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Been Busy

Sorry for the lack of updates here on the notebook I have been really busy over the last week and a half.

I am now back to full health after getting tonsillitis and then an ear infection, took a while to get the hearing back in right ear and still feel loss and build up of pressure now and again (but that’s to be expected).

I did plan on writing some good posts every few days and that’s something that I intend to do but it wont be for a few weeks yet.

Work wise at the agency I work for things have been going brilliant, settled in there nicely now and I have been working on template systems for the in-house CMS and Shopping cart. Never doing a CMS before seemed daunting but I have got over it and all is well in the world.

Freelance work I have decided to stop taking on work as I do not want to cause a conflict of interest between my employer. I still may take on the odd project here and there but I will run it past my employer before giving the final nod.

Also I have a few pieces of work to add to the site so check back now and again and they should be up. Hopefully by next week.

The biggest news is that I have an idea for some interviews that I would like to do with a few designers about how they started out becoming a designer and why they wanted to.

Finally I have been looking in to Expression Engine as a CMS to use in the future, I did plan on Wordpress but the functionality and features of EE has won me over. I have a personal project in the works for a few months down the line that I am looking forward too.

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