…Today, the brothers are considered one of the best, youngest and brightest that Philippine design has to offer - not a bad place to be for a pair of artists with humble beginnings in Naga, Bicol. “We began right after graduation, back in 2004″, 26 year old Randall says. “For our equipment, we had a [...]
It’s pretty irritating how people pay more attention to the manner of your message, rather than its matter. If you’ve seen someone get by because they knew how to package themselves in a very appealing way—despite of a lack of any considerable lack of substance beneath the style—then you know what I mean.
Yes, it’s irritating [...]
Yesterday, I asked “How do You Deal With the Pain?” Misti was kind enough to leave a comment:
I’ve been in this situation myself a few times, and back in January I blogged about how I was able to deal with those distractions. I think that post might help you if you’d like to check it [...]
I failed at being a freelancer from the beginning because I jumped in blindly. I failed being a freelancer at the end because I didn’t have the will to go on. I couldn’t finish the Ironman.
Since I’m the editor of Contract Worker, it’s easy to assume that I’m all about freelancing, and that any other [...]
As mentioned before, Inkscape is a good, free alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Yet some time is needed to adapt to the significantly different interface, and the reality that not every industry-standard feature on Illustrator is available on Inkscape. And that’s not all: once the basics are learned, more time is needed to understand how to [...]
How to Write About Nothing, the Concise Edition
Doshdosh.com has a great summary of How to Say Nothing in Five Hundred Words. My particular favorite was:
Avoid the obvious content.“Say the assignment is college football. Say that you’ve decided to be against it. Begin by putting down the arguments that come to your mind. Now when you [...]
Here’s an interesting thread on webmasterworld.com that begins with the following:
I designed a website for a company that was hosted on a domain I own, I did all the design work on it and I paid for the 12 months web hosting with the understanding that I would receive payment for this when the payment [...]
Well, Suw Charman uses the more generic term “soloist” in her article A Crash Course in Business Realities for Soloists. But she writes about what’s very applicable to any freelancer attempting to strike out on their own:
It’s about business. You need cash in hand to start up, you presumably have a planning time frame, and [...]
Here’s another lesson I learned from the corporate world: perception is reality.
On one hand, this truth represents the tendency for people to judge things—including your proficiency as a freelancer—from first impressions.
On a more positive note, the adage also proves that success begins with how you perceive things. Check out Freelance Success Begins With Mindset, which [...]
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with writing only on a handful of topics, but what if a client asks you to write on a topic you know nothing (or very little) about? Can you afford to turn down work?
Before you find yourself in a position where you have to say no to a client, why not [...]
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