May 14th, 2008
How many times have you thought, “Wow… what a great idea, I must put that on my to-do list?” but have never followed through? I wrote a while back about maintaining focus and I guess this ties in a little bit and definitely follows on, this is the topic of “Pulling the trigger”.
After putting on The Highland Fling 2008 - The browser and beyond, I knew that I had to write a post about how wonderful the day was and how much it meant to me but I also knew I wanted to write something other than a carbon copy of what people were expecting.
Back in 2006 when I had the concept for doing the conference it scared the crap out of me, it was something that I had never done before, it was outside fo my comfort zone but I still went ahead and did it. I pulled the trigger!
Many times since I started working for myself I have had ideas rush past me and I have never acted upon them, I didn’t pull the trigger, I didn’t reap the benefits from pulling the trigger either. Although I don’t regret much in my life I do regret not having acted on a lot that has been on my mind, that said there is still a lot there which I do plan on acting on.
I was once told that an idea means nothing unless it has been put on paper, recorded in some shape or form otherwise it will be forgotten. Very wise words indeed. I envy designers and their fascinating mood boards, I miss the frenzy of a brainstorm in an agency environment and I wish I kept a digital scrap book to act as my idea sponge. I think it is really important to find a way of storing these waves of ideas that rush over us, a net for catching all the cool thoughts we have. I’d maintain a wiki but they bore me and to be honest I find them confusing as they grow arms and legs and then before you know it they have turned into a monster.
The Highland Fling was set up to help inspire people, to bring together like minded people and help them forge new ideas, relationships and plans for moving forward in what they do every day. I have encountered a wide variety of hurdles in doing the event but I have always done my best to get over them and move on. To do this I had to decide on what I wanted to do about it and pull the trigger!
Pulling the trigger is a final act, once you’ve done it you have commited (hopefully not an act of homicide), you’ve made a final decision, you’ve said to yourself that you are going to do something and you’ve crossed the line, there should be no turning back.
Perhaps this article is not really my follow up to the conference, I’ve been a very busy man over the past three years and I’m wondering if this is an introspective look at where and when I pull the trigger.
To be honest I think I have using a sub machine gun of late, I organised The Highland Fling whilst working on contract and dealing with my own clients at night, having house rennovations done and to top it all off I got married 3 weeks ago on Friday and I’m now down in London contracting.
Pulling the trigger? I think I just fired a cannon!
One thing that I’ve realised of late is one of the reasons I haven’t been blogging much, I fell into a trap where I felt I should be writing about certain things instead of just being myself. I presented myself with a mental hurdle which prevented me from writing about whatever came into my mind, free thoughts for the public.
I’m glad I’m over that hurdle now and look forward to pulling the trigger on a more regular basis.
Take care folks…
August 14th, 2007
Life… what a broad topic, there are many aspects to it and maybe I will cover them all one day but the one I want to cover just now is maintaining focus. Over the last few months I have been a very busy man and this is a topic that is very close to my heart as it is not an easy task. How do you balance the equilibrium of life and also maintain focus? How do you make sure you do what you are supposed to do on all fronts, who do you turn to for support how do you know if you are going in the right directions?
I recently discovered an energy drink called Relentless and I love their ethos and taglines…
It’s goodbye to the shortcuts, Hello to the grind.
Nobody ever said it would be and easy ride. Suffer for your art.
Words that have rung hard in my ears quite heavily over the past few months. Last year I got made redundant which was a bit of a blow, first thing I did when I found out was hit the pub and started smoking again, but what I have done since then I am very proud of.
Things I have acheived… (the pros)
- Become my own boss
- Been around a lot more to see the kids growing up… but not as much as I would like!
- Asserted myself
- Maintained a positive attitude in the face of adversity
- Run the first web standards conference in Scotland which I hope has helped a lot of people besides myself
- Built my own office
- Gained the respect of clients who I now work with on a regular basis
- Contracted up and down the country
- Helped people bring their businesses online and nurtured their understanding of the web
- Actually managed to pay my mortgage
- Got involved in some Stuff & Nonsense
- Made some really good friends. The are more of you out there and I apologise for not adding you here but I am going to dedicate a post to friends very shortly… my apologies in the short term.
Some things I haven’t done
- Spent as much time with the famlily as I would like
- Gone home to see my friends more regularly… I moved 150 miles away 2 years ago.
- Not blogged as much as I want to and let you guys down
- Created a rainy day fund
- Done up the rest of the house
- My own business web site redesign
- Tied up some loose ends I know I should have
- Paid the bloody council tax when I should have
- Tidied up properly when I moved into my office
- Attend the 3rd @media conference (which I am still bummed about)
So… by now you might get an idea of how hectic my life has been, it hasn’t been easy but somehow I have managed to drive through it all. I’m not going to lie, some of it has been hard, some of it has been down right fun… most of it has been a combination of both but in order to survive, I have to maintain focus, set goals and strive for them.
How do you maintain focus? How do you set your goals?
I am in the process of trying to decide where I want to be going, I know that now I am (dare I say) established in what I do work wise, I need make sure I keep that going. Without work I cannot function and I guess this is where my dilema lies but where I also believe my solution is staring at me.
To have a true balance in my focus, I need to remember who I am and the things in life that enjoy.
Balance at work
I want to settle into a 9 to 5 routine with work, to do this I need to fine tune my business model, calander, working days and make sure that I make the time to do this in my schedule whilst keeping clients happy.
My problem is that there is always something that needs done, client work is not the only thing you do in business, I have my own projects that I want to get off the ground beyond my client work.. This blog for example used to be a key part of my online presence… in fact… it is my presence, it has been my heart and soul for the last couple of years and will continue to be.
The number one rule I am learning is that time waits for no man… be it’s master!.
I think something that is key and another valuable lesson that I am slowly learning is that switching off completely can be a very good thing and is something I plan to do a lot more of.
It’s goodbye to the shortcuts, Hello to the grind.
Nobody ever said it would be and easy ride. Suffer for your art.
I stand by this quote and this ethos but I am looking forward to embracing the other side of my life a little more.
Balance at home
Since I began working from home I have been a bit of a hermitt, not just to the outside world but also from my family to an extent, I POP over to read what Matt Brett is getting up to now and again and he seems to have the work / family thing dialed.
I became a step parent nearly 5 years ago now and it has not been the easiest of jobs, I have chosen not to write about the negatives in the past because they are not important, it is the good times that are. Part of the reason I continue to work from home is that I get to spend time (however limited) with the kids even if sometimes it can be heated.
Caroline is nearly finished training as a recruitment consultant and since she has been out at work, I have taken the role of errr… working house bloke… general all round batter, try to the best I can do. I personally think I am not doing too bad a job, I get Elsie to nursery in the mornings, pick her up at night and try to make sure we get to play on the swings on the way home. Charlotte is a slightly different kettle of fish, sometimes we get on fine (and I know there is more there) and sometimes we fight.
I guess when it comes to Charlotte I will be the enemy for at least another 10 years, I don’t know why but I am quite stern with her, I don’t think that is a bad thing to be honest but it has to be counter balanced with the good times. The look on her face when she succeeded at waterskiing was timeless and I want to see more looks like that, I want to take care of the work side so that ultimately I can do more fun things where I can actually be looked up to and asked for help.
Balance in heart
I have to give Caroline a special mention here as she is the other half of me, we work so bloody hard at the moment that we never really get that much time together and I miss it dearly, I know she does too. It is so easy to get get caught up in a routine and forget to take yourselves out of it, this one of my new primary goals… spend more time with the woman I am going to spend the rest of my life with!
It isn’t easy moving away from your friends to a strange city, buying a house in a town where you know anybody, doing nothing other than working, eating and mostly dealing with cabin fever. Don’t get me wrong, I have made some good friends as I have said earlier but we are somewhat missing the baby sitter network we once had so we don’t get out much any more and we are both quite social creatures.
I love the girl to bits and it is about time I showed her I am as passionate about her as I am about all the other things I get up to.
Balance for me
Work, my kids and the love of my life are the most important things in the world to me and if all the things I have talked about happen then I will be a happy man… but what about the selfish side?
In order for anyone to survive and be happy in life they need to do things that they enjoy, their personal hobbies and goals that they keep to that make them who they are. I have been playing EVE Online to unwind at nights but want something more, I want to take up a hobby that gets me out the house, keeps me fit, makes me friends and gives me something to do outside of work and family.
As you all know I am into my martial arts so have decided to go back to Judo, I was a green belt years ago and used to fight in competitions on a regular basis and did quite well. I like the idea of going back because it is a sport and not just combat, I will get a chance to compete at something again and get healthy in the process. Now that sounds constructive.
It’s goodbye to the shortcuts, Hello to the grind.
Nobody ever said it would be and easy ride. Suffer for your art.
I quote these words one more time in closure, I have talked about many aspects of my life in this article but they all hark back to maintaining focus. I like my life, I like the people around me, I miss the people that are no longer in my life on a daily basis but I look forward to the future.
By maintaining focus, anything is possible, it’s time to reach out and grab the future with both hands and see where it takes me, I hope you’ll continue to join me for the ride…
March 22nd, 2007
Well it looks like I will never ever be installing Windows Vista as their stupid software won’t even let me check to see if my machine is compatible. Not that I wanted to in the first place, you could say I was curious to see if my machine was capable of running it. I just had a chat with the guy in my local computer shop and he said that he had been dealing with a laptop that a customer brougt in because it was running slow… Vista! He checked the compability to find it had a score of 2 (whatever that means) and I figured I would give it a go just for fun…
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… I am not even allowed to install the checker because I do not have office 2007 which is a pre-requisit to installing it! Tough news M$, I will never install that software because it costs so much, I use Open Office because it is free and of a very high quality, why should I fork out for something just to check and see if my computer will run any of your shonky operation systems.
To think I bought XP just in case I wanted to upgrade! I personally will be going back to Ubuntu once I have the conference out of the way as I am fed up with Windows, it is crap! There is nothing that makes me want to use that operating system other than commercial requirements to run Photoshop, not really much reason to stay with it, I have bought Parallels so I can run Windows 2000 and XP in a virtual environment, my only gripe is the lack of full 3d support at the moment that Mac users get.
Right, rant over… I just wanted to share my amusing encounter with what I see as a doomed operating system, some really cool things are happening in the Linux stable so I know where I am headed, which side of the fence will you be on?
Oh… and Mac users, that question was not for you 
March 15th, 2007
Now that I have a little break in my schedule I think it is important that I state my reasons for putting on The Highland Fling - Web Standards in Scotland conference as it is more than just getting kick ass speakers up to Scotland. I am very passionate about what I do for a living, I love building websites, I love talking about websites, I love meeting other people that build websites and what’s more is that I care deeply about the future of the industry.
We as web developers have a duty to do a good job and ensure that we are doing things right, I do not beleive for a long shot that the “standards war” has been won and I know for a fact that there is still a lot of work to be done. So long as your nephew, son, second cousin or even your mother are capable of churning out a website, the very value and stability of the web development industry is undermined and devaluated, I think it is imperritive to raise awareness of how things should be done properly.
Now I don’t want to slate the bedroom developer… heck… I even started as a bedroom developer but there is a difference in quality from what I did back then and what I do now. Over the years I have done one hell of a lot of reading and done my best to stay on top of emerging trends and techniques and pride myself on trying to do the very best I can but now I want to help others do the same.
Scotland isn’t a big place, in fact the UK isn’t a big place and it is invaluable to meet your peers and commrades in arms. By getting together and talking, you begin to build new horizons, relationships are formed, businesses are built, ideas are born and common goals become rife.
By putting on the conference I want to bring together the community in Scotland (and indeed anyone else who wants to come) and help beginning to build a united future of web development in Scotland. I want to help raise the bar of what we are doing day to day though education and help proliferate best practise so that the people doing things right will benefit from doing things right.
The reason I chose the subject of progressive enhancement for the conference is that it is at the very essence of best practice web development. Build for the lowest common denominator and then layer additional functionality / enhancements on top. This philosophy allows you to not only ensure that your websites will work on the widest possible selection of platforms, it will also enable you to add all of the bells and whistles you want to and be able to sleep easy knowing that the site will still degrade gracefully. What more could you ask for?
I read a wonderful article by Andy Rutledge about web standards and how it should be about quality and not standards. I agree, standards should just be how it is done, it should not be the selling point, reaching as many people and devices as possible should be the selling point.
I am really looking forward to the day now, the content of the sessions and the quality of the speakers will be fantastic so I really hope you will take the time to stand up and be counted. At the end of the day it is you that stands to benefit from it if you do…
Roll on April 5th!
February 14th, 2007
Ever found yourself on the verge of meltdown? Holy cow! I have been a busy man of late and life is good, as some of you might know I have been busy organising a web standards conference in Edinburgh but on top of that I have been working my day job and freelancing at night. OUCH!
Well I am quite happy, I just launched phase #1 of quite a big site I have been working on which is a relief. Now onto phase 2 I guess but for now I am enjoying half a night off and figured it was time to say hello. So what have I been up to other than that?
- I read “The Taking” by Dean Koontz on the train to work which was awesome
- I have engaged in 4 wars in EVE Online
- I’ve formed a hatred for commuting during rush hour
- Made lots of new friends and contacts in the web development industry
- I have played a major part in 4 different web projects outside of work
- Avoided Twitter
- Missed writing on here on a regular basis
- Managed to preach web standards at work to a certain degree of success
- I’ve written several partial posts that haven’t made it to the site yet.
- I’ve not managed to get to bed before 1am since the new year due to work and the likes
- Almost learned to multitask (not good though as Caz says I am now half woman)
- I’ve enjoyed life to the full
- Oh yeah… Elsie has successfully poo’d on her own for the first time so I guess I have played my part in potty training too
What have you been up to? How do you unwind? I think my eyes have gone square and fuzzy since the beginning of the year, I don’t mind because I am doing something that I believe in and hopefully not just myself will benefit. The good news is that the conference is being well received and all of the early bird tickets are now sold so onto the next batch…
December 11th, 2006
This is just a quick post but on making a new acquaintance today I figured I would share a stroke of genius that you all will benefit from. Say goodbye to office fighting on the “who makes the coffee” front and sign yourselves up for an account at Milk & Two.
Welcome to MILK&TWO, a site designed to take the hassle out of making tea for your workmates and buddies.
The idea is that you sign-up (creating a group as you go) and invite people around you. When someone wants a drink they put in a request and drinks are made once the number of requests hits a “critical mass”. Someone is chosen at random to make the requested drinks.
Go on… sign up for Milk & Two, you know you want to…
November 21st, 2006
My daughters computer currently runs XP Home Edition at the speed of a dead slug and doesn’t serve much purpose other than that of a photo holding tool, an expensive chat client and a rather neglected office suite. What I want to know is if any of you out there have had any encounters with using Edubuntu?
Now I have been using Ubuntu and have been really happy using it and have noticed a great increase in responsiveness and a lack of spyware / malware related slow down. I would love to do a similar thing for my daughter but at the same time give some other stuff that she can do with her laptop.
Edubuntu looks like is could be really good for her, the KDE Edutainment Suite looks like it could be really good for her when it comes to learning things like Fractions and the whole OS looks like it has a lot of things she would be able to play about with when bored.
Is it a wise thing to push something like this on a child who is used to using Windows? Gaim looks like it can be customised enough to soften the blow of moving away from MSN messenger. Okay, so it’ll never have all the tools that messenger has but it works, it does its job and she would still be able to talk to friends and relatives. She would be less likely to get involved in illustrious smiley downloads and garbage that comes with and circulates around the whole MSN thing.
I currently have Open Office installed on her machine as there is no point in forking out the price of a small car for a set of tools I can get for free and at the moment she could use The Gimp for image editing as it is probably easier to learn than having to un-learn Photoshop. I do have a concern though, schools use Microsoft Office so will she be at a disadvantage learning in duality?
What do you think? Is this a wise move? I’m sure I can tweak the machine to see to her every need, the repositories and package manager for Ubuntu are second to none so I’m sure she might actually have some fun looking for software that she wants to use. Rather than impose an operating system and software on her, I could encourage her to explore her computer and embrace open source (ha ha… my evil plan).
I think this is probably one of the better ideas that I have had and in the future I believe that Open Source will play a bigger part in the commercial environment so it is probably a good thing that she is exposed. Beyond that though I really really appreciate any feedback I get from you all as this isn’t just cleaning her computer out, it is sending her on a completely new journey into the land of computers and I want to make sure it is the right thing to do…
November 18th, 2006
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. - Bruce Lee
How many times have you built something from scratch? One of the key elements of web development is building a library of snippets of reusable code. Whether it be a drag and drop Wordpress theme that you use as a base model or even a stylesheet template that you use for all of your work, it saves you time and allows you to develop quicker.
What sort of templates do you use?
November 3rd, 2006
True refinement seeks simplicity. - Bruce Lee
Websites are a funny old thing, for some reason they make you want to add more to them all the time and I for one love doing it but where do you draw the line? When it comes to web design I think we can draw parallels to the economy of motion theory but in order to clarify what I mean let me quote something from Wikipdedia then take you through the various points.
A. Stop hits & stop kicks
This means intercepting an opponent’s attack with an attack of your own instead of a simple block. JKD practitioners believe that this is the most difficult defensive skill to develop. This strategy can be a feature of some traditional Chinese martial arts. - Wikipedia
One of the key elements in web development is understanding the problems that lie ahead, what with all the browser quirks and inconsistencies in CSS support between them it is important to know what might cause you problems. For example, a bad way to enter into a project would be with the gung ho approach, coding full tilt and adding CSS Hacks , non semantic containers and inline styles all over the place just to get the job done. Along that road lies trouble!
A sensible way of approaching coding a web page is to look at the information you are presenting and then mark it up using the relevant tags that represent the type of information you are displaying. Proper use of heading tags and paragraphs might seem like a simple thing to do but so many people just don’t think about HTML on even such a basic level.
With a good understanding of the information you are presenting and an awareness of the pitfalls that lie ahead you can then employ your own web design version of the stop hit / kick to make sure you stop things before they get out of hand.
In case you are wondering what I mean, here are some simple examples of what I would consider to be stop hit / kicks in the land of web design:
- Plan the structure of your document before you begin to code it
- Use minimal markup to achieve your desired results, choose your id’s and classes carefully as you probably don’t need as many as you think
- Use CSS to style your document and be sure to use shorthand to save yourself both time and bandwidth
- Try to keep things simple, I for one am bad for coming up with some crazy ideas but simplicity is very powerful when it comes to building a website, always ask yourself is that really necessary before going ahead with something. Just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should!
B. Simultaneous parrying & punching
When confronting an incoming attack; the attack is parried or deflected and a counter attack is delivered at the same time. Not as advanced as a stop hit but more effective than blocking and counter attacking in sequence. This is also practiced by some Chinese martial arts. - Wikipedia
I think building websites is a pain in the ass but I still love it, just like in a fight you are constantly jostling for position (or maybe I should heed my own advice) and maneuvering the pieces of your web page puzzle into place. A good understanding of CSS bugs is a good place to start, I’m not going to claim to know them all inside out but I have a good idea of how to get to the bottom of a problem.
Even the best laid plans go to rest as some folk say, in the event that you do run into trouble it is important to have a backup plan and that is where debugging comes in. The beauty of building tabless web sites is that everything is done at the block level, you are dealing with chunks of code and a document tree which allows you to work your way back until you have a solution.
The way I tend to work is to isolate what is causing the problem by creating a test case, I re-save the document I am working on and then start to remove parts that do not affect the problematic area. For example, I might remove everything within a navigational area but keep the navigation block in place to see if that has any affect, if it doesn’t I might then move onto a content chunk and remove that.
This is largely a trial and error process and can sometimes take a while but eventually you end up with what I call a test case, the bare minimum of code required in both a CSS stylesheet and HTML document to replicate the error. Once you are rid of all the non essential components it is then much easier to find a solution to your problem and once you have done that you are free to carry on as you were, much closer to your goal of winning the fight.
Simplicity is again key in this technique as you are cutting away the clutter in order to have a moment of clarity.
C. No high kicks
JKD practitioners believe they should target their kicks to their opponent’s shins, knees, thighs, and mid section. These targets are the closest to the foot, provide more stability and are more difficult to defend against. However, as with all other JKD principles nothing is “written in stone”. If a target of opportunity presents itself; even a target above the waist one could take advantage of the situation without feeling hampered by this principle. - Wikipedia
I have talked in this article about how you should keep things simple and how simplicity can help overcome problems but what about doing all the funky stuff? I would class this as a high kick and should be used sparingly which brings me to the concept of progressive enhancement.
Progressive enhancement is the high kick of web design, you can take an already stable, well constructed page and add little niceties that add value to your user experience and a little bit of flare to your page. There are many ways in which you can enhance you pages but any enhancements must degrade gracefully.
For example, an .htc file can be used to allow you to use the hover anything technique in Internet Explorer. By making good use of JavaScript & the DOM you can do all sorts of lovely effects that are just not possible by using HTML alone, sprinkle a little bit of the XMLHttpRequest and the Hijax technique and you can be doing server requests on the fly to update your page without leaving it. These techniques can be used to great effect by adding visual cues for your user and creating a more seamless browsing experience but they also have their pitfalls if done wrong.
I once saw a beautiful technique which is only possible in the Safari browser where you can add really nice drop shadows to text, this technique is fine but just won’t work in other browsers, Mike Rundle has done a great write up on how he did the site if you want to read more about it. Another technique you may want to implement might be using Microformats to add another semantic layer to your document, embedding usable data within your existing code that adds even more value to your finished product.
One last thing I wanted to bring up on this point is MOSe which I think is a totally sensible way of approaching progressive enhancement.
MOSe relies on IE6’s inability to pick up child and adjacent selectors, or > and + as they’re known by. As well, some basic CSS3 selectors are becoming more and more usable in everything but IE (see CodeBitch’s CSS3 support chart) so we can use these to our advantage as well. - Dave Shea
I think and often forget that using attribute selectors and some other CSS3 can be an immensely powerful, think about simple things like styling external links for example. Visible to good browsers and not slightly less advanced browsers, completely valid and a perfect example of progressive enhancement.
So where does that leave us? High kicks are always impressive, although screw them up and you are likely to cause yourself an injury and this is why you should not rely on them to get a job done. Wow factor is just wow factor and if the rest of the puzzle isn’t in place it doesn’t hold much water, there are many sites out there on the web that have wow factor and no functionality… and that is even before we go to look at full Flash sites.
So, that about wraps this article up, web development is a fluid medium, things are always changing and just like a good martial artist, you should get yourself a good grounding in the techniques before you start trying to pull of fancy maneuvers. Bruce Lee got it right with JKD, understand all of the tools at your disposal and use the right tool for the job, don’t restrict yourself to one method when there is a more economical and effective technique to get the job done.
Exciting isn’t it?
September 15th, 2006
This is a post that could go on forever but I figured it was worthy of writing a little about seeing as it seems to be taking up my time at the moment. Now I know that might sound funny that getting organised is taking up time but I believe I am making the right moves to being way more productive in both my home and business life. What I do now will change the way I do everything in future which is something I am really really excited about.
For a long time I have rattled about paper work and have been known to procrastinate from time to time but as I am getting more and more client work in, I realised that having the right setup would help me 10 fold in getting things done. So what have I done so far?
- Well, for a start I blew off trying to get a virtual machine running under Linux so I could run both Windows 2000 Pro & Ubuntu on one machine, it was eating up time and quite frankly my time is better spent. I bought a KVM switch which allows me to run more than one computer through the same keyboard, monitor and mouse… Probably the best purchase I have made in the last year!
- I bought a copy of Getting Things Done by David Allen which is probably my second best purchase this year!
- I bought myself 2 sets of paper processing trays, one for home, one for business. I am currently operating in a relatively small space so have had to choose my office components relatively carefully. These units contain 3 drawers each which I am using for incoming files, incubator files and outgoing files.
- I have a filing cabinet for archiving once files leave my working trays.
- I also bought a calander by week with days broken into segments of 5 which translates to 5 x 1.5hr slots which has allowed me to have a permanently visual representation of my week ahead.
- Got a sketch pad for scribbling visual ideas.
- Got a notepad for scribbling notes.
- Got my faithful post it notes.
- I have arranged getting my loft all floored with a purpose built work area complete with booby traps & good insulation for sound so noone can hassle me. This is probably the most important one for me as it will allow me to lock down into work mode and only come down the hole at lunch times and for 1 quick break in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.
What am I going to do next?
- Put into practice a work flow model that works for me (Everyones mind works differently).
- Look into getting a RAID enabled file server on the go.
- Decide on my business backup model.
- Get a Skype In number and buy a Skype Phone for my office instead of going down hiring an 0870 number and redirecting it.
- I am toying with setting up a separate pay as you go mobile phone for my on the move business as well, this way everything is separate from my personal bills.
- Send off all my info to get a P.O. Box for my business.
- Buy a white board as it’ll mean less paper!
- FINISH The books I am reading about Getting Things Done & Money being my friend.
What am I really gonna do when I get my office?
- Buy an XBOX 360 & a Wii and call it a business expense.
- I’m sure High Definition Television is compulsary for businesses in the UK.
- 30″ Monitor sounds like it might be necessary.
- Set up all my Starwars toys.
- Make a dedicated Steel Batallion corner!
- Make my own beer.
- Increasing my toy collection is important for inspirational purposes…
Okay… That is some of the stuff I have been doing and plan to do, what do you do to make your day easier?
