October, 2006

Oct 25th, 2006

Talking to Clients: Phone vs. Email

I should start by saying this post isn’t exactly groundbreaking. I’m confident that I’m not the first person to think about the pros and cons of communicating with clients via phone versus email. That is what is on my mind this week, though, which means it’s going in the blog.

Oct 18th, 2006

Lessons Learned in the First 2 Months of Freelancing

Exactly two months ago today was the last time that I spent my day inside a cubicle. A lot has changed since then. I write a lot more of my code barefoot. I’ve been spending a lot less money on lunch. Beyond these and other trivial (but awesome!) differences, I’ve observed a few things related [...]

Oct 11th, 2006

Tracking Client Change Requests

Wouldn’t it be great if clients knew exactly what they wanted and could articulate it to you at the beginning of a project? At the very least it would make things faster, but that’s not the world we live in. No matter how much questioning and planning you do before sitting down at your computer [...]

Oct 4th, 2006

Estimating the Time a Project Will Take

I went back and read the post I wrote on pricing your web design service and realized that I made a pretty big assumption with it. I assumed that every freelancer looks at a list of requirements for a project and can instantly predict the amount of time it will take to complete the project [...]

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