Posted under Blog Action Day & Blogging & Charity & Morals
Today, October 15th is the second annual Blog Action Day!
Blog owners worldwide our blogging about Poverty in hopes to spread awareness and encourage people to change the world.
Every minute of every day some poor soul has died from hunger or disease. Something that could be prevented if they were given a hand up.
Posted under Art Institute & Freelance & Tutorial & Tutorial Series & Web Design & css & tableless & xhtml
I recently received a request from a student of the Art Institute Online to write a tutorial on how to build a static website. She specifically wants to know how to have a header image remain in place while navigating through the various pages.
There are thousands of beginner tutorials out there about how to build a website and such but those make the learner feel as though the tutorial writer thinks everyone is 12 years old. If they don’t make you feel 12 years old then they make you feel like you are learning disabled if you are not already a competent web developer.
Posted under Business Matters & Copyright & Ethics & Graphic Design & Intellectual Property & Legal Issues
Most people are extremely confused about copyright law and what constitutes as “fair use” and whether or not you should ask for permission to use someone else’s copyrighted works. As a former Intellectual Property paralegal I know how important it is to use materials that are either royalty free of have been granted free to use via written permission from the creator or is in the public domain.
Posted under Blogging
Just a short note to let you all know that I will be back to posting blog entries again soon.
Due to Hurricane Ike everything is out of sync and I’m running around trying to catch up with work!
Thank you all for your patience. I have a few entries I’m working on for you all including a scam notice!
