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9 Ideas For A More Creative And Effective Brainstorming Process

Posted July 18, 2008 in How-To, Inspiration, Productivity

Do you doodle? Do you have to draw abstracts when you are talking on the phone on anything that’s handy? Does your mind work better when the idea takes form on that discarded napkin? Then take a moment with me to see how you can’t possibly live without thumb nailing.

Thumb nailing goes by many different names too. I prefer doodling, but scribbles, chicken scratches, roughs, epiphanies, or just plain thoughts come to mind. For better or worse, these instantaneous thoughts that fall onto the nearest scrap of paper can be the start of something great.

Thumb nailing is simply rough hand drawn sketches we draw out for our own amusement or the very first glimmer of a project idea. Most of us are truly embarrassed to show these to our friends much less a client, but they are the foundation to all well thought out projects. As some of you know, I wake up at all hours or just don’t go to bed when I am in the groove of a project, as I am sure a lot of you do too.

By writing these ideas down, I capture the essence of the thought I want to hone later. [Click Here to Read More...]

13 Most Unusual Search Engines You Should Remember

Posted July 18, 2008 in freelancenews

13 Most Unusual Search Engines You Should Remember
Every search engine listed here has some different way of searching or unusual presentation. Just a take a look at them and share your experience and thoughts with us.

Creating A Pure CSS Image Gallery With Descriptions

Posted July 18, 2008 in freelancenews

Creating a Pure CSS Image Gallery with Descriptions
Today we are going to create a pure CSS image gallery, including a description of each image, from scratch. There are many advantages to using a CSS image gallery as opposed to a JavaScript gallery.

18 Travel Tips for International Freelancers

Posted July 17, 2008 in freelancenews

18 Travel Tips for International Freelancers
You may be good at what you do as a freelancer, but how good are you at international traveling?

How to Make Brand Champions

Posted July 17, 2008 in freelancenews

How to Make Brand Champions
Brand Champions are advocates who promote and or refer your business to others. They are passionate about your brand and are active in your promotion.

Web-Based Tools for Optimizing, Formatting and Checking CSS

Posted July 17, 2008 in freelancenews

Web-Based Tools for Optimizing, Formatting and Checking CSS
To ensure that your web pages render correctly and quickly, here’s a compilation of some of the best free, web-based CSS optimizers/compressors, code formatters, and validation services.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Freelancing Part 6 – Lack of Diversification

Posted July 17, 2008 in Uncategorized

If you’re anything like me, you like getting paid, but you hate dealing with invoicing and collections. You’re a writer, designer, developer, etc… not an accountant.

This problem is multiplied when you’ve got a long list of clients with whom you’re working. It’s tempting, when a large gig comes along, to hitch your wagon to that star, and work almost exclusively for a single client.

There’s a problem with that, though. You’re ignoring one of the deadly freelancing sins.

Deadly Freelancing Sin #5: Lack of Diversification

When I worked in the Information Technology field, I worked for a contracting company. 80% of the employees for that particular contractor were assigned to a single client (a large pharmaceutical firm). The contracting company wasn’t small; there were something like 85 employees working onsite for that single client. [Click Here to Read More...]

The Lazy Geek’s Instant Office

Posted July 17, 2008 in freelancenews

The Lazy Geek’s Instant Office
Like many self-employed geeks, working remotely is pretty straightforward. Forgive the cliche: the hard part is deciding to do it.

Freelancers: Inspire yourself, Vary your Working Environment

Posted July 16, 2008 in freelancenews

Freelancers: Inspire yourself, Vary your Working Environment
Working as a freelancer may sound like an ideal solution to office life. You get to work at home, working for yourself, choosing your own hours and clients.