Quitting the 9 to 5: my great plan

November 29, 2009
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So I’ve given myself a deadline. As of 1st March 2010 (that’s just over 3 months away!) I will no longer be working for someone else. I wanted to do it for about a year now, but always found excuses not to.

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Life Lessons from Steve Jobs: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

November 26, 2009

This is a great post from Nate who runs the Fearless Endeavors blog. I’ve only discovered this blog today, and the first post I read was so inspirational, I decided to repost it here.

I have actually watched Steve’s speech about a year ago, and remember how impressed I was with Steve’s journey, and how it inspired me. I think it was probably then I first started seriously rethinking the direction I am taking in my life, and whether it’s the right one (turns out, it really isn’t).

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Two WordPress Themes Worth Paying For

November 24, 2009

Yep, as I predicted, I ended up paying $87 (that’s about £53) for a WordPress theme. I haven’t played with it for very long yet, but from what I can see it is truly amazing. The theme is called Thesis at is available from here.

Yes, there are plenty of free WordPress themes out there, and I’ve tried quite a few, but all of those free ones require you to know your CSS & PHP in order to customise them (of course, you don’t have to customise them if you are not bothered… but then you’d end up looking like 5,763 other website in the Wide Wide Web… and if you are serious about what you’re doing that’s not really an option).

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Hello world!

November 23, 2009

So, my first post. After a few false starts, and a decision to start a proper, hosted, blog, I am nearly set up to go. I will probably spend another week playing with various Wordpress themes (I am still in my 9 to 5 job, so don’t have that much spare time on my hands) [...]

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