The Ruby Freelancers Show 025 – Managing Finances

August 21, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Discussion Have 3-6 months of expenses in an emergency fund. Manage Expenses Evaluating Purchases Place large purchases on a wishlist, wait before purchasing. Deposit to emergency fund to cover large costs that are on the horizon. Personal Finance Management Give yourself an [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 024 – Organizing and Archiving Client Materials

August 14, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Discussion PDFpen for signing contracts OpenOffice Git Repositories Amazon S3 Time Machine Mozy Dropbox Scope Changes/Contract Addendum Pivotal Tracker Client Communications Source Code Github Code Ownership Code Licensing Assembla ChiliProject Hard Drive Encryption Remote Wipe Vulnerability Important Client Info SSH Keys Salesforce [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 023 – The Time Tracking Experiment

August 7, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Work, Leisure, Sleep – Time Tracking Things that are business related, but not done in a business fashion. Pre-experiment Estimates Seasonal and Holiday Variance Breaking marketing time out for specific tracking. How often do we [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 022 – Get Clients Now! review

August 1, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Get Clients Now! by CJ Hayden Strategies and Stages Daily Worksheets Cookbook-Style Approach “It made marketing click for me.” See what you’re doing/what you’re not. The 28-Day Marketing Plan Repetition One Person Marketing Plan Weely cycles start on [...]

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The Ruby Freelancer’s Show 021 – Can You be “Agile” as a Freelancer?

July 30, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Working in teams Client interaction Trying new techniques “Hurry up and wait” Freelance development is an experiment. Influence on/working parallel with development teams. “Agile is not really defined” Adaptation to change Pivotal Tracker Showing regular [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 020 – Get Clients Now! with C.J. Hayden

July 13, 2012

Panel C. J. Hayden (twitter getclientsnow.com) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Following Up Keeping the Pipeline Full Use the book as a coach. Work with the book. Advantages of one-on-one coaching. Benevolent Peer Pressure Getting Things Done by David Allen Socratic Questioning [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 019 – Branding

July 2, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Businesses need a brand Easier to talk about, than to build How to name your business vs. building a brand “Real words and interesting” “Not-real words and compelling” Igor Naming Guide Dictionaries of uncommon words SEO Phonetic ambiguity [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 018 – Listener Emails

June 23, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Blogging Write a Case Study for your client projects Startups Company Benefits Startups attract developers with “new shiny” Lifestyle Starting a Business Sacrifice Silicon Valley Learning from your clients’ mistakes Negotiating tactics Kill fees How do you balance [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 017 – Subcontractors

June 8, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Subcontracting programming Assistants Subcontracting design Communication breakdowns oDesk Screening Processes CSS Mac App Development Chop-chop Pair programming Subcontractors talking directly to the clients Desired attributes of a subcontractors Can work remotely without supervision Reliability People [...]

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The Ruby Freelancers Show 016 – Workspaces

May 28, 2012

Panel Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Evan Light (twitter github blog) Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog) Discussion Spare bedroom L-desk Standing desk Ergonomics Get an external monitor and peripherals if a laptop is your primary workstation Mouse and keyboard Monitor stand iCurve by Griffin iMac Open space is nice Geekdesk 30″ cinema [...]

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