Category: Business & Industry

Mindy McAdams, the Flash Goddess (she likes to be called that, or so she says), has a post up on what students need to do to land that first job. Good advice for the kids and those looking to move onto other digs – first you must do stuff, then you must do it well.

Then you need some skills, so you should take some classes and then learn some more stuff on your own. What sort of stuff? Take a look at this ad for an interactive designer at MediaStorm: Description The Interactive Designer will: Design websites and interactive applications Create graphics for world-class multimedia pieces Create marketing products for web, broadcast and print...

Over at FreelanceSwitch, Thursday Bram writes about whether online reviews matter to a business. Her take is that you need to monitor it but it isn’t something to obsess over, but I think it massively depends on your business. If you’re a freelance photojournalist, your reputation is the only thing you have. A great book or project means a lot,...