Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media and Web Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event… read more

How To Successfully Educate Your Clients On Web Development

If you are running a design agency, your job is very likely to combine business development, graphic design, technology and user experience design: a basketful of very different fields. When dealing with clients, one faces the challenge of clearly and effectively communicating the goals and results of the work done… read more

5 Ways Classrooms Can Use Video Conferencing

The author of two books, 12-year-old Adora Svitak published her first, Flying Fingers, at the age of seven. In addition, she has spoken at some of the nation’s pre-eminent education conferences and taught students around the world via her video conferencing programs. Most recently, she spoke at the TED… read more

4 Tips for Tapping Into Twitter Conversations

Leyl Master Black is a Managing Director at Sparkpr, one of the world’s top independent PR agencies. Leyl has more than 15 years experience driving high-impact communications programs for emerging technology companies.

At any given time, there are thousands of conversations happening on Twitter. I’m not referring to… read more

15 Uniform Payment Options Icon Sets for Ecommerce Design

A small but often overlooked aspect of most ecommerce sites designs are the flat and bland payment options icons (Visa, Mastercard, Paypal…). From a usability standpoint the icons do need to be instantly recognized by the user, and you can understand why designers opt to use standard icon designs rather… read more

Apple Remains America’s Most Innovative Company [REPORT]

BusinessWeek and Fortune have both released their annual rankings — the 50 Most Innovative Companies and the Fortune 500, respectively — and Apple has strong showings in both publications.

For the sixth consecutive year, Apple ranked number one in BusinessWeek’s 50 Most Innovative Companies report. When you consider that BusinessWeek… read more

11 Ways To Earn More Money Freelancing

It’s no secret that times are tough all over, even for those who work in the Web design industry. Maybe you’ve found full-time work as a web designer, but in this economy it’s just as likely that you’re piecing together several part-time or contract gigs just to stay afloat.

Whatever your… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Upcoming Social Media Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event to establish… read more

Turning Your Knowledge into Products

One of the big downsides of the freelance world is that when you’re not doing billable work, your income goes to zero. So, there’s a lot of talk about creating income streams that aren’t dependent on your selling your time.

Turning your knowledge into a product – or a product line… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Web Development and Social Media Job Listings

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

Mashable’s Guide to Upcoming Events in Social Media

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event to establish… read more

By the Numbers: Facebook vs The United States [INFOGRAPHIC]

Muhammad Saleem is a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. Follow him on Twitter for more social media insights.

Facebook’s official company statistics outline the breakdown of the sites over 400 million active users. While the site points out about 70% of Facebook… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch #8

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, Travis King and Thursday Bram look at when to take a client to court and how to set your rate for the first time.

Ask FreelanceSwitch is a new regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you… read more

5 Ways to Go Green for Earth Day with Social Media

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.

Last week’s World Water Day and Earth Hour began a big green spring online that will culminate in April 22nd’s 40th annual celebration of Earth Day. Coinciding with… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Job Board Listings in Social Media

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How… read more

It’s a Ripoff: How to Handle Work that Infringes on Your Own

The web has made it easy for copyright infringers: it’s the work of just a few minutes to copy an image, an article or even an entire website design. That leads big companies to establish big legal departments devoted to chasing down copyright infringement. As a freelancer, however, your legal… read more

How Startups are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

For startups, the amount of money you have to burn before you… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Calendar of Social Media Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

The Care and Feeding of Subcontractors

There will come a time in your freelancing life when you’ll tackle a project that’s too big for you to handle alone. Which may make you feel like the project is tackling you.
You can eliminate that tackling-you feeling when you think of those extra-big projects as extra-big opportunities for… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Events Guide

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

How the Fashion Industry Uses Location-Based Marketing

Macala Wright Lee is the CEO of FashionablyMarketing.Me a digital marketing and merchandising firm that specializes in fashion, luxury and beauty brands in Southern California. You can follower her on Twitter at @FashMarketing.

While location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla are gaining serious traction on the social marketing scene, many… read more

Are You Just a Freelancer? Or a Successful One?

Freelancer by profession is one who has decided not to be stereotyped in any fashion and will work on his own accord, that is universally known but the question is how many of them actually make it in the market. There comes your decision making in every aspect of your… read more

The Best E-Commerce Icons All In One Place

Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or fonts, we love finding top notch free files and sharing them with our readers. We do the searching so you don’t have to. This saves you time and helps you focus on what’s important. For this article, we’ve rounded up high-quality icons that you… read more

The Current State of Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

Muhammad Saleem is a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. Follow him on Twitter for more social media insights.

There is no doubt that Twitter has been a runaway success. Add to their rapid growth the recently announced @anywhere platform, and plans for… read more

6 Ways Law Enforcement Uses Social Media to Fight Crime

Lon S. Cohen is a freelance writer and is @obilon on Twitter. He’s also the Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. This post was co-authored by Steve Cohen, who is the Founder of Baywood Consulting Group and the former CIO of M&T Bank. He can be contacted at baywoodconsultinggroup@gmail.com.

From… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Job Opportunities

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

Mobile App Market to Surge to $17.5 Billion by 2012 [STUDY]

Lithuanian-based GetJar, an independent mobile phone application store with over 60,000 mobile applications for major mobile platforms such as Anrdoid, Symbian and Windows Mobile, commissioned a study that predicts a huge surge in the number of mobile app downloads and the overall size of the mobile app market.

According to… read more

How PR Pros Are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

PR professionals use social media every single day to get the word… read more

How to Create a Promotional Snail Mail Campaign

It’s important to promote your design business. This is especially true when economic times are challenging, you’ve got news to announce, or you’re simply hungry for growth. Many forms of promotion are available to the modern designer – with banner ads and Google AdWords among the most popular. In this… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation

China is a country with five thousand years of civilization. It is a multi-national entity extending over a large area of East Asia. China’s cultural influence extends across the continent, with customs and writing systems adopted by neighboring countries including Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

China has gone through numerous ups and… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media & Web Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

Why User Competency Matters in Social Design

Adrian Chan is a Sr Fellow with SNCR.org and is a social interaction design consultant and strategist. You can follow him on Twitter @gravity7 and at his blog: gravity7.com/blog/media.

In designing for social participation, we can consider user goals and needs — even interests, features, functionality, adoption and scaling issues…. read more

5 Ways to Regain Your Creative Joy

One of the most difficult parts of freelancing is the tendency of the freelancer to eventually lose joy for the work. You may have come, like me, from a gig that paid well but didn’t fully capitalize on your talents. You decided to start working as a freelancer in order… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Jobs

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

FileMaker 11 now available with charting, reporting improvements

Launch

Right off the bat, the introduction screen is new (after the splash screen “wobbles” into view). It’s wider with more options, like a link to the online resource center. There you’ll find video tutorials, starter solutions (more on that later) and access to consultants. They’re all extremely useful… read more

Why Computer Engineer Barbie is Good for Women in Tech

Rebecca Zook, whose current favorite fashion item is a sparkly ladybug necklace, is an online female math tutor who has been helping students get math into their brains for seven years. Her blog, Triangle Suitcase, is about unpacking the process of learning in all its complexity and delight.

Over… read more

Top 8 Dreaded Favors Asked of Web Designers

Long before you officially take the profession of graphic or web designer, your friends and family will support your ambitions by developing your talent. At first, your loved ones inspect your work and if they like what they see, you’ll get flooded with their requests for one page flyers, t-shirt… read more

How Job Seekers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Whether you’re looking for your first job, exploring a career change, or… read more

5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business

Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com.

Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give… read more

Interview with Dacosta!

Dacosta is an independent artist currently based in Vancouver and is the founder of Chocolate Soop, Inc. He specializes in vector graphics and character design. This self-taught designer has over 10 years of professional experience. He’s influenced by Japanese culture, graffiti and industrial design. He works in a variety of… read more

How Topeka Became Google, Kansas: The Mayor Speaks

Welcome to Google, Kansas – the capital city of fiber optics, population 122,642. The small city with a big dream recently changed its name from Topeka to Google in order to show its enthusiasm for Google’s experimental Fiber for Communities program.

Mayor William W. Bunten issued a proclamation on Monday… read more

7 Essential Online HR Resources for Your Small Business

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

As a business owner, you know your product, service, market and customers. But sometimes one of the most challenging aspects of operating a business is… read more

The Ultimate Collection Of Brilliant Web Design Tutorials

By Callum Chapman

In this ultimate collection, we bring you a massive selection of great Web design tutorials from all over the design community. All of the tutorials use Photoshop for the main application. By the end, you should have a pretty good idea of where and how to start designing… read more

How to (Legally) Become a Professional Photographer

A Guest Post by Scott Bideau from capturedbyscott.com

Image by Roberto Carlos Pecino

A common question asked by an amateur photographer looking to turn professional is, “what equipment do I need?” I’ll skip the discussion around skill and experience being more important than equipment, but before you rush out and buy any… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: March 2010

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them… read more

People Searching for Footage of SeaWorld Tragedy Hit with Viruses, Rickroll [VIDEO]

If you’re one of the many searching for footage of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau (who was killed by Tilikum the whale during a show), be warned: You could be vulnerable to viral attack, or, at the very least, a Rickroll.

Ever since the tragic incident at SeaWorld on… read more

10 Tips for Successful Twitter Fundraising

Twitter fundraising has steadily been on the rise in the last two years. Twitter has been used to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities and charitable causes, and has been used to spread awareness about social issues.

But it takes more than posting multiple tweets a day… read more

Top 5 Web Apps to File Taxes Online

It’s tax season again, at least in the States, and if you haven’t filed your taxes already then you probably will soon. Every year, more and more people file their taxes online. Not only are online tax applications making taxes easier than ever to file, they’re also making it easier… read more

Shalom! Showcase Of Web Design In Israel

Israel is a young country with an old heart. It has been quickly built up over the last 60 years as an independent democratic Jewish state and is shockingly cutting edge for a country so new.

It is a tiny surreal sliver of land smack dab in the middle of the… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Conference Guide

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s… read more

New Details Emerge About Google Hackers

According to Financial Times, US officials have tracked down the authors of the malicious code used against Google in the recent attack.

First, US investigators narrowed down the launch of the malicious program to computers inside two educational institutions in China. Now, they’ve found a hacker, a “freelance security consultant… read more

HOW TO: Make Your Small Business Geolocation-Ready

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Small businesses stand to increase their local audience and further their market reach through geolocation platforms, which attach real-world locations to mobile phones. Here are a… read more

Macworld 2010: TUAW’s Best in Show

<pvideos are almost all posted, the interviews are all transcribed, and the impressions are all done and published — we're finally bringing our Macworld 2010 coverage to conclusion. It was a heck of a show — while there wasn't a lot of attention outside the conference floor from folks expecting… read more

How to Make the iSandwich 4G [VIDEO]

By now you’ve probably seen photos of that delicious lunch treat, the iSandwich — a sandwich that is basically shaped like an iPhone. But have you ever stopped to think how it came to be? Well, thanks to a video courtesy of the blog iSandwich 4G, you can learn… read more

How to Plan, Show and Promote a Photography Exhibit

In this post Lisa Newton from Travelin’ Local shares some tips on planning, showing and promoting a photography exhibit.

I’m sure most, if not all of us, at one time or another have attended an art or other exhibit at a museum or art gallery that features photographs in an exhibition–artistic… read more

7 Things to Consider for Social Media in the Enterprise

Lon S. Cohen is a freelance writer and is @obilon on Twitter. He’s also the Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. This post was co-authored by Steve Cohen, who is the Founder of Baywood Consulting Group and the former CIO of M&T Bank. He can be contacted at baywoodconsultinggroup@gmail.com.

Marketing… read more

Why Social Media Means Big Opportunities for Women

Jessica Faye Carter is an award-winning author and columnist. Her company, Nette Media develops social media technologies for women and multicultural communities, and she blogs at Technicultr.

Women have firmly established their presence on the social web, and account for the majority of users on many popular social media sites. But… read more

Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples

The email newsletter is a powerful marketing and communication tool that has various useful functions. It reminds your users about you; it informs users about your products; it tells them what you have been up to; and it helps you build a unique relationship with them. Users like email newsletters… read more

Makeup Artists – Why you Need One and How to get One for Free

There is a debate about whether a makeup artist is a necessity or frivolity at a photo shoot. I know you can do amazing things with Photoshop, but c’mon people – no makeup artist?! Has the world gone insane? As a former professional makeup artist, I will tell you exactlywhy you… read more

How the Fashion Industry is Embracing Social Media

Hitha Prabhakar is a retail industry expert and principal of The Style File Group, a retail consulting firm based in New York City. She has also written about fashion for Forbes.com, Time magazine, People magazine, People.com, ELLE India, Metro Newspapers, and is a contributor on CNBC. Follow her on Twitter… read more

DiscCloud teams up with Attevo to provide remote home folder service

The toolset provides login and sync for remote users on their Macs, with all their data stored in VMDK files back in the home data center for easy backup and management. Unlike terminal services (Citrix-esque) solutions for distributed user populations, this approach preserves the application performance of the local machine… read more

5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog, a national speaker and consultant on branding and a BusinessWeek columnist.

There have been countless incidents in which professionals have lost their jobs, been evicted, or… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media & Web Development Job Guide

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Visualizing 6 Years of Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]

Muhammad Saleem is a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. Follow him on Twitter for more social media insights.

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and has come a long way from a Harvard-only networking site in the intervening years. In fact, Facebook… read more

Design Evolution of 40 Famous Corporate Company Logos

Do you know the reason why there is small cut in the Apple logo? Or did you ever wonder what the Microsoft logo looked 20 years back? Or perhaps you may have wondered the actual meaning behind BMWs logo? This article showcases 40 famous company logos and describes how each… read more

SDK devsugar: Re-signing applications

A while back, I posted about a way to sign already-compiled applications with your personal credentials in order to better allow developer-to-developer distribution. By re-signing an application, it allows you to install it on any of the devices you have registered to your account at Apple without having to go… read more

Code a Corporate Website from a Photoshop Design: PSD to HTML Tutorial

Last week we published a tutorial for designing a basic corporate website layout in Photoshop, and in this tutorial we will walk through the process of coding that design in HTML and CSS. Here is a look at the design that we will be coding (click the… read more

5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media

The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk shop about innovation, change, and what the future holds.

As social media has become a game changer for industries across the board, you can bet the… read more

Sites of the Week #88

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Jilion and Philadelphia Official Visitor Site. Also we’re featuring the new Aiga Design Archives, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will… read more

The Art And Science Of The Email Signature

Email signatures are so easy to do well, that it’s really a shame how often they’re done poorly. Many people want their signature to reflect their personality, provide pertinent information and more, but they can easily go overboard. Why are email signatures important? They may be boring and the last item on… read more

Joomla, WordPress and Drupal – Should you look outside the big 3?

Todays post is a guest opinion article from Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos, he shares his thoughts on how to choose the best CMS and to not be limited to only, as he calls them, The Big Three (WordPress, Joomla and Drupal). What are your thoughts on CMS selection? Which is the… read more

Tomorrow: Mashable NextUp NYC, The Future Journalist [Social Media Week]

Less than 50 tickets remain for Mashable’s Social Media Week event, NextUp NYC – The Future Journalist, tomorrow, Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 92YTribeca. We are also saving 25 tickets for the door ($25) for first come first served attendees. Note: This event will sell out.

Join us for networking and… read more

How to Design A Corporate Website in Photoshop

Today we’re going to walk through the process of designing an example corporate website in Photoshop.

Here is a look at the end result of what we will be creating (click on the image to see it in full size).

Create a New File

In Photoshop, open a new file (File… read more

Increase Your Google Visibility in Under 5 Minutes

Google now holds a 70% market share of the search engine game and increasing your visibility in Google Search is key to gaining new clients. In addition, you may have noticed that Google now displays 7 local listings and a map when you search for a local business or service…. read more

Social Networks Are Becoming a Security Risk [SURVEY]

According to a report by Sophos, malware and spam are on the rise on social networks such as Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn.

In the last year, 57% of users report they have been spammed via social networking sites, an increase of 70.6% compared to last year. Furthermore, 36% of users… read more

25 UI Inspiration and Design Pattern Resources

Are your fresh design ideas no longer fresh or are you a designer who continually re-uses the same old and trusted design patterns that have followed you for many a year? Or, you might just be a UI designer that is stuck in a rut? If you are looking to… read more

The Small Suggestion that Yielded Big Results

In my previous post, I talked about pitfalls that await someone who leaves a crummy job for an ill-fated business venture.

For me, the crummy job was in the publications and publicity office of a fundraising organization. This organization lavished all sorts of loving kindness on its donors, but couldn’t extend… read more

5 Ways Small Businesses Can Avoid Social Media Panic

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

The notion of getting into social media might seem overwhelming for any small business. Spending time upfront before launch to create a plan with goals that includes… read more

Mashable’s Social Media Job Listings

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Upcoming Event: Mashable NextUp NYC, The Future Journalist [Social Media Week]

Only 200 tickets remain for Mashable’s Social Media Week event, NextUp NYC – The Future Journalist on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 92YTribeca.

Join us for networking and a conversation and Q&A with Sree Sreenivasan (Professor and Columbia Journalism School Dean of Student Affairs and contributing editor of DNAinfo.com) and Vadim… read more

Why Social Media Isn’t for Everyone

Joshua-Michéle Ross is SVP of Digital Strategy with Fleishman Hillard. He blogs at opposableplanets.com.

Social media has a loyal tribe of disciples. We follow each other on Twitter, connect on Facebook, read each other’s blogs and listen to each other at conferences. We provide each other moral… read more

How Non-Profits and Activists Can Leverage Location Based Services

What started as a highly addictive pastime for early adopters to alert their friends of their whereabouts and compete for virtual mayorship of their corner coffee shop, is steadily evolving into a global vehicle for individuals and businesses to garner social capital. With tech evangelists and small businesses exploring the… read more

Found Footage: The Story of Macintosh

Denver-area Mac consultant Mike Kimble is no stranger to Apple; he worked at an Apple reseller prior to the introduction of the Mac in 1984, and he’s been involved with Macs and other Apple products ever since. Mike recently found several old Apple tapes that were sent to his business… read more

35+ Fantastic Examples Of Beautiful Flash Websites

Having a full of animation or jazzy looking flash website is a dream for those who are the admirer of flash work but to find amazing flash websites for inspiration is not that easy. koflash.com is the one stop service place for flash fans to discover amazing flash innovations mankind… read more

Announcing Mashable’s NextUp NYC: The Future Journalist [Social Media Week]

I am pleased to announce Mashable’s Social Media Week event, NextUp NYC – The Future Journalist, will be held on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 92YTribeca (Tickets on sale here). The fourth Mashable NextUp NYC will focus on the changing skills and traits of journalists in a changing media landscape.

As… read more

3 Things You Need to Know About Social Media Strategy

B.L. Ochman is a Managing Director of Proof Digital Media; publisher of What’s Next Blog, and co-founder of pet site Pawfun.com. Follower her on Twitter at @whatsnext.

Companies large and small are rushing to understand and get involved in social media. But most of the agencies and consultants who are being… read more

DesignCrowd – Design Jobs and Innovative Graphic Design Outsourcing

You may be a talented and creative designer and you may be a designer that can effectively and professionally manage a corporate project, but how can you get the opportunity to do so? Or, what if you or your business requires the creatives services of a designer, how can you… read more

Rain Design’s iMac turntable sends the iMac for a spin

That’s the idea behind the Rain Design i360, a turntable that encloses the base of an iMac or Apple Cinema Display, and then allows easy movement of the display. Want to show a co-worker on the “back” side of your iMac something? Just spin the entire computer around. Need to… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Job Listings in Social Media & Marketing

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Educate Your Clients On What You Offer With a Guide

A small business owner may go looking for a freelancer and not necessarily know exactly what he needs. Maybe he wants a website for his business, but that may not mean that he can tell you whether he wants a blog, an e-commerce site or something entirely different. Educating clients… read more

The State of Freelancing: 2010

Last month, I started a Freelance Switch Forum discussion on jobs. The context for this discussion is the high unemployment in the United States and many other countries.

In the U.S., there has been a lot of talk about putting people back to work. In early December, President Obama held a… read more

The Case Against Vertical Navigation

In a recent article about the unusuable and superficial beer and alcohol websites, I made the claim that using left-hand vertical navigation is an out-of-date method in modern web design. In the comments, a few people wondered why I said this. I was surprised that it got any attention at… read more

Comindwork, The Most Customizable Suit Of Flexible To-Dos, Wiki, Emails – With Gantt Charts, MS Project And Workflows

Comindwork SaaS improves the knowledge work productivity in projects performed by workgroups in professional service firms (e.g. software, advertising & marketing, consulting, lawyers, NGO) and by divisions within enterprises (e.g. support, marketing, R&D, upper management). It’s simple and clear time tracker interface provides project managers with a quick overview… read more

Creative and Unusual Layouts and Navigation Designs

By Robert Hartland

In this article, we’ll showcase website layouts and navigation structures that really break the mold. The designers of these websites have seen dozens of clone websites out there but have sought their own way. The unusual website layouts and navigation that results can either be very successful and… read more

How Social Media Has Changed Us

Mike Laurie works at London agency Made by Many where he helps design social digital stuff. You follow him on Twitter @mikelaurie.

Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen social media galvanize thousands over politics, create as many industries as it has destroyed, and offer an abundance of visual and audio… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Job Guide

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Start Off Your New Year With an Ideal Project Profile

As I plan my business activities for 2010, I’ve decided to create an ideal project profile. You may have heard of an ideal client profile – it helps you visualize the exact type of client you’d like to work with. The ideal project profile describes in detail the exact kind… read more

8 Things to Avoid When Building a Community

Simply having a presence on various online networking platforms won’t work in the social media sphere. The key is spending time to build relationships to not only engage with site users, but to get them to interact with each other. While a lot has been said about how to do… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Web Development & Social Media Jobs

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Marketing in 2010: It’s All About the Data

Josh Jones-Dilworth is the Founder and CEO of Jones-Dilworth, Inc. a PR consultancy focused on bringing early-stage technologies to market. He blogs at joshdilworth.com.

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – Mark Twain

Remember that quote. In 2010 the very best marketers, PR professionals, and social… read more