Carrie Cousins

Carrie Cousins is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience in the communications industry, including writing for print and online publications, and design and editing. You can connect with Carrie on Twitter @carriecousins.

What’s New for Designers, October 2018

You might notice a theme this month in our collection of new tools for designers: color. There are lots of color…

3 Essential Design Trends, October 2018

This month’s trends have something in common: You’ve probably seen all of these ideas before, maybe just presented in a…

Loving & Hating the Hamburger Icon

I love the hamburger menu. I hate the hamburger menu. I am constantly contradicting myself about this tiny website…

What’s New for Designers, September 2018

This month’s collection of new tools and elements for designers has a common theme – productivity. There are so many…

3 Essential Design Trends, September 2018

While this tends to be the time of year when things start to slow a bit in the design world, there are still trends…

What’s New for Designers, August 2018

What’s old is new again; that’s the theme this month with new tools for designers with a few new tools that are rooted…

10 Ways to Design Your Website for Mobile Speed

Have you performed a mobile speed test lately? How does your website rank? A slow website can turn mobile users away.…

3 Essential Design Trends, August 2018

From light and bright designs to complex data visualizations and a new take on polygons, this month’s design trends are…

What’s New for Designers, July 2018

What kind of projects are you working on? It might be the hotter days (with more time at a computer) that have me…

Help! I Can’t Stop Wasting Time…

There are so many distractions when you are a freelancer. From kids coming into your home office or time sucks like…

Should Freelancers Join a Professional Network?

One of the biggest concerns that freelancers have is that they can be isolated from others in similar fields. So can a…

Essential Design Trends, July 2018

With the heat of summer comes a little bit of a design slowdown, but there are still plenty of projects worth your…

What’s New for Designers, June 2018

No summertime blues here. With so many new tools, the dog days of summer will be filled with playing with new elements…

3 Essential Design Trends, June 2018

Sometimes the most fun part of looking at design trends is when you start to notice subtle shifts in trends that create…

3 SEO “Hacks” to Boost Your Website Ranking

Looking to boost your search rankings? While nothing can help you reach an audience better than great content, there…

What’s New for Designers, May 2018

Do you ever get bogged down with some of your tools? They work, but you know there’s got to be a better way to do…

3 Essential Design Trends, May 2018

Attention grabbing designs are a goal for almost any project. But there are some techniques that draw users in faster…

What’s New for Designers, April 2018

Are you one of those designers who loves to test new stuff? Then this month’s collection of what’s new will be a treat!…