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100 Plus In-Depth Resource Collections For Web Workers: A collection of resources for web workers. Includes articles related to productivity, communication and collaboration, mobility, writers, designers, tools, etc.

10 Tips For Kicking Ass as a Freelance Writer: A list that features ten tips to help freelance writers get the most from their writing.

35 Tools That Make Your Freelance Career Easier: A list of online tools to help web workers get more done in less time. A productivity article based around online tools.

25 Must Read Books For Designers, Typography Lovers and Freelancers: A collection of books compiled by Jonathan Phillips of Spyrestudios which features books that every designer should have on their shelves.

3 Steps To Building a Profitable Freelance Business Using Twitter: A guest post featured on TwiTip (run and managed by Darren Rowse of Problogger) which highlights a simple yet logical overview of how Twitter can help us grow our freelance business.

26 Professional Photoshop Retouching Tutorials: A collection of resources/tutorials featured on one of the leading design blogs – SixRevisions.

What The Carnies Can Teach You About Freelancing: James Chartrand discusses how we can gain knowledge from carnies on being a successful freelancer.

13 Twitterers Share Their Moleskin Obsession: This article shows how 13 (almost all of them freelancers) Twitter users use their moleskin notebook to assist in their business. Envato’s CEO Collis Ta’eed is featured at the very top.

PHP Security: Fortifying Your Website – Power Tips, Tools and How To’s: Featured on one of the most popular blogs noupe.com, this article discusses the vulnerabilities and tools for PHP security.

60+ Resources For Entrepreneurs To Step Up and Take Charge: An old article but a very useful one for entrepreneurs and freelancers alike. Lists feature articles, sites and Twitter profiles freelancers and entrepreneurs should follow.

5 Pet Peeves Developers Have With Designers (And How To Avoid Them): The thing that comes in between developer and designer most of the time is: designers want it to look right and developers want it to work right. This article discusses the pet peeves between the two groups and how to find a solution to the problems.

25 Elegant Workstations For Your Inspiration: A collection of images showing how freelancers have their workspace set up.

The Art Vs. Craft Gap: a Writer’s Paradox: A wonderful article written by Larry Brooks. This article discusses the difference between the art of writing and the craft of it. Very useful and a must read for writers.

5 Online Storage Services: Which Is Best For Keeping Your Data Safe?: An article that is geared towards Mac users. It talks about five online storage services in detail and analyzes which might be the best service among them all.

30 Handy Cheat Sheets and Reference Guides For Web Professionals: This great resource is a compilation of reference guides for all of the most commonly used platforms, software and coding languages.