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Gmail is coming out with a new appearance and right now, I'm not a big fan. I'm curious to know what your opinion is! Please submit your answer in the poll to the right as well as leave any feedback/comments that you'd like to add by replying to this post. Give us YOUR opinion!

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To start off my continuation of writing in this blog, I wanted to take the time to try and explain my opinion about design prices. Basically, to explain that some people understand and some don't when it comes to realizing how much design work actually can cost you depending on who you ask to get the work down.There's no right and wrong in this posting. This is my opinion.When it comes to people

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It's been over a year since my last blog post and I've come to realize that I should try to pick up where I left off. I am going to try and take the advice that I give others and get back into a consistent blog post. However, I haven't quite figured out what that pattern will be just yet. We'll see how this goes and I look forward to your comments.

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This topic will come up often in my blog for the reason that it's a form of marketing that I think many are over-looking. What some people don't realize is the power of what Social Media can do for you as a freelancer, small business or larger corporation. My focus of marketing and design is limited to freelancers and small businesses but anything can be applied to some degree to anything larger.

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A couple days late on this article, but alas, we are now beginning the long awaited push for browser support by eliminating that which was our enemy. :)YouTube Puts Another Nail in the IE6 Coffin

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As many of you know, there are numerous browser available to people. Those who buy their computer and don't know much about computers as a whole will be using Internet Explorer most likely, unless they buy a Mac, in which case, they'll be using Safari. Recent reports show that IE8 and Chrome (Google's Browser) are showing the most signs of momentum in the browser wars. You can view stats and such

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My heart goes out for all those in Haiti. It is a tragic event in their world and they are now having to deal with so much pain. What really gets me is the amount of looting that is going on. It's sad to read in the paper that looters are stealing even from other looters! But you know what else? When you come across an image like this:... it's just sad. "A look at some of the latest news and

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Today, numerous Ontario Colleges came together and voted on a strike mandate. At first, I was confused as to what exactly a strike mandate was and what it can do.After some further browsing of the web, I came across an informative PDF that explains: (resource)What is a Strike Mandate?A strike mandate is the authority, given by the employees affected through a strike vote, for strike action. A

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Please keep in mind that I am no expert in the field of photography. I am, however, an aspiring amateur who has taken a few night classes, learned by experience and have been given critique on many pieces of work that I’ve done. All these combined allow me to give you my opinion on a few ways to improve the photos that you take.This article is targeted more towards the amateur who might even be

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Although this post is directed towards someone looking to begin a freelance career, its invaluable information can be applied to anyone who is looking to work harder at coming up with a savings method that works best for them.How to Save Money While You Get Your Freelancing Business GoingEach person is different and requires, usually, a different approach to saving money. Reading this article

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It's now been about two months since the hands-free devices while driving law has been passed in Ontario. Yet, still today, it feels like I see more people on their phones or texting while driving than before the law was passed!I understand that going into a retail/box store to check out hands-free devices or ear pieces can shock you in regards to price. They aren't necessarily cheap, per say.

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Although I do not know the extent of what is going around. I can at least try to explain what I've found and hopefully help people to understand what this current email spam either tries to do or make you aware of what NOT to do. You may have received emails in the last little while with the subject line something like "Fotos 04/07" or some other date after the word "Fotos". Most people, after

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Something that everyone needs to consider, is how you treat your customers/clients. Currently, I have been dealing with Bell regarding my cell phone. I have had issues with it for at least 4 months now and have been trying to call them to solve the issue. Well, each time I call, I've talked to about 2 to 4 people per call. I know I have called more times than I can count on both hands.About 2

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A little while ago, I was called by a Richard Wilner who writes for the New York Post. He was working on an article that dealt with unique business cards. He came across my Piano Business Card (to which I still don't know how) and asked me a few questions about it.I didn't hear anything else from him since. I would keep checking the New York Post website and searched for 'business cards'; I

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In an attempt to become more familiar with social networking websites, I have decided to sign up for a few services and try to utilize the potential marketing that is being said to be quite high. Having had a Facebook account for quite some time, a fairly new profile with Blogger and now being drawn in by the Twitter fad, I hope to learn more about these social medias. It is my opinion that the

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Are you marketing your business properly? Have you thought about all the options when it comes to marketing yourself?Running a small business, or considering to start one, will require marketing material in order to promote what you do and tell others that you are available for work or have products available. But do you know what you need? Here's a list that will help you get started and ways to

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Search Engine Optimization or SEO for short is the process of improving your website's traffic or volume of hits from search engine results. Basically, there are ways you can improve the ranking of your website in the search results so that your site is listed near or on the first page.What many people don't realize however, is the amount of work that is required to accomplish this. This amount

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On a almost daily basis, I frequent job posting websites to check around for a little extra work, mainly just small jobs. Something that I see on a regular basis are people requesting a large amount of work for a VERY minimal (if any) payment amount. I just recently came across someone wanting a logo and a "neat website" but because they're starting a business, don't have much money to offer for

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Sometimes trying to be creative doesn't always end up with nice results. Sometimes you notice your canvas or drawing pad is still blank after trying to force yourself to come up with a unique example of design.Sometimes, it just comes to you.The "Piano Business Card" is an example of a design idea that just came to me. Although there was a slight thought process already beginning before any

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A service that I highly recommend for new or current websites to track information about usage is Google's Analytics. It categorizes information into Visitors, Traffic Sources, Content and Goals. Under each category, it features additional sections of information. Using graphs and charts to explain your website's information and usage makes things extremely easy to understand. All this

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In an ongoing debate between camera brands, I wanted to get the opinion of my readers. To the right there is a poll which asks the question, "What camera brand do you prefer"?I do realize that the type of camera you use may play a big part in your decisions. Whether you own a professional DSLR or carry around a Point & Shoot. This is why I've given you the option of choosing more than one

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In today's Project Showcase, we look at the Pregnancy Care Centre website. This project began due to the minimal information and poor attendance their old site was getting. Their clients would view the site and wouldn't have very many good things to say. The information they wanted wasn't found and it wasn't an easy navigational website.Working side by side with the PCC staff, jansenMEDIA

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Some people feel that in order to get quality photos they need the biggest and best type of camera. However, I don't believe that.For the average user, any Point & Shoot camera should do just fine as long as you know HOW to use it. There are some basic techniques that can help you take better photos and in some cases, can be comparable to someone who is using an SLR!Below are two images, one

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