I left out portfolios in my meta-answer below, it feels like the first thing designers concentrate on and typically procrastinate on forever because they build

I left out portfolios in my meta-answer below, it feels like the first thing designers concentrate on and typically procrastinate on forever because they build it up in their heads to something that needs to be perfect before it can be unveiled. I know because I've done this and so has every designer I've ever talked to. Having said that, yeah, having a folio up is definitely worthwhile. I went freelance in Nov and have been booked solid with work every day since just because of the case study area of my site I put up during the summer: http://alabut.com/work.html http://alabut.com/work.html