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10 Absolute No’s for Freelancers
While Creative Bits is usually light on compelling content, this list clearly defines common mistakes that freelancers or small studios make. Here are the best three: Read more…
Bento: Personal Database Software for Mac Users
Filemaker has released a public beta of Bento, a simple database solution for keeping track of anything you like. John Gruber has already had some excellent input that helps establish Bento as the perfect organization tool for Mac OS X and iLife/iWork lovers. We absolutely loved it, too. However, we do have some concerns that we’ve already shared on the Bento forum: Read more…
The Nerd Handbook
This one’s for you developers or fellow designer-slash’s out there. Rands in Repose writes an intelligent piece about how to handle that special nerd in your life. It covers everything from the nerd Cave (work area) to the quick and cynical sense of humor that nerds use to analyze what’s happening around them. You’ll definitely be sending your significant other a link - as we did. Read more…
Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen
Those who work with CSS can probably relate to this scenario. You make a font-size change to your p tag, save, hit Alt-Tab to your browser, refresh, and realize that the new size just plain sucks. Rinse and repeat.
Typetester is a handy little tool that let’s you see a live preview of what your CSS typography changes will look like. A series of dropdowns make the tool very easy to use and when your text looks just the way you want it, a pop-up gives you the CSS to copy into your stylesheet. We love it. Read more…
Make My Logo Bigger Cream
One of the few downsides of doing freelance design work of any kind is dealing with clients who don’t respect your talents as the design expert. Every freelancer has dealt with the type of clients that this video is aimed at. We almost fell off our chairs we were laughing so hard. Enjoy! Read more…
