Very few things published on the Internet inspire me.  I mean really inspire me…like goose bump, spine tingling, get off your duff inspire.  I just got inspired by a blog post of a photographer.  By know you know that I enjoy snapping a set of pictures in between coding a full day, eating and coding into the night.  But my nights are reserved for those truly worthy projects.  The kind that are driven by passionate mad men that movies are made about.  My latest pet project is Pack3084.com.  Being inspired by Cub Scouts will make your nights long, but your heart warm…

Back to the chase (inspiration that is).  The Strobist blog has an amazing case built on working for free.  Well, only for free when it’s the projects that won’t get done unless it is for free.  After all is said and done, we do have to eat and pay the mortgage, too.  After reading this post most of the concepts can be applied to the web development world…here’s a few to entice you to click through and read the entire article.

• Free Buys Access
• Free Removes Boundaries
• Free Buys You Near Total Control
• Free is Powerful Karma
• But I don’t want to be Branded as a Free Photographer Web Developer
• Why Now? Isn’t the Whole World Caving In?

If you’re still reading click through, click through and read now.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/12/four-reasons-to-consider-working-for.html