This week, I’ve written my first guest post, Freelancing—Dream or Reality? for the new blog Freelance & Create. My post covers the differences between my youthful vision of freelancing and the reality today. As a companion read, I highly recommend reading Manda’s full post, 10 reasons Freelance Designers Get Screwed. Below is an excerpt. I [...]

I just completed a small job for a new client. And I think it was quite a lesson for us both—in a good way! The Highest Bidder Wins! This client went seeking a new web designer on oDesk. As you may be aware, oDesk is a guilty daily pleasure of mine—a love/hate kind of thing, [...]

OK. I’ll admit it…I’m an oDesk junkie. Signed as a provider last year. Couldn’t help myself from browsing daily—even though I’m seriously overqualified/overpriced/over experienced/or just over oDesk standards. Silly me! Set my pricing by industry standbys like experience, GAG, AIGA, competitor research, and the old “gotta pay my bills, add profit margin to expenses, divide [...]