I’ve tried to bear it, but I simply can’t. Windows Vista really represents a step backward from Windows XP.
For all it’s apparent security problems and the like, XP was still a pretty powerful and versatile piece of hardware software. All that was needed to make it run perfectly was a little tweaking.
That isn’t true for [...]
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Uncomfortable Statements : How do we deal with them? FreelanceSwitch Forum member bigsquaredot asks for advice about an employer having no qualms about deregatory speech. Great question, great answers.
Who’s Really In Control Of Your Freelance Business? Another great question, plus seven things [...]
It’s amazing how two years can pass like Usain Bolt shattering world records. That’s how long I’ve been making a living, from my day job as in the online marketing industry, and of course, as a freelancer.
The danger with letting time pass by so quickly is that there’s a tendency to get too much into [...]
Meowza Katz has an offbeat—yet effective—sense of humor. You see, readers have approached her regarding their troubles: What do you do if you have trouble drawing certain objects or parts of the body? The solution of Meowza is so simple, it only takes one step. Case in point:
As you can see, the poor drawer has [...]
The 2008 Olympic men’s 100m butterfly finals is still too close to call for my opinion. Whether or not Phelps really won, such a spectacular performance is relevant for anyone—including freelancers. Here’s why.
Tags: comebacks, coming back, making mistakes, Michael Phelps, Milorad Cavic
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Here are some samples from Dave Barry’s 19 Things That It [sic] Took Me 50 Years to Learn:
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings”.
There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental [...]
While coffee no longer works for me, it still works wonders for other people, including whoever’s behind Rogue Ink:
As I write this, I am cruising the wave of a triple espresso. For those of you who have never experienced this, it is basically like having a Def Leppard guitar riff directing the normally mellow tunes [...]
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 [...]
The eagerness I had for productive work yesterday is now gone, and it’s probably because I’m really sleepy. All I want to do now is find the nearest bed, rest my head on those really soft pillows, and give in to my drowsiness.
But I know better than to do that, especially since projects are pending. [...]
Looks like the buzz phrase in the freelancing industry is the downturn economy (as it has been for quite some time actually), and how it affects contract workers’ prospects to make a living.
Personally, the growing distress over the recession actually represents a lack of long-term thinking. Freelancing by default is less stable than the corporate [...]
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