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I'm Eric, the co-founder of Versive, an AI-powered survey platform. Before starting Versive, I worked in product and design, most recently at Vareto, Uber, and Bread. I spent New Year’s weekend rebuilding my personal website (ericli.io) as a game-inspired interface. Here's how I did it (with some takeaways at the end). The idea I’m a self-taught designer and developer who loves to learn by creating. I think a personal website is the perfect place for learning and experimenting.

There are definitely people out there who don’t need support building a thriving side hustle. If you feel confident and focused in your idea, have a clear outline of the steps you need to take to get there, and are self-motivated enough to actually make those things happen, feel free to stop reading this article now and devote this time back to your side hustle. For the rest of us, a nudge in the right direction can be valuable in making our side hustle dreams a reality.

Traditionally, a storyboard is a frame-by-frame outline for a video. It kind of looks like a comic strip – each panel representing one visual still. Often used in the film industry, it creates a playbook for shooting content. Think of it like a visual roadmap. For early animated films, storyboards were the first step to formal artwork. But even if you’re not working in the movie biz, a storyboard can be a super helpful tool to help organize your thoughts for yourself or collaborators.

Editor's note: We've partnered with technology company Atticus AI to provide insights on complex legal topics such as brand rights, contracts, and policies to benefit the Polywork community. A privacy policy is a legal document explaining how a company handles user data. This may include personal details like names and addresses, as well as browsing patterns and purchase history. Here, we outline how to create your very own privacy policy.

Our first Polywork Reads of 2024 is upon us, and with it, a selection of the latest articles from around the web spanning side income, personal branding, and the future of work. We know that you may have missed these while you were detaching from media (read: reality) for a few days, so we’ve got you covered.

For our first product update to kick off the new year (and to add to our previous update), we're here to give you the lowdown on the latest additions and enhancements to our personal website builder released at the end of December. This edition of our product updates include: The return of the Timeline view More on the latest and greatest updates below! (Need to catch up on our previous updates?

Just do it. Have it your way. Got milk. Eat fresh. They’re some of the most famous and recognizable brand taglines. All it takes is a few words to conjure up an entire understanding of the attached brand—the company’s products, aesthetic, and overall personality. But you? You aren’t a pair of sneakers or a sandwich. You’re a person, not a product. And that makes the idea of cultivating a “brand” for yourself seem…well, a little weird. What exactly is a personal brand? You do have a brand, though.

We’re in a reflective mood at Polywork HQ — there’s been a lot to look back upon in the past few months — and even more to look forward to in the new year. Probably our biggest milestone was helping you build side income and a personal brand that stands out through our new personal website builder. We put out the call and you more than answered, putting your own spin on the sites that showcase more of you to the world.

If it seems like everyone and their mom has a personal brand these days, you’re not wrong—and it’s only going to keep growing in popularity. In the coming years, “we’re going to see a mass increase of people thinking about and getting intentional about their brands,” said Jessica Zweig, CEO & Founder of personal branding agency SimplyBe. Part of the reason building a strong personal brand is a growing trend is because it works.

For many people in the tech industry, the affinity for writingstops at writing code. But for others who love both the mechanics of language and the inner workings of IT, UX writing presents an opportunity for a successful career that merge the two. , the average annual salary for a UX writer in the U.S. hovers around $125,000. That’s and nearly double the (although, of course salaries vary with experience, title, and region).