Posts Tagged ‘Skills’
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Design Talent or Design Skill?
- August 5th, 2011
- 52 Comments
I’ve always wondered this: “Is there such thing as a talented designer? Or is good design a skill? Or maybe to be a great designer, you need a combination of talent, skill, and experience.” Well, I guess it would depend on your definition of what talent and skill is. I ...
Read more...How To Become a Better Reader
- February 21st, 2011
- 42 Comments
There are literally dozens of articles online about how to write better articles, but I’ve never come across one with tips on being a better reader. This is a shame, because it’s not all about the writer; for every writer of a Web design blog, there are 10,000 readers. So ...
Read more...Increasing Innovation with Hack Nights
- July 8th, 2010
- 20 Comments
If you work at an agency or design house, chances are that most of your time is spent working on client projects. After months of bending over backwards to meet your clients’ demands, work may start to get a little stale. At this point, it’s okay to become a little ...
Read more...Insights Into the Running of a Design Business
- May 27th, 2010
- 63 Comments
When I left my job almost 2 years ago to start my own graphic design business, there were a few, let’s say, surprises. The biggest of which was that the majority of my time was being spent running the business, and not actually designing. It is quite difficult to put ...
Read more...Seven Tips for Your Design Job Interview
- May 4th, 2010
- 88 Comments
I’m not the best web designer or graphic designer out there and I don’t claim to be, but I do have experience in getting jobs in the industry. I’ve worked for all kinds of companies since graduating from high school. I’ve worked as a web designer, graphic designer, and ...
Read more...Choosing Your First Full Time Position Wisely
- April 22nd, 2010
- 38 Comments
Being a web developer or designer is a great job. Working full-time doing the things you love and having the ability to work freelance on the side is a plus. But being a college student looking for placement, or fresh out of school and looking for your first full time ...
Read more...Meeting Your Client for the First Time
- April 13th, 2010
- 60 Comments
When I first started out as a freelancer and got my first client – the prospect of meeting him was daunting to say the least. Over time, my confidence grew which led me to write a short overview of points related to that first crucial introduction here. However, ...
Read more...What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Freelancing
- April 5th, 2010
- 84 Comments
I’ve been freelancing as a brand identity artist for about a year now and there are some things I have learned along the way. I researched a lot of articles about freelancing but all of them tended to say the same things, like don’t quit your day job until you ...
Read more...What Every Designer Should Do Right Now
- March 16th, 2010
- 162 Comments
While trying to balance the different areas of our life, there are things that we often forget and neglect to do. With today’s fast-paced society and the busyness of our every day, we tend to overlook some important things. I would like to remind every designer today about some of ...
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