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Freelance Career

Learn about the challenges and rewards of a freelance design career and take control of your self-employed professional life.

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Why Web Design Client Referrals Aren’t a Slam Dunk

Why Web Design Client Referrals Aren’t a Slam Dunk

Web Design

A client referral for your web design business has the potential to increase revenue and gain valuable experience. But there are no guarantees.

How Being Uncomfortable Can Make You a Better Web Designer

How Being Uncomfortable Can Make You a Better Web Designer

Web Design

Embrace discomfort to enhance your web design skills! Learn how stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to improved creativity.

How to be a Good Design Mentor

How to be a Good Design Mentor

Web Design

It can be a challenge advising another designer. Whether it’s general career advice, technical knowledge or even tips regarding client relations.

How to Structure Your Portfolio Site to Land a Design Job

How to Structure Your Portfolio Site to Land a Design Job

Web Design

We share a few of the lessons we learned while talking to industry professionals so you can build a unique portfolio site that showcases your work beautifully.

Things That Keep the Grumpy Designer Awake at Night

Things That Keep the Grumpy Designer Awake at Night

Web Design

A dive into the web-related issues that keep the Grumpy Designer up at night. Make a cup of coffee and join us on this nerve-wracking journey.

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

Freelance Design

I share some valuable lessons I’ve learned from my 25 years as a freelance web designers. Things that I hope will help you on your own journey.

Here’s What It Was like to Build a Website in the 90s

Here’s What It Was like to Build a Website in the 90s

Web Design

Building a website in the 90s was undeniably different. We made mistakes, but that’s OK, as the lessons learned have brought us to the present.

Twitter/X Is Doing Its Best to Chase Away Web Designers

Twitter/X Is Doing Its Best to Chase Away Web Designers

Web Design

I’ve stuck with Twitter – even through the awkward rebrand. But what about the many niche web design communities? Will they survive?

Want to Succeed as a Freelance Designer? It’s about Time

Want to Succeed as a Freelance Designer? It’s about Time

Freelance Design / Web Design

Discover key practices to thrive as a freelancer, balancing time and resources for a successful career.

The Bright Side of an Increasingly Homogeneous Web

The Bright Side of an Increasingly Homogeneous Web

Web Design

We discuss the positive effects of a more consolidated web and examine what this means for the web design community as a whole.

A Web Designer’s Education Never Stops

A Web Designer’s Education Never Stops

Web Design

One of the unique parts of being a web designer is that the job never stops evolving. From static HTML all the way to Content Management Systems – the way…

How to Deal with Uncertain Times as a Web Designer

How to Deal with Uncertain Times as a Web Designer

Web Design
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