Hey all- this is my very first screencast.  I think I’m going to do many more of these, so please feel free to let me know what you think.  This particular screencast focuses on getting work using Twitter.  In this lesson I ’spill’ a few secrets to finding job leads and teach you how to leverage technology to this end.  I hope you find it helpful.

I’ve been reminded by a few individuals that my blog has been looking increasingly sparse… true that.  Alas, I looked for a place to lay the blame and could not find one (although I will point a tentative finger towards Twitter; microblogging thou art my bane).  All joking aside, I’ve been incredibly busy recently!  Between my dayjob as a print designer at Food for the Hungry, and my freelance work being completed through Sonata Creative, it’s been hard to find the time to sit down and blog.  But fear not my friends, I have an update for you at last.  Here’s what I’ve been working on recently…

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I posted earlier about an excellent site, Mirificam Press.  Shortly after this posting I was contacted to be interviewed regarding being a designer who holds to a reformed Christian worldview by MP.  I was humbled to be considered for this opportunity and agreed to the request.  During the course of preparing for this interview, I found myself being challenged to consider how my faith impacts every aspect life.  Christianity is not a T-Shirt that you can put on and take off my friends; it is not a brand name that you can discard whenever it becomes ‘inconvenient’.  I hope that this interview is an encouragement to fellow Christians who find themselves in this profession! Many thanks to Mirificam Press for this opportunity to share my faith and profession.

I was recently turned on to a cool new website called IncSpring.  This site is basically a place for logo/brand designers to connect with entrepreneurs seeking branding for their upstart companies or initiatives.  I really think this site fills a niche in two ways: 1) It allows designers to ’shop’ their unused, innovative ideas to an eager audiences, and 2) It provides the entrepreneuring professional an appropriate outlet to shop for professional, appropriate branding work.

While some have hailed this site as just another ’spec work’ purveyor, I strongly disagree.  For one thing, the roles are reversed; in spec work, the client is naming the price while the designer deals with unfair, demeaning competition.  With IncSpring, designers are naming their own price- they are not directly competing with anyone because each brand is unique to it’s intended audience.  In my book, it’s a win-win for both sides.  I also love the fact that you can include domain names with the sale of your brand.  This is one aspect that will have entrepreneurs grinning, as the domain name game is a big part of the marketing process.

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As a graphic designer working for a poverty relief organization, the topic of poverty is near and dear to my heart.  I have been searching for just the right subject to post on being as today is Blog Action Day.  I could write to you about various organizations that help alleviate global poverty through charitable funding.  I could tell you about the United Nations Millennium Project, which seeks to end poverty by 2015.  I could even point you to a place that allows you to lend money to entrepreneurs in impoverished countries. However, I’m not going to blog on any of these today.  What I am going to blog about, is a little boy named Job Mwanga Chelangat who lives in Piswa, Uganada. Read all the article