Getting to No

Such a great read on picking your clients… even in this economy.
Determining which prospects you want to work with is often considered a luxury. Don’t think of it that way. Even if the economy is in the tank and you absolutely need the gig, you should be very …

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From PSD to WP series – Part II

It’s finally published.
From Photoshop to Wordpress – Part II – Coding
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… lesson learned. I never thought it would have taken me so long to write it but life comes at you with unexpected road bumps and you just have to …

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Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned.
Visit: Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

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textorize: Pristine Font rendering for the Web

We all want really nice looking web typography, and there’s a ton of solutions out there. Here’s mine. I’ve to warn you, it’s very lo-tech. It’s done with images. But with really nice ones.
Visit: textorize: Pristine Font rendering for the Web

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Grand Opening of Collision Hosting

Finally! Our very first project is out of the gate!

This project was started last year when Jacob proposed it to Linda and myself. Actually, I suggest “Draft 1″ back in February of this year but the whole company name, domain, etc… was started late 2008.
Anyways, …

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September HTML5 spec changes

September being one month before the HTML5 spec goes to last call in October, there’s been a few significant changes to the HTML5 spec that we wanted to briefly share with our patients.
Visit: September HTML5 spec changes

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It’s quiet in here

I know I’ve been quiet for the past month and quite frankly (and as usual), it’s been busy times both on a personal/family level and work level.
I usually never do much in the summer because that sun is just way too inviting to stay indoors, but this year it’s …

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Portfolio finally opened!

It was back in November when I announced that my “portfolio closed down for re-design“. That was 9 month ago! And now I’m happy to say that I’ve finally got the chance to finish the re-design and open it up.

I pretty much stuck to the mock-up I had originally …

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Mistakes you learn from

I’m a firm believer in one must “learn from their mistakes” in order to grow and well… learn. And so I learned that when creating tutorials in parts, ALWAYS do the whole thing before releasing the first part.

Yep… I’m talking about my tutorial series I …

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Mistakes you learn from

I’m a firm believer in one must “learn from their mistakes” in order to grow and well… learn. And so I learned that when creating tutorials in parts, ALWAYS do the whole thing before releasing the first part.

Yep… I’m talking about my tutorial series I …

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A new design digger

Well… it’s not really new but it sure as heck look new. DesignBump got a fresh coat of paint last week and it’s looking great!

I’ve known of the site from a while back but it didn’t make an impression with me at all back then. The design look quite outdated …

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One for improving your design skills

I wrote an article for The Web Squeeze yesterday and I’m really happy with the way it turned out. The inspiration for it came all so quickly.

Our forum is such a great place to get inspiration for writing. That’s where that one came from. A few members getting …

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One for improving your design skills

I wrote an article for The Web Squeeze yesterday and I’m really happy with the way it turned out. The inspiration for it came all so quickly.

Our forum is such a great place to get inspiration for writing. That’s where that one came from. A few members getting …

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Another one bites the dust

Make that “Another year bites the dust” So I’m 6 days late in making this post but I was hibernating … it’s called vacation actually and it felt awesome! Didn’t touch the computer in over 12 days, which must be a record for me. I didn’t even miss it in …

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From PSD to Wordpress – A tutorial series

Last Friday, we finally got Part I of our “From PSD to Wordpress” series out. From Photoshop to Wordpress – Part I – Design took quite a long time in coming and I was very happy to see it finally go live. I actually started writing this Part I back in August!

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Some Tips & Tricks

Just wrote a few Tips and Tricks over at The Web Squeeze. ID’s and Classes in CSS was posted last week and today, Extending the background around two floating div’s just went live. Obviously, these are intended for newcomers to the CSS game. Hopefully these 2 will …

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24ways.org – A site you must visit

It’s December 1st and 24ways.org is up and running with a GREAT new design. Lots of talk on twitter, etc… about it and personally, I LOVE it! Tim van Damme is behind the re-design and it’s a fresh new look to start this 2008 season of awesome posts.
The Design

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Portfolio closed down for re-design

I closed down karinnelegault.com last week as I’m preparing for a re-design of that as well. At least that site is in better “re-design shape” than this one It’s almost done. Here’s a quick preview:

It’s very different from the minimalistic design that …

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A redesign in the works

Yesterday I started working on a redesign for the blog. I was getting tired of the swirls and yellows. I’m not a yellow person really so I don’t know what prompted me to put them in the first place. So it’s back to the “darker” colors for now. Colors I’m …

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