The Strength of a Freelance Programmer is not in the Coding

“A developer who can market is an amazing combination.” – Rob @ Software by Rob True that! Rob pretty much nailed it there. As developers we have a great opportunity to capitalise on business in a way that most people can’t even comprehend. Being able to conceive ideas, turn them into reality and then – [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | July 29, 2011

Is upgrading to Bluehost Pro worth it?

What to do with a sluggish website I have long touted the good points of Bluehost’s hosting service as (for me at least) they’ve been a reliable and diligent hosting company. I’ve always felt well looked after and found them to be a great host to get started with at an affordable level. Recently though, [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | June 29, 2011

A comprehensive guide to handling money when freelance programming

I’ve mentioned a few times in the past that freelancing is one of the quickest and most convenient ways to trade your time for some extra dollars. It’s a fun and increasingly popular way to earn more money on the side, or even turn into a full time gig. In fact, it’s so popular that [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | June 20, 2011

What’s the point of writing this bloody thing?!

Before I get into the meat of this post, let me say that it is written in response to repeated jibes and ferocious attacks* from a certain blogging buddy of mine, Dave Doolin of Website In A Weekend, after I replied to a blog post of his without providing a link to my own goals [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | May 10, 2011

Detect iOS devices in WordPress and provide an iOS specific stylesheet with Stylesheet Per Page plugin

Some of you might have used the plugin I wrote for WordPress, Stylesheet Per Page. It’s an incredibly handy plugin for site developers to generate page specific stylesheets, IE only stylesheets and more. Now, in today’s release of version 0.5, another feature can be added to the list and that is generating an iOS specific [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | May 9, 2011

Freelance Customer Selection 101: Profiling and Picking Your Ideal Customers

So you might have been freelancing for a little while now, and customers are coming and going with some sort of regularity. Given you’ve had a few happy customers, you’re ready to start on the next stage of freelancing: Profiling and picking exactly who you want to work with. Hang on, Are you doing it [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | May 4, 2011

Youtube founders acquire Delicious from Yahoo

Just got an interesting email from Yahoo officially announcing that it’s troubled bookmarking service, Delicious, (which I still use quite regularly) was just acquired by Youtube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Hurley and Chen have recently founded a new internet venture called AVOS which is the official acquirer. I found an article from The [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | April 28, 2011

The Fastest Way For A Programmer To Make Money Online

What Is The Single Fastest Way For Programmers To Make Money Online? Hands down the fastest way you can make money online as a computer programmer is by pimping yourself out. I’ve developed all sorts of weird things for people including plugins for CRM packages, quick PHP scripts where someone was abandoned by another programmer, [...]

Continue reading ... | Posted By: Josh Kohlbach | April 17, 2011

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