Posted on January 31, 2008 by electricartist
We’ve all heard the story about the lawyer who billed an extra $20 for ‘crossing the road to speak to you, but discovering it wasn’t you’. I have worked for firms in which every minute of every day is billed out to someone, even trips to the bathroom and coffee breaks. If you start a [...]
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Posted on January 31, 2008 by electricartist
If you’re a freelance designer, you’re running a business. That means you charge for your time and – in theory – your clients should be happy to pay for it.
I see many discussion threads on the pros and cons of hourly rates versus flat charges and both arguments have their merits. I do feel, [...]
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Posted on January 31, 2008 by electricartist
Several years ago I was a teacher of computer graphic design. The five software packages that the college taught were (in no particular order) Pagemaker, QuarkXpress, Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.
While a resident I increased substantially the input of Adobe Acrobat, and added a bundle of prepress elements to the school. But when I tried to [...]
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