Announcing… Refresh Aberdeen.

Posted January 12th, 2012

We are pleased to announce Refresh is coming to Aberdeen! A web meetup for developers, designers, students and anyone with an interest in the way the web works.

Refresh Aberdeen will be an informal place you can come along and enjoy a beer with other people in the industry. Enjoy some friendly banter, learn some new things and generally have a great time.

Our first meet up will be February 8th 2012. It’ll be a chance for everyone to have a beer, decide where Refresh is heading, and what you want to do with other like minded people in Aberdeen.

Every few months we’ll be holding mini conferences, inviting speakers to share with us the greatest new techniques in web design, development and management.

You can find out more at refreshaberdeen.com

A month on the wagon. The end.

Posted October 25th, 2011

So I spent a month without coffee. It was quite interesting.

The first week or two were spent in withdrawal. I was getting nasty headaches everyday at around 2 or 3pm. This was not helped by the bug I had at the time.

In about my third week I was feeling (more…)

A week in…

Posted September 19th, 2011

So I’ve now spent a whole week without coffee. Well, I say without coffee; that’s not entirely true. I have had a single cup of decaf instant, but I’m not counting that one.

Things have been a little challenging so far. The trickiest thing has been my “first thing in the morning autopilot coffee making”. Catching myself just after putting the kettle on, and having to resort to a glass of squash, or water instead has been interesting to say the least. (more…)

A month on the wagon.

Posted September 11th, 2011

Inspired by Mark McAulay‘s #meatismurdermonth, I have decided to try something similar myself. I am going to attempt to spend an entire month without, that wonderful constant companion coffee.

Recently I have been drinking more, and more coffee. Between 1 and 2 mugs from a Cafetiere, plus countless instants every day.

I want to see if I can go cold turkey (more…)