about 3 weeks ago - No comments
Are you someone who likes to buy things spontaneously? Or do you rigorously do online research, chat to friends and so forth before making a purchasing decision?
I tend to do a combination of both. When it comes to technology, I tend to be ahead of my friends and family though, in adopting technology early on, [...]
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
I am exceedingly grateful to be a work at home/freelance graphic designer.
Last week, my father passed away (rather expectedly, aged 81 from cancer). His funeral was on Friday.
The ensuing family feud (courtesy of my stupid brother) took place shortly after.
By the weekend I was over it, and getting on with my life. I took it [...]
about 1 month ago - No comments
I’ve been developing a website on a subject that is very close to my heart.
Being a freelancer, or more particularly, a work at home mom that is a freelancer seeking to support other wahms.
No one can fully understand the stresses that work at home moms go through, aside from other work at home moms! Nearly [...]
about 1 month ago - No comments
My kids are loving this song right now.
It’s hilarious, given they have no idea what it is about, but boy do they dance to it! They look a bit like the people in the video when they’re dancing down the passage toward the camera. It’s wonderful to watch them, they are so unselfconscious and just [...]
about 1 month ago - No comments
Freelancers, designers, wahms, tell me… What are your best work hours?
For the past week, I have been really focused on working on my network of blogs and on generating quality content. This means that a single blog post can take anything from 4-6 hours to do from start to finish.
Sometimes I work on them for [...]
about 6 months ago - No comments
Every now and then I come across a truly helpful site, and this one feels like I just hit the motherload!
As a freelancer myself, I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to improve my workflow, increase my clientbase, market myself more effectively etc.
Every post is just loaded with information on various types of software [...]
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
I just made a discovery of sorts. One that’s allowing me to test and flex my newly discovered graphic design muscles. It’s called 99Design.
It’s basically a site that anyone with some graphic design skill (or judging by some of the entries a distinct LACK of graphic design skill) can sign up for. Inside it’s hallowed [...]