This post was written by Ramsay of The Daily Mind. “Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can’t figure you out.” – Jay-Z digg_url = “http://digg.com/business_finance/What_Jay_Z_Can_Teach_about_Massive_Success_and_Work_Ethic”; Jay-Z is one of the most successful rappers ...
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Work
photo credit: kogakure. No workspace is complete without a Samurai long sword. There’s no getting around it. Working environments are one of the biggest factors that affect how productive we can be throughout the day. There’s a major difference between spending time in a tidy, aesthetic area or a bowling alley dumpster. It may have ...
photo credit: misterbisson Just wanted to share a little food for thought this Sunday evening. A very important article has been written by the New York Times showing the hazards of being a web worker. Without boundaries and carefult attention to our Internet usage, we can quickly find our health declining. Prolific blogger Om Malik, who suffered ...
“If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.”- Lane Kirkland Everyone knows the business norms: work from 9-5, sit in a cubicle, drink bad coffee, and complain about the boss. Fortunately, as freelancers we don’t have to deal with these any more. But unfortunately, we’ve ...
Update: Comments have unknowingly been broken around here for the past couple days, but it looks like we’ve got ‘em working again! Sorry for the inconvenience… comment at will! In last week’s post about making our workdays more relaxed, I made the statement that Saturday is a great day to work. After letting that remark ...
photo credit: elle_rigby This post was helped along by tips from amazing (and punctual) designer Grace Smith of PostScript 5. digg_url = “http://digg.com/business_finance/The_Freelancer_s_Guide_to_Setting_Perfect_Deadlines”; I’ve struggled over the years as a freelancer trying to find the best way to gauge a deadline. It’s safe to say that creating an attainable deadline is more than just picking ...
