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Learn From My Mistakes™: So You Want To Be A Success

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 … Continue reading

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Food Bites No. 17: Bánh mì

One of the best things about living in Seattle is the Vietnamese culture. Unlike Americanized “Chinese” food, Vietnamese dishes rely heavily on fresh vegetables and herbs. One of my favorite Vietnamese classics is bánh mì, a baguette sammich filled with … Continue reading

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Food Bites No. 13: Hail Seitan!

Fun facts about vegetable proteins! Protein sources for veg*ns come from a variety of sources, the most obvious being tofu which is a cake made from coagulated soy milk. Tempeh is the whole soybean which is fermented and pressed into … Continue reading

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Food Bites No. 12: Veggie Curry Patties

Last night’s dinner was one of those impromptu meals where you have leftovers in the refrigerator you’d hate to see go to waste: roasted spaghetti squash with plenty left after our initial meal; carrots from the farmer’s market in the … Continue reading

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Web Design: A Primer

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 … Continue reading

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A Bulletproof Design Contract

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 … Continue reading

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