Business of Design
How to Understand the Economy as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Economy and design When I started my career as a graphic designer, my boss said, you need to read a newspaper. I was focused on only design skills and knowledge at ...
What Is W-8BEN for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer Who is Using Upwork in Canada?
Story: For all Upwork users in the world? It is the end of 2022, I received an email from Upwork. Hi Takashi, We are reaching out because we are required to make ...
What is Artificial Intelligence(AI)? How Does AI Works?
Story: Coexistence of human and AI In December 2022, ChatGTP is released. Many YouTuber shows a demo of how ChatGTP works. Nowadays, when I watch the video on YouTube, people often talk ...
What is Contents Creation as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Marketing is useful A content creator is someone who creates entertaining or educational material to be expressed through any medium or channel. - Adobe There are many media in our life. ...
Business of Design
How to Manage the Design Project as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Subcontractor Since the early summer of 2021, I have had stable subcontractor work. I am providing a graphic design for promotion tools and the MVP website sometimes. Not too much challenging ...
Business of Design 101 for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Putting yourself in the client's shoes Last week, I had a couple of meeting with new clients. I heard their background, story and business. I am pleased to contribute to their ...
Client Red Flags – Warning Signs of a Bad Client (with Case Study)
Story: Good client and bad client I thought that there is no bad client. The client understands common sense and manner. When a designer complains about a client, it shows their lack ...
The Startup Story for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer Vol.2
Story: New normal after COVID It's in August, the middle of summer, I want to do something new. So, I looked for some videos that increase my motivation. It was a startup ...
How to Use UpWork as a Client for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Collaboration I am using Upwork for both a freelance and client account. I recommend it to all freelancers. You can understand how a client chooses a freelance. Very important. When I ...
How to Response When You Receive the Email From COPYTRACK
Story: What is COPYTRACK? On February 9th, 2021, I received an uncertain email below. At first, I wondered if this was spam mail. I searched for Copytrack and found their ...
The Startup Story for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer Vol.1
Story: Process of sccess There are a lot of failures behind startup success. We should learn from failure rather than success story. We cannot choose the same process or product. I picked ...
What is Radical Transparency?
Story: Management style YouTube recommends me the interesting video, What If Your Salary Was Set By Co-Workers? by Bloomberg Quicktake. @Bloomberg Quicktake I saw some social movements in The ...
Performance Feedback as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Review and feedback On the weekend, I was cleaning up the inbox. Then, the word clicked in my mind, "feedback". Upwork asks for a review after the contract is closed. ...
Accounting 101 for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer – Wave Accounting
Story: GST/HST Filing I have started freelancing in April 2016. Accounting was always a headache. Making an invoice, follow up on the payment, bookkeeping, and paying tax. To be honest, I have ...
Study of Design
How to Develop a Website by WordPress Gutenberg as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: What is Gutenberg on WordPress? WordPress Gutenberg, unveiled in WordPress 5 with the codename, is a groundbreaking block-based editor that replaces the conventional WordPress editor relying on TinyMCE. This transformation signifies ...
How to Create a Website by Framer as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Webflow vs Framer I've noticed that people are comparing Webflow and Framer on YouTube. I'm uncertain whether they're promoting Framer as affiliates or not. It feels like about 70% of the ...
How to Create a Website by Webflow Vol.25 – Relume
Story: Prototype to Webflow Half a year has passed since AI, particularly ChatGPT, experienced a significant boom. In this short span of six months, a plethora of AI tools has emerged. New ...
How to Manage the Project with Trello as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Project management software What project software do you use? • Asana • Moday • ClickUp • Basecamp • Notion • Other We utilize a variety of tools at our disposal, although ...
Study of Design
How to Add eCommerce to an Existing WordPress Website
Story: Adding ecommerce on the top *I searched for, How to Add eCommerce to an Existing WordPress Website, on Google. So many websites mention WooCommerce plugins as well as third-party plugins. I ...
How to Build an eCommerce Website by Shopify Template
Story: A template makes users misunderstand When people make Shopify ecommerce websites themselves, they use templates. Shopify has many templates. People somehow pick it up. They do replace images and copies. In ...
Figma 101 For Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Presentation
Story: How to share the prototype with a client? I am working on a new website project. Through the process, I always make a prototype with Figma. We can share the prototype ...
Figma 201 For Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Figma in 2 weeks I wrote this blog a year ago. Some reasons I would like to switch Adode XD to Figma are below. - Figma is a trend, I saw ...
How to Use/Leverage ChatGPT as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: A.I. revolution in 2023 OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, I often heard about the usage and controversy on TV, podcast, and YouTube. The user reached 100M within 2 ...
How to Make a News/Magazine Website as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Process
Story: Development of news media website I wrote a blog a month ago. How to Make a News/Magazine Website as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – WordPress Theme I decided the WP theme for ...
How to Make a News/Magazine Website by JNews WP Theme
Story: JNews WP theme I wrote a blog a few weeks ago. How to Make a News/Magazine Website as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer I decided to use the JNews WP theme for the ...
How To Stop Spam Comments in WordPress
Story: Comment which makes us annoy If you have/manage a WordPress website, you may receive a comment which makes you annoyed. Your website does not have a comment section, but you received ...
The Best Online Course/Learning(e-Learning) Platforms
Story: Education revolution I believe that people are given a basic right to education. In Japan, it's a duty to attend a junior high school. 90% of kids normally attend high school. ...
How to Install WordPress Using FTP Manually
Story: Installing WordPress under the certain condition When I start a new website project, sometimes a client has a hosting server. Therefore, I have a chance to experience several hosting server websites. ...
Life of Design
What Should I Do When I Clicked a Phishing Link on Spam Email?
Story: Ads issue Phishing is a type of social engineering where an attacker sends a fraudulent (e.g., spoofed, fake, or otherwise deceptive) message designed to trick a person into revealing sensitive information ...
Tokyo & Yokohama in 3 Days for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: What to do... It has been 2 years since I visited Japan last time, I returned to my hometown for a month in December 2019 (right before COVID). I mainly spend ...
What is VPN & How it Work?
Story: Podcast ad When I listen to podcast programs, This Week in Startups, Andrew Yang, etc, on YouTube, I often hear the word, VPN. It is something related to security, but I ...
Digital Nomad 301 as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer in Los Angeles, California
Story: After COVID, summer of 2022 On June 26, 2022, it feels like the first day of summer this year. Even so, it is around 30 degrees. Compare with other cities, Vancouver ...
Life of Design
Spam Mail Examples for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Spam mail collection As a freelance, I have to public a piece of contact information. For that, I am not inevitable to receive unnecessary emails. It often receives at a spam ...
How To Find Commercial Interior Designer As Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Commercial Interior Design One day, one of the previous Upwork client asked me below. Hi Takashi, do you do any interior design? Thanks. Also can you recommend any interior decorators in ...
Co-working Space 2021 for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer In Vancouver, BC
Story: Daily choices Since the pandemic has started, I am using a co-working space. I wrote about co-working space before. Blog: Co-working Space for Freelance Graphic Designer In Vancouver, BC I am ...
How to Renew a PR(Permanent Resident) Card as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Once a 5 years The Permanent Resident Card is an identification document and a travel document for permanent residents of Canada. - Wikipedia I received a PR card in March 2016. ...
Experience of Apple Refurbished MacBook Pro as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: New device or refurbished There are many choices in our society. We can buy a new one as well as second hands, clothes, a car, even a house. I don't mind ...
Great News Source as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Stay in ordinary people Many people might expect some hopes in 2021. However, I don't hear much good news even though it has been only 10 days in 2021. I don't ...
The Best Commencement Address For Freelance Graphic Designer Vol.3
Story: How to live It's a new year. I usually go to a mountain and watch the sunrise. I sold my car in March 2020, but I still can go there by ...
The Year in Review 2020 as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Reflect 2020 The rest of 2020 is only 1 week. The temperature has gone down to 0° this week. Traffic is relatively quiet. I feel that many people are taking a ...
How to Organize Your iPhone APP as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: iOS 14 released ©Engadget As you see above, we officially cannot buy iPhone 7 which I am using. Even iPhone X is not available. iPhone 12 ...
The Best Ways to Send Money Abroad, Canada to India/China
Story: Look for a product in China & India On September 14th, 2020, I tried to buy a supplement from Japan. I bought it for 2 times in the past. I cannot ...
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