Back when I first started this whole website thing, I was the most fortunate freelance designer in the history of the universe. My first 3 clients were a veritable who’s who of the “web 2.0” era—Copyblogger, SEObook, and Text Link Ads.
These fine folks taught me a lot about what it takes to succeed online, and working with them raised my profile to a point where I was eventually able to abandon freelance work and focus solely on passion projects like WordPress Themes and Golden Ratio Typography.
If you’re curious about the ancient history of web design, then you might enjoy the following links, which trace the arc of my freelance design career.