I love a good swear. Those that know me personally know this best of all. But today I have good reason to swear. I’m actually borrowing the F-word from another, more intelligent, more successful designer, @mike_FTW, who recently did a talk on having contracts in place as designers/developers. As a freelancer I fit the bill. [...]
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January 23, 2011
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What my mum taught me about the Internet
By Hort in Business Etiquette, ThoughtsAs a thoroughbred nerd I have dabbled in robotics, web design, industrial design, phone phreaking, hacking cracking, viruses, internet dating, search engine optimization, net scraping, ad nauseum. With that said, I’d be a fool to not have realized that generally the best knowledge comes from those who have little or nothing to do with the [...]
Tags: accessibility, business lesson, learning experience, mom, mum, sue thompson
August 19, 2010
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Why I am politely declining your partnership proposition
By Hort in Business EtiquetteAs a young freelancer — especially a traveling freelancer, it seems — I am constantly approached by young entrepreneurs who have brilliant (or self proclaimed money-maker) ideas waiting to blossom. Obviously when I’m being approached it’s an online idea and someone’s in need of a website/web-app. When I was younger, I jumped on these ideas. [...]
