Get Rich Slowly has a great post on How to budget for an irregular income; it's definitely worth a read on your coffee break. Two of J.D.'s tips that I particularly agree with are: Use separate business and personal accounts and pay yourself from the business account as if you were an employee. I … [Read more...] about Link: living on an irregular income
Guest post: project manager pet peeves
The recent guest post on Translator pet peeves generated so much interest that I thought it would be interesting to let other players in the industry vent, I mean share their thoughts as well. The following guest post is by Paula Dieli; her bio appears after the post. These pet peeves include my … [Read more...] about Guest post: project manager pet peeves
Self-publishing with Lulu
Thanks to Andrew Bell for suggesting this post idea! Years ago, becoming a published author was a really big deal; one had to write up a book proposal, find an agent, shop the book around to various publishing houses and hope that one of them would sign on to publish the book. In the traditional … [Read more...] about Self-publishing with Lulu
Some interesting links
If you're looking for some coffee break reading, you might want to check out: Paula Dieli's new blog Essential Project Management. Paula just launched this blog, and as far as I know it's the only one devoted to translation/localization project management. Get Rich Slowly on The high cost of … [Read more...] about Some interesting links
Personal software training: a niche waiting to be filled?
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of giving a seminar on "Beyond the Basics of Freelancing" for the Northern California Translators Association. At the end of the seminar, I did a short overview of ways to diversify your freelance income stream. All of us are familiar with the basics such as editing, … [Read more...] about Personal software training: a niche waiting to be filled?