The (Dis)Advantages of Working From Home
Being a freelancer means you often have complete freedom on where to work. However, we tend to stay at home and work from our beds, dining room tables, a corner in our room, or if we’re lucky enough, a whole room dedicated as an office. What we mostly do not do, is leave our home...
Read more…Why RFPs Are Never Good
I just received my first RFP (request for proposal) from a client today in over two years of being self-employed. Now, I had always heard that these things were mostly junk and you should never pay them any attention, or work with a client who demanded you filled one out, but I never knew why....
Read more…12412 – Experience and Learn 12 New Web Technologies in 12 Months
I stumbled across 12412.org when looking at Paul Davis’s work. Consisting of three developers including Paul, Anthony Killeen, and Stephen Fulljames, 12412 aims to log their activities throughout 2012 as they choose a new technology or technique every month to learn and play with. I thought this was a fantastic idea. I’ve had an insanely...
Read more…The Complainers, The Doers and The Ones That Succeed
I’m by no means perfect when it comes to business – who is? But I like to think I spend a lot of time trying to improve myself. Although I may or may not make the new big “thing” in the online world, I like to learn from those that have and apply them to...
Read more…Barcamp Nashville 2011 Recap
Just got back from Barcamp Nashville and it was fantastic this year! There were a lot less people this year, probably owing to the fact it was more development based, but I loved it for that all the more. The sessions were great and for the first time in years, I actually had to choose...
Read more…Freelancing: From My Experience
To be a freelancer, your own boss, the master of your own destiny. You can work when you want, you can handpick your work, take time off when you like, have late starts and work in your PJ’s… WRONG! The life of a freelancer might seem somewhat idealistic, but in reality it’s hard work and...
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