We’re very proud to announce the re-launch of our sister site, The Netsetter. As Joel describes in The Netsetter relaunch post, The Netsetter was a blog started by Envato’s CEO, Collis Ta’eed in 2009 as a place to discuss start ups. Today, we’re rebooting The Netsetter with the exciting new design and taking it in a new direction. It’s not a complete departure but the hard-working guys at The Netsetter have certainly made the site useful for a much wider audience. Continue Reading

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While we talk a lot about how to better our working conditions and pay at FSw, there is a much bigger world out there than what we see every day. Poverty is an issue that 99.9% of the good people who read FSw don’t have to worry about. But we should be thinking about it, and we can make a difference with our unique skills. And there’s no better time to talk about how we can help those less fortunate than us than with our unique freelancing skills than on Blog Action Day.

There’s always the option of donating money to those less fortunate, but as freelancers we offer a lot of skills that are sometimes more valuable than money. We have very specialized talents that can be much more beneficial than a few dollars.

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