Coding and Design Tips & Tutorials

[caption id="attachment_8278" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Won Park on Flickr.

I was never the girl with a shoe fetish. Of course, I appreciate a pretty pair of heels like any self-respecting fashion lover, but I’ve always had more of an eye for vintage scarves.

[caption id="attachment_8164" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Nina Matthews via Flickr[/caption] Photography businesses have a lot of opportunity for diversifying their revenue streams, creating new opportunities for their clients, and generally having fun with the work they’re creating. I love working with photographers because they have the opportunity to see themselves as service providers and as producer designers.

When designer, Swiss Miss blogger, and CreativeMornings founder Tina Roth Eisenberg first came up with the idea for a breakfast lecture series, people thought she was crazy. Getting people in New York City to get to anything is hard, let alone something that happens before 9am on a work day.

[caption id="attachment_8037" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Dave Fayram via Flickr[/caption] Conventional wisdom (and your boss, probably) would tell you that browsing on the internet during work hours is a big no-no. But when social media has become a full-time job, and many of us are marketing our own personal brands in addition to those of our employers, the line between work-related and non-work-related tends to get a little fuzzy.

There's a never-ending debate among creative professionals centering around one seemingly simple question: Should you work for free?