Robert J F Kennedy

If you have been following my blog you might remember me saying that I decided not to learn PHP so I could concentrate on design.  Well I have had a change of heart on that matter.  PHP programmers are in huge demand and it is always good to have another skill under your belt.  I [...]

1000 Icons can be yours for the low price of one dollar!  Yeah I know its insane. There are all kinds of icons. These icons are 33 X 20 px in size. They are tiny which is perfect for favicons or images on websites.  Here is an example of one of the Icons:
There are 999 [...]

Edmond Loh’s Digital Powerhouse Secrets can be yours for only $1.00 - It doesn’t get any cheaper than that. The internet is all about information and selling digital products is the best way to make money online. You don’t need a warehouse full of stock.  You don’t need a retail outlet to sell your products. [...]

Ning is now a paid service.  Much to my disappointment and I am sure to others.  Read the Ning announcement.  All is not lost though.  There are lots of different social networking sites that are just like Ning.
Here are a couple:
SocialGo is pretty cool.  It is free with paid upgrades.
ServeAndShareNetworks is totally free.  You can [...]

With Ning becoming a paid service I wanted to create my own social networking site.  I checked out a few options, and I am still looking into more.  Drupal looked promising but it is not very intuitive.  Being in a hurry I decided to try out Wordpress Mu and Buddypress.  Although they were not exactly [...]

I had a request for a Joomla site so I loaded it onto my server to check it out.  The install was a breeze.  Now I am just reading the documentation.
I have played around with Drupal a little.  I even started building a social networking site with it, but then I got busy and haven’t [...]

Got turned on to the Nettus podcasts from my instructor Gord Grisenthwaite.  Great tips on learning web development, AJAX, PHP, and WordPress. Over 100 episodes.  I am especially enjoying the Wordpress for designers series - learn how to create your own wordpress themes.

ATTITUDE
by: Charles Swindoll

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, [...]

I love this video.  You can see how he did it here —–> Original Design Gangster - Behind The Scenes.

I have finally graduated from Vancouver Career College. Now I have to complete a practicum and after that keep on learning. There is always something new to learn in this business and that is why I love it! I could work in this field forever and never learn everything there is to [...]