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[March 16, 2010]
Happy Blogging: Suggestions for Your Design Blogroll

I’ve been on the lookout for cool blogs lately. Well, more so than usual I would say, I’m always keeping an eye out for new and interesting blogs. I have been bookmarking them on my Xerpi, and slowly -very slowly- been adding them to my blogroll. Here are my latest additions with some examples of the posts that caught my attention. Hopefully you’ll find some of these interesting, if so, make sure to subscribe to them!


Creative Opera

Creative Opera is a blog for new designers, aspiring designers, and anyone who has a passion for design. I want Creative Opera to be a site full of useful information, creative inspiration, career and professional advice, and lively discussion. Because I come from a teaching background, many of my posts are targeted toward students and new designers, but I love it when experienced designers stop by to share their own experiences and advice.

Note-worthy Posts:

  • If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now: 13 Design Lessons
  • 8 MORE Graphic Design Myths
  • Reader Question: Get a Design Job? Or Start my Own Company?


    Hi, I’m Grace Smith

    Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.

    Note-worthy Posts:

  • Ask Grace #2: Attracting Quality Freelance Clients
  • 9 Must Have iPhone Apps For Font Addicts
  • How To Say No To Spec Work Requests


    Guerilla Freelancing

    Guerrilla Freelancing is a website dedicated to helping every freelancer still in the trenches, working as hard as they can to build up a solid freelance business. Our main objective is to be a voice for those who have not “made it” and provide straight to the point advice and tips for the guerrilla freelancer.

    Note-worthy Posts:

  • The 10 biggest mistakes people make on Facebook
  • Why Better blogging equals better business for freelancers
  • 5 Dreaded buzz kill phrases every freelancer should avoid


    Amber Weinberg

    Amber Weinberg specializes in clean and semantic XHTML, CSS and WordPress development. She has over 10 years of coding experience and is pretty cool to work with. Amber is available for freelance work, so why not hire her for your next project?

    Note-worthy Posts:

  • Dealing With Negative Criticism
  • Are Open Source Apps Always Better?
  • A Review of The Designer’s Guide to Marketing & Pricing

    I’m going to end it at that for today, there are SO many great blogs out there that I couldn’t even begin to cover them all in one post. Look out for more to come!

    Do you have any other design blog suggestions?
    If so, please let me know! As you know, I’m on the lookout and will definitely be adding more to my list as I find a little more time.

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    Yaritsa Arenas has been working as a designer for over 8 years, with projects covering print, sales collateral, web design, brand identity and packaging. She currently runs her own freelance design agency, PixieGirl Designs, as well as this blog. Subscribe to PixieGirl Blog by Email or by RSS for the latest updates, design and web trends and as much design inspiration as I can gather!

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    1 much appreciated comment

    Posted by Manda Szewczyk

    Hi Yaritsa! It’s so awesome that you’ve included my blog on your list! I’m also loving the others you listed — they are some of my favorites as well! I’ve added you to my RSS reader, and I’m looking forward to your future posts :)

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