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Sneak Peak at ThemeForest

Posted August 17, 2008 in freelancenews 2 Rockin' Comments »

Sneak Peak at ThemeForest
The new site is similar in what it does to Envato’s other marketplaces, it enables designers to sell their templates in one place that is used by thousands of potential buyers.

5 Signs That This Isn’t The Gig for You

Posted August 17, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

5 Signs That This Isn’t The Gig for You
Since freelance writers are usually paid by the word or the project instead of by the hour, it behooves us to choose our projects carefully.

Could You Compete In The Freelance Olympics?

Posted August 15, 2008 in Business, Lifestyle 12 Rockin' Comments »

Like many around the world, I’ve enjoyed watching the 2008 Summer Olympics. From the elaborate pageantry of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing to the incredible perseverance of the Olympic athletes, the Olympics represent an ideal of what humans can achieve if they try hard enough.

Who hasn’t been touched by the struggles and triumphs if the Olympic Athletes? Even as the Olympics progress, superstars begin to emerge – athletes whose personal stories and dedication serve to inspire us all. Whether you are inspired by the perseverance of Michael Phelps (as he receives medal after medal for the U.S. team) or by the unprecedented repeat success of swimmer Dara Torres (who is returning to the Olympics for the fifth time), or by others – one can’t deny the hard work that goes into preparing for the Olympics. The Olympic athletes represent the “best of the best,” and few athletes are able to make it.

As a freelancer, I have to wonder: if there were a freelance Olympics, would you qualify? Could your freelance business be considered the “best of the best?”

Here are ten traits of winning Olympic athletes. See how your freelance business measures up:

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Design Shui: The Art of Creative Work Environments

Posted August 14, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

Design Shui: The Art of Creative Work Environments
When it comes to creating, and overall just being creative, so many factors come into play to keep the imagination churning and the ideas flowing.

Giving Away 250 Beta Invites To ThemeForest

Posted August 13, 2008 in Lifestyle, News, Programming, Web Design 20 Rockin' Comments »

I’m sure if you are a designer or developer you’ve heard of Envato – the company behind massively successful sites like FlashDen or PSDTUTS and NETTUTS.

FlashDen – an open marketplace where you can sell and buy Flash components – has been around for about 2 years and they recently launched AudioJungle which is just like FlashDen but for audio. Hey, why stop there?

They are launching a brand new website soon called Theme Forest and it’s in beta right now. Huge thanks to Collis we have 250 beta invites to give away! :) [Click Here to Read More...]

Devsnippets – Code Snippet Gallery

Posted August 13, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

Devsnippets – Code Snippet Gallery
Devsnippets serves as a public gallery about everything has to do with design and development stages, from HTML/CSS to javascript and ajax to things like WordPress hacks.

Freelance Folder Birthday Contest Winners!

Posted August 13, 2008 in News 4 Rockin' Comments »

On July 23rd Freelance Folder turned one and we had a contest. We asked you folks to share your very best freelancing tips. As you can see in ‘The Massive List Of Freelancing Tips‘ post, a lot of people participated, either by leaving a comment on the contest post, writing on their own blog or via Twitter and even via StumbleUpon! It was great reading all your tips and tricks, I learned quite a lot! I hope you did too! :)

Now is the time to announce the winners!

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query_posts() Pagination Problem In WordPress

Posted August 13, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

query_posts() Pagination Problem In WordPress
query_posts() is a powerful function, but when it comes to pagination it has a flaw: it overrides nearly everything in the standard posts object query, including what the paged offset is. Learn how to fix it

50+ Articles to Make You a Better Web Designer

Posted August 12, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

50+ Articles to Make You a Better Web Designer
These are excellent, insightful, thought-provoking articles that may be able to help you in your own design career.