All Day and All of the Night

One of the biggest differences I’ve found between working as an employee and working as a self-employed freelancer concerns the time required to earn a living: there’s likely to be a thin, blurred line between time spent at work and time spent away from...

Pennies From Heaven

If freelancing isn’t for you and you’d rather find a good job, there could be a problem. When it comes to job hunting, most people do the same things as everyone else… …which don’t help you stand out from the crowd or show potential bosses that you’re...

Express Yourself

In Mr Lizard, my book for young teens, I wrote about creative expression as a means to alleviate personal tension. Kids need encouragement to practise creative expression and then, eventually, they might be able to make a living by continuing to do it. Here’s an...

Dog Eat Dog

Another topic that we need education on: smartphone apps (particularly Android) that abuse our phone and privacy. Here’s a recent example: Vidmate: A Chinese Android app with hundreds of millions of downloads Enables users to download videos from YouTube,...

Step It Up

Everything a company does, or an individual freelancer for that matter, is marketing, so it’s worth aiming for professionalism and awareness even with (especially with) the small things. It includes: The aggressive way the plumber drives his van The lazy way the...