February 23rd, 2020 Posted in Freelancer tips, Psychology
Leapers: Supporting the mental health of the self-employed
With over 2m people freelancing in the UK, more people are turning to working for themselves, but what impact might that have on your mental health, and what things do you need to consider when you’re freelancing to make sure you can work well? We asked Matthew Knight from community support group Leapers – to share his […]
January 23rd, 2020 Posted in Web Development, WordPress
WordPress as Digital Signage
We’ve recently done a project for a solicitor’s office where they used tiny Raspberry Pi computers attached to monitors in their office, displaying various stats and info for their staff so they can see how each department is doing and also the results of their marketing efforts. We can’t show actual images for privacy reasons, so have […]
October 28th, 2019 Posted in Ethical/Eco, Freelancer tips, Psychology
The ethics of ‘faking it until you make it’
I’ve seen many sources encourage us to ‘fake it until we make it’ in a new career path or when starting a business. If they’re selling coaching/ebooks or ‘growth hacking’ their startup or social media account this kind of advice is especially common. There are some ethical issues around this attitude though – both for […]
September 21st, 2018 Posted in Web Design, Web Development, WooCommerce, WordPress
Ecommerce Enlightenment ebook now available
I’ve recently published my first ebook called Ecommerce Enlightenment. It covers how to plan, develop and market ecommerce websites and is based on ten years of experience building these websites for clients. Who Is This Book For? If you’re thinking of setting up an ecommerce website, this book is for you. It takes you through […]
July 20th, 2018 Posted in Mind and body
Birthday floatation session at Calm Water, Nottingham
I had a floatation tank experience at Calm Water Floatation today as a birthday present. My housemate and I had no idea what to expect and we’re excited to try it out. We’re both pretty hectic people so the idea of doing nothing in the dark for an hour is a bit of a change […]
June 14th, 2018 Posted in Creativity
MFPlat.dll error starting Reason 10 on Windows 10 Home N edition
When I first installed Propellerheads Reason 10 on Windows 10 Home N edition it failed on startup with errors about MFPlat.dll and MFReadWrite.dll being missing. This happened after a recent Windows 10 update as well. This is down to Windows 10 Home N edition not having media player etc included. There are various downloads available from […]