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

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Will Replacing Creative Professionals with AI Backfire?

Will Replacing Creative Professionals with AI Backfire?

Freelance

AI could impact all creative professionals in one way or another. Web designers, developers, and graphic artists are among them.

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 Freelancer? It’s about Time

Want to Succeed as a Freelancer? It’s about Time

Freelance / 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

Freelance / 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

Freelance

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…

Things I’ve Learned From the WordPress Community

Things I’ve Learned From the WordPress Community

Freelance / Web Design / WordPress

We share a few valuable lessons we’ve learned from the WordPress community. Some may sound basic, but they’ve impacted both our careers and life.

How to Deal with Uncertain Times as a Web Designer

How to Deal with Uncertain Times as a Web Designer

Freelance

If recent global events have taught us anything, it’s that life as we know it can change in an instant. The things that once seemed certain and knowable become anything…

How Web Designers Are Adapting to Industry Changes

How Web Designers Are Adapting to Industry Changes

Freelance / WordPress

In my thoroughly unscientific observation, web designers appear to be frustrated with the state of things. We take a look at why that is.

Why You Should Conduct Annual Website Audits

Why You Should Conduct Annual Website Audits

Freelance / Web Design

We share some tips for auditing your own websites and those you manage for clients and what you can learn along the way.

Am I Developer Enough?

Am I Developer Enough?

Freelance

Addressing self-doubt in the tech industry, exploring what it means to be “developer enough” and how to embrace your skills.

The Grumpy Designer Asks: Are You Tired?

The Grumpy Designer Asks: Are You Tired?

Freelance / Web Design
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