Artist & Purveyor Of Obsessive Projects
For the last few years, I’ve been taking photographs of house numbers and I’ve just released these photos under a Creative Commons license. So if you have a need for some images of beautiful numbers, please check them out. Kirsty Hall, No. 7, Jan 2011 Giesela Birgit over on my Facebook group asked me how…Continue Reading “Understanding Creative Commons”
Ooh, categories vs tags, it’s like The Sharks vs The Jets. Except not. Other ways I could describe them. Categories are like tags on steroids. Categories are like your troop carriers and tags are the specialist troops that live inside them. Tags are little goblins but categories are orcs. Look, I’ve been up all night,…Continue Reading “Categories vs Tags”
Welcome to the Artist’s Eyeball launch party! Woo, streamers, balloons, cakes and small children peeing themselves with excitement (what, it could happen). Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and have a slice of cake… photo credit: Rubyran The Artist’s Eyeballs were quite insistent that they had never had a proper launch and that…Continue Reading “The Eyeballs have cake”
Face facts, my little cupcakes, you are not good at everything. I know, I know, your mother told you that you could do anything you wanted in life. She did not, however, tell you that you could do everything. And if she did, she was wrong. photo credit: Casey Serin Creative people have a bizarre…Continue Reading “Hat attack – or how to hire yourself”
photo credit: Sister72 Last Monday the lovely Rachelle from Magpie Girl posted an interview with me about my Internet Hand-holding consulting service. It’s a good interview, you can read it here. As part of the interview, I offered a half price deal on a session of my consulting. Instead of the usual price of £70,…Continue Reading “How to fix a big mistake”
Blue and gold knight by Debbi Long I’m a big advocate of being a gentle online champion. Not slaying dragons and wielding swords but following a code of chivalrous behaviour. Why should I champion others? There are two major reasons. Firstly, it’s the generous and right thing to do. You can find incredible content…Continue Reading “Succeed Online: champion others”
Photograph by Johnny Grim. Used under Creative Commons license I recently wrote about why there’s no excuse for artists not to have websites. If you’re still working on yours, here are a few things to avoid like the plague. 1. Overuse of Flash I’m not a big fan of Flash – it can be useful…Continue Reading “The 7 Deadly Website Sins”
I don’t know about you, but I regularly get email invites to join art sites. It can be daunting working out if they’re worth your time and energy. I can’t make those decisions for you but I’ve written this general guide to help you assess this sort of opportunity. 1) Do You Like The Other…Continue Reading “7 Ways To Evaluate Art Sites”
1. I CAN’T AFFORD IT Websites used to be an expensive proposition but the costs have dropped considerably over the last few years. Excluding any initial design costs, the annual fees for a self-hosted website should be about £60-£80. If you really can’t afford that, there are other options for setting up a simple online…Continue Reading “8 Excuses Artists Make For Not Having A Website”
Kirsty Hall: Palimpsest, 2004 Click here for more information on this piece. A lot of blogging advice tells you to do things like have a tight focus, develop a recognisable style, keep to a schedule, always use a photograph, make your posts a certain length and do lots of guest posting. This is probably excellent…Continue Reading “Finding Your Blogging Style”