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Unfreelancing - Letting Go Of The Attractive Freelance Life

By Greg Huntoon | December 31, 2008

For years and years I worked on my own. Two months shy of six years, to be exact. I gave up all of the freedoms and self-employment perks in exchange for the shackles of servitude and obedience.
But I also left behind the stresses of the EDD, corporate taxes, business development, and operations management. Those management [...]

Posted in Agencies, Business, Design, Work | Also tagged freelance, guide, overtime, tips, tricks, unfreelancing, Work | 16 Comments

Keep Your (Design) Job Right Now

By Greg Huntoon | December 30, 2008

It seems that the world’s economy is on a steady collapse, each day bringing new stories of companies closing shop, and another industry asking Congress for a bailout plan. Our industry is no different than any other. I’m sure that you all have a handful of friends that have lost jobs in the last 3 [...]

Posted in Business, Community, Design | Also tagged Career, crisis, economy, employee, firing, job, tips, unemployment | 28 Comments

About Greg Huntoon

An anthropologist and writer by education, Greg converted a lifelong passion and enthusiasm for architecture and technology into a successful career as a designer and art director. Greg is currently employed as the Director of Social Media for Break Media. He is particularly focused on user experience, branding, social media, site architecture, navigation, and grid-based designs. Read full bio

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Epic Change - Building a Locally-Led School in Tanzania

May 31, 2009 / Comments

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May 14, 2009 / Comments

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Changing Lives: What Are We Doing Today?

March 24, 2009 / Comments

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Fritter? What Facebook’s Opening Up Means for Twitter

February 6, 2009 / Comments

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The Best Ever Failed 63% of the Time

January 30, 2009 / Comments

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Crowdsourcing Design Is Poison to the Design Community

January 25, 2009 / Comments

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