Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Google Ads on ABCNews?
I was browsing the ABC News website and I saw a standard Google Ads placement at the very top of their page. The ad space is new to me and I visit the ABCNews website fairly regularly.
MarkEvansTech.com launch
Mark Evan’s (the VP of Operations at b5media) launched his new blog today. It was my first full design for b5 since their homepage redesign. It’s simple, red, and I tried to do something a little different with the typography than I normally do.
4 idiot-proof ways to make your blog look cool
I started doing freelance design by focusing all my energy on blog design. Almost every blog is essentially the same - posts, sidebars, maybe a navigation, and maybe some advertising. How do you distinguish a well designed blog from the rest? The answer is obvious - do things that separate your blog […]
Saying no isn’t easy
When I first started freelancing I was willing to take just about any work that came my way. In the past few months though I’ve been getting more work requests than I have time for. It’s difficult to change my mindset from saying yes to anything to telling someone “No, sorry, I don’t […]
Taking a job
Before I had finished the b5media redesign Aaron was already asking me if I was interested in more work. Being a student, money disappears from my bank account relatively quickly, so how can I turn down some more money?
The b5media redesign
In early October I was sent an email by the guys at b5media asking whether I would be interested in working with them on a project that had a tight deadline. I’d heard of b5 and read their main blog a few times, but I wasn’t a regular reader and didn’t know any of […]
