June 2010

The joys of freelancing, part one: Be your own boss! (but not)

One of the benefits of freelancing, so they say, is that you become your own boss. Nobody peeking over your shoulder, and endless days of getting up late, working in pyjamas and being hand-fed peeled grapes by dusky island maidens. The reality, naturally enough, is slightly different. Grapes go substantially up in price. The dusky

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Macbook or iPad?

Sure, I could be writing about that new shiny Apple gadget. Undoubtedly, very shortly, I will be. But yesterday, when my latest article went up, I was still busy writing about Apple’s other shiny gadget, and the comparison against its shiny laptop line: MacTheBlog: MacBook vs iPad: Let Battle Commence: “I didn’t actually climb Mount

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