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Little tip, when you make a company dormant you should close it’s bank account.
Why?
Well a dormant company should not have any financial transactions, if it does then it’s obviously NOT dormant and so you must by law contact Companies House and tell them it is active.  So as a rule a dormant company cannot have [...]

What should be in a wireframe? apart from all the usual stuff,

Interactions
Transformations
Validation messages (put them in red, end with a full-stop)
Input element max length
Colour of elements which alternate (for your tester’s)
User Story number (put in top-right corner)
Required fields
Breadcrumbs (Home -> Manage -> John Doe)
HTML template location
Security information (cannot be accessed by…)

Break them out to be [...]

In response to Obama’s pitch for Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2010/04/mr-obama-pitches-for-asteroids.shtml
I heartily agree,
The moon is done people, we’ve learned a lot and progressed incredibly because of it but we need to set new goals for ourselves if we are ever going to progress as a race.
Clinging on to nostalgia does nothing for you.  If we go back to the [...]

Models are Singular
Database table names are Plural
Controllers are Plural

…and so on http://slash7.com/2005/11/17/rails-howto-pluralizing/

If you’re like me and you stare at your inbox in despair, all those emails to answer, things to send. Don’t be.
Just break it down into little chunks, start off with the fun ones, that email to your grandpa, the one to your mum; trust me before you know it you’ll have dealt with all [...]

Here’s the premise,
Your boss tells you to cut a hedge, fairly simple task you think. So you start off, cut a bit here, cut a bit there, check, do a bit more, cut a bit there, not even, cut a bit more, other sides not even now, cut a bit more…… oh god…. i’ve gone [...]

It’s so easy these days to say to clients “yeah sure I can do that” then get bogged down into too much work, burn yourself out and miss your deadlines.
Be true to yourself.
You have limits.
You can’t and never will please everyone and if you do you’re work will suffer.
Copy @dhh and the 37signals crew, stick [...]

Make an ideal day wheel, break it into different colours. 8 slices for sleep time, 8 for work time, then 1 for self nurturing activities & 3 for eating.
Stick to it, know your limits and enjoy your life

Little tip to save you from running into “asset struggle”, when your designer shows you a mockup of their cool new design for your site, even though it’s not finished grab a copy then and there anyway.
That way if they’re not available or the boss is wanting a quick mockup you can continue your side [...]

Every now and then you’ll get an email that you really want to keep safe. So for me I’ve setup an email address only I know and forward them to there. That way, when I need to I’ve got a copy i can get a hold of easily and quickly.