No Comments »Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In this episode we’ll take a look at some of the things you can do with your “free” (and i use that term loosely) time to help you bone up on your application skills and possibly get a leg-up on the thousands of other designers out there.
Links from the show:
Lynda.com
Layers Magazine
NAPP
O’REILLY
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Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more time for you to do what you do best, design, and less headaches related to obtaining and maintaining clients… right? It sounds great in theory, but I’ll use this episode to explain why I think it might not be such a match made in heaven.
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Just Creative Design: 99 Sites ALL Designers Must Know About
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Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal!
Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… you now have a voice and a forum in which to express your opinions. The bad news… everyone is listening, whether you want them to or not. We’ll discuss some of the ramifications of social media on the design field and how it may be affecting you.
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Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… you now have a voice and a forum in which to express your opinions. The bad news… everyone is listening, whether you want them to or not. We’ll discuss some of the ramifications of social media on the design field and how it may be affecting you.
Links from the show:
Twitter
Myspace
Facebook
LinkedIn
LastFM
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When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate the quality of your work, but this is not what we want. In this episode we’ll talk about some ways to make your journey into freelancing more successful and hopefully end up with clients that are willing to pay what your high quality of work is worth.
Links from the show:
Freelance Switch
John Nack on Adobe
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There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the audience. Presenting in front of groups is also something I’ll touch on in light of the fact that I think I too need more work in that area.
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When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense of it all - AND - if you hit a creative roadblock, or find yourself unmotivated at work, have you ever thought of going back to school or just taking a class to pull you out of your funk. It may be more effective than you think.
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Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about our job security. Don’t be left out in the cold without a job and even worse without a plan. We’ll look at a few tips to be ready for that depressing day, should it come.
Links from the show:
10 Tax Deductions Freelancers Can Make - Freelance Switch
Prepare To Get Laid Off - graphicPUSH
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What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode.
Links from the show:
Everything You Know About CSS is Wrong!
A book by Rachel Andrew and Kevin Yank from Sitepoint
I felt that this book had some great lessons to offer in the way of moving from a table-based workflow to CSS. The topics were covered well, and explained in enough detail for most to follow. The only problem I have with the book is the title. It lead me to believe that there is some new revelation in the book about how CSS code should be written, thus targeting avid users of the technology. After reading the book, I felt it was more a guide designed for those users who are NOT yet familiar with the ways of CSS. I would recommend this publication for those looking to get into the game of CSS coding as opposed to a completely table-based workflow.
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On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered include selling of source files and finding resources for building your own contract.
Links from the show:
Forum thread: Late payments from clients
In the Bullpen:
Web/Graphic Designers Contracts & Agreements & Forms
5 Contract Must Haves for Web Designers
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