Articles by: Hanna Brooks Olsen

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[caption id="attachment_8278" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Won Park on Flickr.

When designer, Swiss Miss blogger, and CreativeMornings founder Tina Roth Eisenberg first came up with the idea for a breakfast lecture series, people thought she was crazy. Getting people in New York City to get to anything is hard, let alone something that happens before 9am on a work day.

[caption id="attachment_8037" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Dave Fayram via Flickr[/caption] Conventional wisdom (and your boss, probably) would tell you that browsing on the internet during work hours is a big no-no. But when social media has become a full-time job, and many of us are marketing our own personal brands in addition to those of our employers, the line between work-related and non-work-related tends to get a little fuzzy.

[caption id="attachment_8008" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Paško Tomić via Flickr[/caption] Often viewed as the height of narcissism, selfies can -- bear with us -- actually be a great exercise in branding, marketing, and generally being a social person. After all, people have been taking self-portraits for ages, and in today's modern era of sharing and social media, including your own likeness in photos that document your life or location can be a really great way to keep your family, friends, or fans up to date on what you're doing.

There's a never-ending debate among creative professionals centering around one seemingly simple question: Should you work for free?

Both an uncomfortable requisite and a grand adventure, going on tour is part of the life of a musician. But it's not just the entertainers who endure/enjoy the weeks spent away from home in favor of tightly-packed spaces and late, late nights; technicians, mamangers, and yes, even photographers are also along for the ride to make sure the entire thing goes off flawlessly — and it documented all the way.

Life as a freelancer looks different for everyone, and it doesn't look very much like what non-freelancers think it does. No, we don't sit in our pajamas all day, and no, we're not kindly saying we're "freelancing" when what we mean is we're unemployed.