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Loading ...I was going to write a lengthy study on emerging trends in the logo vector I see coming this year, how ever this article seems to have wrapped that up for me. Great article analyzing trends in logo design and branding. I especially like the “ugly 80’s” section. Definitely my style of preference.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Have you ever attempted (as a freelancer) to pick up some extra quick and dirty work on Rent-A-Coder, ELance, or ScriptLance recently? It’s a very desperate situation.
Think of this scenario. You’re reading a request for bid, on a project. Let’s say for arguments sake, 10 page website, a little php for a contact form, and a logo. SEO too (which most people that I’ve dealt with just DEMAND and expect to be free). So let’s break this down here:
Now if you were to charge this person, WELL below market standard, let’s just say $25-$30 an hour, and you spent let’s guess, 8 hours on the project, that results in a net of: $240. That’s already very low, but let’s just assume, that you’re doing ok now, and 8 hours won’t break your back. So you get back after reviewing the posted bid, and go to make your own. What do you see? People offering to do it, in one day, for $100, $95, even $50! Usually there will be someone with a lot of reviews, a very large amount in fact, overbidding big time, simply because they’re banking on their reviews netting them the most amount of money (whether or not it’s QUALITY work begs to reason, however they do have a lot of reviews).
So what are you to do? You’ve already gone well below your market worth, and you’re willing to cut corners, and do it in 8 hours, but there just is no way to compete in those markets with numbers such as that. It just wouldn’t be worth your time.
I’ve run into this debacle quite a few times. And it’s the same across the board on most all of the freelance websites I’ve seen. Often I find Craigslist to be a better pool, however even on there, people will ask for a Myspace clone, with FaceBookoptions, and the usability of google, for $100, or FREE! It’s ridiculous! It’s insulting.
Rent A Coder tends to have a bit more of a higher quality base to it, however it still suffers somewhat from the plague of cheap labor that abounds on the internet. Usually it’s a firm, who has 50+ employees, who they pay low wages, and the workers scour the internet for work, at even lower prices. In such mass quantities however, the firm makes it big in the end. They’re essentially capitalizing the freelance sector right now. Is this fair? Who’s to say. It’s more of an economical thing than anything else. Life expenses are a lot less in the countries these programmers are coming from. It still makes it very difficult on everyone else.
I’m interested to hear any other views on this subject. Please comment if you have some, I’ll update this post as I see fit.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rob Miller wrote a really great article on PHP Security. He makes a lot of good points, and suggestions, with real world examples and scenarios. Definitely worth reading. The article covers: XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF, among an array of other possible vulnerable avenues in PHP programming. Check it out if you ever do any kind of PHP programming, and want to keep it safe.
Link: PHP Security Guide
(+15 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...This is a collection of free RSS icons from around the internet. This may help those of you who have been looking for some of those “2.0” RSS icons. They’re all free of charge.
A good upcoming recourse as well: http://www.freeiconsdownload
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Regardless of how long you’ve been programming in a language, let’s face it, here and there, it’d be nice to just pick up a sheet of paper, view a simple image, click on a single link, and get a good reference table to aid you. In todays time, there are so many languages that people are trying to cram, that they sometimes lose focus, and mix and match, or just dilute them selves so heavily (think of the butter spread to evenly on the bread example), that they know a language, but sometimes just can’t recall some of the functions.
Below you will find a list of as many cheat sheets as I could find on the internet. If you have one you’ve made, or links that you know that contain cheat sheets, let me know via comments. Thanks!
Be sure to favorite, backlink, pingback, and bookmark this, as I will be adding a ton more shortly.
Update:
If you’re looking for some UNIX & Perl Cheat Sheets, among others such as BASH, and GAWK, check out Peteris Krumins blog. Intersting, well developed cheat sheets.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve found a great resource that aids in social tracking for website owners. The website XinuReturns displays, factual tracking, and social bookmarking data for MANY networks.
The tracking will show you so much information, it’s really hard to summarize, so I suggest you take a look. Go there, plug in your websites url, and wait for the information to populate.
Link: XinuReturns
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Some people find it a lot easier to learn when there is a visual aspect throw into the mix (kinesthetic learning). That holds true with programming as well of course. I just wanted to link to a fairly unknown, seemingly random list of programming videos in the following languages:
Step by step videos, with audio, in readily available IDE’s from the learning blocks, to some more advanced techniques. They are all in flash format, so no need for extra codecs or third party software.
Link: Sean Cruels
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The video poster had this to say about the video:
If you wondered why G4 cut him loose when they took over TechTV, here’s a good reason…
Sorry but no. I really enjoy watching Chris Pirillos videos, and watch his stream at live.pirillo.com quite often. You can check out his blog at http://chris.pirillo.com/ as well.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The creators over at Meebo have listed a few of the ways they obtained capital funding for Meebo. They started out on home computers, and eventually raised some money. Here are their stories, a long with some tips for others who would like to do the same.
Milk Money, Part One: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=84
When to Raise VC: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=374
They also have a few other noteworthy blog entries as of late:
Getting started with Ajax: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=23
Happy Camper: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=96
Nuts and Bolts: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=126
JavaScript Riddle: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=301
JavaScript, and Internships: http://blog.meebo.com/?p=385
All a good read. You can check out the Meebo blog over at blog.meebo.com.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A good friend of mine has written some clever code to keep a full stream of live.pirillo.com. Check it out over at Scott Klarr.
