When I was leaving SxSw earlier this month, I picked up an American magazine called .Inc.
It caught my attention as it had Ev, the Co-Founder of Twitter being interviewed.
I definitely recommend you check out the Magazine, or the website which are both fantastic. On the website you will find a whole multitude of feeds you can subscribe to, depending on what type of business information you are looking for.
People contact me for tips and resources to improve their learning and find out what it takes to work in Freelance web design and development.
All of us were in this situation at one point, not knowing how and which direction to take. So I feel it’s good karma to pass on and share this knowledge.
So you know what I’m referring to, here are some examples recently from visitors to Jayonline:
Without a doubt, the best CSS / XHTML training you can give yourself is pick up any of these books to learn about front end web development.
Most of the books involve learning and adapting web pages using CSS based layouts. Some are new, some are classics. I have learnt valuable tips on working practices for CSS management, color palette selection, and also layouts using CSS3.
Books like ‘Don’t make me think, and ‘Bulletproof..’ make you question ‘Why should I do it this way..?’. Then they cover alternatives you may not have considered. Some of these books are in their Second edition, a testament to how well they are written and deservedly gaining a place on any discerning geeks bookshelf.
Here’s a link to an article over at Freelance Switch. There are many Blogs about really useful aspects of freelancing life, with tips and great articles.
They have listed 10 of the best. Enjoy..
One of my aims this year was to write more articles for external sites and magazines.
So here are the comments and insights into freelancing that I have provided FreelanceUK, from the interview questions they asked.
Two articles based on my feedback have been published.
Freelancing Blues? You’re not alone
http://www.freelanceuk.com/news/2505.shtml
Freelancers: we’d never work full-time again
http://www.freelanceuk.com/news/2510.shtml
Let me know your thoughts, I hope I can share my tips and knowledge I have learnt from new working practices and business techniques I have tried over the last few years.
On average I get around ten New Client Enquiries a week, around 3/4 of the enquiries are from the contact page of my web site.
The number often depends on many factors, the time of year, what my availability shows on my site, and how strongly the client wants to work with me.
I often find, people who ‘generally’ have their act together call me to discuss their initial requirements.
Also other emails are a lot of link requests, and outsourcing to Asia as well which maybe of use to some virtual companies.
I’ve found some time and only gone and added extra functionality to Jayonline.
1/ AJAX functionality – to show the blog feed on the homepage which is in HTML format.
Partly due to Jeremy Keith writing ‘Bulletproof AJAX‘, a book which I have read recently. He has some examples of the code online, which is a great place to start playing around and seeing how the functionality can work for you.
The beauty of progressive enhancement. (more…)
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