While coming up for some user privilege based functionality for my first web product, I stumbled upon the question of whether I should worry about more visitors or more registered users? By more visitors I mean the people who come to my website but don’t register themselves. They browse the site, soak up the knowledge, understand and know the minute details of my website but never register themselves. The question loomed around for quite some time – Should I let only the registered users to access this functionality? continue reading »
- Finalize the requirements before starting the project.
- You might pay me for sudden/quick/oh-yeah kind of work but I would recommend giving more time to the initial thinking and get everything on the documentation before project starts.
- Finalize the requirements before starting the project.
- I might or might not work on weekends. I am responsible for your project. I’ll do it on time
Facebook has become a household name for us. It has become a culture, a way of socializing, connecting and communicating with the world. But, with all this comes the need of using it carefully. Everyday, my Facebook feed shows some scary updates from my friends. With each passing day people are putting up information that no one else is either supposed to know or are not interested in knowing, more… continue reading »
When I started my venture I was not very sure about the term “Partnership”. For me partnership was about getting partners whom will work with me. But, I was wrong. I was wrong to follow wrong reasons for partnership. I thought I might get few friends, ask them if they would like to work with me and that’s it. I thought that having people whom I knew, was friends with was all that I needed to partnership. But, I was terribly wrong. I am not really eligible to talk very technical on this subject but want to provide some guidelines for the newbies who are trying to jump onto the business bandwagon. continue reading »
Whenever you have some time to spare, pop this question in your head and think over it. I was once sitting and started to think How I want to be remembered? And the answers really shook me up. It was a reality check for me. And, I think you should too think over it at least once to give yourself a reality check too.
Imagine you are at the… continue reading »
The key to success for any business is its marketing. The same applies to every freelancer. Your success depends on how much you are known in the market. Market can be your own local market, some online community or any section of the world that can possibly provide you work. Make sure that everyday you spend some time building yourself, your brand, your services. continue reading »
As a professional, your experience matters a lot. And, to “officially” prove your experience you need to have evidences, which are generally called experience letters, reference letters, letter of recommendation etc. The point that I want to emphasize in my this post is not to forget the paperwork. continue reading »
A lot of people around ask for mockups before they can award the project. This often happens on Freelance bidding websites. Beware of such demands. 2 years back I have experienced the bitter side of these mockups. They will lure you with a potential project that you can work on IF you can give them a beautiful mockup. They don’t want a draft. They want a mockup, which roughly translates into giving them placeholders, gradient bars and a design that they can adapt for their own good. continue reading »
You must have heard this a lot of times – Be innovative, do something new, do something different. It is quite easy to say these phrases but are equally hard to follow. And one of the biggest reasons why it is so hard is because we don’t believe in ourselves. We don’t believe in our ideas and the thought of “what the world will think about it?” always haunts us. What it takes to be Innovative? Try a simple mantra – PSWYST – People See What You Show Them. continue reading »