7 Personality Types of Clients Today
In previous articles, we discussed seven types of designers and seven types of developers. Designers and developers form two parts…
6 Tips for Pitching to Major Clients
Almost every major web designer faces this dilemma at some point: either continue working with “mom-and-pop” style businesses, enjoying effortless…
How to Overcome 20 Reasons Not to Become a Freelancer
We recently published an article covering 20 reasons not to become a freelancer. The idea was that there are already…
Setting Up the Optimal Work Environment
How much time do you waste on the average day looking for things buried somewhere on your desk? Or getting…
The Ups and Downs of Being a Perfectionist
Almost everyone out there knows someone who’s a perfectionist, if they aren’t one themselves. Some people are perfectionists in only…
How to Scan, Absorb and Process Information
Learning new information quickly is very important to both designers and developers. That being said, regardless of your profession and…
Why Designers Shouldn’t Settle
Ugly designs abound on the web, and behind each and every one of them is a “designer”. In many of…
Using a Pre-Launch Checklist for your Website
Accounting for every aspect of a new website isn’t easy, especially at the last minute. The problems aren’t the details…
How to Deal with Feature Creep
If any assumption is safe, it’s that six months after launching a website (or sooner?), its owners will have a…
In Defense of The Jack of All Trades
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn…
20 Quick Tips For Aspiring Freelancers
The last two years have been the most exciting of my life. I made the jump to freelance work, which…
5 Rotten Things No One Else Has Told You About the Clients You’ll Work For
In over 10 years of freelancing I’ve had the fortune, and sometimes misfortune, of working with some unusual clients. While…