Gone are the days where Dreamweaver (or FrontPage) was required to keep a company website up-to-date. WordPress is all the rage these days and allows my clients, small- to medium-sized business owners, the ability to maintain their company website with ease.

This week, Ribbons of Red was featured on Smashing Magazine for releasing an iPhone Vector Pack Freebie. The vector pack comes with several buttons, six different iPhone interfaces, and three keyboards. You can download the iPhone Vector Set for free at Smashing Magazine. This is a great way to present mobile websites or applications to [...]

Earlier this week, I posted a review on the new project management system, FreelanceSuite. I purchased it for $69.00, after loving the demo, but since the purchase have been very dissatisfied with the lack of support and the product’s bad functionality/usability. I requested a refund from FreelanceSuite, and it’s very important you read this (if [...]

Choosing your first project management system can be a daunting task, at least it has been for me. There are just so many choices out there both free and paid.

Successful web and graphic designers are constantly seeking inspiration for their projects and ideas. I admit, up until recently, I’ve been very bad about saving (and seriously organizing) websites, photos, graphic snippets, copy and other items I’ve found to be extremely inspiring. Thankfully, I gave Evernote a try and have been using it for my [...]

I’ll be the first to tell you, about 1,000 times, that I hate politics. I can’t wait until the election–not because I’m dying to cast my vote, but because I want it to end. I’m sick of all the cheesy he-said-she-said TV commercials and advertisements at every turn of a corner.

I don’t know about all of you, but when I was a kid, I lived off juice boxes. Caprisun, Kool-Aid, Juicy Juice… mmmm! I still love those drinks to this day!

Lately, I have been getting more and more requests to do e-commerce websites. It seems that everyone is trying to sell products online these days. My weapon of choice is normally OpenCart, although it’s a bit hard, well… confusing to skin. It has too many identical folders that all mean different things. It’s weird. Take [...]

Expat Pet Finder (www.expatpetfinder.com) is an online service that makes connections between people who have lost or found a pet dog or cat.

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