Since I’m now freelancing full-time, I’ve had the opportunity to go meet some clients, but there are some important things I’ve learned about these meetings that every developer, designer, copyrighter, well… pretty much everybody should know. These tips also translate well to interviews; so if you’re job-hunting right now, bear these in mind.
How To Have Successful Client Meetings or Interviews
freelancing / 29th April 2009 / By Elliot
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Company Communications – Yammer beats Twitter
So, today I suggested that doof should start using Yammer for company messaging. We all love twitter… well, I imagine most people who read my blog do. But, creating a new twitter account, making it private, then only adding your work buddies, can be quite annoying. But, imagine a service that was dedicated to company [...]
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Elliot? – Where’s he gone?!
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you all know that I am still around, and getting back into blogging. For the last few months I’ve been working like crazy at doof to get version 2.0 launched. Now that it’s done, I can get back to blogging and writing code in my spare time… Like [...]
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Progressing your career as a developer
career / 22nd January 2008 / By Elliot
Most of my subscribers are probably web developers, or have a similar profession. And, for that reason, I thought I’d share with you a theory I have about our careers. A great deal of talent exists within our industry, and the kind of people who work in web development generally have the following qualities: Very [...]
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Efficient Travel
misc / 20th December 2007 / By Elliot
Don’t worry, this post isn’t about the current hot topic “global warming”; it’s about using your travel time to maximize your efficiency. If the average person spends around 2 hours per day travelling, that’s about 8% of your time. And when the rest of your time is taken up with work, sleep, and social activities, [...]
