My business cards arrived today. I’ve never had any before, so now I’m feeling quite formal, and official:
If you need some, I’d strongly recommend goodprint.co.uk, who I ordered mine through.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
December 3, 2011
Ability is of little account without opportunity…
October 12, 2011
What you risk reveals what you value…
Today, I finally sorted out a bugbear I should have done 12 months ago. I’m not entirely sure why I’ve been putting it off for so long.
I’ve had the adwinn.com URL for 18 months, happily using it for professional email purposes, and I’ve had this blog set up for around a year, but never got round to putting the two together. Now I’ve married them both, I can get on with sorting out other things (business cards to start with).
The other issue I now have, all of a sudden, is where to call my home, regarding blogging.
I have penned all sorts of articles on thelump.net for five or six years, it feels a shame to remove the URL or delete the site entirely, though at the same time I’m not using it as much anymore. For the last year the majority of my writing has been paid work, appearing on those specific sites; thelump.net therefore became a home for loose ends and quick fix pieces.
I’ve been putting off shelving it, but now I suppose it’s time. Not to delete or merge or anything as final as that, but to just… well, let it get dusty. Eventually, it’ll revert back to thelump.wordpress.com once the mapping runs out (I’m now paying for mapping for this site, and I wont be able to afford two lots).
It’s a risky move, if I’m honest, as I like to think of it as a pretty decent “brand”. My formative years as a blogger can be researched though the earlier articles (through please don’t, as they aren’t my best). thelump.net, named after that POT USA song, was once a weekly home to something completely different from sport, before turning into sport. Maybe one day in the future it’ll be something else.
Though, I’m reminded: progress always involves risks.
September 2, 2011
A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts…
Over the last year or so, my social networking usage has taken a slant more towards professional use than personal, and none more so than on Twitter.
My original tweets dating back to late 2007 after signing up were 100% private, and kept solely amongst friends. Earlier this year, my personal account was closed (due to lack of use), whilst my second account, my public one, remained. From this account, I have made some fantastic friends, great future contacts and have read hundreds of top quality blog posts and articles from hobbyists, freelance writers and novice journos.
Many of my pieces that have penned for other blogs and journalists have been added to my portfolio page, be it opinion pieces, preview articles, etc.
Here, however, are the pieces that are more of a personal touch:
October 11, 2010
Little acorns…
So, to a new blog, or should that be, a blog on a new site. I’m hardly new to blogging. Like a fresh page in a new notebook, it seems a shame to spoil it with words. But here they are.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. That phrase has never been so apt.
