Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday December 7th 2006
RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 21:53
Hi Chris,
Having a baby, no partner or place to live and moving country made me =
see freelance as the only reasonable option. I had a part time job =
before that and was self employed as well but wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 20:24
> What I'm looking for is some indication of if I'm being unrealistic in
> thinking the freelance route is a hard one financially
Maybe, maybe not. It's taken me a couple of years to build up a goo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Time spent on a project - software needed
date posted 7th December 2006 20:11
Sorry,
www.slimtimer.com
Looking through the posts, somebody else recommended that a couple of =
days ago.
Peter.=20
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From: Juraj Seffer [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 07 December...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 20:06
So are you telling us that you want to write a spec which looks specific but
is actually for a general product? If so, the Indians are going to figure
out that the product could fulfil general needs...
RE: FN-FORUM: VAT question
date posted 7th December 2006 19:38
Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
> We both run our own businesses, mine in Italy and his in Aus and one
> way we had thought we could limit our tax was if I was to invoice all
> customers outside Euro...
FN-FORUM: Tourism Logos
date posted 7th December 2006 19:27
Hello all.
Everytime a guesthouse, hotel or pub asks us to do a site we have to find
the usually tourism logos. For years I've been meaning to keep copies of the
high quality versions people send o...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 18:48
Guys,
Just want to say that I'm glad I joined this forum as this is
fantastic community where everyone supports each other. I wish I only
had more time to go through every post...
Will try to be mor...
Re: FN-FORUM: Time spent on a project - software needed
date posted 7th December 2006 18:40
Hi Peter,
Thanks for a tip. Will check out archives. Tried tick.com - seems it's
for sale at the moment. The other one didn't work.
Best / Juraj
On 7 Dec 2006 17:11:12 -0000, Peter Lewis [EMAIL R...
Re: FN-FORUM: Starting Freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 17:52
Thanks for all the advice!
For those of you who asked i am interested in all aspects of web design and
development. I am also interested in windows programming however i am still
learning C++ and f...
RE: FN-FORUM: Time spent on a project - software needed
date posted 7th December 2006 16:30
Juraj,
Been mentioned loads of times before, so try searching in the archives =
(something like google - "site:www.freelancers.net time logging" or some =
such new fangled searchy thing). Or the fre...
RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 16:30
Chris Hill wrote:
> I'm currently doing a 9-5 as a web developer and doing=20
> freelance on the side. Without really pushing for business=20
> I'm bringing in on average an extra =A3350 per month fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 16:17
I'd completely agree Bo, there are definite positives and negatives to
each. If the two could be combined then we'd have the perfect solution!
Michelle...
RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 16:09
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Bo
> Persson
> Sent: 07 December 2006 16:33
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: making a living...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 15:53
Employed job is not secure either. I am a trader, photographer and
museum consultant and I feel very appreciated.
Bo
7 dec 2006 kl. 14.54 skrev Michelle Penny:
>
> I agree with Peter that there ar...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 15:38
Right, I see what you mean now!
> Most web host companies (like mine) close the ports that allow direct
> access to a mysql database over the internet. And I'm not falking out for
> SSL for what is i...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 15:29
> P.S. Why use PHP scripts to connect to mySQL with .net? Surely the
> ObjectDataSource and myODBC do the job just fine?
Most web host companies (like mine) close the ports that allow direct
access t...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 15:03
I've found, somewhat perversely, that the biggest benefit of freelancing
is having security. Normal jobs tend to only pay a month's notice,
whereas with freelancing you tend to end up with at least...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 14:15
I agree with Peter that there are a hell of a lot of factors influencing how well you do. Freelancing is never going to be the safe option, but I have to say I've not had a month yet when I haven't ea...
RE: RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 14:06
>
>Hi Chris,
>
>the good months should carry you though (if you haven't blow it all on
>some nice bit of kit due to a good month!).
nappies and baby milk :)
congrats on the bun in the oven too - it...
RE: Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 14:00
>
>Hello chris,
>
>My main area is not as a webdesigner, but I work in all kinds of graphics -
>jack of all trades and master of none - but I am sure that if you offer your
>services to non developers...
RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 13:33
Hi Chris,
It's extremely difficult to say if you'll be able to earn the cash, as =
it depends on your portfolio, your abilities, how good you are at =
networking, your contacts, possible leads you ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 13:23
Hello chris,
My main area is not as a webdesigner, but I work in all kinds of graphics -
jack of all trades and master of none - but I am sure that if you offer you=
r
services to non developers who...
RE: FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 13:17
Hi Chris,
I was in a similar situation to you 6 months ago. I was working 9-5 for =
a games developer doing some pretty basic Java work. After freelancing =
on the side for about 18months, earning...
Re: FN-FORUM: Link Check
date posted 7th December 2006 13:11
Alex Libby wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> I have been doing a little bit of digging on Google - White Screens of Death
> seem to be a common issue with PHP, where scripts have been abnormally
> terminated for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Starting Freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 12:56
I could probably benifit as well from some good advice. I'm a VB.Net
developer based in the UK. I've been in IT for 11 years now as a support
role but 3 years ago I got the chance to play with VS 20...
FN-FORUM: making a living freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 12:56
Afternoon all,
I know theres a fairly broad spectrum of people on this list working in dif=
ferent ways for different reasons, so hopfully there'll be a range of inter=
esting answers to this questio...
Re: FN-FORUM: VAT question
date posted 7th December 2006 12:25
On Thursday 07 Dec 2006 12:01 am, Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
> It seems to be saying that Non-EU businesses selling to EU consumers ha=
ve
> to charge VAT to the consumer at the rate of the con...
RE: FN-FORUM: Link Check
date posted 7th December 2006 11:59
Alex, many thanks for the advice, I am trying to get them to screenshot the
site, but its like asking them to knit fog. I'm still trying though!
On a slight aside, Karl supplied a reply to the thread...
RE: FN-FORUM: Link Check
date posted 7th December 2006 11:51
Hi Karl,
I have been doing a little bit of digging on Google - White Screens of Death
seem to be a common issue with PHP, where scripts have been abnormally
terminated for some reason. From what I ha...
RE: FN-FORUM: VAT question
date posted 7th December 2006 11:11
>>Be honest and pay the correct Taxes, cheaper in the end.
There's nothing dishonest about not paying tax if you can avoid it. If you
can find away to reduce your liability then you'd be a fool n...
Re: FN-FORUM: VAT question
date posted 7th December 2006 10:42
I would have thought that you can only charge vat at the rate of the
country in which your bsuiness resides and only to those member states, it
doesn't sound right at all I would look further into it...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 10:31
Why don't you get some quotes for the development in the UK? Then you
don't have to be paranoid. It will be a false economy if you end up
paying a competitor to set up business.
There's nothing par...
Re: FN-FORUM:Any flash animators out there?
date posted 7th December 2006 10:29
Hi Simon,
How about trying - www.wishawish.com ?
We are a flash artist community and we have created a really great
collection of customisable viral Ecards. All you need to do is pick the
one you...
RE: FN-FORUM: Need some excel assistance
date posted 7th December 2006 10:29
Very many thanks Kathy, worked a treat :-)
Allan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 10:14
Hi gang,
Just want to share my 2 cents.
Let me first introduce myself here. I am developer as well as owner of
two development companies in India. I developed many products for
various big companies...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:59
Amsi wrote:
> The product development will be outsourced to some company India and
> we are worried that they may setup a parallel company selling these
> products which will be paid for and developed...
Re: FN-FORUM: Need some excel assistance
date posted 7th December 2006 09:51
You need to get the line endings correct. What you posted should be 3
separate lines.
Click the little square stop button to reset the procedure and get rid
of the yellow line
Probably didn't paste...
FN-FORUM: FT office based PHP MySQL Developer
date posted 7th December 2006 09:35
If there is anyone who feels they would like the security of a full time
role for the next 3 months with the view of becoming full time email me
off list (must be in the Leicestershire area and be abl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:35
Gary,
I apologize for being so confused and confusing to others, nothing
really dodgy about it.
All we are planning to do is the same which has been done by many
people before develop products based...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:31
> The product development will be outsourced to some company India
Oh I see, you want us to help you export our jobs to India, well why didn't you
say? In that case we'll give you all the help we c...
RE: FN-FORUM: VAT question
date posted 7th December 2006 09:29
Be honest and pay the correct Taxes, cheaper in the end.
Best Regards
Terry Price...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:28
> What do you guys think would be the best way to put forward
> the project to the developers ?
>
> One of the products we are looking at is a Live Support
> Solution from this url http://www.xigla...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:26
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Amsi
> Sent: 07 December 2006 09:17
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Deve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:24
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:56:24AM -0000, Amsi wrote:
>
> The product development will be outsourced to some company India and
> we are worried that they may setup a parallel company selling these
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:17
The product development will be outsourced to some company India and
we are worried that they may setup a parallel company selling these
products which will be paid for and developed for us. We could...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 09:04
I demand that Amsi [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
> We don't want the developers to know...
So, you're telling *us* because...?
I assume you're paranoid because you think someone wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 08:58
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:17:27AM -0000, Amsi wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are planning to develop a set of web based products developed in
> ASP, ASP.net and PHP. We plan to choose products based on the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 08:44
Amsi,
Well I'd start by telling everyone in the freelancing community about it
because they won't form any part of your potential employment pool and
certainly won't talk to them either.
Then I'd be...
FN-FORUM: Suggested Approach to Developing products
date posted 7th December 2006 08:38
Hi,
We are planning to develop a set of web based products developed in
ASP, ASP.net and PHP. We plan to choose products based on the current
market demand and sell licenses for each of them.
We are...
Re: FN-FORUM: Starting Freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 07:55
> On 6/12/06 8:52 pm, "James Herrington"
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am looking to start doing some freelance work however i'm only
>> sixteen and
>> am unsure of how to get...
Re: FN-FORUM: Starting Freelancing
date posted 7th December 2006 07:32
Hello james
I suppose that at sixteen that you probably have other considerations at th=
e
moment also like school/college, and this may intefere with any
time/deadline issues which is a considera...
RE: FN-FORUM: Need some excel assistance
date posted 7th December 2006 01:25
Thanks Kathy, but this is what I did ...
Opened the spreadsheet
Right clicked on the sheet name View Code
Pasted the code in
Saved and went to the xls file
Typed in 1 in a relevant cell - nothing hap...
Re: FN-FORUM: Link Check
date posted 7th December 2006 00:53
Karl,
works fine for me.
J.
PS: That "New Commando Carbine" looks just like OICW, wouldn't mind to
try it sometime :)
On 6 Dec 2006 18:23:51 -0000, Karl Bunyan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Lists@...
Re: FN-FORUM: Need some excel assistance
date posted 7th December 2006 00:24
Oh I'm fed up with this. It's a bit of kludge, but:
stick this in the sheet container - it will work anywhere on the sheet
as the number is typed. It won't work if you enter into multiple cells
with...
RE: FN-FORUM: Time spent on a project - software needed
date posted 7th December 2006 00:20
Hi Yuraj,
I use http://www.slimtimer.com/ timings down to the second. Doesn't produce
invoices though - or if it does I've not found it lol
Free as well :-)
Allan
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FN-FORUM: Time spent on a project - software needed
date posted 7th December 2006 00:16
Hi all,
What do you use for calculating (even better if it can do invoices
etc) how much time you've spent on each project? Freeware if
possible...
Thanks in advance.
Juraj
pronounced as Yuraay :)...
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