Comments on: Freelance Radio, Episode 16: ORE-GONE

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:09 +0000

Love the podcast! I’ve been listening since the start but never thought to add you guys on my twitter…….. done.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:26:59 +0000

Wow something happened to my browser, but the entire episode was sped up. everyone sounded like chipmunks. Great episode! keep up the good work.

By: Aaron Dean

Aaron Dean — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:41:54 +0000

Another comment on the xhtml/css. There is a market for developers that aren’t designers. There’s a company called psd2html where a designer will create their design in photoshop then developers will write the code, so you’re desire to develop without design is actually a sought out skillset.

If you really enjoy development you might look into back-end development like ASP or PHP. I also prefer development over design and moving from just XHTML/CSS to back-end scripting was a natural progression for me.

By: Ben Williams

Ben Williams — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:00:11 +0000

Another comment on the web design/coding question: A thought is to market yourself to graphic designers everywhere. I am a designer who doesn’t know the first thing about getting html and css to work but I can design an interface and direct the aesthetics. I have a developer who can take my designs and make them into something usable. I think most clients lump all aspects of “web design” into a single category and therefor aren’t prepared to shop for freelancers who specialize in each discipline. Another thought is to collect a pool of designers to go to for all design aspects and figure their rates into the overall cost of a site (a reversal of the first approach). I don’t think clients care how you get it done, they tend to want one contact and expect to have a full-functioning product at the end of the day.

By: John Brougher

John Brougher — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:47:12 +0000

@pixelbud You rock! Thanks for putting that together.

Also, I should note that those wishing to Digg should Digg the podcast, not the page–when you click the generic “Digg” link above, it’ll Digg the page.

The link to Digg the podcast is as follows: http://digg.com/podcasts/Freelance_Switch

By: pixelbud

pixelbud — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:16:55 +0000

John,

I noticed the twitter usernames weren’t in the show notes. So I put the following together for everyone for everyone to follow:

http://twitter.com/dickieadams
http://twitter.com/vonster
http://twitter.com/acousticgroupie
http://twitter.com/johnbrougher

And you can follow me at http://twitter.com/pixelbud ( shameless self plug )

@haris — you can digg it — the button is to the right of the date — above the dark brown block for related posts.

Thanks!

By: Nicole :]

Nicole :] — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:54:13 +0000

When will the next podcast come out?

By: Josh Pyles

Josh Pyles — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:43:17 +0000

Oh no! Not the attack of Ore-GONE pronounciation! I live in Oregon, and that’s one of my peeves.

Anyway, regarding the question about doing web development, I am a web designer and hire consultants to code xhtml and css for me all the time. It’s definitely alright to just specialize in web development. If you’re good at that, stick to it! Don’t try to be what you’re not.

The biggest thing is finding designers to work with on a consistent basis. Find a few and you’ll probably end up with lots of work!

By: Niki Brown

Niki Brown — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:43:58 +0000

ha – finally listened to it! Love all the twitter talk!

By: Raydancer

Raydancer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:37:21 +0000

Heh…what’s up with The Trolleys official website?