It’s been a little bit quiet in these parts recently. That’s usually a sign that things have been over the top busy, which is definitely the case! So where have we been? Cupcake Project Well, first of all, we’ve launched one of the biggest projects we’ve worked on to date. This was an immensely fun [...]
Making the Freelance Plunge Part 2: Building a Resource Library
This is part 2 in our series on Making the Freelance Plunge. Part 1 was all about getting your financial house in order before going out on your own. That may mean taking or staying in an employee position for a little while. But whether or not you have to stay in a full time [...]
Making the Freelance Plunge Part 1: Finances
For the last year and a half I have been a guest lecturer at BCIT, speaking once a semester to New Media Design students who are coming up to graduation. What do we talk about? Freelancing. Freelancing is the direction a lot of New Media grads head in – it’s an industry that lends itself [...]
Vine – 6 Second Videos
A new app has been released through Apple called Vine. People were joining up all in a flutter yesterday, anxious to share 6 second videos with their followers (the app has been acquired by Twitter!) and some very creative ones are already appearing. We can already see how brands and blogs and small businesses could [...]
Retromatic App – Make Retro Posters
I’m always on the lookout for new apps for my iPad that let me edit photos or create designs. I stumbled on Retromatic by Peta Vision over the weekend and had a little fun with it. This is a paid app for both iPhone and iPad that allows you to cut an element out of [...]
A Very Busy Fall – New Project Launches
We had a very busy fall with lots of project launches – so busy we didn’t have time to write them all up. Two involved Blogger to WordPress migrations: Roasted Roasted was a complete Blogger to self-hosted WordPress migration. The new site included a recipe and restaurant index, Google Maps integration and and interactive Events [...]
