December 2009
1 post
“The quickest way to double your income is to halve your expenses.”
– http://sivers.org/enough
November 2009
5 posts
On why I moved my writing.
I have moved my articles over to Tumblr, which I used a while back but since then has had a major makeover and is now rather awesome.
Tumblr fits in more with what I want to achieve with this site - that is, a collection of articles, photos, snippets and other bits and pieces that I find interesting, and you might too. Or you might not.
On why the industry is undervalued.
So you can use Photoshop? That does not make you a designer. You can knock up a site in Dreamweaver? Chances are you’re not a web designer.
The problem with doing client work is that every now and again a client will expect something done for little or nothing. The industry is undervalued – why should I pay £X for a new website, when my friend/son/dad/cat can do it in a couple of hours in...
On why ordering with Dell is a pain in the arse.
Ordering a new computer should be an easy, stree-free process. Not so with Dell.
Recently I tried to buy a new computer from Dell (not for myself, mind), and I really struggled. My main gripe was the sheer amount of information that was thrown at me at every stage.
Why do I need to know all that information at once? Why do I care what VAT is on it if I’ve already said I’m not a business...
On why there's no such thing as a scaling problem.
There’s been a lot of talk in the past about ’scalability’, and how an application or site copes with increasing traffic. It almost always seems that the people that comment on this in a negative way (”I can’t do it this way, as it won’t scale”), have never reached a point where they actually have to worry about scaling issues.
The most common argument against the web framework Rails is that “it...