Freelancing is a great career choice, but it does not necessarily mean its the best career path suited for everyone. There’s certain skills you must have, in order to ensure you have a successful and prosperous freelance career. The article is not just tips for freelance designers, but freelancers of any profession.
The Wall Street Journal points out an interesting trend: loads of illegally uploaded, full-length movies are finding their way on to YouTube, and studios are doing nothing about it.
And you know what? It's right. A quick Google throws up full versions of The Three Faces of Eve, Misery, Battle Royale, The Illusionist... we could go on, but you can use a search engine by yourself.
The Journal suggests that most of these films are from Walt Disney, Columbia and Tristar studios, and—as of yet—they're not doing anything about it. From the WSJ...
Google Vice President of Product Bradley Horowitz spoke at our IGNITION conference today to discuss yhe progress of Google+ and the future of social.
He also talked about Facebook's ad strategy and how it's more useful to users to show social recommendations, rather than ads.
He did it! That crazy awesome Felix Baumgartner jumped off the edge of the space, from 127,000 feet of altitude all the way back down to Earth, breaking some world records and getting vital information for NASA in the process. Watch as he jumps out of the capsule. It's a frightening, adrenaline-fueled, historic moment.
A great collection of website design. I'm glad they include the full website instead of just a specific part of the site - this is a good opportunity to study web layouts.
One of the biggest bummers about Mars Rover Curiosity's epic landing is that there was no news crew on the surface to catch footage of the descent. This full resolution video of Curiosity touching down from its own point of view is the next best thing.
This isn't the first video of touchdown, but it's the best. It's the result of stringing together all the high resolution shots the rover took on its way to the surface, high resolution shots that took a lot longer to get back to Earth than the initial thumbnails. If it seems a bit choppy, that's because Curiosity only took about four pictures per second. It might not be movie quality, but this is the best video out there of what it's like to land on Mars. Incredible.
Summer is knocking on your front door, begging you for attention. Living in New England, where summer never lasts long enough, it’s hard for me to say no. But with a full-time job and my freelancing work, saying no means procrastinating. It’s hard to enjoy yourself in the summer sun when you know there is a heap of work waiting for you.
I have recently told my boss that I will be going from full-time to part-time starting in October. It was a hard decision but one that, ultimately, I had to make if I wanted to stay sane.
It’s a risk—leaving your full-time job for freelancing. But this is a risk I was comfortable taking. I had two big reasons for deciding to make the leap: I am now the co-owner/publisher of a twice-annual publication and my husband and I are expecting our first child this summer. Cutting back my hours at my full-time job just made sense for us.
I started wondering how other people came to the conclusion that it was time to back out of their full-time jobs and focus on their freelance careers or small businesses. I found two women who have made the switch and thought I would share their stories. Perhaps they’ll inspire you to think about taking the leap.
Today I’d be showcasing 22 Full Width Websites for Your Inspiration.
These 22 websites have been hand picked from CSS Awards and we ended up with a great selection for. Most of these websites are reponsive which makes their user experience much better than regular full width websites.
We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations.
Running a business is crazy hard. Freelancers fail for so many reasons. We often get so busy working that we don’t pause to think about if our current path is the right path for us.
We’re so busy trying to get work done on a deadline, exercise daily and meet the needs of our families that we’re literally working with our heads down. We’re so consumed by running a business that we don’t wonder if we’re truly happy.
There’s a generation-changing trend coming down the pike. They call it the “gig economy.” In the gig economy, people no longer work for a single employer. Rather, increasing numbers of people work from home offices and coffee shops for themselves, with a number of different clients hiring them for their skill set.
If you didn't catch the full trailer for "The Avengers" now is your chance.
