Archive for March 2008
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Three Things You Can Do To Embrace Your Success
I recently received a box full of books. They weren’t ordinary books, though—they were the first copies of my new book. After the package arrived I eagerly ripped through layers of packing tape, and I first glimpsed publication. I was in shock—I had written a book.
It’s the oddest feeling when something you’ve been working towards […]
Social Media and Simplicity, Part 2: Organize
This post is part 2 of 10 in our groundbreaking series on how freelancers can use social media and the principles of simplicity to build their business.
Day 2 - The Second Law of Simplicity: Organize
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
Because there are so many different things you can do on social media, and […]
Social Media and Simplicity, Part 1: Reduce
If you’ve ever wondered about how you can use the web’s newest communities to promote and grow your freelancing business, this ‘Social Media and Simplicity’ series will serve as a definitive guide.
Posts in the series will be published every second day, to provide a healthy balance between the type of FSw content you know and […]
Linkswitch! The Best of the Freelance Web
Danny Wen at Harvest, a popular time-tracking tool for freelancers, has offered a $10 discount on subscriptions to the service and its new integrated invoicing tool — for Freelance Switchers only. The code FSHARVESTSPRING08 will take $10 off the first month for anyone who upgrades to a paying plan, which should prove a nifty saving […]
College Students Drink, Eat Ramen Noodles… and Freelance?
A friend dropped me an email about a new site he was launching, StudentFreelance.com, and it got me thinking about my own freelancing experiences in college…
For my money, students comprise one of the most overlooked and underutilized freelance communities. Even though tons and tons of students are learning extremely valuable (and marketable skills) on a […]
The Subtle Effects of Pricing on the Mentality of Clients
Most freelancers hate dealing with pricing. We would rather focus on what we do best, and as a result, pricing sometimes doesn’t get enough thought and attention.
Pricing obviously has a huge impact on how much money we make, but what about its affect on potential clients?
Ways that Pricing Impacts Clients
While these items are not absolutes, […]
Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Best Of
Over years Adobe Illustrator has become the standard application when it comes to illustration design. Artists, illustrators and graphic designers use Illustrator to create vector-based graphics which — contrary to raster-based editors such as Adobe Photoshop — can be easily rescaled without the loss of quality. E.g., Illustrator is often used to quickly transform hand-drawn […]
Adobe Flash Tutorials - Best of
Although usability evangelists often consider Flash to be a usability nightmare, used properly, Flash can provide users with a rich and interactive interface which would be impossible otherwise. Today Flash is the de-facto standard for interactive elements on the Web as most users install Flash plug-in by default. And in fact, there are many paths […]
How to publish your first website
If you’ve been following this blog, you should know how important it is to have an online portfolio if you want to live from your art. While you don’t have a website you simply don’t exist, and of course, people who don’t exist work very little.
In this post i’ll explain what you have to do […]
Monday Inspiration: Data Visualization and Infographics
The main goal of data visualization is its ability to visualize data, communicating information clearly and effectivelty. It doesn’t mean that data visualization needs to look boring to be functional or extremely sophisticated to look beautiful. To convey ideas effectively, both aesthetic form and functionality need to go hand in hand, providing insights into a […]
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
Data presentation can be beautiful, elegant and descriptive. There is a variety of conventional ways to visualize data - tables, histograms, pie charts and bar graphs are being used every day, in every project and on every possible occasion. However, to convey a message to your readers effectively, sometimes you need more than […]
100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images
If you’ve ever tried to design a website or blog, you’ve probably felt the need to add images to your creation. It can be easy to see the Internet as a free-for-all, but images belong to the people who created them. Staying legal means you’ll have to either create your own images or buy them […]
Stunning Desktop Wallpapers - Part 1
Desktop wallpapers always come in handy. The more inspirational, beautiful and elegant they are, the better they can challenge our imagination and provide some fresh perspective in a rather tedious and monotonous workflow. However, desktop wallpapers sometimes can go far beyond offering colorful eye-candy; sometimes desktop wallpapers include calendars, funny cartoons and logos of favourite […]
The Worst Day Jobs In The World
Was this you once?
Is this you now?
When I was working as a technical and marketing writer in the corporate universe, I endured quarterly “team luncheons,” which consisted of long sandwiches featuring very sad lettuce and a conference room in which we were told what a great company we were and the many ways in which […]
How to Instantly Bump Your Income 25-50% With Cross-sells
Getting ready for a seminar I was presenting in February, I needed to get some t-shirts printed in a matter of days. I had the files ready to go and was looking for a service that could run off a quick batch for giveaways.
As I surfed around, I stumbled upon VistaPrint.com’s website and, being […]