Friday 26 November 2010
what a week...
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Wednesday 13 October 2010
missing my old office..
...just having a day of thinking about:
Vimto lollipops, mugs in the dishwaser, missing spoons, inflatable reindeer heads, traffic lights, my old paper mache cow of companionship, the big pink pig moneybox, sign off forms, chasing purchase orders...
and my friends :)
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Tuesday 12 October 2010
hello...
... I'm not dead... just really busy...
... don't panic Roger :)
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Thursday 15 April 2010
11 days to go...
...well, actually it is 11 working days, but that doesn't include days within that 11 that I am not actually in the office. So in fact it is more like 8ish days to go.
And then I join the group labeled as the 'full-time self employed'... eek!
I am still kinda bouncing from excitement to fear and back again, following a meeting I had today with a future client who loves the work I have done for them so far and is giving me even more work. I left the office where we met and I had a glow of job satisfaction.
Shortly after that I ended up back in my office where among the cloud of existing despair I was greeted by a bombardment of problems and things I had to fix, even though I hadn't caused the issues in the first place!?!?
my glow faded quickly
Atreyu: "Fight against the sadness Artax. Artax, please. You're letting the sadness of the swamps get to you. You have to try, you have to care. For me, I'm your friend, I love you."
(Artax is shortly after consumed by the sadness.)
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Thursday 11 March 2010
what a day...
as my facebook status says:
"I feel I should say something profound regarding the events of the day but can't think of anything really except to tell the guys that he works with that it has been a privilege working wth you. But different paths are now ahead... Let's se how good a designer I really am eh?"
What a last five years...
http://open.spotify.com/track/7Ap54TEMVlXUN4l1tzrTvY
...here's to the future.
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Tuesday 5 January 2010
newness...
Well it's 2010... there's snow on the ground and a chill in the air. So what does the year ahead hold? I dunno... I think my resolutions this year should fall around the following:
1) Do less free work for folk
I tend to volunteer to help people out when I really shouldn't. There are enough people out there who appreciate my skills and are willing to pay good money.
2) Less of the sarcasm
Yep, I tend to be a bit too sarcastic.
3) Get fit
A staple resolution each year but this year it is probably more likely with me enjoying a bit of kickboxing.
4) Stop gardening
Amazingly I was out clearing the gardening plot and discovered a single carrot last weekend! I had thought they had all been eaten by some evil bug but nope... one survived. This year the ground is going to rest and so shall I. The ground is soon to be a nice big rabbit run.
5) Don't even think about doing another '10 things'
That project almost killed me and I quickly was working on a billion things and losing my free time. So from last year I am selecting the most profitable and developing them into sustainable incomes. They will probably be:
www.makeasockmonkey.co.uk
Steadily going well. I just need to do a bit of publicity for it.
www.localbusinesscard.co.uk
A good idea that just need some time invested in getting it all rolling.
www.starinajar.co.uk
My own company, going from strength to strength.
www.lifeismootiful.co.uk
Cows! selling well in America, I should have some money soon to look at getting them printed and sold in UK shops
www.inmemoryofthem.co.uk
Working with jenny to provide an extension service to starinajar.
Watch this space...
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