Comments on: The Ruby Freelancers Show 008 – Products

By: Blair Williams

Blair Williams — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:25:20 +0000

Great podcast you guys — I just had a couple of points I wanted to add to your discussion of why to create a product and the cost comparison between client work and product work.

1. Self-owned products can create equity for a freelancer. I think its hard to compare your normal hourly rate to the time you spend on your own products because it’s time spent on an asset you own — as opposed to just collecting money for hours worked on a client project.
2. Building your own products can reduce (and possibly eliminate) your dependence on client contracts … leaving you with more freedom to work when and where you want.

I personally don’t think about the hourly rate of the time I spend working on my products … because there really isn’t a 1 to 1 correlation between hours worked and dollars earned with one’s own products.

Thanks for the podcast — I’m really enjoying it.

By: kwbeam

kwbeam — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:50 +0000

How to pronounce Moleskine

http://www.moleskine.com/about_us/news/moleskine_pronounciation.php

By: edavis

edavis — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:36:24 +0000

I think Chuck fixed the sound, try to redownload or stream.

By: davisre

davisre — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:22:46 +0000

Same here.

By: Kristopher Murata

Kristopher Murata — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:20:04 +0000

Yeah, there’s no sound…

By: David Hill

David Hill — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:42:03 +0000

Same for me. Looks like an hour of emptiness right now.

By: James

James — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:19:51 +0000

Im also having issues streaming and in itunes.

By: warren vosper

warren vosper — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:36:55 +0000

anyone else having trouble with the audio (there is none)?

tried streaming and download.

By: Pedro Del Gallego

Pedro Del Gallego — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:33 +0000

No sound