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Freelance Village

Freelancing? Whether you're new or an old timer, this is the place for you! Share your tips and explore the possibilities here.

Members: 11
Latest Activity: Feb 21

About Freelance Village

We started this group after having a session about Freelancing at the recent Open Source Bridge conference in Portland, OR. All you need to join is an interest in freelancing. Invite your friends. Share your tips. Ask questions. A discussion is the best way to begin. Stay tuned to the Freelancing Reading List. It lives at http://delicio.us/codetown2/freelance and is fed below.

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Michael Levin

Freelancing - You Better Believe I'm Multi-Lingual!

There's a new book out called Programming F# What's F#? Why should you care? What's it gonna do for you? Well, here's what you get when you become multi-lingual: you get more work! Are you a freel…

Tagged: c#, F#, python, java, freelancing

Started by Michael Levin Oct. 15, 2009.

Brian Derr

Working in a rural area

I am interested in taking on some small jobs to "get my feet wet" in the open source consulting arena. The problem? I live in a rural area where I'm not sure there will be much of a market. I would r…

Tagged: rural

Started by Brian Derr Jun. 21, 2009.

Michael Levin

Freelancing in a tough market

It's not easy these days to be a freelancer. Many layoffs have resulted in the market being full of well qualified job seekers. You *can* succeed, though. Share your tips here!

Tagged: jobs, freelancing

Started by Michael Levin Jun. 20, 2009.

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Michael Levin Brian Derr Howard Abrams Kevin Shaum Larry Pitcher Brian Enochson Matt Woodward Edgar A. Eric Lewis lamont carlton David Moskowitz
 
 


Reading List

Systems engineer deemed best job in America - CNET News

A deep and detailed survey by Focus.com concludes that the best job in the United States is a tech job: systems engineer. No. 2: physician assistant. No. 3: college professor.

Open Source Bridge: The conference for open source citizens / June 1-4, 2010 / Portland, OR

2010 Call for Proposals is open!

We would love to hear all of those interesting ideas you have in your head---and so would everyone else. That's why we will be accepting your proposals for Open Source Bridge through March 18.

Like, Python

Like making computers do your bidding?
Enjoy Python features like lambdas? Indent-grouping? List comprehensions?
Tired of Old Man Python telling you what you can and can't say to your computer?

It's about time programming languages understood what the kids are typing these days. So let's start with a baby step in that direction: Like, Python.

Rails 3.0: Release Notes

Rails 3.0 is ponies and rainbows! It’s going to cook you dinner and fold your laundry. You’re going to wonder how life was ever possible before it arrived. It’s the Best Version of Rails We’ve Ever Done!

Riding Rails: Rails 3.0: Beta release

You thought we were never going to get to this day, didn’t you? Ye of little faith. Because here is the first real, public release of Rails 3.0 in the form of a beta package that we’ve toiled long and hard over...

Clojure

Clojure links on Reddit

weavejester's compojure at master - GitHub

Compojure Web Development Framework

Clojure - home

Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine (and the CLR ). It is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming.
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