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Justin on September 5th, 2011

You probably know I’m a freelancer.  You may also know that Mike Sorg and I co-host a weekly podcast called Freelance4Real, where we interview our fellow freelancers (and each other) about the ups and downs of the freelance working world.  Our shows cover everything from programming to photography, travel to taxes and motivation to marriage, [...]

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A few weeks ago, my blog imploded.  For whatever reason, my backups weren’t actually backing up, and one day I awoke to a tweet from a reader informing me that none of my posts existed anymore. That’s never good. So I contacted my tech guy, Shawn Smith, who’s been saving my digital ass since 2003 [...]

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There’s a stranger in my bed / There’s a pounding in my head Glitter all over the room / Pink flamingos in the pool I smell like a minibar / DJ’s passed out in the yard Barbie’s on the barbeque / There’s a hickie or a bruise Pictures of last night Ended up online I’m [...]

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Justin on June 15th, 2011

Awhile back, I pointed out what Mashable wasn’t telling you about Facebook.  Now Compete is getting in on the action with a comprehensive data analysis of the qualitative differences between Twitter and Facebook. Which would be great… except it makes broad statements without explaining why it came to those conclusions. Here are the study’s four [...]

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Justin on June 13th, 2011

June has been a busy month for me.  I’d intended to launch four (yes, four) new websites from scratch, each with different goals and different audiences.  All this, in addition to writing the next season of The Baristas and nailing down a quartet of freelance contracts, at first seemed totally do-able all at once. Then [...]

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