As of the beginning of April, I’ve left my job as Senior Web Devloper at Evolve Media, to work for myself and build a business doing graphic design and web development. I’ve recently updated my portfolio with some new projects, but I have a lot more work to add and I’m working on updating my website as well.
If you’re in need of some help with some work, feel free to use the contact form or drop me a line scott@scottorchard.com.
Smashing Magazine has once again put together an extensive list of design related knowledge, suggestions and tips from some well known online designers. There is a lot of information to process, and varying answers to the questions, but this is a great resource for anyone looking for some ideas and suggestions from the online design communi.
If you’re disheartened by the prospects of a new OS from Microsoft, but you’re under the impression that that damn Apple company updates their products too often, here’s a couple of sites that keep track of Apple’s product cycles and offer recommendations that may prevent you from screaming in agony when your “brand new” laptop gets updated next Tuesday:
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
http://mactactic.com/
That’s pretty much all I’ve been doing, but its a good thing. I’ll be updating my portfolio with some new projects if I can make some time. Busy at the day job as well, lots of exciting projects, so stay tuned.
My new PowerBook arrived right before Christmas, and I must say was kind of a big present for myself. But in my own defense, I needed to upgrade badly, and this is going to really help out with my work load. I’m ordering 2 Gigs of RAM to max out the system, but I must say that this thing powers through the work that bogged down my other 2 computers.
I’m going to fix my iBook and give it to my brother, he needs something for school work and the internet, so its perfect for his needs right now.
As for my work load, its been pretty hectic, a couple of great projects at Evolve and a couple of nice freelance projects have been monopolyzing most of my time, but the work has been great.
Additionally, I just upgraded to WordPress 2.0 and have upgraded to the newest version of K2 which seem pretty solid. I need more time, but the work’s keeping me out of trouble.
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