Freelance Friday: Organising Money
I’d just like to state upfront that I’m not the best person with money. Not that I can’t save money (I’m actually rather good at that), but when it starts to get a little complicated it starts to just...
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Freelance Friday: Holidays
Holidays are a bit different for a freelancer – there is no paid leave, no shutdown period, and you don’t get anything for public holidays. On the other hand, if you’re organised enough you can take a...
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I got a question! If you have any questions you’d like me to write about, just comment here or ask through FormSpring. Can you go into more detail about paying taxes as a freelancer? That’s always...
View ArticleFreelance Friday: Looking Forward
2012 is officially my fourth year as a full-time freelancer! It definitely hasn’t always been easy, but I think I’ve gotten the hang of things in general. I also have a bit more of an idea of how I...
View ArticleFreelance Friday: Quoting
Pricing is one of those things which is a little scary to talk about. Am I charging too much? Too little? I’ve been told both in the past and still get told this, even though I’m pretty happy with the...
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Freelance Friday: The Office
Working from home isn’t for everyone; for me it was enjoyable but not always very productive. For the past 7 months or so I’ve been working from a share office, collectively called Monk Studio – home...
View ArticleFreelance Friday: On being a woman
One question that people ask me (okay, no one has yet, but if they do I’ll direct them here) is “What is it like being a female freelancer, a woman in a male-dominated tech industry?”. To be honest,...
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Freelance Friday: How to not tweet like a douche
Image is only vaguely related by still awesome (from xkcd) We’ve now moved well beyond the point where people respond with a confused look when I mention Twitter, or Twitter users get derided as people...
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On leaving full time freelancing
I’ve finally come to the difficult decision to stop freelancing as my main job, and return to being a full time employee. There were a lot of things that I loved about being a freelancer, but there...
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Standing Desk
left: My standing desk right: Did you know Hemingway wrote standing up? Well okay, a temporary standing desk. The Boy and I are living with my parents until we find our own place, so currently my...
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