What do I do?

April 24, 2009  FILED TO: Web Design

Here’s a great explanation!

This YUI Theater entry captures one of the courses Nate has taught at Yahoo, “Professional Frontend Engineering.” It covers the foundations of the discipline, some of its core ideas, and some of of its best practices. If you are looking to reset your own assumptions about “web development” or “frontend work”, I know of no better place to start. If you have friends who are new to the discipline, or backend engineers transitioning to the frontend, this is also a fantastic resource to which you can point them.

         

Why you should sell SEO and copywriting

April 17, 2009  FILED TO: Business Management, Search Engine Optimisation, Web Design

When I started out as a freelance web designer I knew that Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and professional copywriting are important, but as I was still new to the business, my focus was on getting work; my goal, whenever I drafted a quote, was to propose the cheapest possible option that would allow me to create a professional-looking site without underselling myself. I didn’t have the skills or the contacts to offer SEO or copywriting so it was something I avoided.

         

Podcast your blog with Talkr

April 1, 2009  FILED TO: Blog, Software, Technical, Web Design

For quite some time now I’ve had an audio version of my RSS feed available but as it didn’t work at first for some reason, I forgot about it. I was cleaning out my feeds recently and found that all of my recent posts were there with audio files ready to download – and they worked!

         

Link Review: Handy sites for web professionals

March 31, 2009  FILED TO: Cool sites, Software, Web Design

After a year of studying full-time, I’m finally starting to catch up on what new cool tools and sites there are out there for web designers and developers. Here are a few I’ve come across lately, as well as some interesting articles.