2013 was a turbulent year for me, but a great one. Tons of experiments, growth and realisations. Building upon the habit started last year with my 2012 review I’ll share some highlights of my close-of-year self analysis below. My review of 2013 turned into a mammoth document again, I’d been saving up thoughts and lists and […]
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2013 Annual Review
Posted in Business, Javascript, Life, Looking Back, Music, Projects, Publishing, Software, Technology, Travel, Web Technology, Wordpress, Writing Tagged 2013, Akala, Alexis Ohanian, Andrew Carnegie, annual review, Charles Munger, Chris Guillebeau, Chris Sacca, Dave Asprey, Graham Hancock, Henry Ford, Joe Rogan, Josh Waitzkin, Keynes, Lee Kuan Yew, Lorenzo Hagerty, Low Key, Maxwell Maltz, Nikola Tesla, Seth Godin, Stefan Molyneux, Steven Pressfield, Thomas Paine, Tim Ferriss, Toggl
Social Gallery Acquired by Epic Plugins.com
I’d like to announce that Social Gallery – the Ultimate Social Lightbox plugin for WordPress has been acquired by Epic Plugins.com (announcement here.) It’s been fantastic to build Social Gallery up as a product and a useful tool, having sold over 1500 copies and many, many add-ons it’s been very well received and helping it grow […]
Posted in Business, Looking Forward, Projects, Web Technology, Wordpress Tagged Acquisition, Epic Plugins, Social Gallery, StormGate
The Flexibility of Freelance: Web Designer Magazine
I’ve written an article which is in this months Web Designer Magazine. If your a freelancer or are interested in Freelancing you can read an excerpt below or you can check it out in the magazine! Freelancing is hitting new heights. More people than ever are leaving traditional employment in search of self-directed consulting. Whether […]
Posted in Business, Web Technology Tagged freelance, Freelance Flexibility, freelancing, Labour Democratisation, StormGate, Web Designer Magazine
Free “Lite” Version of Social Gallery released!
Just a quick post to say that yesterday evening I released the free version of Social Gallery. As Social Gallery has been so popular (now over 700 copies sold on CodeCanyon) it seemed only fair to share some of the awesome out to the WordPress.org family (and to the non-profit’s and such that asked me […]
Posted in Projects, Software, Web Development, Web Technology, Wordpress Tagged Social Gallery, Social Gallery Lite, StormGate, WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress.org
2012 Annual Review: Looking Back
2012 was the first properly organised year of my life, and in this spirit I found my self seeking closure throughout December, a sub-concious bubbling feeling which lead me to write the first ever self-review of a year. I’m surprised I didn’t formalise this sooner, but better late than never! Owing to the fact that I just wanted to […]
Posted in Life, Looking Back, Projects, Social Media, Software, Technology, Travel, Web Development, Web Technology, Wordpress, Writing Tagged 2012, annual review, Ardenne, Belgium, Charles Munger, Choosefest, Chris Guillebeau, Dalai Lama, Denmark, Gent 10k Staad Loop, M. Scott Peck, Malcolm Lowry, Oscar Wilde, Romania, Seneca, Social Gallery, StormGate, UK, Wilderness Festival
4 Life Lessons Learnt from Writing a Novel (before it’s even published) – My Guest Post at MYO
This is the opening paragraphs from my guest post “4 Life Lessons Learnt from Writing a Novel (before it’s even published)” over at Make Your Offer (they an innovative new approach to selling self-published works.) Click here to skip over to MYO and read the full post. What do you picture in your mind when […]
Posted in Life, Publishing, Technology, Writing Tagged Authors, Authorship, eBooks, Life Lessons, Make Your Offer, Nepal, Starbucks, Writing a Novel
Social Gallery Plugin Sells 200 Copies!
A small landmark though it might be amongst plugin sellers, it’s nice to celebrate the little wins. Social Gallery sold it’s 200th copy last night, just over 2 months after it’s initial release, and that’s just through awesome customers sharing and word of mouth! If you have live amongst the majority of bloggers and use […]
Posted in Projects, Web Development, Wordpress Tagged Landmarks, Small Projects, Social Gallery, WordPress, WordPress Plugins
Hotmail and Character Sets: Make Sure Your Emails Get There
It’s been a hectic few months – the web development consultancy is going well with several new web app prototypes/platforms released in the last few months, a new plugin (Social Gallery for WordPress) is being well received (and even imitated already!) and amongst all that ChooseFest has had some interesting developments. Also I am now […]
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