Archive for September, 2008
Logo Design Tutorial – Designing The Qlicks Logo
Ross | September 29th, 2008Every designer has their own style and approach to the design process. During a recent discussion in our forums, we invited creatives to put together a video or non-video tutorial showing how they created a particular design. Dirk Leys (crowdSPRING username – drik), who lives and works in The Netherlands, put together a great tutorial showing [...]
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #9
Angeline | September 26th, 2008Greetings from crowdSPRING land! Apologies for delivering the “Weekly Glance of Awesomeness” a day late, but you know, pressing matters such as posting pictures of Jerome’s head on Dolly Parton’s body got in the way. Now, let’s get back to business, and check out some pretty great projects that are on our site…. Glance #1: [...]
The Benefits of Working at a Start Up #3
Angeline | September 25th, 2008The crowdSPRING crew tests and tests and tests some more in order to make sure the site is running efficiently for our users. We want to make sure that we are aware of any issues / bugs, and we try out new features before unleashing them upon the internets (I made that word plural on [...]
I’m A Mac. I’m A PC.
Angeline | September 23rd, 2008Well-known UK graffiti artist Banksy once said, “The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people.” It’s true that the advertising industry consists of many talented writers, designers, and other creative types, and the outcome can be quite remarkable. For the computer giants, the [...]
Professionalism Is Earned
Ross | September 22nd, 2008In 2006, Jason Fried of 37signals posted a short article to the Signal v. Noise blog titled “‘Professional’ is a buzzword”. Jason wrote: “It seems like it’s time to call a spade a spade: ‘Professional’ is a buzzword. It doesn’t mean anything anymore. Disagree? What does Professional mean to you?” Eighty-five comments were posted in response to [...]
History of Graphic Design
Ross | September 19th, 2008For anyone interested in learning about the history of graphic design, here’s a nice site I found a few days ago that does a nice job covering the basics. It includes a pictorial history of graphic design and is a nice, easy read.
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #8
Angeline | September 18th, 2008Greetings to my fellow crowdSPRING comrades! It’s that time of the week again: awesome time. I know you can hardly contain your excitement to see what I’ve collected while scouring our site to bring you all projects that may pique your interest. So here goes… Glance #1: Fun Contest to Keep America Green Logo The [...]
Start-up Tip: Ten Suggestions For Raising Start-up Capital From Angels
Ross | September 17th, 2008Mike and I stated working on crowdSPRING in the summer of 2006. We incorporated the company in May 2007 and launched the crowdSPRING marketplace in May 2008. We’ve learned many important lessons along the way. In some ways, our experience is typical of other start-ups. In other ways, it is not. I want to share [...]
