Contracts For Designers Who Hate Contracts Ross | July 15th, 2009

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30 Comments

Erik on July 15, 2009 at 3:34 pm CST

Excellent share! I’m sure many will find this useful!

Erik on July 15, 2009 at 10:34 am CST

Excellent share! I’m sure many will find this useful!

Russ Unger on July 15, 2009 at 3:39 pm CST

I also included a chapter on contracts/proposals in “A Project Guide to UX Design” with a template available at http://projectuxd.com in the downloads section.

Russ Unger on July 15, 2009 at 10:39 am CST

I also included a chapter on contracts/proposals in “A Project Guide to UX Design” with a template available at http://projectuxd.com in the downloads section.

Raoul Camion on July 15, 2009 at 10:53 am CST

Many thanks, Ross :-)

Jamie Croft on July 15, 2009 at 4:16 pm CST

Yes, It is hard for us freelancers to deal with things like contracts, etc. At least it is for me. In a magical world I could just do the design and I would have a magical fairy that would take care of the administration side of things for me.

oh well,

thanks, cait wait to read.

jamie croft

Jamie Croft on July 15, 2009 at 11:16 am CST

Yes, It is hard for us freelancers to deal with things like contracts, etc. At least it is for me. In a magical world I could just do the design and I would have a magical fairy that would take care of the administration side of things for me.

oh well,

thanks, cait wait to read.

jamie croft

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jmill on July 15, 2009 at 1:17 pm CST

Big thumbs up!! This was a really good read, and cleared up a couple questions I had.
Thanks!

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Monica S. Flores on July 15, 2009 at 10:21 pm CST

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Monica S. Flores on July 15, 2009 at 5:21 pm CST

I will also put a plug in for my book on Fifty-one Ways to Build your Community of Clients Online — written from the web developer perspective with 240 pages and fifty-one tips on building an excellent website that engages people and creates clients.

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createabit on July 15, 2009 at 5:48 pm CST

Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to start reading. Also, thanks Monica for sharing your book. Perfect timing.

Monica S. Flores on July 16, 2009 at 12:46 am CST

Absolutely createabit! It was written in 2008 so obviously some things are more updated today, but the general principles apply.

Monica S. Flores on July 15, 2009 at 7:46 pm CST

Absolutely createabit! It was written in 2008 so obviously some things are more updated today, but the general principles apply.

manonthemoon on July 16, 2009 at 2:39 am CST

Thank you Ross for sharing this with us. It’s very helpful.

@ Monica Thanks for sharing this, I have been looking for something like this. Appreciate it.

Typecast on July 16, 2009 at 8:11 am CST

thanks Ross, great resource!

christinemartino on July 17, 2009 at 6:23 pm CST

Another reason why you guys are awesome.

Marta-Rawvolta on July 18, 2009 at 4:08 am CST

Thank You.
Starting reading tonight. I am sure it’s a BOMB!
Marta

Marta-Rawvolta on July 17, 2009 at 11:08 pm CST

Thank You.
Starting reading tonight. I am sure it’s a BOMB!
Marta

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Paris Vega on July 24, 2009 at 3:54 am CST

Thanks for participating in the freeconomy.

Paris Vega on July 23, 2009 at 10:54 pm CST

Thanks for participating in the freeconomy.

Bryan on July 25, 2009 at 1:48 pm CST

Thank you SO much! I have been searching for this type of resource, but always seem to come up with a bunch of “mumbo-jumbo.”

Regards,
Bryan

Bryan on July 25, 2009 at 8:48 am CST

Thank you SO much! I have been searching for this type of resource, but always seem to come up with a bunch of “mumbo-jumbo.”

Regards,
Bryan

frodoschering on July 27, 2009 at 2:21 am CST

This is great! Have been looking for something like this for a while.

Thanks!

Ross on August 3, 2009 at 6:05 am CST

Very happy to share. I’ll be writing more e-books in this series, focusing on a number of issues important to designers and developers (not just legal issues). I’d like to do one e-book every month for the next 6 months. We’ll see if I can meet that goal.

Ross on August 3, 2009 at 1:05 am CST

Very happy to share. I’ll be writing more e-books in this series, focusing on a number of issues important to designers and developers (not just legal issues). I’d like to do one e-book every month for the next 6 months. We’ll see if I can meet that goal.

miasodesign on August 18, 2009 at 10:26 am CST

this is fantastic. thanks for sharing. contracts bite. :)

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hangar79 on August 20, 2009 at 1:32 am CST

it seems to be very useful. i will read it!!!!
Thank you very much ROSS!!!!!
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pixelmanipulate on August 22, 2009 at 9:31 am CST

I just download it. I will read it and come back.

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ZAREMA on March 19, 2010 at 4:02 pm CST

Thanks the author for article. The main thing do not forget about users, and continue in the same spirit.

ZAREMA on March 19, 2010 at 10:02 am CST

Thanks the author for article. The main thing do not forget about users, and continue in the same spirit.

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