Business of Design
How to Be a Better Facilitator – Skills & Examples
Story: Value of talking skill When people gather, even only 2+, someone takes the initiative. It applies to any circumstance, business and private. In 2022, the value of talking in business is ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Fashion Industry
Story: Curiosity and priority When I was in Tokyo, Japan, I liked fashion and bought clothing a lot. I often visited an independent clothing store, Shibuya, Harajuku, Daikanyama, and bought $500 outwear ...
How to Make a Contract with Client as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Business and professionalism I have a couple of trial experiences in Vancouver, BC. The BC court considers email as evidence during a trial. Even so, when we use government service for ...
What is Client Onboarding Process and How it Works
Story: User experience design YouTube introduced me to the video about the client onboarding process. I was not familiar with it. I did not much care about it before. I often see ...
Business of Design
How to Hack Business Networking Event as Freelance Graphic Designer
Story: Follow the culture It's September. In the north US, September is the start of new season. Summer is over. The new grade starts at school. I have no education in Canada. ...
What Does an Architect Do?
Story: The user research I have a new branding project. Before creating anything, I have to research what the client's business is. I have to know why/who/when need the products and how ...
How to Build a House
Story: Comprehensive project research I had a meeting with clinet the end of July. I promote their product(not company) in local market. Everyone wants to have own house(or condos) someday. However, I don't ...
What is ERP & CRM?
Story: Business management software I didn't know about ERP and CRM. These are a lot of BtoB softwares for running a business efficiently. You may hear these company name, Oracle or SAP. ...
What is Blockchain Technology?
Story: What's next? I'm sure everyone hears at least once "Blockchain". I attended local meetup about Blockchain a year ago. "Decentralise" "Cryptocurrency", I'd never heard these words before. Blockchain: The Most Trusted ...
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Story: AI (Artificial Intelligence) The Year of 2001, a science fiction movie was released in the world. A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Produced by Steven Spielberg. As I said, it was told a fiction. ...
The Future of Brick & Mortar
Story: Transition of physical store Brick and mortar (also bricks and mortar or B&M) refer to the physical presence of an organization or business in a building or other structure. The term ...
The Future of Transportation
Story: Oil price and environment Recently, the oil price has gone up around $1.65 - &1.70 per litter on April 29, 2019. It won't significantly drop anymore. Many people are considering replacing ...
What is the Value of Mentorship?
Story: What is Mentorship? Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. The mentor may be older ...
How to Become a Leader
Story: What is leadership? I'm a freelance web/branding designer in Vancouver, BC, Canada. As you know, a freelancer has to do everything, sales, marketing, meeting, negotiation, project management, and accounting. Sounds like ...
Study of Design
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Kaiber
Story: Video for a graphic designer Kaiber is an innovative AI creative lab that encompasses Kaiber Studio and the Kaiber App. The Kaiber App serves as a creative platform powered by artificial ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Runway AI
Story: Time 100 most influential companies 2023 Since its launch in 2018, Runway has been at the forefront of AI-powered video editing software development. The company offers a range of web-based tools ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Replicate
Story: How you deal with low-resolution images Replicate lets you run machine learning models with a cloud API, without having to understand the intricacies of machine learning or manage your own infrastructure. ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Stable Diffusion by Stability.ai
Story: Text-to-image We are the world’s leading open-source generative AI company - Stability.ai Website In 2022, Stable Diffusion emerged as a powerful text-to-image model leveraging deep learning techniques. Its main functionality revolves ...
Study of Design
Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Keyword Research
Story: Longtail keyword for SEO You may realize something when you apply the study of the last blog, Digital Marketing 101 For Graphic Designer Vol.2. I installed Yoast plugin. I tried to set ...
Best Real Estate Listing Plugins for WordPress Website
Story: Real estate industry I am in Canada and the affordability of real estate is a huge topic. I often watch US media and it sounds the same. Basically, Vancouver real estate ...
The Best User Registration Form Plugin for WordPress
Story: User login process If you are a web designer, you may sometimes need a user registration function. I faced it. There is an element on Avada, but it does not fit what ...
How to Make a User Flow & How it Works
Story: Where a customer comes from - What issues do you solve? - Who is your target audience? This is developing a business 101. If you do business, find a potential customer ...
How to Organize Fonts on Mac as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Setup for 2nd Mac device I am using MacBook Pro 2016 as the main device. I bought the clearance product on the Apple website. It was not a good choice. I ...
How to Build an eCommerce Website – Product Research
Story: eCommerce Trend in 2021 In 2021, I am going to develop an eCommerce website. I have several ideas for the products, but before development, I would like to know some ideas/trends. ...
How to Develop Mobile APP UI as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Boundary of web designer Web/graphic designer needs to cover many areas nowadays, including print, presentation deck, web, eCommerce, SaaS interface and APP. I feel that APP UI is a little different, ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Google My Business/Google Business Profile(Practice)
Story: Study and practice I researched Google Business Profile(ex. Google My Business) at the previous blog. We have to practice once we learned something new. Knowledge without experience/experiment is low value. *Updated: ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Google My Business/Google Business Profile(Study)
Story: Disclose a result of SEO practice I wrote a blog, Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Local SEO, in March 2019. I mentioned Google Business Profile(ex. Google My Business) on ...
APP Programming Language 101 for a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: APP as a product How many APP do you have on your phone? Currently, I have over 110 APP on my iPhone XS and most of them are unused in daily ...
Life of Design
Best iPhone Productivity APP for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Preparing for 2022 I was using iPhone 7 for a while, around 4 years. I bought it on Craigslist and I have no issue with it. However, recently the lightning connector ...
The Year in Review 2021 as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Time to reflect It's in November. I start to wrap up in 2021. At first, I checked what I was thinking at the end of 2020. 📝 The Year in Review ...
The Book Lists as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Lifelong learning During the holiday, I was working as same as usual. Fortunately, I could contract with 2 clients for $50/hr each. This is one of the benefits of online clients. ...
The Best MacBook Pro/Air Accessories for Freelance Graphic/web Designer
Story: Expand external function Updated: December 4, 2021 I knew that I have to buy a keyboard cover when I purchased MacBook Pro(2016 ver/13 inch) at Apple website, Refurbished and Clearance page. ...
Life of Design
The Best Magazine in the World Vol.2
Story: Should be hobby, not duty When I visit a bookstore, I consume 1 hour easily. If I could sit with coffee at a bookstore, I can spend 2-4 hours. Because I ...
The Best Magazine in the World Vol.1
Story: Material of human What is your ingredient? We, as human, there are 2 layers, physical and mental. We eat food every day. It keeps our physical health mostly. However, we have ...
Apple Products in 2019 Spring
Story: Demonstration of design thinking 25th March 2019, Apple announced new services. Apple News+, Apple tv+, Apple Arcade and Apple Card. Some of them make me excited. Some of them are not so ...
Apple Products in 2018 Winter
Overview: What did Apple update in 2018 winter? Apple usually updates products 2 times a year, June and September(+October). I think Apple is trying to engage with new customer during back to school ...
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