Category Archives: Freelance Design Stuff

From the great folks at Flavors.me – Goodsie Updates

Posted on August 26, 2010 by gmsdesigns

Goodsie Blog. An awesome update to their amazing DIY e-commerce site. There are now 640, yep count em 640 configurable layouts. Amazing stuff.

Posted in Freelance Design Stuff, Must Reads | Tagged Advertising, Apps for freelancers, E-commerce, Graphic Design | Leave a comment

It’s International Freelancers Day September 24 – 25

Posted on August 24, 2010 by gmsdesigns

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Doing the Little Things to Please Clients

Posted on August 19, 2010 by gmsdesigns

Doing the Little Things to Please Clients | FreelanceFolder. This from Amber Weinberg at the Freelance Folder 8-19-2010 Certainly good advice and well worth remembering if you have any hopes of having clients come back for repeat business. All too … Continue reading →

Posted in Freelance Design Stuff | Tagged Client Retention, Freelancing, Satisfied Customers, Self Promotion | Leave a comment

Is this the future of magazine & newspaper publishing…Perhaps Not.

Posted on August 4, 2010 by gmsdesigns

Is this the future of magazine & newspaper publishing…Perhaps Not. Continue reading →

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Developing an Effective Logo Design Brief | Logobird, Logo design

Posted on July 16, 2010 by gmsdesigns

Developing an Effective Logo Design Brief | Logobird, Logo design. This from Duane Kinsey of logobird posted 7-15-2010 Educating the client, how important that concept is and yet how sometimes designers in their zeal to create and impress forget to … Continue reading →

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How Freelancers Can Save the Environment | FreelanceFolder

Posted on July 12, 2010 by gmsdesigns

This from Lexi Rodrigo at the Freelance Folder. How Freelancers Can Save the Environment | FreelanceFolder. It’s so refreshing to read about designers with a social conscience especially in these current times when big profits seem to trump the reality … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Issues, Freelance Design Stuff | Tagged Graphic Design, Save the planet | 2 Comments

Graphic Content | A Fount of Fonts – T Magazine Blog – NYTimes.com

Posted on July 7, 2010 by gmsdesigns

Graphic Content | A Fount of Fonts – T Magazine Blog – NYTimes.com. This from Steven Heller on 7-7-2010 If you’re a typography fan as I am and you also have a sense of history as I do, you’ll very … Continue reading →

Posted in Freelance Design Stuff | Tagged Graphic Design, NYTimes | 2 Comments

Adobe stuff that I use everyday
- The MacDaddy of color selection and swatch creation from who else – Adobe There is nothing better or cheaper (read Free)
Blogroll
- Creativcourtney One of the most eco friendly and green designers you’ll ever meet. Always a pleasure to read her posts.
- Escape form Cubicle Nation by Pam Slim If you’ve ever thought about escaping from your cubicle or your job in the corporate world this is a must read. Full of inspiration and good advice.
- Logobird – Logo designers extraordinaire and all around good guys Duane Kinsey is a extraordinary logo designer and his high degree of integrity and eithics is just icing on the cake.
- Must see site for print designers who produce folded materials – Fold Factory from Trish Witkowski The Fold Factory
- Preston Lee's Graphic Design Blender Preston is a veritable storehouse of information for freelance designers. A must read at least three times a week
- Seth Godin's Blog One of the biggies
- The Freelance Feed brought to you by Grace Smith the go to site for all things related to freelance graphic design
- The Inkwell- Lindsay Berger Media Maven
- The Wealthy Freelancer – Ed Gandia Ed and his colleagues have written the go to inspirational book for Freelancers of all types – A must read!
- WEBASSIST The Dreamweaver extension people
- WordPress Planet
Designers woth knowing
- A gmsdesigns website (my own) The home of gmsdesigns
- Creativcourtney One of the most eco friendly and green designers you’ll ever meet. Always a pleasure to read her posts.
- Logobird – Logo designers extraordinaire and all around good guys Duane Kinsey is a extraordinary logo designer and his high degree of integrity and eithics is just icing on the cake.
Reading that matters
- Escape form Cubicle Nation by Pam Slim If you’ve ever thought about escaping from your cubicle or your job in the corporate world this is a must read. Full of inspiration and good advice.
- Logobird – Logo designers extraordinaire and all around good guys Duane Kinsey is a extraordinary logo designer and his high degree of integrity and eithics is just icing on the cake.
- Preston Lee's Graphic Design Blender Preston is a veritable storehouse of information for freelance designers. A must read at least three times a week
- The Freelance Feed brought to you by Grace Smith the go to site for all things related to freelance graphic design
- The New York Times Just the best print or online newspaper on the planet
- The Wealthy Freelancer – Ed Gandia Ed and his colleagues have written the go to inspirational book for Freelancers of all types – A must read!
Really Great Software
- Chris Pearson's Masterpiece Software for WordPress quite possibly the best piece of software ever written
- File Transfer like you didn't think was possible I have been using the free version which is more than adequate for a small business and just love it. The integration with iPad and IPhone is awesome.
- If you design anything that folds you need this Trish Witkowski’s gift to all print designers
- If you Tweet from your iPad or i Phone then you really should be using Osfoora The best third party iPad Twitter add on out there and it gets better all the time
- Must see site for print designers who produce folded materials – Fold Factory from Trish Witkowski The Fold Factory
- WEBASSIST The Dreamweaver extension people
Social Media Software
- If you Tweet from your iPad or i Phone then you really should be using Osfoora The best third party iPad Twitter add on out there and it gets better all the time
SocMedia Guru
- If you Tweet from your iPad or i Phone then you really should be using Osfoora The best third party iPad Twitter add on out there and it gets better all the time
- The Inkwell- Lindsay Berger Media Maven
- The Wealthy Freelancer – Ed Gandia Ed and his colleagues have written the go to inspirational book for Freelancers of all types – A must read!
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From the great folks at Flavors.me – Goodsie Updates

It’s International Freelancers Day September 24 – 25

Doing the Little Things to Please Clients

Is this the future of magazine & newspaper publishing…Perhaps Not.

Developing an Effective Logo Design Brief | Logobird, Logo design

How Freelancers Can Save the Environment | FreelanceFolder

Graphic Content | A Fount of Fonts – T Magazine Blog – NYTimes.com

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