At last night's design meet up many of you asked if I would post a list of my fav sources and blog about my experience + struggles + happy moments of starting out as a freelancer. Lets start with the goodies, this should hold you over until the weekend :) Post your comments linking to other sites or articles you love, follow a noteworthy blog or just want to say 'gracias.' So get your delicious tags ready, happy exploring!//
Resources
Freelance Switch has a job board, forums and a ton of resources about making the switch
Creativebits writes for the design community, offers critique posts, jobs and design news
DesignMag freebies, resources, jobs, freelancing, tuts
Colourlovers love this site! Make your own color palettes, share or choose theirs
Portfolio + Network sites
Coroflot great national + international exposure, agencies + recruiters
Flickr lots of awesome designers + groups, network
Creative + Inspiration
abduzeedo blogs about inspiration, interviews + tuts
Blogs
Chad Engle hosts a twitter forum #DCTH on Thursday nights 7p EST and writes about trends, tuts, freebies
WebDesignerWall this blog is often featured for inspiration and design trends, they write about techie news, web trends and post tutorials
Bittbox Jay blogs about trends, freebies (lots), has a large following, flickr showcase group
Technical + apps
Billings3 awesome time tracking + billing software, 21-day trail, LUV this! Make my life easy. Mac friendly. Need to send large files? If you don't have access to an ftp site this one is free (100MB) or check this list.