Small business people and sole traders, how "you" is your business website or portfolio? Does your copy pass the cringe test (see below), and would your own website appeal to you based on its "clarity, intelligence and personality"? Getting more personality into your own website is not necessarily as hard at might sound. Try this experiment. Read your website aloud as if you were explaining to a friend what ... Read full entry

shamurai, David Shamma's personal website and portfolio, harks back to the days of mainframe computing, monochrome monitors, and the good old DOS operating system. Interface of the week :)

Building Your Portfolio Website: Six Things to Never Do Great advice from Carl Alviani on the don'ts of creating an online portfolio, including this pearl of wisdom: "don't think you're a web designer unless you actually are." I know I did: my first go around a few years back, I holed up in my room for about a month, teaching myself Dreamweaver, calling up friends to ask them what exactly a ... Read full entry

Creating A Successful Online Portfolio Sean Hodge at Smashing Magazine, on how to produce a successful online portfolio. Your portfolio is the showcase of your work, your skills and your potential for your future employers. The more time and effort you dedicate for a usable and nice-looking design, the higher are your chances for getting better account balance in the end of the month. So how can you make sure ... Read full entry

Irish photographer Johnny McMillan has set up shop in Sydney lately and his portfolio features some great portrait work :) Via the Australian INfront forums.

Pick One. debbie millman writes about her search for graduate work that is bound to ring a few bells with those who have been through the process before. I knew that what happened next could change my life forever. As I sat on the cramped, balmy Express Bus into Manhattan, I fantasized befriending the Human Resources Director, being invited up to meet the design director of Vogue or Vanity Fair ... Read full entry

Making the right career choice: a topic that is always on my mind! Great article at Flying Solo, written by Megan Tough with strategies and ideas for helping identify career direction. Miss Lang Lee'av, she of Akina fame, and who "writes little rhymes, makes art, & designs" is one busy creative and fashion designer, having just launched a portfolio site! Remember The Milk, my favourite online ... Read full entry