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My first $100 from online freelance job through oDesk!

It is one of my dream to be come a freelancer and now I am actually working on as it. Working when you are sitting comfortably at your home and doing works that you really love to do. Earn some pocket money and pay the bills. You choose the job that you are comfortable to work on while having time to be with your family.

This is the proof my payment! =D (Click to see larger image)

My current buyer are both from US and we communicate through email and skype, it was quite nervous at first to communicate with someone that live at the other part of the world. It was mid-night during my first conversation with my employer. As you can see my pay is quite low at $2.5 per hour, but it is better than couldn’t find at job to start.I believe as long you get nice feedback at there, there will be plenty of work you can get from there with higher pay rate in the future ;).

Now I am going to share how you can be a freelancer through oDesk !

Why I choose oDesk?

Because oDesk says,

We guarantee work to employers that every hour billed is an hour worked.
We guarantee payment to providers that every hour worked is an hour paid.

I’ve join oDesk since April 2009 but I am busy with my academic and internship so I did not take any job on oDesk until October.  There is a lot of features inside that really helps you to promote yourself to get attention from the buyer (people who looking freelancer like us) and also competing with with providers (freelancers) around the world.

There are two types of job regarding the payments in oDesk, Hourly & Fixed Price job. I prefer hourly job because oDesk guarantee you will get the payment through their system. They have a program that you need to install in your computer to keep track as a proof that you are actually working. It is running on hourly rate so how much time you took to finish a job is how much you can earn. While fixed price job oDesk cannot guarantee about the payment, but I think oDesk is working on it to provide safer working environment for freelancer.

Take Test!

One of the features that I like is to be able to take TEST! I admit that I hate test at school but I love it in oDesk, because you can retake as many time as you want and show the best score you can achieve to show buyers. But you only can retake test after one month on the same paper.  There is a lot of test you can choose from to test you skills and knowledge. Image below shows some(those that I passed =p) test that I’ve taken.

Also you can put up your portfolio, don’t let them hide in your computer storage, show the world what you can do and earn some money from it!

Wide variety of jobs

There is various kind of jobs you can find at oDesk and is not only for designer,

• Design & Multimedia
• Web Development
• Software Development
• Writing & Translation
• Administrative Support
• Customer Service
• Sales & Marketing
• Business Services
• Networking & Information Systems

So if you are interested, make sure you take a visit to their site and see how it works, if you have any question, you can ask me by leaving comments and hope that I will be able to help you.

Go to oDesk Website

//November 26th, 2009 /// 3 Comments » // Freelance

Win a Leading Graphic Information Design Book

Want to win this book?

This is an information design book that will let you learn to display complex visual data simply and with elegance. Pull back the layers and investigate these visual principles. Enhance your information design skills with this leading book in the field.

How to win?
To win this is simple, just go to this page –> Click Here and leave a comment with your name and correct email address  so that the staff at Vector tuts+ can contact you if you win.

When it Ends?
Make sure you go and comment before midnight this Friday, November 27th, 2009, Eastern Standard Time.

Good luck~!

//November 25th, 2009 /// No Comments » // Contest

Color IQ Test

I found this test when I am doing a bit research about color calibrator for monitor/LCD in the market. Color calibration is very important for professional photographer and also designer that need to deliver accurate color of artwork. I will talk more about what is Color Calibration in the future and why it is important.

What I want to share with you guys is a Color IQ Test, it test your eyes how you see colors. I found this at Xritephoto , they have various products for color management.

Color IQ Test

It is very simple to test, just Drag & Drop arranging the color hue , like a gradient from pink to yellow, yellow to green etc. After you finish, click the “Score Test” button to see how much you score, 0 is the highest score in here, means zero mistake.

My score : 3

I score 3 in this test, how much will you score?

Click here to start  Color IQ Test

//September 29th, 2009 /// 4 Comments » // Colors, Design

TweetDeck – Attention to twitter, facebook and myspace user!

TweetDeck is a great freeware that let you getting updates and post on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace without having open your web browser.  I”ve installed it and not even thinking to close it.

I can get updates of my facebook and twitter (I don’t have myspace) through TweetDeck every minutes without having to go to the page and refresh to see latest updates from my friends and community.

One of the stuff that I like with  TweetDeck is that I can arrange/organize columns of what kind of updates I want to see, like when my friends uploaded new pictures [column] , Status updates [column], Group updates [column] etc…  I see only what I want to see! No more ‘What you are  – Which animal you are – Who are you -  Where your first kiss will be – How you die ‘ quizzesssss flooding my wall… thank god..

I can reply to their comments directly and post stuff on my facebook wall and twitter both at the same time or either one.

“Tiny programs that make Twitter easier to use… Tweetdeck.”–

Video: surgeons using TweetDeck during an operation.  —

Features:

• Update Twitter, Facebook and MySpace in a click
• Manage conversations with @replies and direct messages
• Stay Organised with Groups
• See what’s hot with local trends and Twitscoop.
• Follow topics in real-time with saved searches
• Organise and update Facebook with TweetDeck
• Preview short URLs from the comfort of TweetDeck
• Manage multiple Twitter accounts easily
• Keep your TweetDeck safe with sync and back-up
• View photo thumbnails directly from TweetDeck
• Record, share and watch video clips within TweetDeck
• Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button
• Keep your finger on the pulse with MySpace
  

TweetDeck works on Windows, Mac, Linux

TweetDeck is also available on Iphone!

Go to TweetDeck Website Now

//September 28th, 2009 /// 2 Comments » // Freeware, Software

Won a HP Mini! Thanks for your vote!

Finally I get my HP Mini 110 today, its been a long day to wait for my prize to arrive to my company. I would like to thank everyone that vote for my video!

My new HP Mini

Those those who don’t know what I am talking about, I’ve joined a HP Video competition at Eyeka Asia April this year, although I didn’t get the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize, I get into  top 20 finalist with other contestants from other countries. And the 20 finalist will need to get most vote from public in order to win a Mini Laptop.

The netbook that I won is a HP Mini110-1006TU model, the spec are

//September 19th, 2009 /// No Comments » // Video, pc