So Mr Kirkland has just launched Artweet, a handy little service for pimping your profile with a customized twitter background. Even peeps with photoshopping ability will still find it a useful as you can create your own personalised background with mug shot, message and might in 3 clicks and a few taps. It’s new so […]
Why are you still stressed from your work? not working smart eh?
If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’ve got a roof over your head, a non polluted water supply and do not need to dodge death escaping from lions/godzilla etc. every day. In fact chances are you have graduated to the higher ranks of Maslow’s hierachy of needs and maybe even some designer crockery in which […]
How to get excellent keyword search results
After many years of toil, sweat and sacrifice I believe I have finally unraveled the secret to obtaining long term ‘excellent’ keyword search results. Firstly, one needs to understand what “excellent keyword search results” actually means. And of course (as I’m sure you’re wise enough to know without being told), they refer to the most […]
My Current Top 5 ‘Healthy Work’ Practices
Start the day with an important task – do this before you check your email/phone/SNS etc You’re probably aware of how much time you fritter away swapping between email, work, text message, news etc. I fritter my time away too, however I make a point of starting the day with a focused and ‘important’ task […]
10 things freelancers could do better
I’ve pretty much never had a job and always been self employed/ a business owner plus I’ve had very little formal business training, so I think I’m particularly well qualified to talk about mistakes that freelancers can make Here’s 10 tips from my own personal experience and from observing other freelancers/small business – learn from […]
How To Kidnap Yuki From Her Shop
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Photo Of The Month – No1 Shinbum
The Foreign Correspondents Club Japan have published one of my Shibuya pix as “Photo Of The Month” in this month’s No1 Shinbum magazine – splendid! Many thanks to Joseph Ward for his masterful photography.
Facebook account disabled
UPDATE if your account has also been disabled, add a comment at the bottom of this page. 29/10/2008 Good old facebook has booted a few Tokyo techies off their website (I think it’s just a glitch though). Maybe a sign from the Japanese Gods that we should be using mixi （＊＿＊） Interesting check as to […]
In The Wall Street Journal
Following on from being recognised several times in the street after my headstand presentation at pechakucha night in superdeluxe, I’ve just been informed that I’m now pictured in the Wall Street Journal. Splendid!
CodeIgniter Language File Translator
Owen Christian and myself have cooked up a nice little code igniter language file translator. This is a controller and series of views that you can drop in on your CI install and then use a nice front end to manage administration of the language files for your application. This is meant for people to […]