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10 Habits of Highly Successful Freelancers

Ross | June 15th, 2011

The most successful freelancers are excellent communicators. Is it enough to have great communication skills to succeed as a freelancer? No. However, it’s nearly impossible to succeed as a freelancer without effective communication skills. We’ve seen many talented designers on crowdSPRING and elsewhere fail to grow successful freelance businesses because they were poor communicators. We’ve [...]

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Book Review: Rework (by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson)

Ross | June 15th, 2010

I admire 37signals because they make simple, easy to use web applications and because of their unique perspective on business. Rework is a collection of short essays by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, focusing on doing less and embracing constraints. Jason Fried co-founded 37signals and David Heinemeier Hansson later joined the company as a [...]

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12 Questions: Meet Edoardo Gioe (Italy)

Ross | July 9th, 2009

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build [...]

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Time Lapse: Designing A Blog

Angeline | November 14th, 2008

Web designer Ross Allchorn recently chronicled his blog design process using the CamStudio and Movie Maker programs. The process, shown via time lapse, demonstrates to those not familiar with web design just how time intensive and intricate the process can be. The video is definitely worth watching for any of you buyers who are curious [...]

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