TJ Kelly — Web Design/Development Articles & Entries

Mashable Goes Political

Published on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:18am under Social Media.

If you live in or near Massachusetts, you’ve no doubt been inundated with Senate race campaign ads lately. They’re all over TV and radio. And now, in a new-to-me development, I encountered an anti-Scott Brown ad on Mashable.com. The ads are being served by Google, who is definitely using geolocation to find me. They realize that [...]

Drum Corps – Chase Community Giving

Published on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 5:00pm under Social Media.

The Backstory
Chase Bank and Facebook have teamed up to raise & donate $5,000,000 to several non-profit organizations. Close to my heart are the participating Drum Corps International competing corps. These groups deserve all the support in the world.
You Get 5 Votes
From the rule page: “Voting begins January 15 through January 22. You will have 5 [...]

New Website

Published on Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 9:12am under Portfolio.

Finally! After eight long years, I finally have a full website running at tjkelly.com. The previous owner let the domain expire and in June, I became the rightful owner of my namesake domain. I took my time designing & developing this site and I plan to maximize its potential. Below is a description of what [...]

Fulltime Freelance

Published on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 10:25pm under Business.

Is it a contradiction of terms to say that you “freelance full-time?” It’s a situation I see plenty of other designers enjoying, and I’m considering it myself.
Other successful design shops like WooThemes, WeFunction, and Boston Web Studio are sources of inspiration and envy. I’ve had some discussions lately about making the jump to full-time. I’m [...]

The Business of Freelance

Published on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 10:38pm under Business.

Part of winning contacts is projecting an air of confidence. Lately, I’ve heard of more than a few designers & developers who take that idea so far that they intentionally border on arrogance and flirt with price-gouging.

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