Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

How To Find Freelance Work

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

For many years before I started blogging and editing full-time, I made my living as a freelance writer. One of the biggest pain points for me during that part of my professional life was the tedium of finding and landing gigs. Though freelance work is plentiful in many areas, especially creative professions like design and writing, actually finding jobs, writing proposals and negotiating with clients often took up more time than the actual work.

Based on my own experience, plus that of three current freelance professionals, below are five tips for finding and landing freelance work. Are you a freelancer? How do you find gigs? Share your tips in the comments.

Link: Mashable

Book: Getting Good With JavaScript

Monday, August 29th, 2011

In Getting Good With JavaScript, I’ll quickly take you from novice to advanced novice! “Wait, what?” you respond. Yes, advanced novice. Let me explain:

There’s more to learn about JavaScript than anyone could put into a single book. This book doesn’t get anywhere close to attempting that. It doesn’t even try to cover everything the normal JavaScript-for-beginners book covers. Instead, I’ll give you a solid foundation by clearly explaining all the basic syntax. Once that settles, we’ll go on to covering several important concepts, features, and best practices.

Link: TutsPlus

Five Best Desktop Personal Finance Tools

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

There’s an entire cottage industry of apps and services designed to make it easier for you to manage your money. Some of them connect directly with your bank to make tracking spending easy, others focus on giving you a budget to follow and leaving you alone.

Here’s a look at the top five.

Link: LifeHacker

The Curious Side Of Smashing Magazine

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Noupe passionately delivers stylish and dynamic news for designers and Web developers across the globe on all subjects of design; ranging from CSS, Ajax, JavaScript, Web design, graphics, typography, advertising & much more! Our goal is to help you communicate effectively on the Web with an engaging website and functional interface.

Link: Noupe