On April 18th, I ordered a chair for Jennifer (our new Business Development Manager at Brian Joseph Studios) from OfficeMax.com for our offices. OfficeMax… said it was shipped the evening of the 18th. On the 21st I called them and

I had a thought about CGI & the future of movies and movie stars years ago (and I’m sure I wasn’t the first) and today I was reminded of it….
So, what better way to archive my thoughts than right…

I’ve noticed a trend on freelancer’s websites lately where the designer presents viewers with their current “work availability” , or the months that they are “available for hire”.
This goes against every bit of sales training I have ever had. This…

After a few weeks of thought, I’ve decided to turn my PC hat in (not that I ever really wore it, nor was I proud of it and in it’s place I will be taking a big bite out of…

I was driving home earlier today from a client meeting, and I had a moment of a type of self-awareness that I’ve never had before.
I realized that sometimes I allow myself to fear success. Even if it’s for only…

Now that 2010 is just starting, many web designers have to update the copyright year on their own websites, and their client’s websites.
Many end up doing it manually and waste a lot of time with this tedious task, but…

David Airey just posted this meme and thought I’d add mine to it. URL ABC was started by Tim Van Damme—just type a letter in your browser’s address bar, then list the first URL that appears. (Works best in Google…

Some of my most popular articles have been about my career, starting as a freelancer and then starting my own business, from 50 reasons why you won’t make it as a freelancer, to 3 reasons why clients don’t choose you,…

I’m always excited to be able to offer my readers some excellent free content, whether it is in the form of a post-it note Photoshop tutorial or a list of 50 reasons why you won’t make it as a freelancer.
This time,…

I was just reminded of this the other day talking to a friend about the Internet, how it has developed, and grown since it first came out. I can’t remember the very first time I used it, but I can…

I will be running a new feature here on BrianYerkes.com where I will present some great designers under the age of 20… along with some samples of their work, and a little about them.
If you would like to be

I recently found a website that allows you to see the first tweet sent out by typing in the person’s user name. Now that most of us have been using Twitter for at least a year, it seemed like a…

Earlier today, I appeared on WGCU radio, a local radio station here in Southwest Florida, on the Gulf Coast Live show. Michele, organizer of Twestival SWFL asked me to join her as a guest on the show to help to…

I’m currently in Ireland on a work/pleasure trip, and just listened to a heated debate on RTE radio, Ireland’s national radio station. The topic of the conversation was Bulmer’s Cider…, and their latest television commercial. Here are some details:

Working with all types of clients on a daily basis can be as challenging as the actual design or development work that they are hiring you for. As a freelancer or a project manager, you are on the front-line and…

This is part 1 of what I hope to be a never ending series as I continue to build relationships with some great people on Twitter. And there isn’t a “#FollowFriday @name @name @name @name jumble of mess” anywhere to…

Here is my first set of free icons!… I wanted to give something back to my regular visitors, those that RT my posts etc, and so hopefully some of you will enjoy using this icon set. Each social media icon

Over the past 3 years or so I have spent quite a lot of time testing, studying and analyzing  Google’s search engine  “algorithm”. Everything from data center analysis, to IP relative local results reporting and more….some days you sit back…

JMR Insurance Group is an insurance company primarily located in Florida, and they contacted my company to design a new logo for them, along with stationary materials like letterheads, business cards and envelopes.
The Brief
We discussed the client’s needs…