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I kind of kidded myself that I would be able to work a full time job then keep up the vast amount of work I have per week freelancing. In 2 weeks I have gone from struggling to down right hating freelancing now.
I work nice hours and have flexi time. But after being on a computer 8 hours in the day, coming home to more work on the computer is just stupid. My eyes WILL fall out.
I always thought a freelancing ‘career’ would be my ideal job. And to a point, it was. The only problems that I ever encountered with freelancing were the social aspect and the job security.
Working whenever you want and wherever you want is a dream. Own hours to suit, own work area to suit too! .. I took the time to really kit out my office area to make it easy to work in. My hours started as early as possible but lasted well into the early hours if needed be. Being my own boss was fantastic :)
But, after a year - I am putting freelancing on the backseat. I was contacted by a company in the city looking for a designer to run the creative side of there business. After an interview which went well, some example work which they liked, and much thought - I took them up on their offer.
Quicksilver has always been one of my top apps for the mac. Its unobtrusive, quick and extremely simple. The interface has never bothered me before either, until I found this new plugin which just blows the old interface out of the water!
Silverflow, created by Julius Eckert is an awesome new design for when you hit the command to get quicksilver running.
An extremely talented guy named Jake Marsh has created something quite extraordinary.
Over on his blog, he writes about an app he has built for myspace users to use on their iphone/touch or any hand held device. The design of it is unreal, making you want to use it predominantly more than the actual myspace site. It looks similar to the facebook app, - but with so many more features!
So, twitter. Great little app which amuses many, baffles some, and downright kills some peoples work routine. I love twitter for many reasons - one being that you get to see what your peers, geeks with similar passions, and random strangers are doing.
I follow alot of designers/developers/entrepreneurs who just post random things, say - a link to an interesting site. Some of the time it doesn’t interest me as it is not involving my area. Then again sometimes people post some amazing links which you know you would never find on your own.