Blogopolis

Twittering

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:07:55 +0000

I’m starting to Twitter more since I found out it’s a good job search tool. If I post about things in my field of interest, (graphic design, web design, photography) I’ll attract followers and increase visibility. If you want to follow me my Twitter name is dianetee.

Remember when we thought people weren’t very bright, we’d say “that silly twit”?

Joe McNally: Letter to a young photographer

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:59:14 +0000

This was an inspiring post by Joe McNally, a photographer I admire.
http://bit.ly/31Mj44

Two new posts from Seth Godin

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37:13 +0000

Seth Godin makes some great points today over on his blog. One post talks about whether you should take any job you can get in this tough economy, the other says since no one is working anyway, you might as well do something because you love it. Check out the posts and let me know what you think.

Tutorials for making icons for your blog or website

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:28:39 +0000

I just came across this link at www.webdevdesign.com and I want to check out some of the ways to make icons. This blog looks visually boring to me so it’s time to spice it up.

Goals for my professional life

Diane Tchakirides — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:22 +0000

In one of my classes, I’ve been asked to look down the road a bit and write about where I want to be in my career five years from now. I’d like to be in the creative side of graphic design, more than the coding side. I’d like to have an established clientele who call on me regularly with interesting projects that pay well. My business can be conducted from anywhere in the world…whether its from my apartment in Paris or a cottage in the rice fields of Bali. I’ll be working with creative directors in Argentina, Paris and New York,, as well as longtime client in Seattle. This is the first part of my career vision. Stay tuned for more….

New Look

Diane Tchakirides — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:53:31 +0000

I changed my blog template. The other one was cool, dark and artsy but hard to read. This one’s a bit more boring but the content is easier to access. Any comments or feedback on the change?

Tutorial – Tips For Blog Templates & Blog Design In Photoshop

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:46:48 +0000

This is a nice tutorial for making your blog stand out.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/blog-templates.html

Custom Blog templates

Diane Tchakirides — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:53 +0000

There are hundreds of ads for custom blog templates on the web…here are a few I found:

http://madebymadeline.blogspot.com/2007/03/custom-design-portfolio.html
http://www.eightcrazydesign.com/

Blogs without topics are a waste of time….

Diane Tchakirides — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:24:58 +0000

Or so says Penelope Trunk. Read more here. She writes that you can write about any topic, but you have to link it to your focus.

Make it worth their time. What is the focus of my blog? How to write a better blog and use it as a marketing tool to showcase my skills to employers.

Blogs I like

Diane Tchakirides — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:58:45 +0000

Some of the blogs I check out on a regular basis are:

The Huffington Post

Political news and commentary. Check out this recent article on quitting your day job..

Metafilter

A community weblog on subjects that users thought interesting enough to share with the rest of the us. It's a diverse compendium of useful and useless knowledge and is always entertaining.

UnderConsideration

Dedicated to the progress of the graphic design profession and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts.

Seth Godin’s Blog

Here is an excerpt from his 3000th post. “Of course, given the lack of ads here, traffic isn’t the goal, spreading ideas is. With that in mind, if you’d like to celebrate this milestone (there won’t be another like it for three years or so) please go ahead and start a blog. If you already have a blog, please go ahead and post something really interesting today.”

Amen to that.