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The next WordPress version, 3.5, is scheduled for release on December 5. Since yesterday the first beta is available for testing, ideally through the Beta Tester WordPress plugin. Testing a beta on a live site is not recommended though, a local WordPress installation is the best place for it.
The new default theme “Twenty Twelve” is now also available for self-hosted WordPress sites as a download from the WordPress.org theme directory.
For the marketer, the freelancer and the entrepreneur, the challenge is to level set, to be comfortable with the undone, with the cycle of never-ending. We were trained to finish our homework, our peas and our chores. Today, we’re never finished, and that’s okay. It’s a dance, not an endless grind.
— Seth Godin, “Dancing on the edge of finished”, Seth’s Blog, 28 May 2012.
The paragraph is from a short post on Seth Godin’s blog in May 2012. We kept it because it describes a feeling everyone who works for themselves knows: nothing is ever quite finished. Godin’s answer is to live with that rather than fight it.
The latest A Book Apart release, “Design is a Job” by Mike Monteiro (Mule Design Studio in San Francisco), is especially interesting for designers and web designers who want to learn more about dealing with clients, billing their design work, the working process as a designer, or collaborating with other freelancers. The second chapter, “Getting Clients”, can be read online as a sample on A List Apart. You can order “Design is a Job” as an ebook (9 US dollars) or paperback (18 US dollars plus shipping) on the A Book Apart website. Enjoy the read :)
The little books from A Book Apart are always a highlight for web designers and developers, so we were especially pleased about the current offer to buy the two newest titles, “Designing for Emotion” by Aarron Walter and “Mobile First” by Luke Wroblewski, as a bundle. The ebook versions of both are available for 15 US dollars. We have not worked through our copies completely yet, but the texts read well and the language is never too complicated. We think the books are a clear recommendation for every web design fan.
The book “PARCOURS Existenzgründung für Designer” by Sophia Muckle, published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, is in my view a must-have for every creative mind planning to go self-employed or already working as a freelancer. It gives practical answers to questions about finding clients, pricing, law, taxes and insurance. The book (in German) has been with us since we started our own business and its advice has helped us many times.
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