Michael Port, one of my clients, did a great video blog entry on deadlines. (Kudos to him for doing this style of blog entry – I think it’s fabulous!) In his blog entry, he makes many valid points about deadlines and commitment making. You have to get yourself into a routine of making and [...]
The use of unique, non-standard fonts is becoming one of those things that drives me a tiny bit insane. I have clients who will provide me with a PSD (PhotoShop original file), I open it up, prepare to make changes, click inside the existing text and am met with this big, ugly error that says [...]
Last week, I spent the entire week in the Caribbean. I had two people managing my business – one person looking after my customer support accounts (I answer upwards of 2,500 e-mails per day) and the other person looked after my daily operations and a few tasks for my clients. Before I went, [...]
As most of you know (or can tell by reading this entry), I’ve switched my site from a basic HTML website to a blog site. I’ve done this for many reasons but the number one reason was to interact more with my clients and other virtual assistants. By having a blog site, I can provide [...]
This evening I had my friend Tiffany over for a movie night and she got talking about her career as a graphic designer and the things I do with regards to her expertise. I was explaining a few of my main uses for PhotoShop and she provided me some really good tips that I wanted [...]
