Ever since I launched Refactoring Redmine, Redmine Tips, and Authoring Ebooks I’ve only been setup to accept orders with Paypal. Part of this is because Paypal was the only viable option I had and part of it was because Paypal is an easy payment processor when selling things online (at least one-off purchases). I also …
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Developing on a VPS
Everyone should take some time now and then to look for optimizations in their work environment. For a software developer like myself, this usually involves tools. Also, as a freelancer there are a lot of optimizations that can be done in getting a new client setup, both the business processes (onboarding) as well as getting …
Working freelance one on, three off
Over the past few years freelancing I’ve been testing different styles of scheduling my client services. Typically freelance projects are either spread out (20/hours a week for 6 weeks) or are bunched up into large chunks (40/hours a week for 3 weeks). Neither of these have felt that good to me. Spread out or in …
Leaving Feedburner
I have just a short post today. Due to the closure of Google Reader and the stagnation of Feedburner, theAdmin.org will no longer be using Feedburner for the RSS feed. The Feedburner url will still be active but the new url to subscribe via RSS is: http://www.freelancingdigest.com/feed/ The very best way to keep updated on …
The ChirkHR Pivot
Admitting you made a mistake is difficult. Doubly so when you aren’t sure that it was a mistake. But after a few months of running ChirkHR as an applicant tracking system, I think I made a mistake. The Sales Safari This lingering doubt caused me to go back to the market research to see what …