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Head 2 head: Code snippet managers title fight!

Jon Bergan — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:29:50 +0000

Let’s just sit back for a second and ponder on how much time we wasted today. Sure, we designed this website and we developed that function – everything sounds peachy. But how much of that code did we frustratingly type out manually? How much of that damned code have we typed before and could have reused? Hell, if you’re [...]

The value based pricing method for designers

Marnie B — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:05 +0000

Designers and developers price their services in a myriad of different ways. Some charge an hourly rate. Some have set packages. Some randomly pluck figures out of the air with no real thought put into it. What I want to know is how many use value-based pricing? I’m a big believer in the value-based pricing method, [...]

A style guide for PHP developers

Jon Bergan — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:30:36 +0000

Editors note: Just a heads up for anyone reading this! My goal for this article was to produce a style guide for new developers or developers who were keen on refining their style. This is definitely not the only way you can style your code. There are many other fine examples produced by some well [...]

Facebook Credits: Buying online redefined?

Jon Bergan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:12:54 +0000

Facebook is standing at the foot of a potential gold mine with the introduction of its new Facebook Credits system. Having recently come out of beta within the last few weeks, Facebook has enough pull to redefine the meaning of e-commerce and change the way we as consumers and business owners trade online. We’re living in [...]

Adobe CS5: to upgrade or not to upgrade?

Marnie B — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:36:46 +0000

Since Adobe announced Creative Suite 5, I’ve had many conversations with other designers regarding whether or not an upgrade from CS4 to CS5 is worth the big bucks. If you’re anything like me, you upgraded to CS4 after years of using a very old version (no, I won’t tell you just how old), and [...]

The 5 minute task that could win you work

Marnie B — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:01:57 +0000

My graphic and web design company has been running for more than four years now, and there’s one thing I’ve noticed that gets more work in the door than anything else. You might think I’m talking about email marketing, cold calling or Google Adwords, but you’d be wrong. I’m talking about making the effort to [...]

Doing business on your own terms

Jon Bergan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:10:00 +0000

We’re business owners and we’re damn good at it, right? We love what we do and we pour buckets of blood, sweat and tears into our businesses each and every day, right? We feel so confident about what we’re doing that we wouldn’t change it for the world… well, mostly. But what happens when you have [...]

Designers can’t live without… iPhone apps

Marnie B — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:46:45 +0000

I’ve been on a mission lately to find some new iPhone apps as the usual ones just aren’t keeping me interested anymore. Tweetdeck, Facebook and Foursquare get a workout, but the rest of my apps just aren’t useful enough in an everyday sense. It got me thinking – what apps do other designers use most often? [...]

7 easy ways to stop working weekends

Jon Bergan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:41:21 +0000

Imagine this. It’s a Saturday morning, you’re sitting in your favourite arm chair, feet up and relaxing knowing that there is absolutely nothing you have to do today. No work. Nothing. You might have a hot cup of tea in one hand and your iPhone with Tweetdeck open in the other. You’re content just tweeting [...]

Beginners guide to a beautiful jQuery Form Pt. 2/2

Jon Bergan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:49:02 +0000

Welcome back! Did you miss me? Probably not, but that’s still cool. Where were we? Oh yes, in Part 1 of A Beginners Guide to a Beautiful jQuery Form, we stepped through the process of creating a simple web-based form, styling that form with some fairly basic CSS rules and adding some funky jQuery effects [...]