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Browse through the variety of articles previously posted on this site. Also see the collection of Interviews and GroupThink posts.


Freelance Lessons

Forcing Myself Forward: Moving to NYC

10 Useful Tasks for Slow Times

Falling Behind is Not an Option

 
Deciding When to Use Project Pricing

Setting Guidelines for Turning Down Freelance Work

Client Communication: The Most Important Part of Freelancing

 
Less is More: 10 Methods to Be More Productive, More Profitable, and Happier

How to Deal With Upset Clients

8 Common Misconceptions About Freelancers

 
10 Productivity Tips are Better Than 101

5 Tasks You Should Stop Putting Off

The Two Sides of "Website Favors"

 
7 Tips on Quoting Freelance Projects

5 Absolute "Yes's!" for Freelancers

10 "Nos" for Freelancers

 
 

Website Building

6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong

The Evolution of Websites: How 10 Popular Websites Have (And Have Not) Changed

An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications

 
8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make

A Love Letter to Flash

5 Reasons You Should Write Your Own Code

 
5 Reasons Not to Write Your Own Code

Fingers Ablaze: 20 Shortcut Keys for Web Workers

Why You Should Validate Your HTML

 
4 Design Elements You Hate, But...They Work

 

Online Business

My Five Business Resolutions for a New Year

Refocusing Your Business With an "I Am No Good At" List

Finding a Niche: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself

 
 

Marketing

5 Mindsets to Reshape Your Networking

Three Rules for Retaining Website Visitors

 

Freelance Resources

Terms and Conditions for Web Freelancing

 

Interviews

Paid To Blog: Interview with Skellie

Corporate Isn't So Bad: Interview with Brett Nyquist

I Sell WordPress Themes: Interview with Adriaan Pienaar

 
Freelance to Firm: Interview with Jason Locy

 

GroupThink

GroupThink: Attending Web Conferences

GroupThink: Your Favorite Productivity Tip

GroupThink: How Do Freelancers Find Business?

 
GroupThink: Best Cities to Freelance From?

GroupThink: The Advertising Business Model

 

Blogging

Five Hard Truths About Blogging

 

SEO

The SEO Tutorial: Tools and More Education

The SEO Tutorial: Link Building

The SEO Tutorial: Website Building

 
The SEO Tutorial: Introduction

 

Design

Twenty Beautiful Ampersands

 



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My name is Samuel Ryan and I make websites. Sometimes, I write about it. I disappeared from this blog for a couple years, but I'm jumping back in now -- even began using my twitter account. If you care to know more, go here.
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