written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  06.24.09

domain-poster-smallSome of you may have noticed that MyInkBlog was down the last couple of days. Unfortunately, when I switched hosts from StartLogic to the awesome guys at Eleven2 I wasn’t able to transfer the domain name as well. So when I canceled my StartLogic account I had no way of knowing that my domain name was about to expire.

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  05.13.09

1yrOn May 9, 2009, my wife and I celebrated the birth of our first child! He decided to come see us a full month early, and was less than an hour away from being my wife’s greatest Mother’s Day gift she’ll ever receive!

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  12.12.08

excerpt3I’m honored to have gotten interviewed by Grant from over at Colorburned this week. His questions cover the gamut from blogging to my workspace. While your over there, make sure to check out Grant’s blog. It continues to grow and impress, as he churns out cool vectors, interviews and tutorials.

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  09.25.08

I just got interviewed by Angie and Robert Bowen over at Arbenting. I’m stoked they asked me, it was so cool. Hopefully, I came up with some interesting answers :). You can view the interview in it’s entirety here.
Last week, Angie and Robert were kind enough to write a guest post for MyInkBlog. Their entry [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  09.05.08

The overall growth of MyInkBlog has exceeded any of my early expectations. I am overwhelmed by how robust and helpful the design community is. This is also a really exciting time for me personally, as I’ve accepted a new job as a web developer for Niagara University.
I wanted to use this post to [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  08.06.08

I’ve been working hard the last couple days on some changes to the site. Most of which, will hardly be noticeable. Nevertheless, I want to constantly be working to improve the look, feel and function of this site. So here’s a quick rundown of what’s been tweaked.
20×20 Advertising

I added (10) 20×20 icon advertisements to the [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  08.04.08

In an effort to further develop MyInkBlog into a thriving design community I would like to open up this post’s comments for your ideas and brainstorming. I would love to hear what you think would make a great tutorial or article.
Do you have an idea for a tutorial, or have you seen an effect that [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  07.31.08

I have recently switched my advertising from handling everything myself to getting some help from BuySellAds.
Why would I make the switch

A larger marketplace – The Buy/Sell marketplace is large and continues to grow. It places my blog in a network that is much bigger than the people I can contact on my own.
Time saver – [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  07.28.08

I’m stoked about the growth and development of My Ink Blog. The community is not growing at an extraordinary rate, but slow and steady growth is the way to go. It’s more efficient to grow steadily, then to peak early and dive off the map afterwards. I will continue to work hard to give you [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Site News  /  07.26.08

I just added a contributions page to the site. I really want My Ink Blog to become a community of like-minded graphic and web designers that help each other out. It is my hope that we can get a few more contributors to this site. By widening the perspective on things, we can really begin [...]

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