January 2012
26 posts
End of a tough month!
This month has had it’s downs and ups, well mostly just downs but done some great things like go on the Photowalks which I’ve really enjoyed and met a few new people and also gone out a few times, but it has also been the end of a few things for me and hitting my lowest point at the start of the month wasn’t a good way to start a new year, although my confidence is at an all time...
Happy Days!
If only - but I’m feeling better and haven’t “jumped the shark” - this will probably the last negative post I write, feel things are back on track, nothing has changed just realise I need to enjoy things a lot more and feel better about myself and not take things to seriously and have a little fun once in a while, it’s not enough to just go out - how often that might...
Left out in the cold?
I posted something on Facebook about me feeling left out, which isn’t entirely true, just feel that way from time-to-time and not sure why that is the case. I’ve always been an outsider in any situation but once I get speaking to people or whatever I feel involved and don’t feel that way. I’ve always been that way I think and it really wasn’t an issue until now, as...
Events I go to and ones I should go to
Being a rather often event attendee it’s probably a good idea to keep a track of the ones I’ve attended or attend on a regular basis. The last Monday of the month is SuperMondays which covers topics from Databases, to Open Source to Design, Freelancing or featured pitches from companies and startups like the company I work for now. NEBytes which is the second Wednesday of the month (or...
Wedding Tales
Not the excellent website http://weddingtales.co.uk/ where you can share and collate photos of your wedding (which is a great idea by the way), but the topic in general, a lot of people I know are either married, getting married, engaged or in a long term relationship or somewhere inbetween - and that’s great! I think people might be suprised to hear that I don’t mind hearing about...
Lots of work to do!
Got a lot of work to do, which means time for other things is diminished, would like to work on my Windows Phone website however this will have to wait for a couple of weeks, the benefit is I’ll be able to launch with more content when it does - which is good as well as spend more time on getting the design quite right, so will be worth the extra time spent.
I’m finding I’m...
Finding the right balance
As I’m I near the month where are the start I hit my lowest point I think ever, I’m more positive and find I’m still wanting to do something more but not over do things, for example this week I haven’t gone out really at all, except to NEBytes on Wednesday but went home straight afterwards so a kind-of back to normal week for me, but still miss the chance to go out at least...
Doing something or going to something new?
I’ve been trying to find new things to go to, some I’ve enjoyed doing recently including the Newcastle Photowalk and just getting out at the weekend (sometimes) however I’m really interested to see if there is anything else I could be doing, I’ve asked for suggestions before but I haven’t really asked explicitly for a while so this is me doing so.
Are there events in...
What am I up to?
Well there’s a few things I’ve been wanting to do for a long time so I joined the Newcastle Photo Walk this week and really enjoyed it, I’ve also been writing articles for my blog and will be for work too which is great, but there’s other things to do also, I’m still attending all the regular events I go to but more social events would be nice.
I’d signed up...
I am doing enough?
I’d like to think I’ve changed a lot recently - I’m more willing to try new things, a bit more outgoing, confident and have a sense of humour that I’m more willing to let out to people I don’t know that well and finding it better the gauge the tone that a situation requires - but is this enough?
I’m surrounded by a lot of people my age or younger who seem to...
Photowalk
On Saturday I particpated in my first Photowalk in Newcastle with the Newcastle Photowalk Group - and I really enjoyed it, some of started by meeting up in the Settle Down Cafe and then made our way towards the Quayside, but stopped of at a few places including St Nicholas’ Catherdral and the Black Gate to take some photos there, but walking along the quayside produced the best pictures I...
DataRama 16
DataRama returned for 2012, the open platform to show projects and work with some great innovations in interactive art and design being discussed and demonstrated with some talks from some artists and also where anyone attending can show anything they think might be interesting to those in attendance.
Lalya Gaye was first to speak about their interest in technology, what you can do with it – they...
Design Interest
A new year and a new Design Interest group meet up featuring local designers, photographers, comic enthusiasts and others to share their passion and interest in design.
Celebrating Children’s Creativity by Rose Mockford from MyDesignMade.com
Rose Mockford presented about their business MyDesignMade.com which produces items featuring artwork from children submitted by their parents. They are an...
2011 in Review
I’ve done something like this here before, but a more compact version is probably needed - inspired by James Rutherfords year in review a little, I thought I’d do the same and summarise everything up to the start of this year in one post, and keep it short!
Work
2011 marked a change for me in work as for the past few years I’d been working part-time for GreenMetropolis and was...
Moving on
I’ve been able to put all the things that have happened behind me and have learned a valuable lesson which is I can’t let things escalate and try to deal with things on my own all the time - sometimes it helps to chat with someone or get out and have a clear head about things. I had some great advice from various people in the past few weeks and finally reached the stage where I think...
We can rebuild him - we have the technology
With all that’s gone on recently it’s a time to take stock on what has happened and realise I had let things get too bad before getting help, and not realising that help was available until it was too late. I’m feeling a lot more balanced and positive, more so than before - I don’t think I’m quite the same as I was a few months ago, which isn’t a bad thing,...
Getting to know people a little better
In this new year I’ll be working full time at my new job at ScreenReach - I’ve mentioned this before so there’s the other side of this which getting to know the new people I work with - I’ve been a bit distracted recently and realise I’ve reglected to get to know people better than I do, which I find I’m quite interested in what other people are doing and...
Things to do, people to see
The past couple of years I’d started to go out more and went to SuperMondays at first - just one event a month, then when NEBytes started I went to that too, it was only two years ago I went to my first paid conference which was DIBI and really enjoyed it which I attended the following year and will attend this year.
I’d also in the past few months gone to more events such as...
Getting out more and being realistic
As a more general part of improving myself this year I’ve realised I’ve not been getting out much - which is probably why I’ve had such a hard time of late, and not been dealing with things the right way. I’ve always been a bit of a loner, not really talking to people - this has improved a little in the past couple of years due to the number of events I attend but in the...
Phodows.com
Well this is the official announcement of a new project coming from me a brand new website dedicated to Windows Phone - including new and updated tutorials, features and articles about the platform, as well as information and features on apps, games and development of the platform.
Look out for this website coming soon later this year - also as as part of the launch will be doing exclusive...
GameCardr, ZuneCardr, CESPage.com and more
Well with 2012 upon us I’ve been neglecting my applications on Windows Phone - but not to worry this will change this year, I’ve already started on updating GameCardr and will be working on ZuneCardr - I don’t have as much free time as I used to so don’t expect these to be available for a little while yet, however good news is they will get done.
Also there are some other...
Getting back on track
With all the things that’s happened I realised I need people to confide in, it was good to catch up with some old friends, I don’t tend to have any these days - don’t know why, there’s people I know from the events I go to and do enjoy speaking to people there, and it gets me out which was the main reason for going to them in the first place.
For the longest time I never...
New Year, New Job (sort of)
This year will mark a big change, I’ll be working full time at ScreenReach - looking forward to joining the team there full time, have had my eye on the company for a while since the SuperMonday event a couple of years ago when the Difference Engine teams pitched their ideas of which this was one of them, however in the months since the company has grown and in May of 2011 I started working...
Feeling more positive
In the past few months and weeks I’ve been at my lowest for a long time and thanks to a lot of help and messages from people I know - I think I’ll be ok, not had too many problems but seem to have had them all at once, and was a little overwhelming.
All the support I’ve had wasn’t expected but was given and made a huge difference even just being out and meeting new people...
New Years Resolution
Today being the second day of the new year, it is a good time to make sure my resolution is kept - don’t normally do that, but this year has to be different, if I’ve learned anything in the past few weeks it is that I need to be more honest and open about myself and be more outgoing - I’ve probably done all of these two much or too little in the past few weeks but will hope to...
2011
With 2012 now upon us it’s time to review the previous year I think - well normally that wouldn’t be necessary - but this year I really messed things up.
2011 started like the previous years had - with me not going out much, a couple of events a year with the odd extra one like DIBI to go to also, but had done the same the previous two years, so no change there.
However in the latter...