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Behind The Firm List Blog
Self-Promotion
I've been working on The Firm List quietly for more than 3 years now. During that time,
I've had full-time jobs, been self-employed and now unemployed. The Firm List has never been a business nor is it a
full-time occupation for me. I am a web professional. This is an example of what I do.
I have no intentions of turning this from a free site to a pay-based one. I think that would defeat my reasons for
running it. I'm trying to provide a set of tools & resources that people find useful. A set of tools & resources that
I find useful.
Many people have asked how they could give back to the site, the web design community, and in some cases to me specifically.
In answer to those questions, I have put together a little page with possible ways you can "give back." If you're
interested, check the list here.
You might also see a few advertisements related to this notion of "giving back" including a request to help me raise
funds to attend the HOW Design Conference in Orlando this summer as well as requesting any job leads you might have for
me.
I feel really funny doing all of this. It's uncomfortable for me to ask anything in return even though everyone tells
me I should be charging for this site and making money off of it. I don't want this to turn into a money-focused project.
But I also don't want it to become a thankless chore I work on day after day.