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I've been keeping this blog since long before I started the business. Have a browse through my thoughts on work, life, the web and more...

I’m playing this afternoon with Drupal, an open-source content management system I’ve seen used a lot - and I know to work well - which I’ve never set up myself before. It’s quite good fun. It’s only on a local installation (I run Apache on my PC to test this sort of thing) but who […]

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Every year I try to give a little to a chosen charity to make myself feel better about the excellent job I have. This year I’m giving what I can to help The Samaritans build a new room in London. Find out more here.

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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the life of a freelancer. I’ve been doing it now for over 18 months and have had lots of the ups and downs associated with it. It’s hard work, but very rewarding, and has been a real life-changing experience. Blogging about it serves two purposes; it should give […]

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I’ve been experimenting with Google Calendar recently in an attempt to keep my appointments up to date on both PC and Mac. I use iCal on the Mac - which is excellent - and synchronise with my PDA using The Missing Sync, the latest version of which is a lot more stable than the old […]

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I’ve just completed my first full financial year of self employment - and, like my past anniversaries, I’ve blogged a little business advice. This time it’s job sheets and project folders - the best way for the busy freelancer to organise themselves.

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Six months until I’m 30 - that’s a scary thought. An updated list of things to do before that, and a question: where should I become an old man? Holiday ideas gratefully received.

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Last night I went along to my first ever poetry slam, in Cambridge, and read a couple of poems - a very old one and quite a new one. Much to my surprise (and probably the chagrin of the far better poets there) I won the audience vote with my incredibly crude old poem!
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I’ve just completed work on a rare (but nicely distracting) design and build job for a friend - Heather Baker, an actress based in Cambridge. Heather needed a site to carry her portfolio and biographical details to send out for castings - so I’ve built a site with a simple gallery and some YouTube videos.

Find out more about the site here.

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