A quick update on my availability and new work: I now have a full time job, and as such I’m not available during office hours. I am still available to do some work, but I’ll be a lot more selective about the jobs I take on now – I’ll be refocussing on writing, which you […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

One of the first things I did when I started up was buy a DAB digital radio. I love my DAB. I’d like another one, for my room, so I can listen when I wake up or when I read. Why a DAB? Because of the extra stations. One extra station, in fact – 6Music. […]