Archive for the ‘Personal Development’ Category
Business Lessons from Innocent Drinks
Online there's loads of blog posts and articles about web development, marketing, copywriting, and graphic design. As a web-designer things like technical knowledge and design skills are very important - but there's not so much about building a successful team environment and making the most of your team.
Business, management and marketing are things I am really interested in. In my day job I lead the web team at Miniclip.com so, besides designing web pages and developing new functionality, I ...
A Day in the Life of a Web Designer
I recently had someone email me and ask what a day in my life, or that of a web designer, was like. A slightly unusual request but I thought I would take up the challenge and document an average day.
I don't mention it very often so I am not sure how many people realise I have a full time job. The websites I run I work on around the day job so I need to be very careful to balance ...
Creating Words of Wisdom
I've never been interested in business. I've been interested in creating things
Paraphrased from Richard Bransons book "Business Stripped Bare".
The act of creating something, whether it's a website, a video game, or a lego model, is one of the most satisfying things I can do. Over the years I have built up quite a collection of projects. I always have to be doing something. About 10 years ago I realised I might be able to make some money at it, ...
Optimising Social Media Activity
Being rather introverted I'm quite quiet on social networking sites, however recently I have made some changes that mean I am easily able to take part without leaving my comfort zone.
There are actually a few reasons I don't take part. The big one is that the social sites often need you to visit their site to join in. The best way to get me to take part is to make participation ...
Learning to Learn: how to improve yourself
I have a massive appetite for learning. I am always reading books and blogs to try to better understand the things I want to do. Design, programming, marketing, copy-writing, I constantly strive to improve.
On the web your skill set needs to evolve constantly. Things change at a massive pace. New technologies are constantly being introduced and to compete you have to learn.
The best way to do this ...