RS Designs

Because I am a self-taught designer and coder, I have wanted to take some graphic and web design courses to fill in the gaps in my knowledge and to learn new skills. Time and money restraints have meant that I have not been able to pursue my desire for formal education; however, that has [...]

Linda and I have decided to become affiliates for some of the service providers whose services we have used and which we feel offer great value for our readers. One such provider is bluehost.
Bluehost offers hosting services and ranks highly for customer service and satisfaction. (If you wish, you can even view their [...]

Last week Revka told you about Colorzilla which is a wonderful thing for web designers especially. Well unless you use FireFox as a web browser this little tool won’t do much for you.
As a FireFox enthusiast I thought I’d tell you why I like it so much (and hopefully convince you of getting it)
According [...]

Have you ever visited a website and just drooled over a color or colors used in its design? The only problem is that you can’t use that color for your own blog or website because you don’t know the color code. If you use Firefox as your browser, you can find download a [...]

Linda and I had a wonderfully productive business meeting on Wednesday. We came up with some new strategy and product ideas, set some incredibly scary goals (also to be shared soon), and had some light bulb moments. One of those light bulb moments was our realization that, instead of trying to provide website [...]

There are many places where you can find web icons for your blog or website but not all of them are for free. And those who are free can be of poor quality.
At Icon Archive you can find thousands of free icons to add to your site. All icons are for non-commercial usage and it [...]

If you are looking for code of any kind, Text* Snippets is a good place to start. According to their description, “Snippets is a public source code repository. Easily build up your personal collection of code snippets, categorize them with tags / keywords, and share them with the world (or not, you can keep [...]

Can I tell you a secret? *whispering* I know next to nothing about business. *end of whisper*
I majored in music education in college so I could teach private piano lessons, which I have done for 15 years now. (I haven’t been out of college for 15 years; I actually started giving piano lessons in [...]

Today, I’d like to share another great place for moms. 5 Minutes for Mom is a wonderful resource dedicated to mom bloggers. The blog is full of fun contests and useful posts, including feature columns such as About Blogging, which is dedicated to answering your questions regarding blogging in general.
Not only does 5 [...]

How have I missed two Featured Fridays in a row?! Since I did, I’m writing this one today, even though it’s Tuesday.
A friend recently introduced me to Mamasource. It is a great free community for U.S. moms.
Mamasource is a private website for moms, which is safe, local and free. Find the advice, [...]