Freelancer Friday: 13 Questions with Roger Johansson
Who
Roger Johansson needs very little introduction. Most known for his blog 456 Berea Street. You'll always find awesome great articles, book reviews, and even thought provoking questions.
7 Ways to foster Passion in Your Web Design Business
Q: What is something that no one can give you?
If you guessed passion then you are right. There are many things that mentors, guides, friends, and teachers can give you, but passion isn't one of them. Those people can light the fire, stoke it, and even put it out, but they cannot manufacturer it. You can't even manufacturer it, but you can nurture your passion. So here are 7 ways you can foster your passion.
Bookmarkables for 27 August 2007
Weekly web design business resources I run across. I have several for you this week, I hope you enjoy. I've added or voted up every site you see below via stumble upon as a way of sharing the resource. If you've found something to be bookmarkable this week please send it to me or add it to the comments below.
- Josh Pigford of The Apple Blog gives us 30 Apps to Run your Business By.
- The Best Logo details Six Things a Good Company Logo Design Must Have.
- Tech Magazine writes the Full Web 2.0 API List. Every developer looking to integrate technologies needs API's so this list should come in handy.
- Designer Daily provides us with 10 lists every good designer should bookmark.
- Now this one is a bit old, but worth sharing. Typetester has a cool tool to allow the Comparison of Fonts for the Screen. Very useful.
- Lastly, and this one isn't specifically web design related but it is really cool. Microsoft Live Labs has something called Photosynth. A pretty cool 3D space type photo gallery. Very cool.
Freelancer Friday: 13 Questions with Nick Finck
Who
Nick Finck is likely most known for his online magazine, Digital Web Magazine. He also has a personal site and is part of Blue Flavor a co-operative company with many other well known web designers and developers.
Bookmarkables for 20 August 2007
Web design businesses always need to be on the lookout for resources and training. This week's bookmarkables are for advertising, value, and CSS resources. If you've found something to be bookmarkable this week please send it to me or add it to the comments below.
- Sara Pacopac of Blue Jar writes about 15 Unique Ways to Advertise Your Website Offline. Some very nice ways. Time to start advertising your website offline too!
- Richard Ziade of Sketchcasting presents a quick sketchcast titled Value vs. Complexity & the Product Management Trap. This is a great starter video covering managing products. Very applicable to those web design companies who are thinking about launching a web application.
- Webmaster-Source provides us with 47 CSS Tutorials, Techniques and Resources. As website designers and developers we can never have too many CSS resources.