“Spec” has become the short form for any work done on a speculative basis. Meaning there is often only a possibility a designer will be paid for it. As you can imagine, this is a fairly unpopular way of doing business in the design community and has launched sites such as NoSpec!, which I support.

However, [...]

On Wednesday morning, I’m going to be interviewed live on the Profitability Channel website! Please be sure to watch. It will be at 8 AM sharp. Below is the press release…
Working Solo? — Balancing Clients, Children and a Life
Sara Cowley has a profitable business working solo. She also has young children and a husband. Find [...]

This project has definitely felt like the most important of my career yet. When working with Unit One, I was asked to design and layout this paper by the United Nations on the future of bioenergy. What a client and what a project-right?! Here is the purpose of the research in the words of UN-Energy [...]