Reviews

Book review: How to work as a freelance journalist

by Matthew Stibbe on May 6, 2010

One of the most popular pages on this site is How to be a freelance journalist, which is based on my experiences in that job in the early 2000s. It’s a tough gig and getting tougher. Because of this post, Marc Leverton interviewed me for his recent book, How to work as a freelance journalist. [...]

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40 essential online apps for freelancers

by Matthew Stibbe on March 22, 2010

Online applications give me a competitive edge. I want to be a ‘big little company’ with the same (or better) IT capabilities as the biggest of my clients. I try to make the maximum use of online applications because they let me deploy new capabilities quickly without adding to my IT or admin burdens. This [...]

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Interview with sci-fi author Charles Stross

by Matthew Stibbe on December 10, 2009

Charlie Stross is a British science fiction author. I’m a big fan and I was thrilled when he agreed to an interview for this blog. As well as being a great writer, he’s a geek’s geek. He has blurbs from John Carmack (Doom, Quake and now rockets) and Bruce Schneier (IT security guru). We did [...]

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