June 7, 2017 in Business Resources
Introducing Custom Tracks
We’ve been hard at work adding new tools to improve our users’ learning experience, and today we’re excited to tell you about the newest feature for Treehouse for Business – Custom Tracks! Custom Tracks give businesses the ability to create…
January 27, 2016 in Learn
5 New Features in PHP 7
I’m very happy to introduce you to the first MAJOR release of PHP in over a decade. The PHP community is VERY excited to welcome this latest release. But that doesn’t mean PHP has been stagnant all this time. On the…
August 14, 2014 in Learn
How to Land Quality Clients
As a web designer or developer, you have a solid grasp of code and design. Your portfolio is stocked with impressive work. You’re ready for the freelance journey. Great! There’s still one skill you’ll need to master, though, and it’s…
July 24, 2014 in Learn
How to Handle Revision Requests for Web Design Projects
You spend weeks working on a website, agonizing over every detail and producing something that you can’t wait to show your client. You’re sure the client will be just as overjoyed as you are about the final look. You click…
June 26, 2014 in Learn
Eight Ways to Avoid Freelance Feast or Famine
Here’s an all-too-familiar scenario for freelance Web designers and developers: You land a great client who has fairly deep pockets and loads of interesting projects. As a bonus, you get along great with the contact at the client company. Life…
June 23, 2014 in Learn
Made with Code and Enticing Young Women into Tech
Less than 1 per cent of women are majoring in computer science – according to Google. The company has launched an initiative to attract more women into tech. Made with Code, Google said, “Was started because even though increasingly more…
May 15, 2014 in Learn
10 Ways You Can Be Happier at Your Job
“Happy” isn’t just the contagious Pharrell Williams song that later made him cry to Oprah Winfrey. It’s also a state that can be achieved at — gasp! — work. We all know we’re an overworked country, especially compared to our…
May 12, 2014 in Learn
Beginner’s Guide to a Freelance Web Career
Freelancing as a Web Designer or Developer Means Finding Your First Client. No-Duh, Right? It’s Possibly Harder than It Sounds. If you’ve spent any amount of time online over the last couple years, you’ve probably encountered advertisements or comment spam…
May 8, 2014 in Learn
Public Data Brings ‘We the People’ Attitude to Technology
In this map, green markers show hydrants that groups in Boston have adopted to dig out during snowstorms. The red ones are available for adoption. The Adopt-A-Hydrant program is one of many public data projects made possible through technology. Image…
May 6, 2014 in Learn
Technology Jobs a Secure Bet for Military Veterans
The Skills Veterans Gain While in the Service — Organization, Discipline and Problem-Solving — Translate Well Into the Tech and Private Sectors Call them “vetrepreneurs.” Two U.S. Army veterans — challenged by transportation nightmares in the Beltway around Washington, D.C….
May 1, 2014 in Learn
Web Job Perks: Unlimited Vacation, Catered Lunch Part of ‘Amazing Opportunity’ for Weebly.com Programmer
Mike Trpcic enjoys the perks many only daydream of while staring at their cubicle walls. He shows up to work when he wants and wears jeans and T-shirts while focusing on his code. A relaxed dress code and schedule aren’t…
April 29, 2014 in Learn
Noted Illustrator Ben O’Brien Talks About Finding Inspiration, Taking Chances
Ben O’Brien, an Internationally Acclaimed Illustrator, Left College and Taught Himself How to Succeed For Ben O’Brien, a prominent UK illustrator and designer, his career began when he summoned the courage to quit his comfy studio job and go it…