Updated 12/17/11 1:05 PM CST.
Due to immense public pressure Congress canceled the vote on SOPA and adjourned until next year! This is a great victory for the internet! The Fight is not over yet, as the bill will come up again, probably on December 21st. The next time the bill comes up we will update you on what is going on and how to fight it. Thanks to the everyday people like you, this anti-free speech bill was not passed!
SOPA is currently being debated by the US Congress.
According to Wikipedia, ” The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.[2] Now before the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the Protect IP Act.[3]“
The bill is aimed at online privacy but will give the government the power to censor the internet, affecting users worldwide. Read on below to learn more and help stop this bill! (continue reading…)
Let’s face it, getting business as a freelancer can be hard. There are many options out there for freelancers to try and advertise their services but a lot of these options just don’t work. Today I will show you some proven tactics to get more business as a freelance website or graphic designer. (continue reading…)
HTML5 is the replacement for HTML4, which the large majority of websites are currently using. HTML5 has added new tags and features which will help our websites become more interactive, more user friendly and consistant across more devices in a world where people are accessing the internet on a variety of devices.
Today we bring you some of the top HTML5 introductory videos to help sharpen your HTML5 skills. (continue reading…)
Today we bring you a video tutorial on coding a website using only HTML and Notepad. (continue reading…)
The world of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is filled with a lot of shady characters and black hat tricks. Most sites use legitimate SEO tactics to gain search engine exposure, but a large number of websites resort to shady “black hat” tactics to try and game the system. Sometimes these attempts fail from the beginning, and some work for a little while, but ultimately Google and other search engines catch on and sites become penalized for their black hat tactics. (continue reading…)
April Fools Day was quite entertaining this year for the users of the interwebs, so I decided to make a roundup of some of the best April Fools Day web hoaxes. (continue reading…)
Within three hours of of its launch, Firefox 4 reached the one million download mark. Employees rang cowbells and someone dressed as the Firefox mascot danced around the office in celebration. (continue reading…)
As web (and graphic) designers and developers we often tend to stick to what makes us comfortable, so it is no surprise that a lot of us tend to focus most, if not all of our sales work online. After all, it’s easier and it’s what we know. If this is your mindset then you are missing out on a lot of potential clients that you will never find online. (continue reading…)
Web Designers and other freelancers often turn to freelance bidding sites when income is low or when they are simply looking to boost their income. While these sites often look tempting and the jobs are plenty, using these sites can often produce little to no result.
A few months ago I joined several of these sites including Guru, Elance, Freelancer.com and a few others. Between all the sites I joined I probably bid on at least 150 projects. For each of these sites I followed a pretty simple formula to try to increase my chances of getting a job, especially since I was a newbie to the site. (continue reading…)