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How to Deal with the Isolation of Freelance Life

How to Deal with the Isolation of Freelance Life

Freelance

For all the benefits of working from home, there’s also a real sense of isolation. The following are tips for beating those stuck-in-your-home-office blues.

Here’s Why AI Is Unlikely to Harm Your Web Design Career

Here’s Why AI Is Unlikely to Harm Your Web Design Career

Freelance / Web Design

The impact of AI on web design careers, examining how technology shapes the industry and opportunities for designers.

Too Many Threads: A Scattered Approach to Coding

Too Many Threads: A Scattered Approach to Coding

Web Design

The internet is indeed a wonderful thing. You can get answers to virtually any question – some may even be true. Web designers know this all too well, as we…

How to Adjust to Larger Web Design Projects

How to Adjust to Larger Web Design Projects

Freelance

Strategies for managing and adjusting to larger web projects, ensuring successful outcomes and client satisfaction.

Together at Home: Managing Kids and Your Web Design Business

Together at Home: Managing Kids and Your Web Design Business

Freelance

Embracing remote collaboration, “Together at Home” showcases how designers can thrive while working from home.

The Kindness of Strangers: Developer Edition

The Kindness of Strangers: Developer Edition

Freelance / Web Design

I’ve likely said it a million times and in various ways: there’s something incredibly special about the web design community. Sure, it’s highly-competitive. Yet is comprised of people who are…

How to Determine Which Skills You Should Learn

How to Determine Which Skills You Should Learn

Freelance

When you take a look around at various web design publications, you often see headlines touting the next big thing. It might be a tool, a programming language or a…

What Will the Freelance Web Design Business Look Like Post-Pandemic?

What Will the Freelance Web Design Business Look Like Post-Pandemic?

Freelance

We’ve been wondering what things will look like post-pandemic and have taken a look at how things may change for freelancers once social distancing ends and we get back to normal.

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

Freelance

The Grumpy Designer’s declaration to continue working from home, valuing comfort over office life.

Reasons to Be Thankful: Bright Spots for Web Designers

Reasons to Be Thankful: Bright Spots for Web Designers

Freelance

When the world seemingly changed overnight due to COVID-19, it was surreal. Maybe your surroundings looked exactly the same. Your to-do list contained the same projects. Even if things were…

When I Get out of Here: The Grumpy Designer’s Post-Quarantine Bucket List

When I Get out of Here: The Grumpy Designer’s Post-Quarantine Bucket List

Freelance

The Grumpy Designer’s humorous wishlist for life after quarantine, blending personal and professional desires.

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

Freelance / Web Design

Web designers have the ability to work from just about anywhere. Still, just because something is technically possible doesn’t mean it’s easy. If you suddenly find yourself working remotely on…

How Web Designers Benefit from Open Source

How Web Designers Benefit from Open Source

Web Design

Part of being a successful web designer is having the right tools (and the requisite knowledge) to get the job done. Fortunately, those of us who work in this industry…

Why In-Person Conferences are Still Relevant for Web Designers

Why In-Person Conferences are Still Relevant for Web Designers

Freelance / Web Design

Examining the relevance of in-person conferences for web designers in an increasingly digital world and their impact on professional growth.

How Losing a Big Client Changed My Career for the Better

How Losing a Big Client Changed My Career for the Better

Freelance

A personal account of how losing a major client can lead to career growth and new opportunities in web design.

How to Find the Real Value of Social Media for Web Designers

How to Find the Real Value of Social Media for Web Designers

Freelance

A few years ago, social media was the apple of every marketer’s eye. It was supposed to boost our businesses and provide a whole new level of engagement with potential…

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Marketing

The right tools are what separates businesses that run smoothly from those that don’t. They’re the difference between companies that collaborate to get things done and those who can’t seem…

There Are Questions Even a Grumpy Designer Can’t Answer

There Are Questions Even a Grumpy Designer Can’t Answer

Freelance
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