Bad Eating Habits
I am developing — or rather, re-developing — bad eating habits. In my old icky job my working hours were regimented. Coffee breaks were virtually…
Work archive
From the early days as an IT Technician to my first web developer role, going self-employed for the first time, managing a team of developers and going back and forth to office work before ultimately realising I'm "unemployable" and returning to running my own business as a WordPress freelancer. The entire history of my work roles and all the pros and cons of working for myself can be found in here.
What a Year…
If someone had approached me at the beginning of this year and said “this, this and this is going to happen” I’d have probably laughed…
Feeling of Relief
I am feeling just a little bit relaxed this evening. Work has finished and I don’t have to worry about it again until January 2nd.…
Shitty Customer Service
I don’t think ‘net based companies realise how frickin’ irritating it is when they deliver really crap customer service (or in some cases, none at…
exhausted :x
It’s funny: one of the reasons I quit my old job was because it was leaving me mentally drained, exhausted and frustrated at the end…
Blogging About Work
What with the recent increase in dooce-ing and an article in this weeks Micro Mart about “the perils of blogging” it got me thinking about…
First Day at Work
I think I did well today. Excusing the fact that when my boss asked me to e-mail my colleagues I ended up typing in my…
I’m Pregnant! (not really)
Uh, no, not really. I lied. But anyone using the Firefox live bookmarks thing with my RSS feed will see that sensational post title and…
Summer Holiday!
The beauty of working in a place of education is that when the students are on holiday, the staff are on holiday.. that includes the…
Blogging Lessons?
I had to prepare one of the IT rooms at work earlier — make sure everything is working, plugged in (unplugging the network cables seems…
The Dreaded Laser Cutter
Cleaning and maintaining the laser cutter at work is somewhat ominous. Not because it’s worth around £15,000 and should I break it, it’d take me…
No Interview and my First Day at Work
I opened my post this morning to find a letter from a local company telling me that they appreciate my application but they’re not going…
