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There are so many things to think about when first starting a business. What will your business offer? How will this differ from existing solutions? Who will benefit most from your offering? And why a
There’s a tendency within the design community to depict freelancing as a goal to be achieved. Who wouldn’t want to lie in every day, do two hours of work in front of the TV, followed by an afternoon
If you’re here, then you’re thinking about becoming a web designer and wondering if it’s a smart move.Honestly, it’s not uncommon to be plagued by doubts and what-ifs when making a big career change,
It’s been 5 years since I last wrote, but it’s an absolute pleasure to be back once again.I’m doing a great deal more blogging these days, which isn’t a particularly strange thing. About two years ago
According to a recent QuickBooks survey, the #1 reason freelancers go into business for themselves is because it lends them the freedom to shape their own career path.Whether you’ve done freelance web
Incognito mode, often marketed as a digital cloak for anonymity, has become a trusted tool for countless users seeking to shield their online activity. Promising “privacy” and “security,” it’s become
You aren’t being paid…Scratch that. You aren’t being paid what you’re worth. You bend over backwards for your clients. But they have no idea how hard you work. How much effort it takes to do what you
The creative field, which encompasses design, illustration, photography and anything else that is a commercial-based service and takes imagination and a certain amount of talent on the part of the ven
When it comes to tech, Google has been synonymous with innovation, success, and world domination (hello, Android and Chrome!).But even the mightiest giants trip over their own feet from time to time.
At the dawn of the web-era, there was much focus on how environmentally friendly websites were: we’d chop down fewer trees, ship fewer products, and travel less for business.And because the web was sm
