Here's a quick personal note (nothing wrong with giving your blog some personality, right?). I just came back from a great vacation in the Philippines and I'm sorry for the lack of updates. To cheer up your, I wanted to share some wonderful pictures that I took while I was on the other side of the world (I live in the Netherlands).

All pictures (except from the last one) were taken with a Sony DSLR-A200. So, sit back and enjoy viewing a couple of beautiful photos.

Shortly after I had the chat conversation with Grant Friedman, I contacted another famous internet hero: Jacob Gube. If you don't already know this great guy living in Bloomington, I'm sure you've seen his website: SixRevisions. The site provides practical, useful information for the modern, standards-compliant web designer and web developer. It seeks to present exceptional, noteworthy tips, tutorials, and resources that the modern web professional will appreciate.

Jacob shared some great stuff with me during this chat conversation; About his personal life, his "online life", webdevelopment and design tips and more. It's one of the most inspirational chat conversations I had.

Many personal opinions (both from me and Jacob) are shared in this conversation. If you have another opinion yourself, feel free to share them with us by simply leaving a comment.

Sit back and enjoy this chat conversation! I'm sure you might learn something from this great and creative webdesigner / developer.

Grant Friedman is a designer, blogger, author, and teacher based in Louisville. He is also the founder of Colorburned - a website with brushes, patterns, vectors, tutorials and more!. His blog shares some amazing design related stuff and is growing every day.

I had the chance to "burn some color" (having a chat conversation) with Grant. You can read the full conversation here, sharing some personal and useful stuff with the rest of us.

Now, lets sit down, take a drink and chat with this creative man behind the scenes of Colorburned.

The winner of the 500 Business Cards giveaway was just announced, and today is the day for the next great contest on Marcofolio.net. This one especially goes out to all freelancers out there. Three lucky readers will be able to win a license for Fanurio - a time tracking and billing software for freelancers.

Fanurio is a time tracking and billing software application, highly appreciated by freelancers for its intuitive interface, flexible timer and ability to produce detailed invoices. Whether you need to round time, use multiple currencies or create invoices with your own layout, Fanurio has the right tools to help you get paid.

Read the rules below to find out how you can join this contest: it's pretty simple! If you're one of the three winners, you'll receive on licence for Fanurio, a great time tracking application for freelancers. Make sure you join this contest quick, since it ends on July 2nd and you'll automatically receive information if you have won a prize. Good luck to everyone!

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Only soon after the FlashEff2 and FlashMint.com WordPress Themes giveaway from the last weeks, today is the day for the next great contest on Marcofolio.net. This one goes out to everyone who's interested in winning 500 Business Cards from OvernightPrints.com! One lucky reader will get those 500 cards.

Read the rules below to find out how you can join this contest: it's pretty simple! Make sure you join this contest quick, since it ends on June 23rd and you'll automatically receive information if you have won a prize. Good luck to everyone!

Currently, OvernightPrints is holding their own contest too, called "Business Cards for Life". If you design the business card for Jeremy Schoemaker, you would be able to win a lifetime supply of business cards! You can also follow the OvernightPrints on Twitter.

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