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What is the Trend for Web Design in 2012?
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Just one month and a half have passed in 2012 and there are some patterns which are quite easy to notice in how people design. Sure, most of them are similar to the ones of 2011 – it seems 2011 and 2012 will not be too different, however there might be some small changes which [...]
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How to Overcome the Bad Moments of Your Career Like a Boss
Posted on 20. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
There are lots of web design resources out there and learning all the skills you need is not a problem anymore – everybody can do it. But some of us (or better said, most of us) encounter the same logistical problems now and then during our freelance careers. Being able to create high quality websites [...]
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Why Did You Become a Web Designer?
Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
You are probably one of those who chose web design because you are passionate about it; or not. You may have chosen it because your father owned a design company and he wanted to integrate you into it. Or because you started off as a content writer and after writing on design topics for two [...]
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How to Beat Designer’s Block Like a Kung Fu Master
Posted on 08. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
If you have ever written articles for a blog or publication, you’ve definitely experienced what we call a writer’s block. By definition, this is an undetermined period during which a writer feels there is no inspiration for him anymore. Writer’s block can easily be a designer’s block and all of us can encounter a block [...]
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5 Tips to Improve Your Résumé
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Have you ever thought that the reason behind you not getting any design jobs is not the amount of skills you have, but the résumé you send to companies? Think that when companies post job openings hundreds of applications come in day by day and the HR manager needs to sort the bad ones out first. [...]
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First Steps in Creating a Web Design Business
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
You don’t like working for others and wish others worked for you? Are you also attracted to the idea of working with lots of people and multiple personalities? Then going for your own design company is something you might want to look into. Starting a web design business might seem something anybody can do, but [...]
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How To Charge More As a Freelancer
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Most freelancers out there work as a freelancer either because they are in need of a job or they want to increase their skills and improve their portfolio. But have you ever thought about the fact that all of us do it for money too? Now some of you might disagree with me and I [...]
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How to Properly Redesign a Website
Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Redesigning a website happens very often on the internet today. It can be thanks to the new technologies that appear one after another (and every one of us wants to stay in fashion) or because the rules change from month to month. Whatever the reason is, it is quite important to do it properly and [...]
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Guided Tour Through Web Design History
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Web design has been with us for a bit longer than 20 years now and sure, it is easy to criticize poorly designed websites nowadays, but few people really know how and where it all started. Things when web design started were really different – actually so different than such a website would be a [...]
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Stand Out Among Freelancers by Communicating with Your Client
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
While the internet becomes more and more accessible to everyone, some freelancers rarely use these new technologies to improve their marketing or client relations. These incredible technologies allow us to communicate easier with people from all over the world and to even optimize the communication with someone who is living close to us. Throughout my [...]
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CSS Tools for Designers and Developers
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
CSS tools are important for web designers and developers because they help them by simplifying the jobs they have to do. Considering time is money and such generators spare time, it is easy to understand why many web developers are excited about these tools. The only problem is that some of them are not well-known, [...]
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6 Things To Consider For A Better Web Design Career
Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
For most of us web design started as a passion or a part-time job. For many of us it started before we turned 18, but most of us ended up working full-time in an agency or as freelance web designers and developers and will probably continue doing so for years and years to come. But [...]
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8 Things Designers Should Teach Their Clients
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
When starting as a designer, you might encounter some issues along the way, especially in the relationships you develop with your clients. This happens mainly because the clients quite often have the wrong idea of what we actually do and think that “anybody can design a website”. In their opinion it is as easy as [...]
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Web Service Review: CSS Lint – Helping You Code Better
Posted on 14. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Coding is something that takes time to learn and novice developers might not use the best practices when converting web interfaces from a Photoshop file into a fully functional web site. It would be really good to have access to an experience programmer, but not everybody can afford to hire one or knows someone that [...]
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How to Make the Best out of the Fold
Posted on 12. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
The fold, also known as the scroll, is the position on a web site where the browsers will begin to scroll down. Elements that can’t be seen without scrolling down are “below the fold” and some people believe that it is smart to keep the important information above the fold and don’t force the user [...]
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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Freelancer
Posted on 08. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
Going freelance nowadays is a path many designers and developers take, not only because of job vacancies being on the low side, but also because there are some clear advantages to it. While working for a company is more secure and organized, going freelance is something most of us have thought about at least once. [...]
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25 Best Infographics Of 2011 That Are Still Relevant Today
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by Christian Vasile.
The year of 2011 went very fast for us in the development world and I am sure some of you accomplished important things for your career during this year. But besides our personal achievements, the whole industry managed to reach something that was unthinkable around 10 years ago. To show you how the web progressed [...]
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Web Design Mistakes and How to Solve Them
Posted on 30. Dec, 2011 by Christian Vasile.
Web design is such a broad field that mistakes can be spotted all over the place – it is almost impossible to deliver a product without a mistake until you undergo full testing, which not everybody has the financial power or time to do. These mistakes can range from a few pixels of padding missing [...]
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10 Things Beginner Developers Should Know
Posted on 27. Dec, 2011 by Christian Vasile.
If you are a novice developer, it might be confusing about where you should start, because the field is broad and provides many options for you. There are so many questions you might ask yourself, such as “What programming language should I learn?” or “Should I also know front-end, or only back-end?” And I am [...]
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The Grim Future of Web Browsers
Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by Christian Vasile.
Nothing new appearing today in the IT world is labelled as a surprise, because everything moves so fast and at some point in time you start to know when the big news hit the market. With the technology advancing so fast, especially all the mobile devices we call smartphones today part of the mainstream and [...]