FreshWebJobs: A Unique Job Board for Web Designers & Developers

Back a few years ago I used to work full-time freelance web design. It’s a tiring job, and many people who can do it today earn a lot of money working for themselves in the trade. Web professionals are always in demand, but it’s difficult at times to find good web projects. Freshwebjobs.com changes all that with professional listings to pair up webmasters and developers to those looking into projects. ...

April 19, 2010 · 2 min · 368 words · Jake

Microsoft Office 2010 Outlook has some New Digs

With Microsoft’s official release of Office 2010 being pushed out of Beta, I’m excited to see where they plan on going next. I’ve been running 2010 beta since they released them for download months ago, and I’ve been more than pleased with all of it! The biggest noticeable change is with Outlook, my favorite e-mail client. ...

April 18, 2010 · 2 min · 336 words · Jake

Google Merges Startup Visual Search Engine Plink with Google Goggles

Google has taken another step forward in visual and image search after acquiring UK-based startup Plink. Having only launched 4 months ago, Plink is a visual search engine which you can download as an Android app and take a photo of a picture to find out more information about it. ...

April 12, 2010 · 1 min · 193 words · Jake

Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

In a recent blog post entitled simply “Update from Jay”, it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg’s CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn’t hold it’s current success status today if it wasn’t for his ideas and inspiration. ...

April 6, 2010 · 2 min · 349 words · Jake

Interview with Professional XHTML/CSS Slicing Company Slicejack

PSD Conversion is a very high-paying business. Many amazing designers know how to work through Photoshop but just don’t have the time or haven’t learned how to code their designs into XHTML and CSS code. This is where many popular companies come in to help, the most popular being psd2html. ...

February 26, 2010 · 4 min · 840 words · Jake

Q&A with Premium Wordpress Theme Developer WPMonk

So many premium Wordpress themes roam the internet these days, all of varying quality and development. I recently found a really neat Premium Wordpress design company WP Monk. They run a very impressive website design, plus their premium themes are impeccable. ...

February 24, 2010 · 3 min · 533 words · Jake

Interview with Professional Freelance Web Designer Shay Howe

One of the fastest growing professions is website design and web developers, especially with the attraction of working freelance. Many people hate the 9-5 grind induced through corporate America, and having the option to work from home on your own time seems like a much more viable and interesting option to many. Although in the end it may require a bit more work on your end, the ultimate freedom of your time seems to pay for itself. ...

January 22, 2010 · 9 min · 1749 words · Jake

Interview with a Digg.com Software Engineer Kurt Wilms

As a web designer myself, I have found that other web designers I talk to always have favorite websites they go to for inspiration. Not saying they want to copy a specific website, but there are just some site’s that “stick” and really inspire you to create web designs. ...

November 2, 2009 · 6 min · 1084 words · Jake

Interview with ThisWebHost - An Impressive new Web Hosting Company

Finding a decent web hosting company today is difficult. So many companies overprice, can’t keep uptime promises, have horrible support, or offer you barely any space to store your site’s files and content. The few that have shown promise in the past are some of my favorites: Hostgator, Dreamhost, Bluehost, etc. However as I was browsing the web one night (like always) I ran into a great looking hosting company, This*. ...

October 24, 2009 · 4 min · 848 words · Jake

Behind the Scenes at Posterous.com: Filesharing Made Easy

Sharing files over the internet used to be a devilish task. Finding the right application, storage space, or transporation method for files used to be very difficult only 5 years ago. Now with file upload sites and forums/bulletin boards to share files, sending your friend a song or posting up a funny picture has never been easier. ...

October 14, 2009 · 8 min · 1666 words · Jake