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The Ideal Client

Enlightened this morning after a great meeting with a local designer, I realized that I’m not only somewhat of an idealist in life, but in business and design as well. Essentially, the potential client I write for on this site possesses the following characteristics:

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Tools To Help Your Business

BuddyPress »

BuddyPress is a spinoff of WordPress for social networking.

TinEye »

Got an image you want to make sure no one is copying? Just want to see how many times the Mona Lisa is shown online? TinEye is incredible.

Airtight Viewers »

Create a futuristic display of photos or images using one of these various Flash-based presentations. Very impressive looking.

Articles You Don't Want To Miss

Kill Your Blog »

An interesting take on the state of online publishing from Paul Boutin over at Wired. The title is actually “Kill Your Blog” in print, they changed it online for some reason (?).

Web 0.2 »

Great article by a great designer (and small business owner) about going small and nimble to get projects done. Very “Get Real-ish.”

Why the Facebook Platform Failed »

I have to say, I was really into the Facebook platform when it first came out. Our company built an app for it (Scholarship Caps) which for us, was successful. This article makes sense though too.