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It has become essential for creative professionals today to showcase their work in an online format. Whether you’re a writer, graphic/web designer, photographer, or illustrator, you need somewhere to point people who are interested in hiring you. The hiring process is continuously moving more onto the web, and having work on your own website will speak to your digital awareness, entrepreneurial spirit, and artistic abilities. While creating your own portfolio site may seem daunting, WordPress makes it pretty easy for the inexperienced website builder. For starters, a WordPress site is free to create and maintain. Just sign up here and you’re […]

Over the years, web design has undergone many trends, which are usually defined by the available tools, technology, and viewing devices. At the dawn of the internet, pages were full of  flashing GIFS, scrolling marquees, and a multitude of multi-colored fonts because those were the tools web designers of the time had at their disposal. Fast-forward from the early 2000s to present day, and the average website design is completely different. Minimalism is in style, with websites feature lots of whitespace, large background photos—which stretch or contract to fill the screen—and beautiful, plain typography you won’t be able to take your eyes off. What’s changed? […]

Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law, found in his work, Hazards of Prophecy, states “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I suppose this makes the modern-day programmer something of a wizard. The things programmers are able to craft in our present day astound to such a degree that I often find myself believing that we’re living in the future. Every day is filled with such technological wonder that the quantum-leap level breakthrough has become as common as the nightly news. One of the under-appreciated aspects of the modern programmer is how many different hats they must to wear in […]