Category Archives: Freelancing

The Cobbler’s Children…

By Stuart | Published: 7 September 2009
… always have the worst shoes, so the saying goes.  In other words, even the most dedicated professional sometimes fails to apply their skills to their own needs closest to home.  I’m a web and IT freelancer who makes an increasingly large part of his living from blogging and social networking, yet I haven’t updated [...]
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When enough is enough

By Stuart | Published: 20 January 2009
I recently helped someone with two PCs to reorganise her home working environment.  She was sharing a printer between an old Windows 95 desktop and a new Windows Vista laptop.  When she needed to print, she would carry the laptop upstairs to where the printer and desktop PC were based and switch the USB cable [...]
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Hello & Welcome

By Stuart | Published: 6 November 2008
I’ve been freelancing as an IT and web consultant for nearly two years now. I left my full-time job of sixteen years in May 2006. I took a six-month break to review where my career had taken me thus far and where I wanted it to lead me in future. Starting as a freelancer in [...]
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