YouTube Comment Wars - Stupid Americans

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I swore I wound not talk politics … oh well.

4 things every web designer should know about SEO

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It’s 2am here and I’m putting the final touches on a website I have been working on for the past few weeks. And since I’m currently finalizing the SEO touches, I thought I’d be poliete and share the four key things that I know about SEO with all of you, enjoy :P

My Hero on Craigslist

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While reading the Web Design section in CraigsList, I found this reply to a person looking for free graphic design work - brilliant!

62 Worthy Feeds to Follow for Web Designers

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Over the years I have collected quite an extensive collection of RSS feeds that I nibble through while inhaling my morning caffeine. Here’s what I read rather than the newspaper;

Screw the competition

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After reading Teifion’s post on SEOMoz, Hiding from your competitors, it got me thinking, what else could you do to screw over your competition?
So let’s set the stage. You’re awesome; your competition sucks (this is accurate right?). By hiding your delicious code from these evil blood suckers, you can gain an advantage over their mediocre [...]

WTF CraigsList? Pathetic Pay for Stellar Job Skills.

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Every once in awhile I’ll scan the CraigsList board to see if there are any interesting web design contracts or jobs; and lately, it’s been looking rather bleak. What’s more annoying however, is the fact that some of these job posts list ridiculous pay for highly skilled positions. I suppose people could be happy that [...]

100+ Courseware Collections for Aspiring Web Devs

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The lovely people at WHU put together a stunning list over 100 FREE courseware links for web devs. Many, many thanks to them and enjoy!

On and off again … the Yo-Yo Web Designer

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So, it’s been 3 weeks since I wrote the Job End Review - 10 Mistakes Software Companies Make, and behold! I still have my job … at least until next week.
Last week was supposed to be my “cut-off” date - but the CTO wanted to keep me on for another week. Yesterday I walked into [...]

Moving databases from VDS to Managed Hosting with CPanel

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I got all my help via these websites;
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/577705.html
http://johnhesch.com/2007/01/31/moving-mysql-databases-to-a-new-server/
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mysqldump1.html

Job End Review - Mistakes Software Companies Make

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Almost a year to the date I was hired with [insert really dumb company here], I have been laid off. No surprise really, the company hasn’t sold a single product or service since I started working for them.
I was hired on as a “Web Designer” - which meant in addition to graphics and layouts, I [...]