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Archive for July, 2008

A Web Designers Toolbox

Wanna build a website! Here’s a list of software that I find absolutely essential to building a great site. TextMate – If you wanna design a great site then you need to get down to the nitty gritty, and that means hand coding everything. After trying a slew of freeware and non-freeware editors I’ve finally [...]

July 29th, 2008

Silverback

Clearleft has finally released its much anticipated usability testing software called Silverback. The site points out that usability testing is often very expensive, and time consuming. Silverback attempts to fix this problem by providing easy to use software that runs right on your Mac. Plop a subject down and record  every interaction they make. I’ll [...]

July 26th, 2008

Why Freelancing is Better

I found this one via Reddit, 101 Reasons Freelancers Do it Better. While I don’t agree with the entire article, the author points out the perks of freelancing. Here are a few of my favorites: You can work when you’re most productive Control over your hourly rate Diversity No office politics You’ll develop an impressive portfolio You’ll [...]

July 22nd, 2008

Adventures with Time Machine

When you run a computer all day everyday like I do it’s crucial that you make routine back-ups of all your data. I found this out the hard way back in college while I was working on my thesis animation (needless to say it all worked out). From now on I keep copies of old [...]

July 21st, 2008

Not Another Batman Trailer

With The Dark Knight opening just a few hours away it’s been pretty easy to overlook any of the new films being released in the coming months. To hold me over I’ve found several interesting trailers that have some serious potential. The creators of 300 have brought to life The Watchmen, a once limited DC [...]

July 17th, 2008