Design Blogs For Your Portfolio

I was discussing about a new official website with a friend of mine and when I shortlisted some of the works I’m planning to put in the portfolio, we started a talk about the credibility of including works such as blog designs into the portfolio.

He said that having too many weblog designs as part of the portfolio might have potential customers question our status in this business. I totally understand his point of view especially when the customers don’t understand the whole weblog thing happening in Malaysia whether social, political or business wise.

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Story of a Blogger Entrepreneur

I enlisted in Yaro Starak’s Blog Traffic Tips newsletter and so far, all of them have been really beneficial to me. The one I received today had no exception and for every netpreneur or blogger aiming to gain revenue via ads online especially if you’re a Blogger user then you better read on.

Yaro highlighted a friend’s experience with the free blog publishing service and decided to use it as advice for anyone planning to blog seriously for money. It’s nothing bad about the service but the danger of having it suspended indefinetely.

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Flash Movies in Danger due to MS Update

I don’t want to be caught in a controversial act so I’m going to spell MS once and it’s not going to be in its actual name so you’ve got to figure it out yourself; M1CR0$0F7 (MS). That’s right, I just received a public service message from Kevin Airgid about the peril about to befall Flash interactive movies.

It’s nothing of a huge issue but it will cause some annoyances and setbacks to the lovable interactive Flash movies you’ve been creating or playing.

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The Art of Wufoo Form Creation

Particletree not only are the creators of the e-magazine for web designers and developers called; Treehouse Magazine. They’re now in the development stages of creating an easy to use service for everyone in creating a fine form for their websites.

As a web designer I can refer closely to the times when I wish I was more of a programmer especially when I couldn’t create simple things like contact forms on my own. Contact forms or forms in general have become more than a page you fill up details and submit them. It’s become one of the crucial elements to get in touch with the owner of the website.

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Is The Boss or The Customers Right?

Thinking that the boss makes 10 of their customers isn’t rational. Accepting the fact that the boss is right because he’s the client, the one paying you to do your work or worst, one of the customers..you’re just plain selfish.

Too many small-medium website design firms today aren’t doing work for the clients customers but for the client or the boss themselves. Whatever the boss wants they give and whatever the boss thinks is right, they nod their heads like agreeing robots. What a bunch of employees.

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