• Mashable: Sooner or later, you’ll run into a question you have  for your own freelancing business… you know, how do I write a business plan, where do I find an affordable accountant, is murdering a client really punishable? Nice to know there are free online tools to help you with business advice.
• The Positivity Blog: I don’t know of too many people who haven’t tried a Magic Pill before. I don’t mean “that” kind of pill, but a quick answer to a problem such as purchasing an ebook to help you earn more money. Sticking to a more traditional means of solving a problem or achieving a goal will more likely work out better for you.
• InfoVegan.com: I’m a firm believer that it’s not your discipline that you need to concentrate on to be productive, but rather, your focus that needs to be improved.
• Six Revisions: Then again, there are other useful ways to make yourself  productive in freelancing.
• ReenCoded: Of course, some tools to make freelancing easier would make you more productive too, wouldn’t they?
• Harvard Business Review: Great article on the four phases of design thinking. “What can people in business learn from studying the ways successful designers solve problems and innovate? On the most basic level, they can learn to question, care, connect, and commit — four of the most important things successful designers do to achieve significant breakthroughs.”
• Bit Rebels: If you lost or were robbed of your laptop, you’re screwed, right? Actually there’s a FireFox plugin that can track down a lost/stolen laptop plus disable those saved passwords. I’d say a must for everyone.
• Web Design Dev: Did you know you can brand your tweets with your business name and URL? We’re not talking about anything regarding your username or the actual tweets themselves either.
• {grow} Blog: I really hate sitting there for hours trying to come up with a blog post. Then there is nothing to show for it but a single crappy paragraph. Now it’s on to trying out a post writing technique taught from a great blogging friend that will hopefully put an end to those blocks.
• PC World: You already know this but it’s always fun to make fun of yourself knowing you’re spoiled rotten by technology.
• Entertonement: As if you didn’t need another distraction, here are 20 of the best online games you never heard of. Go with the Beer Pong.

More on the author, Johnny Spence
Johnny is the founder of The Freelance Rant and a freelance web programmer with 8 years in the business. Have a visit at his company Oscarrr!web or see what he's up to on Twitter.

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