Linkswitch #62, Home Office, Facebook Branding, Project Management

Creating an Awesome Home Office Plan

Good home office plans can influence how successful you are while working from home. This means having the resources to get the job done, minimizing distractions and being comfortable.

Designing For The Future Web

Designing for the future Web. That's a big subject. Where do we start when we're talking about something that isn't here yet?

In this article, we'll look at what the future Web might look like and how we can adapt our current skills to this new environment, as well as how to create fluid websites that are built around a consistent core and that adapt to the limitations and features of the device on which they are viewed. We'll also look at how our conceptual approach to designing websites should evolve: designing from the simplest design upwards, and not from the richest website down.

Should You Provide a Guarantee for Your Freelancing Work?

As a marketing consultant, I advise my clients to always provide a money-back guarantee. It's a proven way to increase sales without a lot of cost or risk.

Would I give the same advice to my fellow freelancers?

Do-It-Yourself Project Management (And How Behance Does It)

The first thing to note is that our project management system is constantly evolving. People often talk about "project management tools" as if there were a silver bullet. Alas, there is not.

Both the way we work and the technologies that help us work are changing rapidly "" and they will continue to do so. As a result, we ourselves must constantly analyze and refine our project management systems "" discarding the pieces that don't work and adding in new elements that do.

10 Web Design Elements that You Shouldn't Overlook

When it comes to designing and building websites, it never seems to happen fast enough.

Given this fast pace, many small details that are eventually required to build the website are often left out of the design process. While these details might be minor, they are what take a website from nice to truly awesome.

Can You See Me? Unbelievable Animal Camouflage Photography

Many creatures use their weapon of camouflaging themselves whenever they sense danger within their habitats. This is one of the many stunning characteristics of nature as this ability enhances their chances of survival.

How to Optimize Your Facebook Page for Visual Branding

Are you wondering how to visually optimize the new Facebook page layout?

As of March 10, 2011, it became official"the new Facebook page layout was applied to all fan pages. Now that the dust has settled, bugs addressed and some tweaks made, admins can now focus their attention on making the most of what Facebook has given them, which is a LOT of screen real estate!

Are You Worried About the Future of Freelancing?

There has been a significant change though, the web has driven a much larger demand for all types of freelance work, more than anything else has before. That means the number of low-paying gigs has sky-rocketed, but it also means that the number of high-paying gigs has actually kept pace. If you're willing to dig through the projects out there, you can find great paying work.

Automattic & WordPress: Software & Services, Growing Together

WordPress is one of the most popular open source projects today, and it powers an incredible number of websites around the world. Started as a fork from b2 in 2003, WordPress has grown from a simple blogging engine into a full-blown CMS that can be used for a wide range of sites. It's popularity is largely due to the wide range of third-party themes, plugins, and services that have been created over the past years to enhance WordPress.