Keeping It Real on Twitter: Freshalina [PartII]

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This post is dedicated to Freshalina of Crunktastical.net, who also chimed in last night via Twitter and gave the congregation an earful. This post is organized a bit different from Part I. I chose to just group the related tweets by subject followed by a list of Freshalina’s recommended readings and videos. Enjoy! Top 10 advice tweets from Freshalina 1. [...]

Keeping It Real on Twitter: Luvvie [PartI]

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If you turned in early last night you may have missed an enlightening conversation on Twitter. Freshalina from Crunktastical.net and Luvvie from AwesomeLuvvie.com were giving testimony without the morning announcements and collection plate. I decided to compile a list of my favorite tweets. This post is kind of long, but well worth the read.  Freshalina’s advice will be [...]

Why Aren’t Women of Color in Tech Discussing Adria Richards?

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[This article has been updated] I have a bone to pick with women, specifically brown women, in tech. By now everyone has heard about the drama surrounding Adria Richards, PyCon, SendGrid and fighting sexism in tech. I’m not here to defend Adria’s actions, because I definitely think the entire situation could have been handled differently. But that’s not [...]

5 Lessons in Branding from Trinidad James

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I know what you’re thinking. Trinidad James? Is she serious? Well, yes, yes I am. Whether you like his music or not, Trinidad James has exploded into the stratosphere with a look and appeal all his own. With his catchy hooks and unique style, the world has definitely taken notice. So how has he managed to do this? [...]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I would like to show my support by highlighting some of the very best web designs supporting breast education and empowerment. From vibrant pinks to the use everyday faces, these sites help bring together people for one common cause. I hope you will be inspired as much as I [...]

When to Hire a Blog Designer

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A blog is a great way to communicate with readers. Today, there are blogs for nearly everything: political news, businesses communicating promotions and news and people sharing images, song quotes and more. Though blogs are easy to update and there are many templates for people to use, it is wise to consider using a professional [...]

Configure Your @domain.com to Use Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail (Part I)

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In my previous post titled, ‘What Your Email Address Says About Your Computer Skills‘, I touched on my acute case of email snobbery. Directed toward people who run a business or want to project a professional appearance while using free a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail email account. To help navigate the process, I have decided to write a [...]

What Your Email Address Says About Your Computer Skills

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The Oatmeal published this comic not too long ago, and while I’m late in writing an article about it, this graphic is still true today. As much as we like to pretend that we aren’t all email snobs, many if us are (including me). In many instances, your first impression can be your last and emailing [...]

WooThemes and WooCommerce Celebrates It’s 1 Year Anniversary with a 30% OFF Sale!

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WooThemes, the developer behind WooCommerce is celebrating their 1 year anniversary since launching the very successful WooCommerce WordPress plugin. In a years time, the WooCommerce WordPress plugin has accumulated close to 350,000 downloads and has over 100+ extensions and 24 official themes. They even created an infographic to highlight their accomplishments. To celebrate these accolades, WooThemes is offering all [...]

10 Cool Facebook Timeline Covers

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Ever since Facebook decided to change their layout to the new timeline style, I’ve seen an emergence of banner cover designs, from the good, to the bad, to the ugly. I searched the web to help design challenged Facebook users give their cover banner an upgrade starting as low as $2. Below I have compiled [...]