8th Jun 2009
It seems like most of the web has already linked to this but this post by Bud Caddell regarding How to be Happy in Business perfectly summarises the situation for many freelancers in digital media particularly. It certainly fits with the situation I generally find myself in.
22nd Apr 2009
After managing only one on-time update I failed to deliver a resolution review on April 4th for a variety of reasons. In reality I have little to report which is any different March 3rd - still plugging away at my two key resolutions. The continued poor economy makes this a particularly challenging time to make [...]
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22nd Apr 2009
I stumbled across this article from Matthew Homann on how to trade unfulfilling business for self respect. It resonates well until point 5 which seems kind of unachievable in a down economy.
3rd Mar 2009
It’s already time for my first review of the Groundhog Day Resolutions that I made back in February. The month has passed by very quickly but I have been able to make some progress on both of my major resolutions for this year and start to think about some of the other tasks I [...]
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19th Feb 2009
Jason Fried hits the nail squarely on the head with this short post on the dangers of trying to keep too many balls in the air at the same time.
17th Feb 2009
Belatedly linking to this post from Andy Budd which makes perfect sense to me.
16th Feb 2009
A quick ‘How To’ which enables the display of a list of Magento subcategories in a static block on a category page.
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4th Feb 2009
The ever useful Rails Guides site has had a facelift and has a great new look making it much more usable, ahead of the release of Rails 2.3.
2nd Feb 2009
Following my previous post in which I explained my reasons for making Groundhog Day resolutions in the style of David Seah, rather than the more traditional New Year Resolutions (remember those?), it’s now time to make these resolutions public. Whilst I very much doubt anybody has much interest in reading about my resolutions, the simple [...]
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28th Jan 2009
The Times report on the unfortunate case of one man’s trip from Mumbai to London on Virgin Atlantic and his subsequent letter of complaint to Sir Richard Branson. Truly very funny and apparently worthy of a response from Sir Richard himself.