Posts Tagged ‘busy’
too many people
Today i went up to Dublin hoping to get a few things for Christmas. Didn’t happen. It was uncomfortably busy and this time of year everyone is very business like.
There were also dozens of charity collections scattered all over the place. Small armies of them. Some are genuine and not in your face, others are not so genuine. If i hear about ‘The Hanly Center’ one more time… these guys are what i call undercover charity workers. Just like an unmarked garda car, they blend in and then pounce from close range.
Anyway, this reminded me about charitybypass.com – i must do something more with it and try to keep it alive.
Right now, i’m getting a lot done online…there are several projects i’m working on which are inching closer to completion by the day. I’ll go through them one by one without giving anything away.
Project ‘x’.
This is a ‘job’ type website but with a twist and i really hate calling it a ‘job’ website because that suggests it’s ‘just another’ job site. It’s not. It’s very targetted and it’s not technically about ‘jobs’ either. As far as i know, nothing like this exists at the minute which makes it a really great website which will hopefully attract webmasters and tech enthusiasts like you and i 
This will be a partnership with Enda of iliveontheweb.com.
You can expect this one to come online later this month (end of july).
Niche Irish Social Network.
I should have a 40% stake in this new irish social network. It’s another partnership and earlier today, i went up to Dublin for a meeting about this project with a partner. I specifically went up to discuss this. It’s worth it. Although i’ve got no experience whatsoever in this niche, i can see the potential in it and this is something i’m happy to get involved in.
This project should be up and running in some capacity later this month (july), however we’re probably looking at an August launch date to do it justice.
Gambling Site
I’m very excited about this one. It’s not gonna be a spam fest with affiliate links and poker ads all over the place. It’ll be a high quality site with user generated content and an open / honest nature. Again, this one is a partnership.
Not sure about an ETA on this one – probably late August or September.
Two Video Sites
I’ll also be partnering up on two small video blogs / sites. Nothing revolutionary, but both worth *something*.
Should get them both perfected and live this month (July) at some stage.
Blog Comments Site
This is a clever one. If plans are executed to perfection, this site will become well known throughout the blogosphere. Again it’s a partnership. Launching in early August.
Surely not more?!
At the minute, that’s all i have planned. 6 new sites. 2 of them will be .ie’s and very strong .ie’s at that.
Between that lot, my ongoing redevelopments on existing sites and BeerChief (which will start to get my attention next week), there is a lot of work to be done. In between it all, i’m *still* doing free logos and doing paid work for clients.
I’ve a few days holidays in London coming up which will act as my ‘summer holiday’ and i’ll *probably* take it easy the last two weeks in july as my girlfriend has holidays. Apart from that though, it’s all systems go and i do of course have my skydive to look forward to which will cap summer 2009 off with bang.
I’m busy, but excited and optimistic about the future. I’ve got so many carrots dangling in front of me that i’ll be chasing them in my sleep as well as in my waking hours!
Right now, i’m probably the busiest i’ve ever been in terms of online work. Flooded. Swamped. Burned alive 
The fact i can now effortlessly come up with graphics like the one above is an indication of what ‘busy’ is doing to me though. It’s making me a better designer for starters! On the one hand, it’s work morning to night – quite literally. Ok, i go swimming for an hour or two every day but that’s about it. Rest of the day is spent working.
Don’t get me wrong, that’s not a permanent lifestyle – it’s impossible for me to maintain this work rate whilst in college, which is where i am (mentally as well as physically) for about 8 months of the year. But i have a gap now over the summer and much like being stuck behind some slow driver (for 8 months), i’m feeling like i have to make up for lost time. So i now have a big open road ahead of me and i’m determined to leave this slow fool choking on my fumes as i rocket past him 
The results are right here in front of you though… college can’t teach you to work hard and it can’t teach you to love something. That’s the reason why i’ll leave college in a much better position than the vast majority of people around me. I love what i do. I love IT. I’m not afraid of hard work, and i’ll work 24/7 to get things done.
Anyway, even though i’m busy, i’ll add another reminder that my free logos / cheap sites offer is still on the table. Use and abuse me whilst it’s still on Although turnaround time is slowing down, i’m getting through things one by one and you can expect more additions to my portfolio over the next couple of weeks 
I always have projects to work on, things to do, things to learn so i really shouldn’t be idle at any stage. That’s incredibly harsh on myself but i’m determined to up my work rate and heap on the pressure.
photo credit: SuperFantastic
Skydive Offer
Since i announced my skydive offer, i’ve completed 3 designs, i’m working on another and i’m also working on a website. So 5 jobs in total. No doubt there’ll be more to come
wifimapper.com
wifimapper.com is pretty much ready – i’ve a few things to tidy up and it should be good to go tomorrow (Saturday). It will be a constant work in progress though – i’ll be adding wifi hotspots to it over time, around the world… not just in Ireland/UK. Still, it’s a nice site, decent idea and again it’s been built entirely by my own fingers
Other projects
Next week, i should be meeting up face to face with people and talking about BeerChief / working out a deal for that third partner. I’ve a bit of work to do on irishgolfer.ie and i also want to spend some time creating content for theleavingcert.com – that site is getting hammered with traffic at the minute.
It always does at this time of year but tehre’s no doubt about it – the number of students logging on to the net for advice and information is increasing year on year. I have the stats to prove it. Secondary level schools and government need to get serious about online education. But i suppose i shouldn’t be complaining – all the more traffic for me and theleavingcert.com
Next week
Next week i hope to launch iwantideas.com too. That’s a new one for you guys – i’ve mentioned it before but never disclosed the domain name. It’s pligg based and unfortunately pligg have still yet to launch pligg 1.0. I can’t do much with the site until they do as most designers and theme developers won’t do anything until the full version is released… (i have release candidate 5 installed at the minute). I could downgrade to pligg 9.9 but i’d rather not. Instead, i’ll wait it out.
I’ll also have this skydive offer running next week and i’ll be expecting more work too.
So right now, i’m extremely busy but it’s all constructive work. I’m building a portfolio, i’m investing time in projects with potential and i’m constantly learning and sharpening my skills as i go along…
I could think of much worse things i could be spending my time on…
Starting from tomorrow, i have 16 days off. It’s a chance to knuckle down and go wild with my online work.
I have a lot lined up. So much that i’m gonna struggle to find time for myself!
- theleavingcert.com needs work – a lot of work has been done on it, but a lot still has to be done also.
- beerchief will start to get my attention again.
- this blog still needs to be sorted out – a lot of loose ends need tidied up.
- my secret partnership / golfing site needs work and i’ll be revealing it shortly too.
- i bought a domain name for an idea i have – an idea from my 18 random ideas list – more on that later too.
- i hope to get involved in more partnership sites as i feel i work harder on those sort of projects.
Then of course i can’t neglect college work. I have a programming assignment that needs done, i’ve a network exam as soon as i go back to college, i’ve a software support assignment to complete… whilst i do have 16 days off from college those assignments and exams will always be playing in the back of my mind – every single day until they’re done.
Moving on from college work, i then have to finish reading my 3 books which i bought a while back. I’ve gotten through one and a half so far.
I also want to set a date or put in place solid plans for that skydive i talked about last year. Then we have the regular blogging, twittering, networking on a daily basis which is more ‘play’ than ‘work’ for me at this stage though.
It’s my birthday next week too, plus i hope to head away for a night to dublin the week after next.
That’s just all the stuff i have planned off the top of my head – there’s lost more to do. Busy, busy, busy… just the way i like it
