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 Cyan Ta'eed

It has been a while coming, but we here at FSw have finally compiled the list of freelancing blogs and resource sites that we have t across in our travels, in the hopes of introducing you to some new voices and perspectives in the world of freelancing. They’ve been loosely categorized, but as we’ve discovered, photography blogs can be fascinating to the designer, and design blogs can be invaluable to the programmer. And often sites will have pearls of freelancing wisdom that apply to those outside of their industry too. We hope you enjoy what is only a small sampling, and let us know about the ones we’ve missed in the comments…

General Freelancing
  1. Solo Gig News
    GENERAL FREELANCING, WRITERS, PROGRAMMING, DESIGN, NETWORKING, ENGINEERING, SALES, ADMIN
  2. Contract Worker
    GENERAL FREELANCING
  3. All Freelance Blog
    GENERAL FREELANCING, TAXES, FINANCES, INSURANCE
  4. Creative Latitude
    GENERAL FREELANCING, BUSINESS, ETHICS
  5. Brand Curve
    BRANDING, MARKETING
  6. Biznik
    GENERAL FREELANCING, NETWORKING
  7. Freelance UK
    GENERAL FREELANCING, UNITED KINGDOM, NEWS, RESOURCES
  8. Createapro
    GENERAL FREELANCING, BUSINESS
  9. Guerrilla Consulting
    GENERAL FREELANCING, BUSINESS
  10. Small Business Branding
    BRANDING, BUSINESS
  11. Career Niche
    GENERAL FREELANCING, BUSINESS
  12. Workalone Wiki
    GENERAL FREELANCING
  13. Freelance Pro
    GENERAL FREELANCING
  14. Creatively Self Employed
    GENERAL FREELANCING
  15. Kinetic Ideas
    MARKETING, BUSINESS
  16. Pimp Your Work
    GENERAL FREELANCING, TOOLS
  17. Freelancers In The UK
    GENERAL FREELANCING
  18. freelancenow
    GENERAL FREELANCING, BRAZIL
  19. Freelancers Union Blog
    GENERAL FREELANCING, EVENTS
Design
  1. DevLounge
    DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS
  2. Position: Absolute
    DESIGN
  3. Authentic Boredom
    DESIGN, MARKETING
  4. Banner Blog
    DESIGN, ADVERTISING, NEWS
  5. Graphic Design Blog
    DESIGN
  6. BoDo: Business of Design Online
    DESIGN, BUSINESS
  7. Seth Aldridge
    DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT
  8. Notes on Design
    DESIGN, STUDENT
  9. Designer’s Block
    DESIGN, FORUM
  10. Fulminate//Architectures out of Control
    DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY
  11. Rebel Pixel
    DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY
  12. Koudal
    DESIGN, 3D
  13. CarreiraSolo
    BRAZILIAN,DESIGN, MARKETING
  14. GL SEO Blog
    ITALIAN,DESIGN, SEO
  15. Artegami
    SPANISH,DESIGN
Photography
  1. American Society Of Media Photographers
    PHOTOGRAPHY, EVENTS,BUSINESS RESOURCES, LEGAL RESOURCES
  2. Photo Business News and Forum
    PHOTOGRAPHY, NEWS,BUSINESS
  3. Exposure
    PHOTOGRAPHY
  4. Dan Heller’s Photography Business Blog
    PHOTOGRAPHY, BUSINESS
Illustration
  1. Illustration Castle Blog
    ILLUSTRATION
  2. The World Of Freelancing
    GENERAL FREELANCING, GAMES, ILLUSTRATION
  3. Trade Secrets
    ILLUSTRATION
  4. Burnt vfx
    VISUAL EFFECTS
Writing
  1. Writer’s Resource Center
    WRITING
  2. Freelancing Blog
    GENERAL FREELANCING, WRITING
  3. Copyblogger
    WRITING, COPYWRITING, BLOGGING
  4. Freelance Writing
    WRITING, EVENTS
  5. Inklings
    COPYWRITING, PODCASTS
  6. Journalism.co.uk
    JOURNALISM, WRITING, UK, FORUM
  7. About Freelance Writing
    WRITING, FORUM
  8. Freelancing Journey
    WRITING, BLOG WRITING, BUSINESS
  9. The Copywriter Underground
    COPYWRITING, MARKETING, BUSINESS
  10. Dollars2Blog
    E-BOOK, BLOG WRITING
  11. Angela Booth
    WRITING, COPYWRITING
  12. A Vocational Duality: Motherhood and Freelancing
    WRITING, MOTHERHOOD
  13. National Writers Union
    WRITING, NEWS, LEGAL RESOURCES
  14. The Golden Pencil
    WRITING
  15. Writer’s Brew
    WRITING
  16. The Article Writer
    WRITING, BLOG WRITING, PRESS RELEASES
  17. American Society of Copy Editors
    WRITING, COPY EDITING
Programming
  1. The Site Doctor
    PROGRAMMING, PRICING
  2. Information Technology Consulting Blog
    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CONSULTING
  3. The Web Shop’s Best Practices
    PROGRAMMING
  4. SuperJared
    PROGRAMMING
  5. Next Big Leap
    PROGRAMMING, BUSINESS
  6. Actionscript and Comet
    SPANISH, ACTIONSCRIPTING,PROGRAMMING, DESIGN
  7. Rails On The Road
    ITALIAN, PROGRAMMING
  8. RafaelMarin
    PORTUGUESE, PROGRAMMING
Entrepreneurs
  1. Working Solo
    ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS,BUSINESS RESOURCES, MARKETING
  2. Bootstrapping Blog
    ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS,BOOTSTRAPPING
  3. JDs Blog
    ENTREPRENEURS, STARTUPS
  4. Work Happy
    ENTREPRENEURS
  5. Home Biz Chat
    SMALL BUSINESS
  6. Escape From Cubicle Nation
    ENTREPRENEUR
  7. BizAmmo
    SMALL BUSINESS, FORUM
Translation
  1. Translator Power
    TRANSLATION
  2. Into Spanish Translation Blog
    TRANSLATION
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    Ash Haque

    June 9th, 2007

    Thanks for the great links

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    Graphic Design Blog

    June 9th, 2007

    Thanks very much for the link love. I will be checking out the other links too.

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    Joel Laumans

    June 9th, 2007

    Thanks Cyan,
    great links you got there =)
    Was hoping to come across a resource like this!

    ++recommend

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    Marco

    June 9th, 2007

    Actionscript and Comet, is spanish and not italian ;)

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    Cyan

    June 9th, 2007

    Hi Marco - eep! Sorry, changed that now :D

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    gray

    June 9th, 2007

    Designers Talk is another good resource

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    James Tadeo

    June 9th, 2007

    What a great list guys! I’m wearing out my bookmark button. :)

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    Matt Keegan

    June 9th, 2007

    Thank you so much for adding me to your list — I am honored! I will be checking out all of the other mentions too as some of these sites are new to me.

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    Dubber

    June 9th, 2007

    What a fantastic list — thanks so much. Going through them now.

    I’m wondering whether New Music Strategies might also fit into your list — or some related future list.

    It’s specifically targeted at music entrepreneurs, but the things I talk about could often be applied to small creative business of any kind. And actually, in this game, it’s mostly freelancers and sole traders.

    The free e-book (brand new this weekend) ‘The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online’ might just as easily be called ‘What Successful Freelancers Understand About The Internet’.

    http://newmusicstrategies.com/ebook

    Thanks again for a great post.

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    Theda K.

    June 9th, 2007

    Great list of links! My sit is pretty new, but I hope you get a chance to check it out for the next list.

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    Charles

    June 9th, 2007

    Yuk… So many blogs to read now.

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    Bootstrapping Blog

    June 9th, 2007

    Thanks for linking us. Awesome list here too btw.

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    inkblot robot

    June 9th, 2007

    Wow, this is a great list!
    Feel free to add our blog if you think it is a good fit. We do reviews of identity redesigns as well as feature designers and innovative solutions. It is at http://www.inkblotrobot.com/blog

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    Melissa

    June 9th, 2007

    How could your forget Deb Ng’s Freelance Writing Jobs? It’s THE resource for any freelance writer looking for work.

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    Sharon

    June 10th, 2007

    Great list - some of these are on my blogroll, but there are some new ones as well. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

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    Marcel

    June 10th, 2007

    BlogPostsForSale is another useful resource for writers and bloggers.

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    Jacqueline

    June 10th, 2007

    Great and useful list!

    Media Bistro (www.mediabistro.com) also has a decent freelance market place.

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    James Mitchell

    June 11th, 2007

    Awesome link list. Thanks for sharing!

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    Jerome Dahdah

    June 11th, 2007

    Thanks for linking position: absolute! :) I hope my content is helpful for all you freelancers. I’m open to suggestions so let me know if you’re missing anything.

    Lots of great links in this list, hope I’ll find the time to go through all of them. ;)

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    Pamela Slim

    June 11th, 2007

    Hey, thanks so much for the link!

    I have been really enjoying your site, and referring my readers back to you. You have done an outstanding job at not just creating a very pleasant site to look at (which brings me back to read), but also have excellent content that is just what your target audience needs.

    I had some Feedburner subscriber jealousy for awhile when I heard how fast you built your list, but I got over it. Keep up the good work, and I hope you live very long and prosper. :)

    -Pam
    http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com

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    Scott Perez-Fox

    June 11th, 2007

    Thanks for this useful list. I’m sure it will take me weeks to go through them all.

    What are the chances you can add my design-and-branding blog to the list? http://www.perezfox.com

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    Susan

    June 11th, 2007

    Great list! Here are few more freelance writing blogs: http://inkthinker.blogspot.com, http://allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/, http://theurbanmuse.blogspot.com/, and http://therenegadewriter.com. Hope that’s helpful, and I’d love those added to the list!

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    John Hewitt

    June 11th, 2007

    You might also add thefreelancehub.com as a general resource

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    modifoo

    June 12th, 2007

    No section on film/video production? hey, we are creative, too :)

    My blog might be a light version, though not particularly connected to freelancing.

    Anyway, freelancing in film/tv is not the easiest choice of professions. Good luck to anyone who tries.

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    Tom Chandler

    June 17th, 2007

    Thanks for the link love at the Copywriter Underground. You kids do good work.

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    David Bradley

    June 18th, 2007

    Any sci-tech geeks might be interested in my science blog - http://www.sciencebase.com - while those using Wordpress, Firefox, Google, and other stuff might like my “Wordpress, Firefox, Google, and other stuff blog” http://www.sciencetext.com ;-)

    db

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    bob

    June 29th, 2007

    Great List…. gonna take a while to get through these.

    For anyone who’s into pod-casts here is a really good one for all types of freelance:

    http://answers-for-freelancers.com

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    Rafael Marin

    July 31st, 2007

    Thanks for linking, Cyan!

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    Andy

    August 8th, 2007

    Great list! One more to add: http://www.freelancelocaltech.com/blog (called Freelance[Local]Blog), which focuses on helping freelance consultants who are starting out or looking to improve their business via better marketing … and also on small businesses who might hire a freelancer.

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    seo-freelancer

    November 30th, 2007

    Thanks for a cool list! I guess you spent a lot time doing that

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