(Hey, that’s me!) So the wait is finally over, Niki and I have been scheming about this for a long time now and then over the last couple weeks pulled it all off… PageBreak is a design, business and marketing-themed book club and podcast, started by Liz Andrade and Niki Brown. The main goal of the club [...]

Check out this interview I did with MartyRomero of They Call Me Marty, this site has some great interviews on it and I’m happy to be a part of it! :) I am interested in growing their business—some clients get really excited about this and we form a strong client/designer bond… some people just want [...]

“I own and operate a one-woman design studio.” “I own and operate a one-woman design studio,” that is part of my elevator speech, when people outside of the freelance community ask what I do – this is usually what I tell them. As time goes on, I steer further away from using the word “freelance”, [...]

For the past 3 weeks I have had a Formspring account and have been asking all sorts of anonymous questions that come into me about dealing with clients, marketing, blogging, etc. I have a backlog of questions in my inbox over there and just try to pop in and answer a few of them each [...]

Obviously, this blog doesn’t cover pop culture news or anything like that, but the recent Conan O Brien V Jay Leno hoopla has really been something I have GOT TO talk about. Over the last couple weeks, we all experienced what has now been coined “the Late Night Wars,” it was a whirlwind of drama [...]

Is there a quote that get’s you inspired in business? Something you think about when you need a little kick or when you are trying to give someone else a little kick? I got to thinking about this after the Yoda quote I thew out was noted in the latest Making The Transition post on [...]

The word “freelancer” has a bit of a stigma attached to it for the people outside of the freelance world. There’s a number of misconceptions about what kind of people we are and kind of business we do. True, I don’t have a time clock to punch when I start my work day and I [...]

As you already know, since I’ve been blogging about it and Tweeting about it. I am going on vacation! In preparation for the extended hours I will be spending lounging, I am bringing along a few books to keep my mind from turning to mush while I am away, here’s what they are… You can [...]

This is a video response to the Friday VidCast by Aaron at This Is Aarons Life about how you communicate with your client! It’s also related to another video that was posted today by Danny on the Outlaw Design Blog. Join in the discussion! Leave a comment below or at one of the other posts [...]

A Business Book I Can Get Behind! I pre-ordered this book back in July, so I was pretty excited when the postman showed up yesterday with my copy of the new book by Gary Vaynerchuck (just released on Tuesday,) Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. You may remember [...]