigner – They Have ... Excuse me for the Battlestar Galactica pun, but to become a freelance webdesigner and enjoy some success you really have to act like a Cylon: prepare, plan and act. First of all: structure your workload for a happy life! You will find yourself buried if you don’t plan your work. Think about working in a...

Start a freelance web design career R... I have been freelancing for a couple of years and between then and now, I’ve come across all sorts of people and done quite a lot of varied work over multiple sectors. The experience in both industry and life that I have gained has been absolutely invaluable and this has helped me develop into the person I...