Updated: A Beginner's Guide to Freelancing

In October 2006 I wrote a lengthy guide to freelancing, summarising things I’d learned. It was getting a bit out of date in places, and I’ve learned more things since then. So I’ve now revised and expanded it.

Let me know if you find anything wrong, or that could be better.

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Friday 6 May 2011, 12:32pm

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6 May 2011 at Twitter

  • 9:57pm: BBC should have kept TOTP going even if the current viewing figures were tiny… it's an investment in footage for use in the future. Serious.
  • 9:40pm: @realmonkeybear I'd never have guessed some of these bands would have been on 'Top of The Pops'. PWEI?!
  • 9:36pm: Oceanic, 'Insanity'. It's only a short step from this to broadcasting old episodes of 'Hitman and Her'. Retro can go too far.
  • 9:21pm: With @maryloosemore watching Madchester bands mime on 'Top of the Pops' in 1991 on BBC Four. TWENTY YEARS AGO! 20!OMG!! Singing along.
  • 8:56pm: <tipsy>Isn't London great.</tipsy>
  • 4:22pm: @infovore I think PHP has a top-level function especially for that. Well, chances are.
  • 4:20pm: The sound of applause echoes across Shoreditch. “Is the bubble back?”
  • 11:33am: My ‘Beginner’s Guide to Freelancing’ is now updated: http://bit.ly/mvIhsJ Thanks for feedback. Let me know of anything that could be better.
  • 10:30am: @corinthino Very good point - done! Thanks.
  • 10:28am: @chrislunch @Zoonie @dracos GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME!
  • 10:23am: @dracos You could certainly have a “near full time commitment” plus another “near full time” job. (LOL! Tell another one!)
  • 10:22am: @corinthino Well yes, that’s my point - it’s nonsense :)
  • 10:20am: @chrislunch @dracos Man, I can’t wait for your stand-up gig Chris. It’ll be a right laugh!
  • 10:20am: @dracos I take “unemployed” to mean “having no job at all”. Which implies the lost councillorship was the person’s only job.
  • 10:18am: eg “the vast majority of Councillors have full time jobs, families and hobbies” http://bit.ly/kYz2B3
  • 10:17am: @dracos No - I could be paid £100k a year for an hour a week (I wish) but it doesn’t make it a full time job. I’m talking time, not money.
  • 10:13am: @dracos Seems like schmeems like. Would be genuinely interested to see how many have full time jobs too.
  • 10:10am: @dracos Yes, but... I bet being a councillor is not a “job” for very many of them at all.
  • 10:09am: @chrislunch LMFAO
  • 10:07am: Did two billion people really watch the royal wedding, as the news says? Me, writing: http://bit.ly/im9oSy
  • 10:06am: @chrislunch I’m perfectly aware of it, but “unemployment” doesn’t seem to apply :)
  • 10:01am: @chrislunch You seem to be assuming that being a councillor is an actual job, rather than something done in free time.

6 May 2011 in Links

Topsify - Top 40 chart playlists for Spotify
Exactly what I was after -- I feel I should listen to the Top 40 once in a while and maybe this will help me do it. But the charts are in the "wrong" order, with number 1 first.
A beginner's guide to freelancing (Phil Gyford’s website)
I've updated and expanded my lengthy guide to freelancing (originally written 2006). More stuff about limited companies, other tips, and mentions of Twitter.

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Music listened to most that week

  1. The Drifters (10)
  2. Dionne Warwick (10)
  3. Elvis Presley (6)
  4. Dusty Springfield (5)
  5. Gene Pitney (5)
  6. The Shangri-Las (5)
  7. The Fall (4)
  8. The Robins (4)
  9. Super Furry Animals (4)
  10. The Coasters (4)

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