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A Question And A Challenge: Are You Pushing Yourself To Learn?

Niki Brown — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:18:00 +0000

Just a quick question and challenge for you guys – Are you pushing yourself to learn? I have felt kinda blah these last few month in terms of my motivation and creativity as a designer and developer. I think this was because I wasn’t pushing myself to learn new things. So I just recently decided to learn how to build sites in ExpresisonEngine and give myself a geek-ee challenge. It’s been frustrating and fun at the same time but I can say for the first time in a while I’m actually EXCITED about learning something and im actually doing something! (instead of putting things off).

So I’d like to challenge you guys to push yourself and learn new things! Leave a comment and let me know what you are challenging yourself with!

Discussion: Getting Timely Feedback From clients

Niki Brown — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:30:03 +0000

How do you get clients to give timely feedback on projects?

I’ve been running into some situations with clients (who are otherwise great) that haven’t been giving timely feedback. How do you deal with this? Do you remind them via email? Phone? Do you have anything in your contract regarding delays?

Leave a comment and join the discussion.

Overloaded With Ideas

Niki Brown — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:31 +0000

Question of the week: What do you do when you have so many ideas you feel like you are going to explode? I’ve been running into this lately and have been trying to deal with it by making lists and prioritizing which items to get to first. Listen to the audioboo below and leave a comment and join the discussion.

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Jack Of All Trades? Or Specialization?

Niki Brown — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:13:05 +0000

Question of the week: Is it better to specialize in a specific area of design, or to be a jack of all trades? Where do you currently stand in this spectrum of design? Currently pursuing a niche? Or are you knowledgeable in many aspects of design?

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Working Under Pressure

Niki Brown — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:53:34 +0000

Question Of The Week: Do you work better under pressure? Why or why not? Leave a comment and join the discussion!

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Question Of The Week #14 Research

Niki Brown — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:43:39 +0000

This week we are discussing what role research plays into your design process. Do most client projects have the budget for this? What sorts of research do you do before you start designing? Chime in and let me know what you think!

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Question of the Week #13 Marketing Yourself

Niki Brown — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:26:51 +0000

This week we are discussing how you are currently marketing yourself – as a freelance designer, as a designer looking for a job, on twitter. Wherever and however you are marketing yourself ! Leave a comment and lets get a discussion going. Share links to your resources for marketing tips and strategy.

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Question of the Week #12 Learning

Niki Brown — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:28:40 +0000

Its time for question of the week! I’m going to post a short little audio clip asking you a question. Feel free to chime in and let me know what you think! I’d love to get a discussion going on in the comments!

This week we are discussing what you are currently learning: php? jQuery? Typography? Leave a comment and let us know! Share links to your resources for what you are learning.

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Question Of The Week #11 Life Outside Design

Niki Brown — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:47:07 +0000

This week we are discussing what you do outside of the realm of design for fun or for a hobby.

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Question of the Week #10 How Much Is Too Much?

Niki Brown — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:33:43 +0000

This week we are discussing the new branding of Melbourne Australia.

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Also check out the branding applied to motion design:

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