Are you an employee who dreams of starting your own business? You have an idea that excites you when thinking about it. You visualise the finished product coming to life. You imagine all the money rolling in from sales. That is great but it could be months or years down the road. Do you really [...]

Do you have a programmer in your life that drives you up the wall? Would you like to be rid of him forever? You can! Just follow these five simple steps and your programmer will run crying for the hills. 1) Put him in an open office Remove as many barriers to communication as possible. [...]

Since summer 2008, I have logged over 600 hours of freelance programming work through the website odesk.com.  It has been an interesting experience.  I started freelance work because I missed programming.  In May 2008, I moved to China and ended up becoming an English teacher.  While English teaching is rewarding in its own way, I [...]