So How Much Do Google Know About Me? (Friday, May 16th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in It'sMe at 11:17 pm with no comments.

A friend of mine and I, where talking about some of Googles services today. Which led me to thinking: What do Google really know about me? In today’s online world, it is hard not to use Google in some way. And I use a lot of different Google services.

Let’s take a look at what Google knows about me from the services I use:

One of my bank account numbers(I use AdSense)
My Visa card number including the …

The Number 1 Overlooked Resource For Photoshop Artists (Wednesday, May 14th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in Uncategorized at 9:30 pm with no comments.

As you all know, Photoshop is The tool for photo retouching and manipulation. And there is tutorials floating around the internet that will tell you how to make everything with it. But we all need a little help, from time to time, with creating new effects with this program. I have found what I consider to be one of the most overlooked places when it comes to getting help for photoshop. It is the …

10 More Quick Improvements For Your Blog Or Website (Monday, May 12th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in Blogging, WebDev Tips at 10:28 pm with no comments.

After writing 10 quick steps improve your website about two weeks ago I have been wanting to write a follow up post with 10 more. So here you have 10 more quick improvements for your website.

Create a favicon to make your bookmarked pages stand out
Write better titles
Do a spell check
Make it easy to bookmark your site
Make it easy to add your posts to social media sites.
Remove clutter from your website …

Things To Remember When Redesigning A Website (Saturday, May 10th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in WebDev Tips at 12:58 pm with no comments.

Lately I’ve had a lot of redesign (and static html site to cms powered system) assignments at work. And while doing these assignments I naturally made some mistakes that I had to redo. So I started making a list of the pitfalls that I had to watch out for because I’m not a big fan of having to redo things. The company I work for also provide SEO services so some of the Items on …

5 Things That Make A Freelance Webdesigner Successful (Sunday, May 4th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in WebDev Tips at 9:55 pm with no comments.

I have been working with a lot of successful web designers and have found that they all share some common skills. They all have certain habits that make their business successful and make their customers happy.

1. Answering emails withing 24 hours
This is by far the number one ability shared by all successful people online. Answering emails in a timely manner will make you look professional and trustworthy. 24 hours or less whenever possible. If you …

Daily Reading About Web Development (Saturday, May 3rd, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in From The Internet at 4:42 pm with no comments.

I wanted to share some of my daily reads on the Internet. So here is a bit of my feed reader and some bookmarks too. You might find some that you haven’t heard before + all the old classics.

Alistapart
A must read for all web designer and developers. Guides and tricks about everything from design to ruby on rails.

Stylegala
Stylegala has everything a bit of everything. gallery, forums, news and articles

456bereastreet
Bereastreet has a lot …

10 Quick Steps To Improve Your Website! (Sunday, April 27th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in WebDev Tips at 11:15 pm with no comments.

Constantly trying to improve your website? Here are a list of 10 things you might have missed. Check these on your site.

1. Link to pages from within your content. Linking to other pages on your website from your content will give your visitors a way to easilly see more of your pages.
2. Make your RSS feed obvious to your user. A subscriber will give you return visits over and over again so do your best …

Get More Done - Be Hardcore! (Saturday, April 26th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in WebDev Tips at 9:56 pm with no comments.

You want to get more done and work less? Better start looking objectively on your work. Here are 3 tips that I use to get more done.
1. Cut down your hours and get more done
Trying to develop your websites for 12 hours a day is stupid. You won’t get anything useful done for 70% of the time. If you cut it down to 5 hours you’ll get more done cause you won’t mess about on …

Google Ad Manager (Saturday, April 19th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in Monetizing at 12:25 pm with no comments.

So it’s been a little over a month since big G released their ad manager. And I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at it. I must say it is far easier to get started with than some of the other ad serving platforms, I think Google has got themselves a winner here. If you don’t know what it is then take a look at Googles own introduction.

Have you tried it? And …

Your Website - Usable For Your Visitors? (Wednesday, April 16th, 2008)

Published by Thomas Fjordside in Graphic design at 10:41 pm with no comments.

Lately I’ve seen a lot of examples of websites that had a great idea, but never got any return visitors. The webmasters are scratching their heads wondering what’s wrong. Some of them give up, some of them keep making small changes and some of them start spending big money on advertising. But most of them for get one very important aspect of web development - Thinking like your visitors.

Personal experience have shown to me time …