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Category: Freelance
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Six weeks on the road – lessons learned
I’ve just returned from a six week working holiday, touring france (and a bit of spain) with my wife and kid, in a beetle, living in…
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Swoop Travel site launched – first real Django project and first output from Foundry
A couple of months ago, freelancers Dan Fairs, Dan Hilton and myself discussed the idea of teaming up to offer services beyond those that we could…
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You know what I did last summer?
Last summer I was freelancing for the lovely Team Rubber, when I overheard one of the film making dept say “Now we just need a skateboarder…
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Helping Aardman/ OTC Productions with Digital Asset Management
My web development career has taken another slight change in direction – i’ll be working for the next few months over at Aardman Features helping with…
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Wallace and Gromit get google doodled
Last week I helped aardman digital set up the Wallace and Gromit site to cope with a huge traffic spike resulting from the 20th anniversary site…
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Aardman.com goes live
I was really chuffed to be asked to help the aardman online team out with the build of the new aardman.com site. I took the supplied…
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One year in freelance – the good, the bad and the ugly
It’s now just over a year since I went freelance, so I thought i’d share my experiences. First of all i’ll recap why I decided to…
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Olivewood Studio
I’ve just started renting some studio space in the infamous Tobacco factory in Bristol. This will be where most of the day to day running of…
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Olivewood Data Technologies HQ
Although I still haven’t had time to build my new company a virtual HQ, a real HQ has been found in a small village called Ubley,…
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28 days later (give or take a week)
Thought i’d better check in for a quick update since it’s been a while since I posted. I’m pleased to say that I have been incredibly…
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i’m joining the circus
I once remember reading somewhere that leaving a steady job to set up your own business is the adult equivalent of running off to join the…