Category Business

You should be charging more

For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from David Airey of davidairey.com and Logo Design Love. For more from David, be sure to follow him on Twitter and check…

Solo Project Management

I am one of those people who is constantly looking for ways to streamline my work processes. One of the things I’m always seeking is an all-in-one app that will help me to manage my business, so on my search…

Recommended Reading

Between my newish Twitter usage and the hundreds of blogs in my Google reader, I come across interesting and helpful articles constantly. Whether they’re about design, business, writing, blogging etc., I’m sure some of you may find them helpful as…

HOW Conference Updates

HOW’s editor, Bryn Mooth, recently contacted me to give me some updated information about the upcoming HOW Conference in Austin next month. I attended last year in Boston and it was a really great experience. I highly recommend it if…

The 99% Conference: A Recap

Yesterday I attended the 99% Conference at the Times Center. Curated and organized by Bēhance and Cool Hunting, the conference focused not on generating ideas but on making them a reality. (The name comes from the famous quote by Thomas…

Brains on Fire

I came across Brains on Fire—a South Carolina-based branding agency—through a random Google search, and I was really interested in and impressed by their approach. The idea of creating “fans” instead of “customers” is one of those “Why didn’t I…

99%

More exciting news for today! The genius that is Bēhance has just added another amazing program to their portfolio of great ideas—the 99% Conference. (I realize I gush over Bēhance quite a bit, but it’s completely warranted.) For the 99%…

Something to get excited about!

I’m pleased to announce that Action Method Online is up and running! AMO translates Bēhance’s much loved Action Method philosophy into an interactive format that seems extremely easy to use. The interface is also really well-designed and easy on the…

Masters of Design

This month Fast Company has published it’s annual Masters of Design issue. All of the content is focused on design and business—from architecture to fashion to graphic design and everything in between. You can check out some of the articles…

ChangeThis

Yesterday CreativeTechs sent out a really great newsletter that compiled a list of free ebooks geared towards designers. I’ve only gotten to look through a few so far, but it seems like an extremely helpful list. In downloading all the…

HOW Conference mp3s Available

The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get the entire package for $199. A pretty good deal considering the price…