Comments for Freelance Apple http://www.freelanceapple.com Freelance Articles, News, Resources and Advice Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by Working and having fun while doing it | http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Working and having fun while doing it | Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:40:50 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2480 [...] good possibility to keep an overview of your work is to get more monitors, so you can handle your to-do-list on one monitor, your calendar on the other and another one where [...] [...] good possibility to keep an overview of your work is to get more monitors, so you can handle your to-do-list on one monitor, your calendar on the other and another one where [...]

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by Die wichtigsten Tipps für mehr Spaß an der Arbeit | http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Die wichtigsten Tipps für mehr Spaß an der Arbeit | Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:37 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2479 [...] gute Möglichkeit, den Überblick zu bewahren, sind große Monitore – und am besten gleich mehrere davon. So können Sie viele Dinge gleichzeitig überwachen. Auf [...] [...] gute Möglichkeit, den Überblick zu bewahren, sind große Monitore – und am besten gleich mehrere davon. So können Sie viele Dinge gleichzeitig überwachen. Auf [...]

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by Shoaib http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 Shoaib Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:34 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2478 @ Jordan, yep, the more the merrier! @ Nicole, good luck with that! @ Jordan, yep, the more the merrier!

@ Nicole, good luck with that!

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by Shoaib http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 Shoaib Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:28 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2477 @ Kevin, i'll look into an android phone @ 7D, feelings mutual @ Tifany, if I knew someone who knew Russian and English I may have thought about this. @ Kevin, i’ll look into an android phone

@ 7D, feelings mutual

@ Tifany, if I knew someone who knew Russian and English I may have thought about this.

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]]> Comment on A Sexy Portfolio: The Key to Pulling Clients by Matt Tillema http://www.freelanceapple.com/a-sexy-portfolio-the-key-to-pulling-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2476 Matt Tillema Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:59 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=357#comment-2476 Fantastic blogpost, thanks a lot! Fantastic blogpost, thanks a lot!

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]]> Comment on Fixed vs. Hourly – The Rate Faceoff by Jamie http://www.freelanceapple.com/fixed-vs-hourly-the-rate-faceoff/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 Jamie Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:49 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=783#comment-2473 Hourly is generally best for a lot of the work I do. (and cheaper for the client 80% of the time) As a software developer I don't always know what it'll take or the environment I'll be working in. PHP in particular is an absolute disaster, every host has different properties and problems. System admin/troubleshooting is impossible to assess the time it will take (how can you? 90% of the work is finding out what the problem is) It often takes longer to estimate the amount of time something will take than it does to actually do the work. Accepting a project, going in, THEN discovering the problems (like the client expects you to install on several servers instead of one) is an issue. If you change your mind and back out, you could get a bad rep. If you proceed anyway, you can easily end up working for $0.50/hr. The standard formula of taking a good guess at the time, and then doubling it usually works out about right, the problem is you're often going up against people who don't have the business sense to do this. Quoting a fixed rate is often a recipe for disaster. Hourly is generally best for a lot of the work I do. (and cheaper for the client 80% of the time)

As a software developer I don’t always know what it’ll take or the environment I’ll be working in. PHP in particular is an absolute disaster, every host has different properties and problems.

System admin/troubleshooting is impossible to assess the time it will take (how can you? 90% of the work is finding out what the problem is)

It often takes longer to estimate the amount of time something will take than it does to actually do the work. Accepting a project, going in, THEN discovering the problems (like the client expects you to install on several servers instead of one) is an issue. If you change your mind and back out, you could get a bad rep. If you proceed anyway, you can easily end up working for $0.50/hr.

The standard formula of taking a good guess at the time, and then doubling it usually works out about right, the problem is you’re often going up against people who don’t have the business sense to do this.

Quoting a fixed rate is often a recipe for disaster.

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by 10 Purchases To Save You Time | Freelance Apple | Drakz Free Online Service http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 10 Purchases To Save You Time | Freelance Apple | Drakz Free Online Service Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:08:39 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2467 [...] the article here: 10 Purchases To Save You Time | Freelance Apple Share and [...] [...] the article here: 10 Purchases To Save You Time | Freelance Apple Share and [...]

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by 85+ Hot Fresh Articles for Designers and Developers | Tips for Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 85+ Hot Fresh Articles for Designers and Developers | Tips for Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:38 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2466 [...] 10 Purchases To Save You Time [...] [...] 10 Purchases To Save You Time [...]

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]]> Comment on 10 Purchases To Save You Time by [User Link:10 Purchases To Save You Time] | Tips for Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-purchases-to-save-you-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2465 [User Link:10 Purchases To Save You Time] | Tips for Designers and Developers | tripwire magazine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:55:33 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1119#comment-2465 [...] 10 Purchases To Save You Time [...] [...] 10 Purchases To Save You Time [...]

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