Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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If you remember, I started the year with some nice productivity goals. My plan was to work with an eye on a very financially lucrative “Target”, but understanding that I’m only human, attempt to at least meet the “Lazy” level. In any case, under no circumstance whatsoever, should I go below “Minimum”.
So the weeks start […]
You would think that the worst thing that could happen to your project is for it to be canceled… or… put on hold. But you’re wrong: This is much worse.
I’ve been cooking a meal since August. This wasn’t just any meal. It was big, important, with a hugely good and nice cause behind it. It […]
South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) is getting mixed reviews this year. My personal opinion? The 2007 conference was not as good as past years, but it still managed to leave me with several interesting nuggets of inspiration. Rob Foster, one of the guys with whom I went to Austin this year, has posted a very […]
The shiny stars of the web design blogosphere — and their loyal readership — are flaming with a heated discussion about the lack of diversity among speakers at web conferences. While some of the opinions touch on the wider meaning of “diversity”, most of the argument centers around the issue of gender diversity.
Kottke started the […]
An article my friend Jennifer sent out this morning has stirred some interesting discussion and self-reflections. The article belongs to the “Masters of Design” series by Fast Company, and is about Paula Scher: Her talent, her expertise within the graphic design industry, and what she’s had to do to get where she is… One of […]
Recently I had to deal with yet one more episode of thieves plagiarizing my work. Flying out of the clouds, with a virtual superhero cape, Jonathan Bailey came to the rescue. Jonathan is the author of Plagiarism Today, a wonderful resource for all things online plagiarism. Thanks to his help, I was able to quickly […]
Dear Yaw Osafo-Ansong,
Congratulations on the recent launch of your web design business and web site “MQStudios”. As you well know, my name is Maria Q. Stultz, and I own a small but successful web design business named “MQStudio“, operating online since Aug, 2003.
Mr. Osafo-Ansong… May I call you Alantee?… I am extremely surprised by the […]
Although these irresistibly indecent proposals are based on real events, their specific details have been altered, added or left out for dramatic purposes. All characters in this post are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, tyrants, and sweatshops, living or dead is purely coincidental.
1. The typical job posting
We are looking for an energetic individual to […]
Although there are several fine and elegant applications that provide webmasters with consolidated access statistics for their web sites, I find it impossible to live without my own site logs analysis routine. I have become a shameless voyeur of my sites’ access logs, and I find that this practice is good for business and also […]
One summer day in the early 90s, while my sister and I were vacationing at my parents’ place in Caracas, I was returning home from a morning at the pool. I was preparing to take a shower, and as soon as I had pulled my shirt off, a horrible emergency siren went off. Apparently there […]
Sunday didn’t feel as juicy and energetic as Saturday. I couldn’t connect with some of the panels, but maybe that had more to do with my physical exhaustion from a serious lack of sleep. However, a few ideas resonated:
Respect Your Elder Bloggers
After reading about it, I’m sort of curious about Ronni Bennet’s blog, Time Goes […]
These are some notes I took while attending SXSW Interactive 2006. I hope this post serves me as reminder of some the thoughts and ideas that energized me during the conference.
Traditional Design and New Technology
The main point of this discussion was expressed by Mark Boulton: In print design it’s all about aesthetics. You don’t need […]
I’m in the web design business, so these posts mostly refer to the logistics of conducting business in this field. You don’t need an MBA to manage a small web design business, but this is the only part of my life where I get to use a little bit of mine.
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