During the summer months when I was permanent I used to cycle into work before 7am. The city would be quiet and the roads empty. I’d stretch and shower as I got into the office, prepare my breakfast and start the day being amongst the first in. I loved those
Had I known when I was offered this contract that it would eat up near all of my time and energy I would not have taken it. Because without a question my day job has set us back quite a bit with byflock.
With everything in life you have the option to complain or try to make the best out of the situation you’re in. It’s less than ideal that my day job is eating up close to all my byflock time, but I do have a choice.
One of the biggest struggles of working on your products on the side is that you’re working on your products on the side. It’s based on that you have time to set aside so you can make some progress and time as we know, doesn’t often come in plenty.
I haven’t exactly had a week off, rather I’ve worked two weeks into one. But I have had an involuntary week off from byflock and as you do with something you like, you start to miss it when you’re apart.
By asking and answering “why” five times, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more obvious symptoms. – Eric Ries quoted in the Co.Design article To Get To The Root Of A Hard Problem, Just Ask “Why” Five Times Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/nanagyei/5343879895
It’s the Queen’s Jubilee weekend and we have an extended bank holiday with today and tomorrow off. Though I’ve actually done a bit of work today it has been from the comfort of home.
This is the first week since the start of this year and byflock that I have done no work at all on it. The day job completely stole all of my time and then there’s been an extra need for recovery and rest after that.
The last few days I’ve started to feel a little closer to all of my friends who have kids and constantly talk about being tired. Contrary to them I got 11.5 hours of sleep last night but I still feel knackered.
In order to do our job as IAs and UX designers properly we need not only to have good and close relationships with the teams we work with but also the clients who’s products we’re designing. Without those, selling our ideas are all the harder, no matter how good they
It was a flying visit to Geneva. There and back within a few hours but well worth the trip. As for Geneva itself I got to see a few houses and the mountains in the background, still with a tiny bit of snow on the caps.