The Visual Click

Tis’ the season for giving!

This holiday season there have been many great giveaways all over the web and I would like to share with you one more being hosted over on the Freelance Show.

Not only does the Freelance Show consistently provide great articles for freelancers but now they are giving their readers a chance at winning some great prizes which include subscriptions to tools like FRESHBOOKS, 37SIGNALS, CAMPAIGN MONITOR and a bunch more!!
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Attention PayPal Users: Please do not become a victim of email scams.

In the past 3 months or so I have received about five emails that appear to be from PayPal.com. At first glance, my heart always drops when I read things like “Your account has been limited” or “Your PayPal account has been violated!” but being a PayPal user for about 3 years now I tend to catch little things in the email immediately that don’t seem to be right.

Being a freelance web designer and working with clients around the world, I depend greatly on the PayPal service. The last thing I need, or I would want for anybody else is to have their bank accounts hacked into.

Take a look at one of the latest PayPal scam emails I have received from. I have noted few easy ways to spot if the email is legit or not.

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This past week I have had the opportunity to sit in on a couple chat sessions with Kyle Steed (@kylesteed), the man behind the brand new Chat Creative Design Panel. Its been a real pleasure getting to know him and seeing his insight into his new project.

Chat Creative is a live video chat session with a design panel of respected creatives within the industry. The goal of Chat Creative is to help connect the creative community one chat at a time.The very first panel will be held this Wednesday, July 8 (Seven Eight Nine) at 6 pm (CST). (more…)