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Freelance Career

Learn about the challenges and rewards of a freelance design career and take control of your self-employed professional life.

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Together at Home: Managing Kids and Your Web Design Business

Together at Home: Managing Kids and Your Web Design Business

Embracing remote collaboration, “Together at Home” showcases how designers can thrive while working from home.

The Kindness of Strangers: Developer Edition

The Kindness of Strangers: Developer Edition

I’ve likely said it a million times and in various ways: there’s something incredibly special about the web design community. Sure, it’s highly-competitive. Yet is comprised of people who are…

How to Determine Which Skills You Should Learn

How to Determine Which Skills You Should Learn

When you take a look around at various web design publications, you often see headlines touting the next big thing. It might be a tool, a programming language or a…

What Will the Freelance Web Design Business Look Like Post-Pandemic?

What Will the Freelance Web Design Business Look Like Post-Pandemic?

We’ve been wondering what things will look like post-pandemic and have taken a look at how things may change for freelancers once social distancing ends and we get back to normal.

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

The Grumpy Designer’s declaration to continue working from home, valuing comfort over office life.

When I Get out of Here: The Grumpy Designer’s Post-Quarantine Bucket List

When I Get out of Here: The Grumpy Designer’s Post-Quarantine Bucket List

The Grumpy Designer’s humorous wishlist for life after quarantine, blending personal and professional desires.

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

Web designers have the ability to work from just about anywhere. Still, just because something is technically possible doesn’t mean it’s easy. If you suddenly find yourself working remotely on…

How Web Designers Benefit from Open Source

How Web Designers Benefit from Open Source

Part of being a successful web designer is having the right tools (and the requisite knowledge) to get the job done. Fortunately, those of us who work in this industry…

Why In-Person Conferences are Still Relevant for Web Designers

Why In-Person Conferences are Still Relevant for Web Designers

Examining the relevance of in-person conferences for web designers in an increasingly digital world and their impact on professional growth.

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The right tools are what separates businesses that run smoothly from those that don’t. They’re the difference between companies that collaborate to get things done and those who can’t seem…

There Are Questions Even a Grumpy Designer Can’t Answer

There Are Questions Even a Grumpy Designer Can’t Answer

I am not an advice columnist. Nor am I a mediator, lawyer or even an IT specialist. Like many of you reading this, I’m a web designer. In reality, this…

How to Choose the Right Web Design Conference

How to Choose the Right Web Design Conference