Time for a roundup of useful links from across this beast we call the world wide web:

• LifeHack.org has 5 Common Work at Home Problems Solved!
• ErgoBlog shares some recommendations for an Ergonomic Office
• SoloGig News interviews Dan Lockton – a freelance jack-of-all-trades
• TechDig writes up a very useful how-to on what to do when your hard drive is getting full
• Finally the Web Worker Daily lets us in on How to be Productively Unproductive Online, Without Guilt

If you have a useful link or article that you think FreelanceSwitch readers would be interested in, Send It In!

Calling all Freelancing Blogs!

Hello Freelancers! We’re currently putting together a list of freelancing blogs and sites to publish on FreelanceSwitch. If you run a freelancing blog or site or know of one and would like it to be in the list, please leave a comment with the url and a brief description.

We’re after blogs that are dedicated to helping freelance Writers, Programmers, Designers, Illustrators, Architects, Photographers… Hitmen… you name it!

So don’t be shy, hit reply and let us know.

The web is such a big and wonderful place, packed with tools and resources which you all too often don’t know about. So to help all you freelancers out there we have compiled a gigantic list of resources, categorized up for your benefit. If you know a resource that we’ve missed, let us know as we’re always looking to grow this list!

Update: Well it’s actually 126 resources now, thanks to all the people who added resources in the comments.

Update: This article has been translated into Brazillian Portuguese by Rafael Marin.
This article has also been translated into Spanish by Diana at Artegami.
This article has also been translated into Italian by Matteo at Rails On The Road.

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Welcome to FreelanceSwitch, your friendly freelancing resource. We’ll be spending the next two weeks putting the final touches to the site, but decided to make the site live as we couldn’t wait to get started! The blog is the first part of the site to go live, however you’ll soon see a freelance gig board, resource directory and forums all coming on board soon.

In the meantime we hope you enjoy the articles, while we iron out the kinks. If you have feedback or suggestions for the site please do write in to the Editor as we’d love to hear your thoughts.