http://blog.kevinwelch.net Atlanta Based, Globally Local Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things are rough for in-house people all over. Many of my friends have been let go, and I myself have recently moved back into the wilds that is freelance design. I can't tell you about how not to get fired. I can't tell you how to make yourself a value ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2009/10/21/fired-what-to-remember-during-the-last-days/ If you've sat through more than 5 presentations in your life, you've most likely seen PowerPoint used badly. Yellow text on a white background (called a Ziegler in some circles) or a bunch of bad MS clip art files thrown on top of a cheesy looking repeating background image. The ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2008/08/25/non-standard-powerpoint-usage/ As a rule, the AIGA (as well as any designer worth their Wacom) is against SPEC work. You're giving away your talent for free, opening yourself up to be ripped off, and making life more difficult for other designers as a whole. On the hole, SPEC work is bad. But ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2008/08/12/flavors-of-spec-work/ I've worked with several people over the past 5 or so years. Many of the were more experienced than me, and for that I'm grateful. I like being around people who know more than me. All I have to do is sit back, ask the occasional question, and I get ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2008/07/10/first-steps-print-jobs/ A lot of people like to write about leaving their job to go freelance. Writers are leaving the desk jobs to become freelance bloggers. Designers have done it for a while now; shuffling off the coils and chains of regular work so as to allow their design fancies room to ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2008/06/13/freelance-to-fulltime-9-to-5-steady-pay-checks-lots-of-jobs-you-cant-say-no-to/ Designers, coders and creative people in all areas seem to share a common trait: We ofter end up doing things that are beyond our ability. Whether it's taking on a 3d rendering project when we've never so much as opened a modeling program, or working on a web application even ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2007/12/19/over-your-head/ My name is Kevin, and I'm a designer living and working in the Atlanta area. I've been here for a couple of months, and I've decided to start this blog. My goal is to make this site a place where I can write up some tutorials, and offer advice to ... http://blog.kevinwelch.net/2007/12/01/welcome-one-all/