KillerSites Blog

Month: July 2008

Business of Web Design – hardware and software

July 30, 2008

Business of Web Design Audio Book

Hi,

The following session answers a common question that has been put to me many times:

What hardware and software do you need to run a web design business? Do you need to upgrade to ‘industrial strength’ tools?

I also touch on a few other things that I know many of you will find interesting.

You can listen to the latest Business of Web Design podcast in the killersites.com magazine.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com

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The Business of Web Design – First lesson is out!

July 26, 2008

Business of Web Design Audio Book

Hi,

I just uploaded the very first session of the Business of Web Design course/audio-book.

The first session is the introduction to the course, where I go over some of the specifics of what I’m going to cover … along with a few other things.

Introduction to the Business of Web Design audio book.

Please post comments, questions, criticisms and even praise for what your hear.

I have many other session/chapters already recorded and they should be out very soon … I just have to do the final edits.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com

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Business of Web Design Audio Book

July 23, 2008

Business of Web Design Audio Book

The ‘Business of Web Design‘ is an audio book/podcast series that teaches you to start and build a home based web design business.

I am still currently in the process of fleshing out all the details, but I do have a lot down on paper.

That said, I am very close to being ready to record the first (of many) sessions and I expect to have something out this week.

You can learn more about in the killersites.com magazine

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com

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Dreamweaver CS4 Video Tutorial

July 21, 2008

I just released a new Dreamweaver CS4 video tutorial on the new user interface.

Video: First look at Dreamweaver CS4

Dreamweaver CS4 is sporting a brand new interface that bring Dreamweaver up-to-speed with the other Adobe products. In this video I give you a quick tour looking at how the new user interface works.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

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Firefox Add-on Colorzilla Video Tutorial

July 19, 2008

Firefox has become much more than a great browser that puts pressure on Microsoft to do a better job with Internet Explorer. Firefox has become a treasure chest of tools that web designers can use in their everyday web design work. A lot of this power comes into Firefox via their plug-in architecture that they call ‘add-ons’.

Check out the video tutorial:
Firefox Colorzilla Ad-on

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com

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The three steps to creating a killer blog?

July 15, 2008

Creating a ‘killer’ blog is not that hard to understand … but it is hard to do.

As the title of this post suggest, there are three things you need if you want to create a ‘killer’ blog:

  1. Start with a great blog software.
  2. Get a great design.
  3. Produce great content.

The list above is in order of doing, but not the order of importance: content is still king and so you must be able to produce quality content on a regular basis for your blog, otherwise it won’t work.

Let’s look at some details …

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Dreamweaver CS4 Review

July 15, 2008

The boys and girls at Adobe recently released a public beta of Dreamweaver CS4 – I can now freely talk about it now!

I’ve been beta testing Dreamweaver CS4 for a little while now and I’ve been looking forward to spewing my nerd impressions. I had to hold my tongue until Adobe released DW CS4 to the public …

In this article, I provide a quick overview of what’s in CS4. But don’t worry, in soon to come articles and video tutorials, I will be digging deeper.

Read the complete review of Dreamweaver CS4.

BTW: I should have a couple of new Dreamweaver CS4 videos out very soon.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com

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Is Social Networking a viable business?

July 15, 2008

This article is targeted at web designers and business owners who are considering an investment in social networking.

Let me just first say, that I have invested in it personally, where I created a video sharing system to help distribute my own content.

… I had other ideas beyond that, but I soon discovered that:

1. It would require a huge investment (millions) in capitol to just get it off the ground.
2. That most user contributed videos are just terrible. I deleted most of them.

You can read the rest in the magazine.

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The Three Critical Aspects of a Web Site

July 2, 2008

Hi,

I just released a 10 minute video blog talking about the three critical aspects of a web site.

So what are the three critical aspects of a web site?

  1. Content
  2. Ease of use
  3. Design aesthetics

I go over what each mean and I also give you a few hints and examples that you can use in your own web design work.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killersites.com
www.killerphp.com

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