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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Charging Per Hour vs. Per Project

If you’re a corporate designer, you don’t have to worry about things like how to bill your clients, as you’re likely either on salary or have a predetermined hourly rate and regular work schedule.
But for freelancers, figuring out how best to charge clients for work completed can be a nightmare. After all, you want to charge clients a fair price, make a decent living, and get enough work so that you’re not struggling to find the next project.
In the world of web design, there are two basic ways most designers charge: per hour or per project. There are advantages and disadvantages to each method, and there are situations where one method works better than the other.
In this article, we’ve presented an overview of what’s involved in each method of charging, as well as what you need to consider when choosing a method.


To read the entire article, click here.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

There's an App for That



There are people behind those little icons on your iPhone. Some applications are products of giant corporations that spend thousands of dollars to develop, market and maintain them; others are the brainchildren of dudes sitting at home in their underwear. We chose to get to know the latter. (Reporter’s note: Where are all the female and/or Android developers?)

The lucky dog
Jerry Jones says iPhone-application development changed his life. In 2007, he was unemployed, trying to figure out how he was going to make his next truck payment. He used his spare time to start messing around with his iPhone.

“In those days,” Jones says, “there was no official tool kit available for developers. It was all hackers...Read More.