Articles by: Hanna Brooks Olsen

[caption id="attachment_8597" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr[/caption] First, let's get one thing straight: Though he's often credited as the source of this quote, Ernest Hemingway probably did not give the advice of "write drunk, edit sober. " Not only was it totally out of character with his daily habits (Hemingway loved to write in the morning), it also can't be sourced.

[caption id="attachment_8579" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo via Flickr[/caption] This week, Google[X] VP and former VP of business development at Google Megan Smith was named the White House's new Chief Technology Officer. But back in 2013, when Megan took to the CreativeLive stage during Secrets from Silicon Valley, she gave examples of how technology and creativity are not only bolstering the economy, but also enabling individuals around the world to have access to crucial information and resources.

[caption id="attachment_8544" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Andy Smith via Flickr[/caption] With the exception of those who work with hard media like wood, clay, or paint, a strange thing has happened to artists and makers in the digital era: We've stopped getting our hands dirty as much. Designers work largely on tablets, not drafting tables.

[caption id="attachment_8551" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Markus Spiske via Flickr[/caption] Though the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics (also known as the jobs report) woefully neglect the new class of freelancers, part-timers, and gig economists, plenty of other organizations have a vested interest in knowing exactly how many Americans are making a living -- or even just contributing to their income -- by freelancing, working for themselves, or taking on work in addition to their full-time employment. A new report from the Freelancers Union and Elance-oDesk, though, shows that the U.

Among the things that most of us are afraid of, spiders, clowns, and snakes rank fairly high on the list. But there's another fear that's pretty common -- and it's a lot more present in our everyday lives.

[caption id="attachment_8496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel[/caption] We've all heard it: This is the era of the freelance economy, where the autodidact rules and the jack-of-at-least-many-trades is more marketable than the guy with one degree in one focus from one decent school. The rules are changing — in part because we want them to, and in part because we can't stop them from doing so.

[caption id="attachment_8462" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Andrew Beeston via Flickr[/caption] Picture this: You're new on the job. Everyone else seems to already know what they're doing, but you -- you aren't sure where anything is.