What Neil Perkin shipped in 2015 This is a great idea – a sort of “yearbook” summary of someone’s working year. This makes a lot of sense for those of us in the independent digital consultancy game. I learnt about…
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A collection of 10 posts
The price of the four-day weekend
I sometimes underestimate just how different the life I choose to live is. I can often work where I want – like the coffee shop I’m sat in right now. I have a lot of freedom to pick and choose…
Next steps, two years on
Why you shouldn’t be a freelancer, you should be a company: Remember, you’re not a no-strings-attached temporary employee, you’re an expert in your field whom clients come to because they want the best product possible and can…
Managing your time isn't enough
One thing that’s vital to bear in mind during busy periods is that managing your time and managing your ability to do cognitively-demanding work are two very different things. It’s doesn’t matter how well you chunk up…
And...back
Right now, I’m in the foothills of the most scarily busy phase of my consulting life since a few weeks back at the beginning of the year. My diary is looking pretty solid, bar a few gaps for content/…
Design Your Day
Interested in productivity, working better and making most efficient use of the digital age? You might want to read this eBook. Design Your Day is part of Nokia’s Smarter everyday project, that talks very little about phones and quite…
Moments from One Man's life
Once in a while, I miss the regularity and routine of the corporate job. That’s not my life any more, though, and recent weeks have sent in my life into something of a spiral of complexity. I’ve been…
New starts, several times over...
Blimey. It’s been a bit quiet around here, hasn’t it? Here’s why: I’ve just moved. We finally have the house we have been working towards for the past five years or so, and not before time,…