Pretty cool little free photo editing application. This is what should ship with Windows instead of Windows Paint or with most digital cameras. It’s nowhere near a Photoshop killer for heavy retouching duties and special effects, but it’s very good for most basic tasks such as resizing, cropping and adjusting images. It’s lightweight enough that I may just start using it up for simple tasks. Even with a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 machine and a gig of memory, Photoshop CS2 takes a few minutes to start up. It’s a PITA for a quickie photo crop and fix.

From creativepro.com.

From Andy Budd: “Having a broad range of skills is vital as a freelancer as you never know what you may be expected to do. However gone are the days when you can get by being a Jack-of-all-trades. Now you need to specialise. Some skills are more in demand than others, but if you�re the top of your field in a particular language or skill, you�ll always be in demand.”

The Design Curve - I generally try to convince prospective clients that the more people involved in a project the longer it takes and therefore the more it costs. I don’t generally address the detriment to quality but I’m going to add that to my repertoire because it’s so true.

Heck, I didn’t even know it was an actual contest… Mashup Challenge Winner, Triumphant Update

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