From the monthly archives: July 2010
Is the Title “Freelancer” a Turn-Off? via Freelance Folder How Web Designers Can Adopt a Global Mindset via Six Revisions 25 Beautiful Travel and Tourism Websites via Vandelay Design Best Tools for Testing Cross Browser Compatibility via DJDesignerLab 5 Web Files That Will Improve Your Website via Six Revisions
“For a long time, even when I was going to school, we were taught that the structure of the human brain was basically fixed by the time we got to our early 20s. But it’s become clear in the last few decades that in fact, even the adult human brain is quite malleable. And our [...]
Heading to Africa or the tropics anytime soon? Consider Chris Blattman’s list of essentials. And don’t forget to read the original list too. Good stuff from @cblatts as usual. Reasons to buy a pink car via RovingBandit It’s now legal to jailbreak your iPhone. But proceed with caution. Flying cars? God save us all. Why [...]
There are lots of people out there who feel as though they have failed at something they anticipated to have high success with. And some of us truly have failed, not only once but multiple times (myself included). But, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I’m finding the case is [...]
A Complete Guide To Tumblr via Smashing Magazine Energy retrofits could save $41 billion a year via CNET Asia and Africa, Fastest Growing Facebook Regions via Appfrica Report : Why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual education via SocioLingo Africa Why Don’t The French Get As Fat As Americans? via Barking [...]
“What is really happening when you post a photo to Facebook? What about a tweet on Twitter? What about when you broadcast your location via Foursquare? You’re looking for attention and you’re looking for some kind of recognition/acknowledgement from your social graph. Many people will read this and think that’s a negative thing. It isn’t. [...]
Hard to believe that this month it has been 5 years since I visited Africa for the first time. I volunteered for a span of two months setting up solar-powered satellite Internet stations in South Sudan. These stations were to be used by local NGO’s, government, schools, etc for communication and educational purposes. Over the [...]
Working as a Web professional, whether you are a designer, programmer, or social media specialist, one thing is certain. Only the strong evolving survive. I work in all three of those capacities both for my full-time job and as a freelancer and have seen advancements happening so fast that it is practically impossible to keep [...]
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