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Wednesday 19th, November 2008

87 entries per project, baby!

87 entries per project

If you're thinking of posting a project then boy do we have some good news for you: you're gonna get options. Lots and lots of options. In fact, the average project got 87 ENTRIES last week! So what are you waiting for? Get going and post a project today. Just be ready to have a boat load of choice.

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OMG, wanna be friends?

Facebook

Hey, have you heard of this new site called Facebook?! It's, like, totally cool - you should definitely check it out. Oh, and while you're there, we should totally 'friend' each other or whatever. OK? OK! I can't wait! Seriously, you better come be our friend or we'll, like, totally never speak to you again. TTFN - your BFF, cS.

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Featured creative: Audree Rowe

Audree Rowe

"I would advise young designers the same way I would advise anyone considering any career… do what you love. If you can’t make a living at it right away - do it in your free time and talk to anyone who will listen about your passion. At every job I’ve held, I have found a way to use my art skills. When I taught reading, I would make the fanciest flash cards. When I worked in a sporting goods store, I made the signs ROCK. As a mom, I made custom place mats for the kids and laminated them. (I would create one side, they would design the other.) As my son says - “Everyone can be an artist!” There is always a way to bring your passion into your life." Read more...

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9 projects over $1000

That's right - there's nine (count 'em, 9!) projects on the site right now worth over $1000 each. Here they are in all their wallet-stuffing splendor:

1. E-Book Design - book to be distributed via PDF
2. Web and applicatin design for a new startup company
3. Zodiac Tea Logo & Labels
4. Real Estate Brochure for a Luxury Log Cabin
5. Redesign of a single Flight Tracking web page
6. Public Website for Insight Medical
7. Super fun casual games player widget
8. Lexis Nexis Online Media Centre
9. ChillBaby: design of a new site to help recent parents

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Strong enough to be our man(ager)?

AngelineSigh. We're both sad and happy that our resident Rock Band goddess, Angeline, is passing on her Community Manager crown . Now, for you opportunistic types, this also means that we're looking for a new Community Manager Extraordinaire. Do you have what it takes? Bring it.

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There's a new template in town.

OK, so the short version is that you were right and we were wrong. There. We said it. Happy? The long version is how we used to make you fit your website entries into the standard 800x800 template - but no more my friends! No more! That's right, you can now submit your entries to website projects in their full 1024x768 glory. Download the template today and revel in your newfound freedom, my previously-constrained friends.

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