Discoveries
Paying your dues is a necessary part of freelancing in a competitive environment. Maintaining a good attitude and having a plan makes the whole thing work a lot better, though.
I had this service recommended to me as a good free host. Note that they don’t include Fantastico on free accounts.
I’m thinking of creating something similar, but web based and using my favorite plugins.
This tip came in very handy when trying to sort by a custom field in WordPress (I’m storing numerical values, but the field is varchar).
I have a section of blackboard-paint wall in my garage, and this would be so cool for a kids’ room.
Helpful to know if I’m the *only one* seeing the old version. 🙂
Whenever you’re doing work for someone else, there’s a question of what you’re willing to support with your work. I’ve been asked to build adult websites and turned them down, but it gets a little blurrier in areas like mediocre products.
Some very good concrete suggestions, most of which would be easily tested by using Goals in Google Analytics.
I occasionally get asked about doing members-only sections in a generally public blog. This looks like a good option.
This post has some great examples of well-designed ebooks (and I really like that they’re in landscape format).