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The Freelance Series: Getting Tech Director’d Up.

11-May-12

On April 16th, I started my new position as Technical Director for Kolody, Inc! I am very enthusiastic and optimistic about this company and it’s two partners; Mark Kolody and Colin Turnbull They have a drive for doing what hasn’t been done. The latest of which is being part of a multi-agency campaign for Dove [...]

TYGER’S TALE: ADVICE FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT – PT 3.

01-May-12

Downtime: Everyone I know who is self employed goes through a period of work scarcity at some point in their career. I’ve been there. It was the best thing that could’ve happened to me. I was young, I took things for granted, didn’t appreciate things and I needed some humbling. Plan for this. One of [...]

TYGER’S TALE: ADVICE FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT – PT 2.

01-May-12

Searching for work: When I first started out in self employment by virtue of my skill set, I was basically stuck in one vertical. I have learned from other consultants to strategically gain experience in as many different verticals and industries as possible. You don’t want to get stuck in a niche or stuck in [...]

Tyger’s Tale: Advice for Self-Employment – PT 1.

01-May-12

I’m very grateful to Hugh to allowing me to post on his blog. Thanks, Hugh. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” -Andre Gide Different people call it different things: freelancing, contracting, consulting. More broadly defined, it is self-employment. I became self-employed, not by choice, but [...]

The Freelance Series: Taking the “Home” out of “Home Office”

29-Feb-12

I recently asked on Twitter if anyone had any opinions on my next blog entry concerning freelance life and Joel Stransky wrote “I’d be interested to hear about disturbance agreements you have with your family.”. Therefore, Joel, this post’s for you. Make a space My situation is one where I staked out one room in [...]

The Freelance Series: Work For the Job You Want

03-Feb-12

Up ’til now, I’ve written about practical matters; cost, taxes and time off. I did a lot of Flash work in 2011 as I have done, historically, since I started in this industry. So I got to thinking of the kind of work I want for 2012 and beyond. Last year I collaborated with Displacer [...]

2011 in Retrospect

02-Jan-12

I am Repetitive In my two previous end of year posts, the first sentence tells that I had a strange year. Mostly due to the transition to freelance and all that entails. This year I was fully prepared for how weird freelancing is and was ready to rock and roll the highs and lows. So [...]

The Freelance Series: Praycation

06-Dec-11

Today I begin a month-long Praycation. What’s that? You’ve never heard of a Praycation? Maybe in some religious circles, a Praycation refers to something else entirely, but in freelance terms, a Praycation is what happens when you intentionally take time off. You spend that entire time worrying no work will follow it. I have been [...]

The Freelance Series: Do Your Work. Pay Your Taxes.

04-Dec-11

Whenever I speak to someone with a full-time job and they get that wistful look on their face and say “I might try working from home”, I kind of smile. If they notice, I’m generally asked “What’s so funny?” I’ll respond with “Do your work. Pay your taxes.” Mostly they’ll wave their hand and give [...]

The Freelance Series: Yeah, I know. I’m expensive.

01-Nov-11

That does sound like a great project, for sure I’m interested. What’s the timeline? I can work with that. What your budget? What’s that? My hourly rate? It’s $90 an hour. Yeah, I know. I’m expensive. You can find developers in, like, 10 minutes that cost 30 or 40 bucks an hour? Hey, that’s awesome. [...]