Posted under Comic Strips & Comics & Freelance & Freelance Freedom & FreelanceSwitch & PixelGirl
As many of you know, I am the manager over at the FreelanceSwitch community. To encourage community involvement I’ve began a new feature called "Question of the Week."
As the name implies I post a random question each week for the members to respond to. The questions are completely random and are not always going to be design or freelance related.
Posted under Business Matters & Intellectual Property & Legal Issues & Trademarks
Most businesses benefit greatly from having a successful well established trademark. Think of it as having a good reputation. If you are a great person who is always friendly and pleasant to be around, your reputation begins acting as a trademark for your persona. The same can be said for your business. To establish a successful trademark you should consider the following characteristics:
Posted under Client Relations & Copyright & Intellectual Property & Legal Issues & Trademarks & Web Design
The article “Keywords, Meta Tags and Trademarks” is one we all as creative professionals should take to heart. Many creative professionals add meta tags in websites unbeknownst to them that they are possibly committing trademark infringement. Attorney Ivan Hoffman’s article poses to shed some light into trademark infringement in regards to web development.
Posted under Blogging & Client Relations & Death & Friendship & Web Design
Over the last few weeks I’ve received a surge of visitors leaving comments on my Death of a Client post.
Castle of Spirits is such an integral part of many peoples lives. When the website stopped being updated regularly fans became concerned. After a few Google searches the COS visitors stumbled across my post.
Posted under Copyright & Ethics & Freelance & Intellectual Property & Morals & Web Design
As a creative I often scour the Internet looking for inspiration for my own creative endeavors. It seems there are inspirational websites popping up everywhere you look.
There are websites to showcase beautiful CSS design, websites to assist with developing color pallets, and stock image websites to drool over gorgeous photography.
Posted under Antiques & Cell Phones & High Tech & Home Office & Nostalgia & Smart Phones & Technology & Text Messaging
Earlier this evening we had the misfortune of being without power. This predicament is fairly common in our area thanks to a few irresponsible homeowners who live down the road. It seems they allow their trees to become severely overgrown with vines and these vines then attach themselves to the power lines.
Now, I am no electrician… the electrician in the family is my brother, William. However, I am thinking that these overgrown vines must put some kind of strain on the power lines because every time the vines become out of control it blows a fuse in the street transformer!
Posted under Client Relations & Death & Friendship & Web Design
Like many people I adore watching television shows about ghosts and paranormal such as Ghost Hunters on The Sci-Fi Channel. There is just something about the unknown that really manages to draw in people from all walks of life.
Believing in ghosts, life after death or paranormal activity is a personal choice and not one that I’m going to try to persuade otherwise. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs.
Because I do believe that some spirits stay behind after death, whether willingly or not, I was extremely excited to be hired by one particular lady.
Posted under Home Office & Privacy & Private Office Space & Private Spaces
In a world of social networking (think Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn), it seems our privacy is all but diminishing.
Imagine your own fort for working in complete solitude. Wouldn’t you get 70% more work completed if you could isolate yourself in near total seclusion?
Posted under Blogging & Friendship & Love & Relationships & Online Relationships
Apparently love is in the air!
Some of you know I’ve been dating an absolutely wonderful man, Trey, who I am crazy about. He, like me, is a fellow geek… but more on the techie side.
Since dating Trey, like many of you, I see lovey dovey mushy stuff everywhere and am often inclined to give out a twitterpated *sigh*
Posted under Art Institute & Higher Education & Professors & Web Design
I swear, for such a “prestigious” institute of higher learning the Art Institute of Pittsburgh sure hires inadequate professors. It seems like every other instructor I get is either incompetent in their field, dang near an absentee instructor, or both!
For those of you who do not know me personally, I’m receiving my B.S. in Interactive Media and Web Design and will soon be receiving my M.S. in Educational Technology. I have been designing and developing websites professionally for a few years now and love, almost, every minute of it. I also privately tutor a few adults in web design for a nominal fee. So, as anyone can see, I’m quite experienced in web design!
