Everyone knows about it — at least, in theory. SEO – Search Engine Optimization. The Golden Ticket to Getting Noticed on the Internet.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of companies out there –some legitimate, some preying on a general lack of knowledge — who make a living off getting your site noticed. And if you run a large ecommerce …

I was reading through my daily feeds this morning and came across an article in Freelance Folder that touched a nerve for me, Feeling Guilty About Taking Time Off.
I don’t know how many times I’ve complained about these same things the author talks about. Since becoming a freelancer, I work an average of 12 to 16 hours a day, …

Freelancing is attractive to a lot of people because of the opportunity to work on your own and to set your own hours. However, in reality most full-time freelancers face a lot of stress and experience burnout in their work on a regular basis.

Like most designers, I subscribe to a lot of feeds and thus do a lot of daily reading about the industry. For one thing, competition is tough; it can be a full-time job just trying to keep up with the crowd. But I also enjoy that birds-of-a-feather mentality that comes from knowing I’m not the only one with slow-paying or …

The new 3D tools in Photoshop CS5 are more advanced than ever. In this tutorial we will use the new Repoussé tool to extrude some text in a way previously only possible in a full 3D application.

As any designer knows, finding inspiration can sometimes be more work than the actual design. I know I’ve personally spent hours link-hopping from one design gallery to another looking for that certain something that will trigger an idea.

What a great week to launch my new Nytpad blog. Starting it off with a bang on Monday with the launch of  Adobe’s new CS5 applications.