I thought I would post a long-needed update about what has been going on with my life recently (and why I havn't had time to post!). Earlier in the year, I left my fulltime employment (as a designer / php developer) to start seriously following my long-term plan of starting my own small business, "netforge". I'm contracting people in where needed, and building some very strong relationships with a few trusted partners, which works in everyone's favour.

Some big decisions were made. I sold my car which I had been building for the last 4-5 years, setup a whole heap of business related items, and squirreled away enough money to survive on for 6 months (on the assumption that business would be slow in the beginning). One of my goals was to match the wage I was earning at my previous employment, which I've done so far, and very happy about as it makes things a lot less stressful, financially.

Fortunately, things have gone really well, and I'm finding that while running a business requires a lot more responsibility, it is a lot more satisfying at the end of the day. I'm learning a lot from many of the people I'm working with in partnerships, and also starting to get some real world experience in offline advertising for netforge.

With that said, I am going to be posting a little more frequently, and there is a redesign in the works!