Hey folks, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Adrian Diaconescu of Rubiqube. In this interview we talk design, blogging and freelancing. Enjoy! :)
Jon: Hi Adrian, thanks a lot for taking the time for this interview. Can you tell our readers a little about yourself? Where you’re from, what you do?
Adrian: Like I said, Jon, [...]
As a Technical Writer, I have had to interview hundreds of computer professionals to better understand the technology that I would be documenting. Programmers, Quality Assurance, Implementation, Sales, Management, Customer Service, Training… I have interviewed them all! The following article reveals tips you can use to optimize your interview experience and get the information you [...]
Hi folks, just a quick post to let you know that Steven at VandelayDesign interviewed 10 web and graphic designers, some of them you probably already know. You can read the whole post on VandelayDesign.
Who got interviewed?
Alen Grakalic of CSS Globe
Jon Phillips of Freelance Folder (that would be me)
David Airey
Matt Griffin of Liquid Design Media
Chris [...]
Hi everyone, I recently had the pleasure to interview David Airey, I’ve known David for some time now, almost a year now I think. He is someone I highly respect, and he’s a very talented designer. He recently launched a new blog which we talk about in the interview. Hope you enjoy it! :)
Hello everyone, today we have an interview with Grace Smith of Postscript5. In this interview we talk about how being active on blogs and forums can help your business and you’ll also get to know Grace better if you didn’t know her already. She’s very cool :)
I used to work in sales and marketing for a big telecom company here in Montreal before I decided to go solo. It was a big building, 14 floors I think. On each floor you had a different department (or many).
I remember the 9th floor where all the creative people used to spend their days; [...]
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