I’m far behind in this 31 Days chal­lenge, but I fig­ure it’s bet­ter late than never! The task this time is to ana­lyze another suc­cess­ful blog. I’ve picked Gra­ham Smith’s ImJustCreative.com to review, as it seems to be a sim­i­lar setup to my own com­bi­na­tion of port­fo­lio and blog. Here are some of my thoughts. Read More »

Chris Rossi over at mod­bird has put together a great list on her site of busi­ness card print­ers. I’ve per­son­ally used Moo, uPrint­ing and VistaPrint and have got­ten great results from all. I absolutely love my Moo mini cards. She also has some really good points about the card design process and the impor­tance of hav­ing a good card. Check it out!

um, do you have a card?

(This post is Day 7 of the 31 Days to Build a Bet­ter Blog chal­lenge. To find out more about the chal­lenge, visit ProBlog­ger. To see all my arti­cles dur­ing the chal­lenge, click here.)

The most impor­tant thing you can do as a designer is to keep up with cur­rent design trends and ideas. You need to be able to know what the big ideas are so you can both use them as inspi­ra­tion, as well as avoid cre­at­ing some­thing that looks cliché. Here are five great sites to keep up with what’s going on in the world of design. Read More »

I’m par­tic­i­pat­ing in the ProBlog­ger 31 Days to Build a Bet­ter Blog chal­lenge. I’ve got­ten a late start (spam fil­ter fail) but I’m excited to work on it. The first day’s chal­lenge is:

Write an Ele­va­tor Pitch for Your Blog

Basi­cally, an ele­va­tor pitch is a short overview that can be deliv­ered in the time span of an ele­va­tor ride. Read More »