... it would have to be the From Freelance to Agency: Start Small, Stay Small panel. The web has always attracted mavericks and entrepreneurs, and a rocky economy makes the freelance life more desirable (or at least more inevitable) than ever. So what happens when your freelance business starts to grow? How big can you get without getting bad? How can freelancers and small teams compete with traditional agencies? ... Read full entry

Expand your resume by contracting, by Toby Somerville. Freelancers looking for work shouldn't just limit their search avenues to their client base. Contracting can also be a viable option when it comes to keeping the work rolling in. Having a number of reliable external contractors who can be called upon as and when they are need is a huge advantage to firms, as it gives them extra capacity and the possibility ... Read full entry

Overdoing accessibility: possibly something many well intentioned designers are guilty of. Sometimes when people first learn about Web accessibility they look for quick ways of improving the sites they build. This often leads to misuse or overuse of certain HTML features that are meant to aid accessibility, but when used wrongly have no effect and can actually have the opposite ... Read full entry

Thought for the day:People who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, they make them.George Bernard ShawI don't know if it's just me, but I seem to keep hearing a lot about the working freelance verses working for someone else debate lately. A lot of people when moaning about their jobs cite ... Read full entry