Why I don’t use hosting provider affiliate schemes
Every so often, a hosting company will contact me asking if I want to take part in their affiliate scheme. It's always sold as a win-win situation - they get…
PHP developer mentoring
I've recently launched a new service, PHP Developer Mentoring, for organisations with junior and mid level developers who would like to build up their skills with mentoring from a senior…
2022 review of the year
2022 was another good year business-wise. My turnover continued to increase, I worked with a number of new clients, and I'm was fully booked 4-8 weeks in advance for most…
Freelancing Q&A sessions
Over the past few years, I've delivered Q&A sessions on what it is like to be a freelancer, at conferences and to groups of students at universities. These have always…
2021 review of the year
2021 has been another year of general chaos, but fortunately my business hasn't been too badly affected. I've also spent some time improving my business, which I think will stand…
2020 review of the year
Despite the general chaos, I've been luckier than most in that my business hasn't been badly affected in 2020. I've had chance to learn some new skills, improve my admin,…
Sympl migration and management services
This year I've been paying close attention to Sympl, a project which makes it easier to manage website and email hosting by providing sensible default configurations and automating some of…
osTicket and Vagrant
osTicket is a self-hosted and open source ticketing system written in PHP. I wanted to give it a try as one option for a client's support needs, but with a…
Invoice Ninja and Vagrant
Invoice Ninja is a self-hosted and open source invoicing solution written using a PHP framework called Laravel. I wanted to give it a try as a replacement for my existing…
Terms of Business Agreements
One of the most important things about running your own business is deciding on the terms under which you will supply goods and services to clients. These are often contained…