Comments on: Confessions of a slack blogger

By: Ryan ODonnell

Ryan ODonnell — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:12:42 +0000

Congrats and good luck to you and your company. It’s not easy but it certainly beats cubicles.

By: Tomek

Tomek — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:20:23 +0000

Brilliant idea. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. Keep up the good work. Greetings

By: James Hargreaves

James Hargreaves — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:18:19 +0000

I sooo agree with the four walls comment. I am a sole trader myself and, for the last two years, I have been doing work for a web company based in Australia. Hence I a) never see anyone b) never get out of the house. I am seriously considering going back to permanent employment for a company to get away from it…

By: Dave Hall

Dave Hall — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:13:05 +0000

I agree. Great blog about not getting the time to blog!

Really looking forward to the book or is it PDF?

And congrats on your new company, a brave step from Kitchen to Office!

By: hipsurgery

hipsurgery — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:38:07 +0000

Just curious -

If design is so important, why are the world’s most-visited websites (Yahoo, Google, eBay, MySpace, YouTube, etc.) so “poorly” designed?

Perhaps design encompasses more than the design-community is willing to admit?

Thoughts?

By: Tomek

Tomek — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:41:50 +0000

Thanks for very interesting article. Can I translate your article into polish and publish at my webblog? I will back here and check your answer. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland

By: Paul Redmond

Paul Redmond — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:23:41 +0000

Mark,

I am glad the book is taking precedence over blogging. I enjoy reading your blog, but I have been waiting for the book! No pressure ;o)

By: Geof Harries

Geof Harries — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:59:32 +0000

More importantly, when do we get to see the outcome of your recent projects? :)

By: pauldwaite

pauldwaite — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:35:47 +0000

Fabulous. Congratulations on making such a good job of the business.

And many thanks for summarising the financial issues: although anyone doing this would need full advice, clearly-written, bite-sized explanations like these are invaluable for helping folks not get lost in the details.

By: Mark Boulton

Mark Boulton — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:15:58 +0000

Emily: Thanks. Yeah, this blogging life is hard now I’ve got a real job!

Andrew: Semantics, semantics. Get back to your skips and dot-matrix printers.

Dio: Well, if the Inland Revenue ask, you don’t of course. As a director, you are paid a ‘reasonable’ salary and as a majority shareholder, you receive dividends from the company you own. It’s just a case of defining what is reasonable for that initial salary.

The Wife and I have talked about her coming on board, so I’ll be picking your brains about that probably. Great to hear you’re enjoying that end. Cardiff Bay isn’t that bad, although ask me again in a year and I might tell you something different.

By: Dio

Dio — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:11:01 +0000

Well done there. I didn’t realise you paid less if you were limited, as I’m looking at the 40% tax band this year, maybe I’ll step up a gear myself. I’ll have to do something like that as my wife is coming on board to work as well.

Good luck with the move, but there’s no way on this planet I’d go back to Cardiff to work at the moment. Loving it down this end of Wales to much. :)

Andrew… /Dio Rolls eyes. :D