When you’re self-employed, it’s very common to experience periods of downtime. In fact, in my experience, there tends to be a somewhat predictable cycle that brings about periods of increased workflow that’s followed by a slow down. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Yes, I’d take it. – 68%   No, I’d turn it down If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Almost a third of website visitors consider online shopping to be insecure and unsafe. A recent report published by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading found that 30% of internet users would not hand over their credit card details. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

There is no doubt that Google AdSense is the 800-pound gorilla in the room when it comes to contextual ad solutions. The question is, however, what you do when you don’t meet the requirements to use it, get thrown out for some reason or just simply want to try something different? Luckily, there are some other options out there and we’ve gathered up eleven of them to give you some options when it comes to filling up your site’s ad inventory If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

To start the week off, here’s three varied but time-saving Photoshop production tips you can use when image editing. Keep Your Crops When you select the Crop tool (C) to crop your images, take a look at the options available on the tool options bar at the top of the screen If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

I’m old enough to remember the days when computers ran one application at a time. You opened Lotus 1-2-3, worked on a file, closed it and moved to the next task. It was a simpler time without distractions. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

A few years ago, using photographs as a background was the reserve of the daring and those who didn’t worry too much about making their visitors wait while the site loaded. Now with broadband and a good understanding of how to compress image file sizes while maintaining quality, many web designers are using large photographic images as backgrounds for their web sites If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Respect is perhaps the most important element in any successful long-term relationship…and that’s what we want to develop with our clients and colleagues, and even our family and friends. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Widows, typographically speaking, are single words that awkwardly break down onto their own line. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

A few members of the SitePoint team have proposed panels for next year’s SXSW Interactive festival. We’re pretty excited about these panels — if you think they sound interesting, we’d appreciate your vote! FREE: Should I Just Give All My Sh!t Away? Web 2.0 is out If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!