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Freebie: FreelanceSwitch Business Card Template

Nothing says “I’m a professional” more than a good business card.  And while we discussed business card design here this week, our sister site FreelanceSwitch gives you a free template to download so that you can get started showing people how awesome your work is – and you’re being awesomely productive because most of the work’s already done for you!

7 Tips for a Fabulous Outdoor Movie Night

A movie is the perfect escape from the daily rigors of work and gives you a chance to recharge your batteries so you can maintain a high level of productivity.  Outdoor movie nights are becoming more and more popular these days, so here’s a few tips to make sure you put together one that goes off without a hitch!

A Great Starting Point for Productive Trip Planning

Kayak’s got an awesome feature that allows you to narrow down vacation spots by price, location and even temperature range.  It’ called “Explore” and you should do just that!

30+ Things You Have to Know about being a Freelancer

New strategies such as telecommuting and flex hours are being used for those who want to stay with their current employer and work from home.  But what if you want to strike out on your own and – gasp – freelance?  Here’s 30-odd things that will you need to know before striking off into (or running away from) the realm of self-employment.

Sleep and Your Productivity

If you’re tired, you’re not as energetic.  If you’re not as energetic, you’re not as productive.  How can you get the much-needed sleep you deserve?  Michael Hyatt has some thoughts on this…

CSS: Noob to Ninja, Parts 5-7: Premium Exclusive


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Access Database to Track Patients in Medical Practice by eggman405

We need someone to write a program (? MS Access 2007) that can be networked with our Windows PCs in a small medical practice. Our goal is to have a means to track the referral sources of our patients which could include referring physicians, Internet, insurance company or other sources… (Budget: $250-750, Jobs: Data Entry, Health, Medical, Microsoft Access)

Facebook Application – Scores & Payment Tracking by cencia

The following is a Facebook application for a Flash game; it will have two parts: (1) processing/tracking payments, and (2) encrypted scores system. General – Flash application must be able to automatically register new Facebook user, assign them an ID, and store their information (ie… (Budget: $750-1500, Jobs: ActionScript, Facebook, Flash, MySQL, PHP)