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Friday, March 30th, 2007
While in the process of switching from full-time web developer to full-time blogger I need to make sure I don’t ignore steps 3 and 5, “Finish your current work”.
The last couple of days I have tried so hard not to get distracted from my work, and I succeeded most of the time. So now and […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Even though there are people who would like you to think that there are a lot of easy ways to get ahead in the blogosphere, the right ways to get ahead take time and patience.
This morning I read Seth Godin’s article about shortcuts people are taking to avoid certain obstacles. He described cab drivers who […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
PayPal has been around for a while. I’ve been trying for years to get a paypal account, but they still don’t have Suriname listed.
So I went looking for something different and stumbled upon Moneybookers (aff).
I went asking around and reading in forums and it seems that a lot of people, who live in countries which […]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
I was stunned to see a digg pop up in my feed reader that linked to Dan Cederholm’s Flikr entry where he pointed out that LogoMaid, some mass logo producing company, has ripped his logo.
Within no time the web design community came to Dan’s defense in torpedoing LogoMaid and their representatives, who also comment.
This is […]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Often we read about people trading their fulltime job for a different kind of job. After doing some research I decided to move from fulltime web designer to fulltime blogger. This is not a process that’s done overnight.
1. Start your blog
I think it’s very important to first start with your blog. This way, you can […]
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
Today I had a good conversation with my friend Rafiek about how I feel about web design. This conversation helped me understand some important things that are happening in my professional life right now.
I recently found that I don’t have as much interest in building websites for others as I used to have. I can […]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Most of the time, especially in countries where the Internet is still seen as a luxury instead of a necessity, it is difficult to explain to web design customers how to make the design of a website attractive. Sometimes I get so irritated by those things we as designers hear. Here is an example of […]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Even though I learned most of what I know from the Internet, I personally still enjoy using a real book as guide. We got lazy, I think, because it’s a lot easier to keep sitting behind the keyboard and to read something.
I use ebooks to see if the hard copy will be worth buying. I […]
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Can you do without your computer for 24 hours? Will you survive?
Shutdown day is a website that will run an experiment to see how many people around the world can spend a day, 24 hours, without turning on their computer. They declared Saturday, March 24 2007 the International Shutdown Day, according to Rose DesRochers.
Can you […]
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Even though I think it’s clear for a lot of folks what you need to have a website online, it’s good to summarize it so now and then, because it can help refresh the memory, but it is also valuable information for those who don’t.
To have a website online, the most important things you need […]
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