AKA, How Not to Lose Your Mind!
As I’ve discovered recently things sometimes slow down in the freelance world (of course I knew that before it happened but that sentence made a good segue). In my situation, I almost, almost, had to start hocking stuff to get money to make rent and car payment and I […]

As freelance designers one of the many hats we wear is that of being a project manager. Not only do we concern ourselves with being creative but we must have some way of organizing a project that is seamless. There are several tools you can use to keep a project organized. Using these tools […]

I briefly touched on the client questionnaire in the post about “Writing a Website Design Proposal” and some of you “greener” folks may not know exactly what that is and why it’s important. As a freelance designer you’re more than just a designer—you’re a business owner, an account, a project manager and a sales person—just […]

It’s becoming obvious I need some sort of easy-to-use planner of some sort. I’m starting to get overwhelmed with things to do and I’m afraid things will start slipping through the cracks. I’ve tried using GTD with Mail.app but it just doesn’t seem natural. I’m not a big fan of using paper because that just […]