Linkswitch #14

Freelancing From The Road: The Tools to Take With You

“One of the great things about being a freelancer, is the freedom that comes with having chosen this career path. As a freelancer you can take to the road when you need, and the best part is, that you can also take your job with you! Now this is conditional on being able to put together the proper toolkit to take with you on your journey.”

How to Work ON Your Business, Not IN it

“We get so caught up in the daily life of running a business, it’s easy to miss the forest for the trees. Not that you have a choice! You’re fighting fires, handling a pissed-off customer, rending your face over an emergency bug-fix, the website just went down, and the accountant is coming tomorrow and the books are in shambles.”

10 Productivity Tools for Computer Addicts

“To make your life easier, we’ve gone and done some of the work for you. Here are ten incredibly useful productivity tools for those of us who can’t seem to eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner away from a computer screen.”

Do’s and Don’ts Of Photoshop Retouching

“To simplify the retouching process, we have highlighted the best and worst ways to create a clean, professional-looking photo in Photoshop.”

How To Identify and Deal With Different Types of Clients

“In today’s digital age, the arena has shifted to the Web, and the online office space that most freelancers inhabit limits personal interaction. Though sussing out a client’s personality via online communication is difficult, it still remains an invaluable tool in your arsenal.”

10 Puzzle Websites to Sharpen Your Programming Skills

“Solving programming puzzles is a fun way to develop your logical and problem solving abilities. Also, when you’re familiarizing yourself with a new programming language, solving puzzles for that language can help speed up the learning process.”

15 Basics of Insanely Useful Blogwriting

“This is a guide for new bloggers — so if you’re experienced, feel free to skip this one. This is the post I wish I’d read when I started, and in a sense I’m writing this to the Leo of January 2007 who knew nothing about what he was doing.”

How Cross-Dressing Makes You a Better Blogger

“If you’re anything like most bloggers, there comes a certain point when you simply run out of inspiration for your blog.”