The blog

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...

Having a play

29 June 2008

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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This year’s charity

28 June 2008

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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Some thoughts on freelancing

17 June 2008

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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Calendars

11 April 2008

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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Job sheets - something I’ve learnt

7 April 2008

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 the big one…

1 April 2008

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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Triumphant (ahem) return to stage!

30 March 2008

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!
It’s another […]

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Heather Baker site complete

10 March 2008

Heather Baker site - largeI’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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Will Word For Food

Will Word For Food is my writing portfolio site, including lessons and articles about writing for the web. Here are the latest articles:


Can’t read, can’t write - Jul 29 - lesson
The versatile bread and butter pudding - Jun 12 - recipe
The world’s hardest joke to get right? - Apr 25 - question
Will food for words - Apr 06 - recipe

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