Freelance

A list of blog posts about being a freelance/contract interaction designer.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 14

  14 April 2024

  Planning user research and getting the prototype ready.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 13

  6 April 2024

  Reflecting on 1 year contracting, and nice things to do in Swansea.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 12

  29 March 2024

  Prototyping, beach safety forecasts, digital inclusion, co-design.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 11

  23 March 2024

  Refining business requirements, a uses page, X-GOVUK show and tell, a design system for Wales.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 10

  15 March 2024

  Design debt, mentoring, RSS feeds and white default in autocorrects.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 09

  8 March 2024

  Design Swansea, RSS feeds and Jakob Nielsen.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 08

  2 March 2024

  Breaking words in tables, visit to Sheffield, remote working and designing Welsh services.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 07

  24 February 2024

  1500 commits, adding a now page, visiting Sheffield and Axe-con.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 06

  17 February 2024

  Designing with uncertainty, accessibility strategy resources, Bombay Bicycle Club.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 05

  10 February 2024

  Stress, stakeholder demos, links without hrefs and Bluesky.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 04

  3 February 2024

  Design Swansea, Shoreline management plans, testing prototypes in other devices, design debt and target size.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 03

  25 January 2024

  Prototyping rhythm, design authority presentations, design histories and Design Swansea.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 02

  18 January 2024

  Deadlines, new laptop, flow diagrams and accessible notifications.

• Weeknotes – series 07 episode 01

  13 January 2024

  Contract extension, joining a design community of practice in Wales and some interaction design bookmarks.

• First 6 months contracting

  10 September 2023

  I’ve just started my 6th month as a contractor, and wanted to share some notes around the practicalities of being employed inside IR35.

• My contracting goals 2023

  15 July 2023

  Here are some work goals I've set myself, now that I've started contracting.

• First 3 months contracting

  1 July 2023

  Contract extensions and cross-gov working

• This is forty

  17 June 2023

  I'm turning 40 this month, so I thought it was worth marking it with a blog post

• My first few weeks contracting

  20 April 2023

  My first few weeks contracting, and thinking about interaction design versus service design.

• Lining up my first role

  27 February 2023

  Good news, it looks like I've lined up my first contract role.

• I’m going contracting

  2 February 2023

  Hey friends, I've decided to take the plunge and go contracting.

• Finding work and managing money as a freelancer

  9 March 2015

• Freelancing and switching off

  2 June 2014