Good Cop & Bad Cop: Laying Down the Law and Keeping People Happy As an Independent Business Owner

Earlier this week I met up for coffee with a client of mine. The two of us originally met when his employeer was my client and after leaving that job he hired me to customize his personal blog and we formed our own client/designer relationship. I was excited when he emailed me last week with the… Continue reading Good Cop & Bad Cop: Laying Down the Law and Keeping People Happy As an Independent Business Owner

Informational Interview with Student from Western Washington University – Part One

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a Senior in the Graphic Design program at Western Washington University. She was interested in meeting up to do an informational interview with me. I had done a couple of these with designers myself when I was in school, so it was cool to have the… Continue reading Informational Interview with Student from Western Washington University – Part One

This Week in Freelance!

Clients I’ve had a pretty busy week! On Monday, the redesign of MyGreenlake.com was launched. This blog is a news site for one of Seattle’s most charming neighborhoods and the woman who runs this blog (Amy Duncan) is just awesome! Amy contacted me a long time ago and expressed interest in having me redo her… Continue reading This Week in Freelance!