Like many designers, I can only go so long with a site design before I start getting the itch to have a new look. While I'm still tweaking here and there, it's mostly complete- what do you think? It uses the 960 Grid, CSS sprites and some awesome.
Topics: Design, featured

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Any of us who have an internet presence must be concerned with our own personal brand. What is a personal brand anyway? How do you build a good one? A good brand provides the consumer something of predictable positive value and all of your online...
Topics: featured

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Blogging is one of the best social networking tools available. Maintaining your own blog enables you to share your thoughts and ideas, and can even be used to make money. Blogs are popular as they facilitate a two way communication between the blog owner.
Topics: Reviews

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Historically, a monogram was used as a royal signature. Romans and Greeks used them on coins to identify their rulers. Then, in the Middle Ages, artisans began to use them to sign their work. Victorian-period high-class persons adapted the monogram for...
Topics: Design

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Recently I asked you what you’d like to learn how to do, and one reader asked about the process of taking a mockup of a site into WordPress. There are quite a few good tutorials out there and you’ll want to read several as you’ll pick...

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