I'm curious to know if people are hiring or being hired through the Forrst community.

Meaning, are people making connections here that lead to paid gigs (freelance or fulltime)?

Where do you find the people you subcontract on your client projects? Or if you subcontract for someone, how did they find you?

Where do you find the people you hire as full-time employees? Or if you work full time for a company, how did they first find you?

My answer:

My business is built on my relationships with subcontractors (mostly designers, developers, and copywriters). Historically, I found most of them through posting job ads on the FreelanceSwitch.com job board. These days, I reach out to people I see on Twitter, blogs, Dribbble, or Forrst, who have done impressive work or I like their ideas that they write about.

How do you make these initial connections?

I'm posing this question as research for a Team Relationship Management app, called Skipper, which @jroes and I are building

Client says: "I heard a downside (of WP) includes relatively weak security. Can you comment on this?"

How should #WordPress folks respond? Links to articles? etc?

As we're building the alpha release of Skipper, a new Team Relation Management app, I'm working on some copy to use on our website for the app.

The following is intended to explain what the app is and why you need it. I'm not a trained copywriter, so any help/feedback on wording or tone is appreciated. I'd also like to know if any parts are unclear or leave you confused.

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Skipper

A Team Relationship Management system for growing your team and scaling your business.

When it's time to scale up...

Skipper is here to make order of the chaos. Your business is thriving and you need to grow your team quickly and efficiently. The challenge is making sure you hire the best people while matching them to the roles that your projects demand.

Assembling a team is tough--particularly for the solo or small shop operation. To get this crucial business process right, you need a system in place to tie all of the pieces together. Here are the key elements that make up the Skipper TRM system:

People

Great companies are built with great people. Whether you run a virtual agency made up of remote workers or you manage an in-house team, your people are your greatest asset. The ship won't sail itself!

Skipper helps you organize your list of people, sort them by areas of expertise, keep internal notes and keep up with their social activity.

Projects

A steady stream of projects is what keeps your ship afloat. Projects often require a mix of experts fulfilling various roles. It takes careful planning and quick maneuvering to navigate around the storms that lie ahead.

Skipper helps you keep a birds eye view of your operation: Who's working on which projects, which roles need filling, what is approaching on the horizon.

Applicants

As your business grows, you need more hands on deck. Staffing up or growing your network of subcontractors can be a grueling process. This is where Skipper really shines.

Receive job board responses, referrals, and other applicants all in one place. Create "short lists" as the best candidates rise to the top and filter out those who don't meet your criteria. Ready to bring someone onboard? Add them to your team using Skipper's streamlined process.

Most of the time, I simply find and embed fonts found on the fontsquirrel.com directory—that way there are no issues with paying or subscribing to an embed license.

But sometimes, there is a requirement to use a paid font, like Myriad Pro (as is the case for my current client project). This one, like many, can be used via TypeKit.

I see only 2 options here: I open a subscription to TypeKit (which I personally have no need for) and serve up my clients font from my account. Or explain to my client that they will need subscribe to this service called Typekit, pay a monthly fee, so that they can have Myriad Pro embedded in their site. Neither are good options IMO.

How do you guys handle these font issues with clients?

I read all about the new voting system..

Wondering where do I cast a vote for someone I'd like to invite into Forrst? I don't see anything in the panel for "vote".

Also, it says when I reach the 92nd percentile, I'll get an invite to give out. Is there somewhere I can see which percentile I'm currently at? Or is this hidden from users?

Hello forrsters. I'm wondering if it's possible to use pure CSS3 + HTML and no javascript to have an on click event. As a simple example, I'd like to show and hide a div, triggered by clicking some other element. I'd also use a CSS3 transition effect on the show/hide.

Making this happen on hover is certainly possible with CSS3 alone. But it's the on click event that makes me think JavaScript (jQuery) would required. Can someone prove me wrong about that?

The browsers I'd like to support are: IE7+, FF3+, Safari, Chrome.