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Are Discount Logos/Corporate Branding Worth the Price?
Monday, July 27th, 2009 | Tom Carmony
Thursday Bram recently posted a great piece on the website FreelanceSwitch, discussing the pros and cons of clients going with inexpensive logo/identity designs from discount online “logo mill” companies (large-scale “design” shops that employ ultra-inexpensive designers to crank out hundreds (in some cases) thousands of logo designs each year for clients paying anywhere from $50 to a couple hundred dollars for a design.
Explaining the drawbacks to clients of such bargain-basement identity design can often be difficult for designers. The issues raised in Bram’s piece are an excellent starting point.
Cheap Logos: Not Worth the Cost (via Freelance Switch)
Handy Code Snippets for Web Designers/Developers
Monday, July 27th, 2009 | Tom Carmony
Antonio Lupetti, via his excellent web design/development site Woork, has posted a handy round-up of HTML/CSS/Javascript code snippets. For users of Panic’s Coda development app on the Mac, these items should definitely be added to your Clips library.
10 Useful Code Snippets for Web Developers (via Woork)
End of the Year Links of the Week: December 31st
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 | Tom Carmony
How Entrepreneurs Can Survive a Cash-Flow Crisis
BusinessWeek discusses ways for small business owners to deal with cash-flow difficulties from the current recession and credit crunch.
Outdated Security Threatens Web Commerce
Researchers have successfully faked the digital certificates that Web browsers use to verify a site’s authenticity, spotlighting the failure of some security firms to upgrade their technology (Bits Blog – NYTimes.com).
Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test
In a test of the privacy protections in major Web browsers, Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari performed poorly (Bits Blog – NYTimes.com).
Use Flickr to Find Images Free and Easy
A nice basic walk-through on different license restrictions for use of Flickr imagery in personal and/or commercial projects.
Google 2009: The Painful Details
Ian Lurie’s follow-up on the reasoning and methodology behind his “SEO 2009″ post.
SEO 2009: Adapt or Die
Portent Interactive’s Ian Lurie makes a great argument for the changing face of search engine optimization (SEO).
9 Year End Tax Tips | Dumb Little Man
Some good end-of-year advice for ways to save during the upcoming tax season.
Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA
(A List Apart): A great introduction to working with clients on understanding information architecture issues related to web design and development projects.
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Happy Holidays and Time for a Break
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | Tom Carmony
I just wanted to take a quick moment to wish all of our clients and happy and healthy holiday season. Thank you immensely for your business here in 2008 and we look forward to hopefully providing you with even more great design services in the coming year.
A quick note on holiday scheduling: The Bainbridge Studios office will be officially closed beginning Wednesday, December 24th for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday. I’ll be checking email regularly and will be doing some minor work for a couple of ongoing projects (you know who you are), but won’t be maintaining regular office hours during that time. I will be back in the office as usual on Monday, January 5, 2009.
Happy Holidays!
Links of the Week: December 19th
Friday, December 19th, 2008 | Tom Carmony
How To: Separate WordPress Comments and Trackbacks
A handy tutorial for editing WordPress blog comment structure.
WordPress “Art Direction” Plugin
This new WP plugin, currently in beta, allows you to individualized styles for each post (ala Jason Santa Maria‘s redesign of his personal website).
Viewzi: Rich Interactive Search Results for WordPress
Derek Punsalan’s review of a new search plugin for WordPress.
Ajaxload – Loading GIF Generator
This is a handy little free web app to quickly crank out animated GIF loaders for websites.
45 Beautiful Free Fonts for Modern Design Trends
Six Revisions offers a nice round-up of free fonts available online.
Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA
A List Apart provides a great introduction to working with clients on understanding information architecture issues related to web design and development projects.
You can see all of our recommended links on del.icio.us »