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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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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Jul 28th by Andrew Houle  |  stashed in Site News

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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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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StartLogic to Eleven2
I’m finally switching my hosting companies, something I’ve been meaning to do even before I wrote an article about why I hate my hosting company. Please excuse any bugs or downtime that may occur for the next day or two as the switch happens.
I’m switching to Eleven2. A host that is reasonably priced [...]

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I’ve re-written portions of the Design a Website Header and Navigation tutorial. My apologies to anyone who finished the tutorial and would like to use it for part II. You’ll find that this version isn’t much different, but I feel it’s a little easier to step through and will work better for the coding portion. [...]

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Jul 13th by Andrew Houle  |  stashed in Site News

All Consuming Social Media Sites
Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em social media sites are only getting stronger, and they are not going anywhere. The shear volume of them can be a tad overwhelming. That being said, they are vital to your success as a blogger.

I’ve recently added twitter to the list of sites I [...]

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Jul 13th by Andrew Houle  |  stashed in Site News

Same Basic Logo, New Slogan

The basic look is still the same, but the site has taken on a bit of a different header. The logo was made a little bigger and the splatter was turned. I also changed my slogan and make it look handwritten.

As a designer, I’m never fully satisfied with my work. David [...]

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FreshBooks is the newest sponsor for My Ink Blog. They provide an awesome online invoicing and time tracking service. If you are a freelancer like me, getting on board with them can really help you organize things and save you much needed time to get back to designing!
They have a bunch of different packages depending [...]

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Welcome to the Community User Link Feed for My Ink Blog
Thanks to a tutorial at Nettuts about how to Create a User Link Feed, I’ve now added that capability to this site. You can submit links to your website that will appear on the Community Link Feed you see on the sidebar. Your [...]

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