Do I want this client? Flowchart
So you've just received interest or a brief from a new potential client and you're wondering to yourself, "do I want to work for this chap?". Well firstly you're in a lucky position to be so picky, and secondly I have a flowchart here that may help.
I wouldn't describe this chart as the definitive deciding factor for client relations, however I hope that it'll at least help you to put the project into perspective and help you to avoid getting into bed with the wrong customer. Especially useful for new and upcoming freelancers.
PrettyUsable Update complete
Hi guys and gals.
Just so that you're aware pretty usable is undergoing a rather large transformation, so watch this space! (but not too closely, as it's gonna get messy).
UPDATE: As you've probably noticed the new design is up and in place; and this design will be met with a slightly different format. From now on the majority of the articles on PrettyUsable will be shorter and more concise; I also aim to increase their regularity! I'll also be posting more news and external articles, ensuring a broad range of oppinions are covered and that no gaps are left unfilled.
So I hope you enjoy the new PrettyUsable, and remember to subscribe to our RSS feed and to follow us on twitter!
n
Vote for us in the Bloggers Choice Awards
If you'd like to head down to BloggersChoice and vote for Pretty Usable that'd be great! However it won't cure world hunger, save the Pandas or make me a rich man ... so if you cant spare the time then dont worry too much about it!
Thanks,
N.
The survey for people that make websites 2008
This years survey from 'A List Apart' is available for digest here. Here's an explanation of the survey in the form of an extract from the site:
As we did in 2007, A List Apart and you teamed up to shed light on precisely who creates websites. Where do we live? What kind of work do we do? What are our job titles? How well or how poorly are we paid? How satisfied are we, and where do we see ourselves going? In 2008, 30,055 readers took part in the A List Apart Survey. Once more, data analysts Alan Brickman and Larry Yu crunched numbers this way and that. With a global recession in full swing as of December 2007, we were particularly interested to find out how financially and professionally secure web people felt, and whether there were discernible differences in the way people responded to questions about satisfaction and security in 2008, compared with 2007. This year we also improved our fact-finding on freelance and part-time web personnel. - A List Apart
So, the average profile is a 25 year old white male, who has worked 45 hours a week for 10 years or more as a web developer earning $45,000p/a, lives in North America, holds a degree, runs a 10 year old personal web site and is excited by their job.
Sound like you?
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