Gregory Robleto

process

Objective: I want the job you are trying to fill

Here’s a resume writing tip: be specific in your objective; and (if you can do so without being disingenuous) express that you don’t just want a job, you want THAT job.

I looked through fifteen resumes tonight trying to find the best candidate to fill a Production Designer position. Each resume presented numerous positive attributes… [more]

Getting camera photos onto Flickr and Facebook (via Picasa).

New plugins have greatly optimized the process of getting photos from your camera to your social sites. Here’s the best process I have found:

Import all photos into a new folder using Picasa.
Picasa should be able to find your USB connected camera and find all the photos and know which ones are duplicates. When… [more]

Beyond the Hourly Rate

When you are freelance designing, the soundest approach is typically to charge an hourly rate. The better you are, the more you charge per hour for your work, it’s an increasing scale. But what happens when you are competent enough to no longer need many hours to complete the work?
I went to the… [more]

User Stories

Spec. documents are faulty, they are often too cumbersome to read (let alone write). They dive into such specifics that the developer may assume that all the details is addressed. That’s when pragmatic thinking and common sense are taken out of the equation.The preferred method is to tell the development team a story; a very… [more]