• So it’s 2024…

    Welcome to 2024! Our family celebrated New Year’s Eve the same way we usually do… Gathering with a bunch of friends and their children at a holiday home up north. Even with the atrocious weather this year… everyone had a… Read more…

  • Running with scissors

    Your parents probably told you not to. Teachers too. Why do kids do it? Impatience. Or: So much excitement about their project that they want to get started ASAP. That’s been me this year. But running with 37 pairs of… Read more…

  • Willy Wonka’s freelancing playbook

    Saw the new Wonka movie yesterday. My youngest was keen. So I took her and the grandparents. Was a bit of musical fun. (Even for an anti-musical movie grinch like me) I especially enjoyed the hat tips to the 1971… Read more…

  • This is the way

    Here’s a great question that came up in one of the copywriting groups I belong to: When you’re working with clients, and wanting to collaborate with them, do you share work via a Google Doc, a Word doc, or something… Read more…

  • no need to feel icky

    I wished I could’ve gone back for seconds. But that plan was foiled by the disapproving glance from my wife. I love how she’s always looking out for my waistline’s welfare 😒 You see… Today we were at the Auckland… Read more…

  • Smart resolutions

    We’ve entered that in-between time when Christmas has passed… but New Year’s is hot on its heels. And with it the prospect of New Year’s resolutions. It’s almost inevitable we’ll have the idea of these cross our minds… even if… Read more…

  • The anatomy of a distraction

    Or: why not to write daily emails late at night when you’re tired. Here’s how it happened… I thought I’d share “O Little Town of Bethlehem” as the body of yesterday’s Christmas Day email. So I grabbed the lyrics from… Read more…

  • Christmas Day

    O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are… Read more…

  • ‘Twas the night before…

    ‘Twas the night before Christmas, yet frantic at work Freelancers like me, just going berserk Wond’ring: would we finish the project on time? “This is hopeless. Impossible,” I started to whine. Frantically typing. There’s no time to slow. So fast… Read more…

  • I bought a flag

    I don’t think I’ve bought a flag before. Just never thought I needed one to make my life more complete. When it arrives in a couple of weeks (🤞) it’ll be gracing the wall in my office. You could say… Read more…