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Time Tracking with Harvest
20 January 2011
Read moreSince I started working for myself almost 6 months ago, I've had to get to grips with running a company myself, and I must admit that the paperwork was one thing that stopped me from making this move sooner! I've kept everything in order and I'd like to mention one tool which has helped me hugely with that: Harvest.
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360 Degree Feedback
17 November 2010
Read moreI mentioned the 360 Degree Feedback Technique during my keynote at PHPNW10 and had many comments and questions about it since, so I thought I'd post about it in more detail
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Business Strategies: Office Day
09 November 2010
Read moreI'm now self-employed, which means that I have to do my own administration, invoicing, accounts, correspondence, sales, marketing and maintenance (not to mention running the household, a sports team, and whatever else I've volunteered to get involved with lately). I am pretty organised as a person, which is a real …
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Three Months In: The (Ad)Venture Continues
21 October 2010
Read moreIt's three months since I gave up the day job and so many people have asked me how it's going, that I thought I'd give a quick round up!
I am a statistics nut so it will surprise nobody that I track my time religiously (using harvest, which I'll post about some day soon). From this I can tell you that I spend about 40% of my time working for other people, and the rest doing things like writing, preparing talks, accounts, meetings, or whatever. I've also taken 14 days off, which has been absolutely fabulous after a decidedly work-heavy first half of 2010. The biggest change is that I've only worked one weekend day. One.
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Whose Responsibility is Your Career?
20 July 2009
Read moreI guess we've all seen this geek witticism, its a little piece of the fabric of the culture. Personally I split people into two groups along other lines: those that look out for their own professional interests, and those who don't.
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Six Months of Telecommuting
17 August 2008
Read moreAlthough it seems impossible, I really have been in my "new" job for 6 months. The big change this time around is that my new role is based almost entirely from home - I'm a salaried, 40-hours-per-week, home worker. This post is about my experiences adapting to this change rather than …
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Preparing to Telecommute
09 February 2008
Read moreOn Monday I start my new job and I'll be mostly working from home which will be nice, but quite a change. I have a lot of online friends that I have yet to meet in real life but to have a whole set of colleagues, some of them in another country is all new to me.
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New Job Announcement
23 January 2008
Read moreFollowing on from my post about needing a new job, the observant among you may have noticed that I have yet to post the promised sequel about myself and my skills. That's because I don't need to - I have a job! I will soon start a job with IBuildings, an …
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So Begins a New Chapter
18 January 2008
Read moreI'd like to announce that today I parted company with my employers Coolpink to the satisfaction (and probably benefit) of both sides.
To answer the first three questions: Yes, I am fine. Yes, they are paying me my notice period so I won't starve. And yes, I need a new …
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Models and Mentors
16 October 2007
Read moreThe thing with a blog is that its public, so sometimes there are things that happen in my life that I don't write about here - especially when these are work-related. So instead I'd like to chatter about people I have met in my professional life who have influenced me.
Mentors …
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Small Company vs Big Company
17 August 2007
Read moreWhen choosing a career move, whether its your first job out of university or the next step on the ladder, the type of organisation you work in will make quite a difference. Different sectors are all different and each has their own culture, but the size of the organisation is …
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5 Things I'll Miss About My Job - And 5 Things I Won't
21 February 2007
Read moreIn case you missed it I’m leaving my job. I’ve been with the company one year and its had its ups and downs, I thought I’d share some of each.
Things I’ll Miss
- My colleagues. It took them months to speak to me at all, and …