Published on November 23rd, 2007 17 appreciated comments »
Image courtesy of unresttwothree As you read this, I’m on the beach. No, not the local Portobello beach, but rather on the glorious beaches of India’s west coast. I thought it was time I sampled a little change of culture, having not been to India before. I left my laptop behind, and am refraining from [...]
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Published on November 16th, 2007 26 appreciated comments »
Starting next week, I’m going to have a break for a month. A break from blogging, and a break from work. I’m fortunate to be able to do so, and it’s one of the reasons why I moved into self-employment in the first place. Therefore, you’ll not be receiving your regular updates again until around [...]
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Published on October 1st, 2007 49 appreciated comments »

It’s finally arrived, the month of my one year blog birthday, and in celebration, I’ve given away some fantastic prizes, kindly donated by a host of excellent blog authors.
The winners listed were drawn by Jamie, of Edinburgh computer servicesTerinea, using a random number generator. Thanks for your help, Jamie.
Here are the lucky winners.
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Published on September 23rd, 2007 22 appreciated comments »
Not a day goes by when I don’t think to myself, “I’ll have to do that at some point.” Little things that aren’t exactly vital, but can be important nonetheless, such as: Making the most of Facebook‘s networking Figuring out if I’m making any beginner SEO mistakes with WordPress Submitting my best blog posts to [...]
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Published on September 1st, 2007 131 appreciated comments »

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs.
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Published on August 27th, 2007 16 appreciated comments »

Brian Gardner recently asked me, and some design friends, five questions related to design and blogs. Here’s the short Q and A session.
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Published on August 10th, 2007 19 appreciated comments »

Having started my blog last October, it won’t be long before the one year anniversary. To celebrate, I’m running a graphic design / marketing / branding / SEO / blogging prize giveaway, with the aim of thanking each and every one of you for your valued contributions, subscriptions and site visits.
I recently contacted a few niche experts, asking if they could get involved and offer a prize. The result so far has been fantastic! You really don’t want to miss out on this one, and thank you so much to everyone giving their valuable time to help.
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Published on July 4th, 2007 36 appreciated comments »

Starting your own blog can have many consequences on your train of thought. For instance, there isn’t a day that goes by where I haven’t wondered if something will make a good blog post. There’s a whole psychology around publishing a blog, and here I highlight just a few of the thoughts that I’m prompted into thinking.
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Published on June 19th, 2007 24 appreciated comments »
This post is in response to a couple of ‘tags’ I received lately. Ian at Failure is the key to success tagged me with an ‘eight random facts’ meme. Paul at Reflections tagged me with an ‘eight things you don’t know about me’ meme. I don’t often participate in memes (says he who started The [...]
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Published on May 20th, 2007 35 appreciated comments »
Do you ever feel down, like you’re in the wrong profession? I think that we all, at some point or other, wonder if we’ve made the right decisions. Human nature keeps us questioning ourselves. It’s times when we ponder moves unmade that we draw on the inspiration that keeps us on track. There’s an interesting [...]
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