What's the 'usual' projected timeline for a completed web project?

Because all new projects (whether design or coding) are of different scale and scope, it's impossible to predict the exact amount of time one individual piece of work will take to complete. I ensure to inform clients of my progress during a project, and we work together to create realistic deadlines.

So does being freelance mean you work completely alone?

For the time being yes. Most of my work is completed from home, and my only current liaisons are with third-party companies such as web hosts and printers. Working as a lone freelancer allows me total freedom to meet the expectations of my clients, without the restraints of forced deadlines and team conflict in design decisions.

You mention 'Web Standards' in the About section. What does this mean?

Web standards has become the grassroots technical standard that help define the internet, particularly the philosophy of increasing performance and accessibility for the end-user.

Taken from the Web Standards Wiki -

"Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites, and a philosophy of web design and development that includes those methods."

What software do you use?

I'm currently using Adobe Creative Suite 3 which meets all my design needs. Dreamweaver is used to code and organize, while Fireworks and Photoshop are used to design.