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Max Design is a Sydney web design and web development business that specialises in fresh, dynamic sites with a strong focus on Cascading Style Sheets, usability, accessibility and web standards. We also offer customised CSS and Web Standards training. Contact us for more information.

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Some links for light reading (9/12/08)

December 9th, 2008

Book review: The Principles of Successful Freelancing

December 9th, 2008

Book cover: The Principles of Successful FreelancingI’ve just finished reading The Principles of Successful Freelancing by Miles Burke.

The book is ideal for those who are about to enter the world of freelancing. It’s easy to read - only took around 4 hours to read cover to cover - and yet it’s packed with a lot of great information. The book covers everything from “deciding if freelancing is for you” to managing money, setting up, establishing hourly rates, winning clients and more.

The book also includes interviews with some well-known freelancers such as Derek Featherstone, Mark Boulton, Molly Holzschlag and Stephen Collins.

Some of the best advice in the book is based around knowing your strengths:

“An accountant or bookkeeper will bring your accounts under control much faster than you ever could, and they’re very likely to save you money as well. Let’s face it: we might be fantastic at with crafting standards-compliant XHTML, or designing very usable and nicely designed interfaces, but we aren’t on this planet to be accountants or lawyers.”

Some links for light reading (2/12/08)

December 2nd, 2008

Web-blast 08 - tickets go on sale this morning

November 27th, 2008

Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney’s web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. Join a range of Sydney’s web communities and celebrate the end of year in style on Friday 5th December, 2008.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday 27th November (purchase online via the website). Get in early before we sell out!

Details

What:
Web-blast 08
When:
5th December from 6:00pm to 11:50pm
Where:
Bar Broadway
Corner of Regent Street and Broadway, Sydney opposite UTS Tower.
Entry:
$12 per head
($10 per head for WIPA members only)
Drinks:
Free till the bar tab runs out
Food:
Free finger food provided

Proudly sponsored by

Meld
Meld Consulting: experience strategy, architecture & design

Happener
Happener: Recruitment specialists in the digital media industry

Gruden
Gruden: interactive design & development agency

Free giveaways!

SitePoint has kindly offered us books to give away on the night. Make sure you bring a business card so you can win prizes!

SitePoint
Fun, practical and easy-to-understand books for web professionals.

Some links for light reading (25/11/08)

November 25th, 2008