“Freelancing is tough. It may be very hard, in reality. It May wear people down, making them lose sight of whatever they utilized to love simply because they need to just do everything else to get by.” – Mason Hipp, The Unlimited Freelancer Recently, a friend of mine switched to become a freelancer that is full-time.… Continue reading How exactly to Overcome The Top 4 Freelance issues
Category: Productivity
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.
20 Time Saving & Free Photoshop Plugins
There are many rivals to Photoshop. Sketch app, Acorn, Gimp, Autodesk Pixlr, PaintShop Pro and others. I can honestly say that all of these tools are really nice and good. But it’s really hard to compare with the Photoshop. The interface of the tools I’ve mentioned before is really nice, it’s easier to use it,… Continue reading 20 Time Saving & Free Photoshop Plugins
How to Stay Productive While Working Remotely
It’s part-amusing, part-infuriating to read articles about remote work efficiency that discusses changing your work area in the home into an cubicle that is office-like. This type of how-to articles mostly implies that the way that is only be effective while working remotely would be to mimic an office ambiance in the home or anywhere… Continue reading How to Stay Productive While Working Remotely
15 Incredibly Useful Tools To Increase Your Poductivity
If you’re starting a business, new project or even a daily task, you will want to find useful productivity tools to manage all tasks easier and faster. During past few years of freelancing I’ve tried many tools. Some of them were to save time, some of them were to find a shortcut and others were to… Continue reading 15 Incredibly Useful Tools To Increase Your Poductivity
First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
Adobe have just launched their ‘new’ application, Animate CC. A major component in the Creative Cloud application suite, Animate CC replaces Flash Professional CC, and is available to download now. As we previously reported, Animate CC is an evolution of Flash Professional. The name change is based on the changing role of the application. Adobe… Continue reading First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity
A day in the life of a freelance web designer can be a real whirlwind. Without ever leaving your desk, you might be working on dozens of sites, communicating with lots of clients, writing several proposals and still find time to network on social media. This is my 17th year of freelancing. Last year, I… Continue reading Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity
How to Overcome your Creative Block
Creative blocks, while unnerving, are normal and regrettably an element of the creative process. It’s not something to be feared – rather, something that affords you the opportunity to rethink your concept and the direction you’re pursuing. “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things a way that is different”–… Continue reading How to Overcome your Creative Block
10 Podcasts All Web Developers Should Subscribe To
If you commute long distances for study or work, there are plenty of ways to put that travel time to good use. For instance, you could listen to audiobooks or subscribe to podcasts to listen to on the bus or train. While there are plenty of great podcasts out there for you to check out,… Continue reading 10 Podcasts All Web Developers Should Subscribe To
10 Daily Routine Hacks To Become A Better Version Of Yourself
I’m always trying out new methods to become a better version of myself. Trying to learn something new every day or increase my productivity by fine-tuning my daily routine. During almost two years of freelancing I constantly searched for ways to improve myself and the way I work. Then a couple of days ago I… Continue reading 10 Daily Routine Hacks To Become A Better Version Of Yourself
Best Web Apps and Tips to Improve a Design’s Team Productivity
A design team can markedly improve its productivity, and the quality of its web and mobile designs, by following time-tested productivity guidelines and by taking advantage of what the best web apps on the market have to offer. Some of the apps described here cover web design, prototyping, and project management. Several focus solely on… Continue reading Best Web Apps and Tips to Improve a Design’s Team Productivity
10 Fresh & Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions For Designers
Here is the list of 10 best Google Chrome plugins for the designers. There is no doubt that Google Chrome offer many useful plugins for the designers that are mostly used to enhance the design and flexibility. Many designers and developers are using Google Chrome plugins and extensions to simplify their work and improve their… Continue reading 10 Fresh & Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions For Designers
25 Beautiful and Useful Apps to Watch Out For
There are useful apps, then there are beautiful apps. But it’s a little rare to see the two qualities put together. This roundup is composed of beautiful and useful apps, some are for serious use, some for fun (like taking photos and making sharing moments easier between friends), and some could help you significantly with… Continue reading 25 Beautiful and Useful Apps to Watch Out For
Top 15 Free eBooks for Entrepreneurs
In this one, I put top 15 free eBooks for entrepreneurs. There is a wealth of information available online, composed by people who have generally learned the hard way and have come up with tips to help you shorten the learning curve. Many of these resources are available at no charge and you will be able… Continue reading Top 15 Free eBooks for Entrepreneurs
20 Entrepreneur Quotes That Should Become Your Motto
Web design is a business – a wonderful artistic business, but still, a business. If you want to be successful you must have an entrepreneur mindset and think professionally. To get you inspired, we selected 20 entrepreneur quotes that should become your motto. Which ones of these quotes do you resonate the most with? If you’re looking… Continue reading 20 Entrepreneur Quotes That Should Become Your Motto
12 Chrome Extensions For New Tab Extensions
Google Chrome is a wonderful and very popular web browser. It is the most commonly used web browsers because it is faster and simpler. Developers and designers tend to prefer using Google Chrome for so many reasons and one of them is the huge plethora of available extensions that make Google Chrome an even more… Continue reading 12 Chrome Extensions For New Tab Extensions
20 Time Saving Shortcuts and Life Hacks from Successful People
Life hacks can be shortcuts to make our lives easier. They can also be effective advices to push ourselves to live and work better. Here are 20 time-saving life hacks from industry experts to push us to find one’ own greatness and unleash their potential. 1. Warren Ellis About: Warren Ellis is a graphic novels… Continue reading 20 Time Saving Shortcuts and Life Hacks from Successful People
9 Crucial Tips To Help You Stop Procrastinating Now
The freelance designer has a job that many people envy. Being able to work from home or anywhere with an internet connection, having flexibility with working hours, avoiding a rush hour commute, and being able to wear whatever you want to work are some serious perks. However, working independently and working from home brings plenty… Continue reading 9 Crucial Tips To Help You Stop Procrastinating Now
3 ways to survive information overload
Whether we’re self-taught or university educated, we’re all expected to keep learning as the industry evolves and advances. New development specs, constantly changing design trends, and new consumer needs require us to absorb new information at a rate previously thought impossible just a few decades ago. But despite that, even after years of product iteration… Continue reading 3 ways to survive information overload
10 Excellent Time-Saving Tools for Developers
You are waking up early, planning your tasks beforehand and working until late at night, yet you are not on time with your projects? Many creative professionals such as web developers face this problem. Within this post, I will introduce you to a small collection of tools that can help you find an extra free… Continue reading 10 Excellent Time-Saving Tools for Developers
Top 2015 Internet Trends To Watch Out For
After the holidays and welcoming the New Year we feel elated and inspired to start the year off right. Soon, after a few days or weeks, we get caught up in the routine again and lose focus on all the opportunities and positive changes we had envisioned. In this post, I’ll discuss some of the biggest internet… Continue reading Top 2015 Internet Trends To Watch Out For
Surprising Yourself with Ideas Out of Nowhere
Idea: the origin of the best and worst moments of your life. Everything we cultivate comes from a single idea. The sumptuous dinner you plan to cook tonight? That’s a yummy idea. The trip you want to take with your partner? That’s an exciting idea. The business you want to be a part of? That’s… Continue reading Surprising Yourself with Ideas Out of Nowhere
Productivity Tools for Creatives
If you are working in a creative industry (design, advertising, technology, media, entertainment, architecture etc.) chances are that you are working remotely. You don’t sit desk-to-desk with the people you work with every day. Your co-workers and clients sit on other floors, in other buildings, other cities and even in other countries. You cannot just… Continue reading Productivity Tools for Creatives
Top 6 personal project management tools
Generally, project management involves some form of teamwork. But often times there are 1-man projects that can be hard to manage, too. If the project is quite simple, then old to-do lists can do the trick. But if it’s pretty complex then you simply cannot do without a project management tool. We surveyed our friends… Continue reading Top 6 personal project management tools
10 Little Known Ways to Create More Time in Your Life
“Life is crazy. Family, work, social engagements…I just can’t keep up… there aren’t enough hours in a day…whoever has the time to really achieve what they want out of life?” Does this sound like you? Are you tired of waking up and discovering you’re already running behind before you even get out of bed? Life… Continue reading 10 Little Known Ways to Create More Time in Your Life