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		<title>Learn From My Mistakes™: So You Want To Be A Success</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/learn-from-my-mistakes-so-you-want-to-be-a-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend and former coworker of mine is venturing into business for himself: a “have IA – will travel” enterprise, if you will. He’s enjoyed my past entries about freelance and has mentioned (more than once) that we should talk &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/learn-from-my-mistakes-so-you-want-to-be-a-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Designer, Developer… Ambassador?</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/designer-developer-ambassador/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We interrupt VeganMoFo to address a question I was sent regarding payment after completing a project without having a contract. What sucks most about this type of situation is that you can end up looking like the bad guy if &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/designer-developer-ambassador/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anything helps. God bless.</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/anything-helps-god-bless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received a tweet asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a designer for work. I didn’t know the twitter user but he is not the only person who has contacted me in hopes I could either use &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/anything-helps-god-bless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ms Miriam Aarons: Patron Saint of Freelance Design</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/ms-miriam-aarons-patron-saint-of-freelance-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/ms-miriam-aarons-patron-saint-of-freelance-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charging by the hour tells your clients that you mean business. Time is money and you’re keeping the meter running with every meeting and phone conference. No matter how many times I set limits on design iterations or halted work when &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/ms-miriam-aarons-patron-saint-of-freelance-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Web Design: A Primer</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/web-design-a-primer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday evening I received an e-mail from a friend: I wonder if you have already developed, from lots and lots of years of cohorts asking you stuff like this, a primer  à la So You’re Thinking of Freelance Web Design &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/web-design-a-primer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bulletproof Design Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/a-bulletproofed-design-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhames.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest mistake any designer can make is committing to work without a written agreement between oneself and the client. A verbal agreement provides little to no protection in a business transaction since physical proof of what terms were mutually &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/a-bulletproofed-design-contract/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The end of print web</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/design/the-end-of-print-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/design/the-end-of-print-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhames.com/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So let’s have a chat about blogs and newspapers. Seattle is home to many a newspaper, now one less with the passing of Seattle Post-Intelligencer in print format, two of which are free weekly publications: Seattle Weekly and The Stranger. &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/design/the-end-of-print-web/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter: not just for introverted geeks</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/technology/twitter-not-just-for-introverted-geeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/technology/twitter-not-just-for-introverted-geeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhames.com/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Timing is everything on the Internet, which means I need to set aside more time to compose my thoughts. But that’s another post for another time. So, like, what&#8217;s this twitter stuff people in the states seem to be fond &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/technology/twitter-not-just-for-introverted-geeks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Great Client Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/great-client-expectations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhames.com/?p=282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get burned enough times and you find yourself coming up with trademark phrases like Learn From My Mistakes™. A lot of little mistakes with past projects added up to one giant mistake: overlooking the importance of risk management. During the &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/great-client-expectations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Please check your ego at the door.</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/please-check-your-ego-at-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/please-check-your-ego-at-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A freelance copywriter sent me a review questionnaire asking “Is there anything you&#8217;d like to see improved?”. I replied to this question with specific details of the copy deck that was sent to me for inserting into the client’s website: &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/please-check-your-ego-at-the-door/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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