Period: September 2007 – July 2008 Nomad-one.com Freelance Designer & Developer Design & development of websites, Print based Design & Illustration, Advertising, Branding, website maintenance, CSS & html coding, WordPress Blogs, Online Social Networking, Web & Design Consulting Client Testimonials: http://www.nomad-one.com/testimonials/ With this Role I prepared myself for starting my own business. I also spent about […]
Writing
Startup Business School
Like many, I’ve been agonising for years about going out on my own and starting some kind of business. So many ideas have come and gone, some even making it to the planning stage, but I’m very much used to being permanently employed within companies and sooner or later whether due to lack of time, […]
Speak to the world with WordPress
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it. http://wordpress.org/ The fact that you are […]
Entreprenometer – I took the test
Starting to move in the direction of getting your own business up and running is a daunting task for most who make the decision to go solo with their ideas. Scouting around for some resources I came across www.entrepreneurship.co.za Vision The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship has a vision of a dynamic culture of entrepreneurship […]
A Brainstorm Process I use. Sometimes
When you’re stuck for concepts or solutions as I am quite often it helps to organize your thinking. Just sitting there and pushing can have a similar effect as it does when you’re constipated. It’s also helpful to think a bit before starting to create something. I use many different brainstorming techniques depending on my […]
The Identity Scale – Markbixby.com
I just read something on markbixby.com that gave a good laugh this morning. Client: “We really like Apple’s branding. Can you do something like that for us?†Designer: “I love what Apple is doing too, but your company’s a Mortuary?†If you’re a graphic designer you’ll completely identify with the hilarity of the scenario above […]