Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’
New Project: Crucified Creative
I have been busy lately working on a few fun projects. One of them has been a collaborative effort between myself an a bunch of other great Christian designers and techies. It’s called Crucified Creative. Right now we have a blog started and are looking to branch out into other areas as we grow.
Seven Things That Make Working From Home Awesome
Since we bought our new home in October, I have been working from my home office a lot more (as opposed to local coffee shops). There are some great benefits to working from home. Here are a few items that made the transition easy for me:
WordPress, How I Love Thee
WordPress is the application I use to power most of the websites I build. In fact, unless a client requires me to use another system, I use WordPress exclusively. There are a few great applications out there, but in my opinion WordPress is the best. Here’s why:
Review: Backblaze For Online Backup
I regularly use Time Machine to backup my files to an external hard drive. This is great if my laptop hard drive fails, but what happens if there is a fire and my external drive gets burned up along with my laptop? What happens if a thief breaks in and takes everything? I would lose […]
Clean Up Your Dock with Google Quick Search Box
In my efforts to become more minimalistic, I have removed all unnecessary applications from my dock. At first it seemed to be a little more of a burden than a help since I was often visiting the Application folder. But then I remembered about a little program for the Mac called Google Quick Search Box.
Get Dropbox: When You Need to Store, Sync, & Share
Dropbox is a great tool for keeping all of your files safe, secure, and in sync online. Dropbox is an incredible easy tool to use. In fact, most people won’t even know they are using Dropbox until they need to take advantage of some of it’s incredibly powerful features. You can get a 2GB account […]
How Twitter Saved Me $33 And Got You 500 Free Business Cards
I have been using Uprinting.com for my business cards for a few years. They are a great company and have tons of options for your cards. I like that they offer non-standard sizes for us creative types who can’t stand to be normal. I have always had a good experience with them and their product. […]
Four Amazing Websites To Learn From, and One That’s Just Funny
I am a huge fan of learning. I am always listening to audio books, reading blogs, watching screencasts, and listening to podcasts. The industry I am in changes so quickly that it is a necessity to stay on top of things or risk being left in the dust. I have found a few websites to […]
PayPal vs. Google Checkout
PayPal and Google are brand names that are recognized all around the world. They both offer payment processing and are a huge help for small business owners and their customers. PayPal is by far the most used of the two, but Google Checkout has some features that might give PayPal a run for their money. […]
