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May 19th, 2008

Quickly Count the Number of Words in Your Article

Need to quickly count how many words you’ve written and your word processor can’t do it? Copy your text and visit:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml
Once the page loads, paste your text on the box and click on the Calculate Words button. The number of words will then appear on the small box to the right of the button. Freelancers […]

By Rico -- 2 comments

April 28th, 2008

Interview With Christian San Jose, Freelance Designer

One afternoon, while we were both working, Christian San Jose and I started sending each other IMs. I realized that CSJ would make a great subject to interview for this blog, because he has made a name for himself as a designer. So I started asking him questions about his freelance career. Thanks to the […]

By Rico -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2008

When a Freelancer Wants to Give Up

There are so many freelance translators online, enough to fill up a forum apparently. Of particular interest is the story of Raul D. Castillo. He started a thread by complaining about a “staggeringly stuffed” market for Spanish translators, which he cited as a cause for not being able to get any freelance translation gigs. So […]

By Rico -- 0 comments

February 12th, 2008

You Sure?

“We’d hate to lose you.”
“I can’t stand driving through traffic anymore.”
“What will you do now?”
“I’m planning to freelance, I’ll be working from home!”
“You sure? Who will you work for?”
“Oh, clients I find here and there.”
“So how will you find them?”
“I’ll just let everyone know about what I do. I can post my portfolio on my […]

By Rico -- 1 comment