Author Archives: Seth Erickson

About Seth Erickson

Formerly the Creative Director for Graphics.net, a company specializing in web design for start-ups, Seth Erickson has returned to his roots as a creative freelancer and business owner. With a focus in web, Flash, and UX design. Seth uniquely distills his clients’ design challenges into simple yet well-executed work at Kodis Interactive. http://kodisinteractive.com/

Confidence, the client’s aphrodisiac

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Seth Erickson

Being the optimistic entrepreneur that I am, I approached this CEO.
I explained to him that I had some ideas that could really improve the UX (user experience) of his site. He politely declined and told me that their focus was in a different area at the time. I explained that even if their focus was in another area, my expertise could help customer retention since happy customers are always good for the bottom line. He again explained that they knew that some things needed to be overhauled on the site but it still isn’t their focus right now. So what did I do? Continue reading →

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Did you know this about Photoshop (part 2)?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Seth Erickson

Here are a few more little known Photoshop tips from Seth Erickson of Kodis Interactive. (If you missed Part 1, watch it here.) Continue reading →

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Did you know this about Photoshop?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Seth Erickson

With each release of Photoshop there are a lot of exciting new features but for the ones that are featured, there are dozens that go under the radar.

Seth Erickson of Kodis Interactive, takes of through a few of these very useful and mostly unnoticed features that Adobe has added to photoshop in CS4 and CS5. Continue reading →

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The Working Workflow Part 2 - Basecamp

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Seth Erickson

Join your host Seth Erickson as he takes you through a few of the basic features of Basecamp to get any project up and running in a snap. Continue reading →

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The Working Workflow Part 1

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Seth Erickson

Join us as we go through a 4-part workflow series focusing on time tracking, invoicing, project management, and more.

This featured workflow is adaptable for the 1 person solopreneur as well as a multi-person agency, and everyone else in between. Continue reading →

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