Comments on: I’m Alive

By: Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage

Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:27:28 +0000

That is always the trick. Finding the time to do everything we need to do, and everything we want to do.

By: Anne@Effective Time Tracking

Anne@Effective Time Tracking — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:44:49 +0000

Welcome back Anna and thanks for the update. I know exactly how you feel and have been hoping someone would hurry up and invent the human cloning machine so I can hire myself to do twice the work!

I have heard about the Odesk site before and will have a good look at it (when I have a spare 5 mins) as it seems like a great way to make a few extra bucks.

Good luck with everything and I will look forward to you next articles.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:54:20 +0000

@my swarovski – I’m sorry to hear you weren’t happy with 99designs. Were you ordering a graphic? What went wrong?

I have used Rent-a-Coder successfully. I still use them but I mainly prefer Odesk, and only go to Rent-a-Coder now if I can’t find what I want on Odesk.

One gripe I had with RAC was that in the beginning, I had to wait long periods of time before my listing was approved and published. By then, it was often too late. Particularly when one considers the time zone element of working with providers in Phillipines and the Indian Sub Continent. After I had run several bids, they removed the requirement for my listings to be manually approved, but by then I had already migrated to Odesk.

Odesk listings are instant. I have had many occasions when I needed a task done and I had someone working on it within minutes of me posting the job. The simpler the job, the faster the bids come in, and the more bids there are.

I also find the Rentacoder design to be difficult to navigate and read. Odesk has some navigation issues to get used to, but it is much easier to read and follow.

I hope that helps!

By: my swarovski crystal beads

my swarovski crystal beads — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:03 +0000

Hi Anna
i would love to hear your experience with rentacoder, i used 99designs.com last month and i was very unhappy, i guess i tried just to see how their business model worked, seems like they have inexperienced coders and designers, thats why im wondering if you used rentacoder and how your experience was? thanks so much and love reading your blogs

Tommy

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:34:24 +0000

@comforpedic – Thank you! Truthfully I could update that one a lot more often as well. Plenty of photos still sitting on my hard drive …

By: comforpedic

comforpedic — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:29:24 +0000

Even if you can’t always afford to get to this blog, it’s nice to see that you are keeping up with your photography.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:06:15 +0000

@Neales – Thanks for the encouragement. My schedule is definitely steadily improving and a lot more has been fitting in than it used to! Now to just get the rest of it back into the carpet bag …

By: Neales

Neales — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:15:23 +0000

Well, Anna, take one job at a time just like you live only one minute at a time. I have employed time management techniques and have even scheduled for leisure therein.

By: Michael Hoppal

Michael Hoppal — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:49:51 +0000

As a freelancer, I have had little success with oDesk. All the workers seem to be willing to work for a lot less than I am, and most of the employers fail to see that somebody charging $3 an hour is only worth $1 an hour.

I am still trying to learn how to balance blogging with homework, as I am signed up for seven classes and a lab next semester. Kind of ironic since I blog about balance…
Michael Hoppal´s last blog ..Life Coaches: Useful?

By: Minneapolis Lawyer

Minneapolis Lawyer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:31:45 +0000

Anna, Thanks for your suggestion about Odesk. I totally feel your pain about not enough hours in the day. I was making my New Year’s resolutions and wondered how I could add about two hours per day just to help me execute my resolutions.

I’ve had decent luck finding consultants from elance. Though I do usually need to weed through lots of bad resumes…

Going to try Odesk.

Thanks!