Freelance
A list of blog posts about being a freelance/contract interaction designer.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 17
Some good interaction design habits I'm trying to adopt.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 16
Inclusive language and the contenteditable attribute.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 15
Struggling with JavaScript, usability testing, and design systems.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 14
Planning user research and getting the prototype ready.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 13
Reflecting on 1 year contracting, and nice things to do in Swansea.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 12
Prototyping, beach safety forecasts, digital inclusion, co-design.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 11
Refining business requirements, a uses page, X-GOVUK show and tell, a design system for Wales.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 10
Design debt, mentoring, RSS feeds and white default in autocorrects.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 09
Design Swansea, RSS feeds and Jakob Nielsen.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 08
Breaking words in tables, visit to Sheffield, remote working and designing Welsh services.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 07
1500 commits, adding a now page, visiting Sheffield and Axe-con.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 06
Designing with uncertainty, accessibility strategy resources, Bombay Bicycle Club.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 05
Stress, stakeholder demos, links without hrefs and Bluesky.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 04
Design Swansea, Shoreline management plans, testing prototypes in other devices, design debt and target size.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 03
Prototyping rhythm, design authority presentations, design histories and Design Swansea.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 02
Deadlines, new laptop, flow diagrams and accessible notifications.
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Weeknotes – series 07 episode 01
Contract extension, joining a design community of practice in Wales and some interaction design bookmarks.
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First 6 months contracting
I’ve just started my 6th month as a contractor, and wanted to share some notes around the practicalities of being employed inside IR35.
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My contracting goals 2023
Here are some work goals I've set myself, now that I've started contracting.
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First 3 months contracting
Contract extensions and cross-gov working
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This is forty
I'm turning 40 this month, so I thought it was worth marking it with a blog post
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My first few weeks contracting
My first few weeks contracting, and thinking about interaction design versus service design.
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Lining up my first role
Good news, it looks like I've lined up my first contract role.
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I’m going contracting
Hey friends, I've decided to take the plunge and go contracting.
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Finding work and managing money as a freelancer
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Freelancing and switching off