2 month ago
deusx : Pistachio - HOME - "Pistachio Consulting delivers microsharing and social media strategies to improve both your company’s operations and customer engagement. We provide the insight and know-how into the latest tools and technologies that are applicable to your busine
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6 month ago
philgyford : Going Solo: Stowe Boyd - From The Far Side To The Dark Side: A Crash Course In Business Realities For Soloists. Strange Attractor: Picking out patterns in the chaos - A guide to freelancing. A lot that bears no relation to my experience, but I think I've been lucky at making a go of it without much planning (so far). Still interesting and worth a read.
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13 month ago
Ethan Marcotte : How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests - ∞
deusx : ideasonideas » Blog Archive » How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests - "I’ll share some of the best responses we have to questions that can often derail an otherwise effective solution."
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18 month ago
nelson : SlimTimer - excellent, simple webapp for tracking billable hours
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27 month ago
deusx : Consulting... deep in the weeds: Perspective and Change - 'These days, it seems like most of the innovation is coming from within product companies. The service companies (folks who do development for hire) seem to be producing "professional" work - but without creating change or pushing the envelope in any real
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37 month ago
kellan : Brattleboro Tech Collective new site is live. - Congrats. #
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37 month ago
kellan : "you must put on your own oxygen mask first" - everything Kathy Sierra writes is brilliant, but I thinking of putting that line on a poster #
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37 month ago
WillPate : Open Loops: Estimating Realistic Project Deadlines
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37 month ago
philgyford : Pricing (27 October 2005, Interconnected) - Webb again on how to charge for freelance and consulting work. Brilliant, without having to mention embarrassing figures.
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39 month ago
kellan : Menacing Earthworks, Inc - Yet another good domain name that fails to work as a name for a consulting shop. Alas. Taking suggestions for a good name btw #
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39 month ago
kayodeok : Call and Response: Handling RFP Tension - in the interest of helping designers understand how they can make the most out of every RFP opportunity, this article highlights four areas of client/designer “engagement tensionâ€
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40 month ago
philgyford : Anil Dash: Pay By The Hour - How to tell if you're not charging enough for your freelance work. I'm bad at this.
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42 month ago
kayodeok : 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now - The 11 Abusive Client Types: The disillusioned, the suspicious, the chiseler, the bully, the something-for-nothing, the slow pay, the flake, the liar, the blackmailer, the money pit, the clinger
Paul Hammond : ChristopherHawkins.com - 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now - Since I'm constantly writing about what developers do wrong, it seems only fair to address problem clients as well
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42 month ago
kayodeok : 10 Bad Project Warning Signs - This is a list of bad project warning signs for web designers but should apply to other projects
Richard Rutter : 10 bad project warning signs - Learning when to turn down projects.
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46 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : So you want to be a consultant...? - Or: Why work 8 hours/day for someone else when you can work 16 hours/day for yourself?
philgyford : So you want to be a consultant...? - Loads of really solid, useful advice for contractors/consultants.
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