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4 Apr 2014
HOW TO : Design Beautiful Interactive Maps
Mapbox is an open source mapping platform for developers and designers at enterprise scale.
Do more with your maps. Start designing now or view Mapbox showcase.
Do more with your maps. Start designing now or view Mapbox showcase.
13 Jan 2014
HOW TO : Keep Freelancing Business a Secret
For whatever reason, here's how to do it:
• Don't tell friends or family.
No one can know that you run a freelance business. It would be better for your friends and family to think you sit at home all day watching TV than for the secret to get out. Better yet, sit at home all day watching TV.
• Don't fill out your profiles on social media.
That default image that comes with new social media profiles is good enough for you. Never ever fill out your profile or refer to your social media business on social media in any way.
• Don't network in person.
No need to have an elevator pitch, but you'll have to watch what you say around people. You might accidentally let it slip that you freelance. Better yet, stay away from people. If you don't talk to anyone, you can't spill the beans.
• Don't blog.
Blogs are a lot of extra work-who needs them. The freshly updated content will just cause the search engines to crawl your website more frequently and might cause it to rank better in the search engines.
• Don't have a website.
A freelancing website is definitely a no no if you're trying to become a secret freelancer. Even if you exclude contact information and leave off an about page someone might trace the site back to you.
• Don't have a portfolio.
You want your freelancing business to be the best kept secret on the planet, right? Well, then skip creating a portfolio. Since you're a secret freelancer, you probably don't have much to put in a portfolio anyway.
• Don't apply for gigs.
This may seem obvious, but many would-be secret freelancers mess up right here. They apply for a gig and the word gets out that they are freelancer. Clients talk. If you apply for gigs, eventually someone will mention it.
• Don't use your own name.
Don't use your freelancing business name either. Those names might somehow be traced back to you. Try something generic like, hmmm, Ali or Abu Dollah. Or call yourself anonymous.
Why Would You Want to Do This ?
Why anyone would want to become a secret freelancer? But it must be the goal of a lot of freelancers refusing to promote their freelance business in any way. Assume that they want to keep their business a secret.
No one can know that you run a freelance business. It would be better for your friends and family to think you sit at home all day watching TV than for the secret to get out. Better yet, sit at home all day watching TV.
• Don't fill out your profiles on social media.
That default image that comes with new social media profiles is good enough for you. Never ever fill out your profile or refer to your social media business on social media in any way.
• Don't network in person.
No need to have an elevator pitch, but you'll have to watch what you say around people. You might accidentally let it slip that you freelance. Better yet, stay away from people. If you don't talk to anyone, you can't spill the beans.
• Don't blog.
Blogs are a lot of extra work-who needs them. The freshly updated content will just cause the search engines to crawl your website more frequently and might cause it to rank better in the search engines.
• Don't have a website.
A freelancing website is definitely a no no if you're trying to become a secret freelancer. Even if you exclude contact information and leave off an about page someone might trace the site back to you.
• Don't have a portfolio.
You want your freelancing business to be the best kept secret on the planet, right? Well, then skip creating a portfolio. Since you're a secret freelancer, you probably don't have much to put in a portfolio anyway.
• Don't apply for gigs.
This may seem obvious, but many would-be secret freelancers mess up right here. They apply for a gig and the word gets out that they are freelancer. Clients talk. If you apply for gigs, eventually someone will mention it.
• Don't use your own name.
Don't use your freelancing business name either. Those names might somehow be traced back to you. Try something generic like, hmmm, Ali or Abu Dollah. Or call yourself anonymous.
Why Would You Want to Do This ?
Why anyone would want to become a secret freelancer? But it must be the goal of a lot of freelancers refusing to promote their freelance business in any way. Assume that they want to keep their business a secret.
30 Dec 2013
Signs You Spend Too Much Time on the Internet
The Internet is a wonderful place filled with mischievous cats and twerking baby GIFs, so we can understand why you might never want to leave.
1. You've started to hear chat pings when you're nowhere near a computer.
2. You've become very territorial about your computer.
3. You feel compelled to go online at inappropriate times.
4. It's been months since you've had a conversation about something you didn't find online.
5. Instead of using your face to convey an emotion, you wish aloud you could use a reaction GIF.
6. You've sent a Facebook message to someone in the same room.
7. You get nervous if you're going somewhere without Wi-Fi.
8. You feel an overwhelming sense of relief when you leave a Wi-Fi dead zone.
9. You spontaneously burst into laughter, explaining,
"Sorry, that just reminded me of this video I saw."
10. You've started referencing memes as if they're universal common knowledge.
11. The first thing you do when you're planning a trip is research the Wi-Fi situation.
12. You've lost days staring at your laptop.
13. Checking your phone for updates has become a compulsion.
14. Your worst fear is a black screen and a lost charger.
P/S: Whatever you're doing on a computer, you should stretch every 15 to 20 minutes to keep from cramping up.
1. You've started to hear chat pings when you're nowhere near a computer.
2. You've become very territorial about your computer.
3. You feel compelled to go online at inappropriate times.
4. It's been months since you've had a conversation about something you didn't find online.
5. Instead of using your face to convey an emotion, you wish aloud you could use a reaction GIF.
6. You've sent a Facebook message to someone in the same room.
7. You get nervous if you're going somewhere without Wi-Fi.
8. You feel an overwhelming sense of relief when you leave a Wi-Fi dead zone.
9. You spontaneously burst into laughter, explaining,
"Sorry, that just reminded me of this video I saw."
10. You've started referencing memes as if they're universal common knowledge.
11. The first thing you do when you're planning a trip is research the Wi-Fi situation.
12. You've lost days staring at your laptop.
13. Checking your phone for updates has become a compulsion.
14. Your worst fear is a black screen and a lost charger.
P/S: Whatever you're doing on a computer, you should stretch every 15 to 20 minutes to keep from cramping up.
3 Sept 2013
Fantastic Tools for Designerd
Appearance of the business websites plays key role in attracting people. It must capture the customers mind at first glance. For designers, collaborating and sharing design concepts can be frustrating.
Photoshop - for the purpose of retouching and to create graphical elements
Illustrator - for making illustrations like logos
InDesign - for book and page layouts
Flash - for making animation and interactive websites
NON-Designer
For those of us that run websites and don’t have a dedicated design team to allocate work to, it's still necessary to participate in the design process, but these tools might help.
For those of us that run websites and don’t have a dedicated design team to allocate work to, it's still necessary to participate in the design process, but these tools might help.
• deviantART muro - a browser-based HTML5 drawing application
• Fluid UI - create interactive mockups for Android, iOS and Windows 8
• Sumopaint - simple graphics editor application for Web
browsers, PCs or iPads
• Actual Reports Designer - useful for non-designers that want to
generate QR codes to market their services, products or content
• Pixlr - online photo editor
• MindMeister - a mind mapping software
• IcoMoon - allows users to select the icons they need, and make them into a font.
• HTML Banner Maker - online application that allows you to easily create interactive
html/javascript banner ads
• Mugeda - provides publishers unique HTML5 technologies to create professional
rich media mobile ads
• TweenUI - create HTML5 display ads that play on mobiles, tablets
and desktop
1 Aug 2013
Dropbox for Mac
Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud-based storage systems. While we
will be looking primarily at the Mac version, Dropbox is also available
for Windows, Linux, and most mobile platforms, including iOS devices.
Download Dropbox on your Mac for free
https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=mac
One last thing. While you can always access your data from the Dropbox web site, it's easier in the long run to install Dropbox on all the Macs, PCs, and mobile devices you use.
31 Jul 2013
Skype for Mac
If you're looking to make free voice or video calls
worldwide, Skype is a great start.
Whatever device your friend or family uses, Skype
just works. Simple.
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