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I am the editor and founder of FreelanceSwitch, a resource for freelancers. Our site is a blog with more, so as well as articles, interviews and how-tos, we have resources, a …

That headline catch your attention? I hope so. We are currently hiring and there are two roles we are having real trouble getting good local prospects for: Linux Guru and a Web Designer/Creative Director/UX Designer. We are open to anyone who can start working in Toronto immediately (by which I mean, is currently eligible to …

Here’s the best definition of an entrepreneur I’ve ever heard: “Entrepreneurs are people who are too naive to see the obstacles that are obvious to others”. I have found myself quoting this phrase a couple times over the past week or so, and while I can’t remember who said it, or if that’s the quote …

The facts FreshBooks experienced almost exactly two hours of downtime this evening due to a truck driving into a transformer near Rackspace’s Dallas, Texas–based data centres. More information The collision occurred around 7:00 PM ET and for approximately an hour Rackspace’s Dallas data centre ran without experiencing any downtime. However, when the switch was made …

When I travel, I’ve taken to randomly calling customers in the cities I visit and inviting them out to dinner. Last week I was in Chicago and D.C. for conferences (here is a webcast of the panel I was on about SAAS… sorry about the form, just get past it and you’re good to go), …

A while back I got an email requesting the rights to reprint a blog post I wrote in November 2005 entitled, “From the Web 2.0 Trenches: How to Build Real Businesses“. It’s been a while since I heard from them, but we just got a copy of the book: (NOTE: I …