Freelancers: try{harder} Level Up, £600 off!


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After flash: who are ‘we’ now?


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try{harder} Level Up

March 19th-23rd: try{harder} Level Up is a conference with a difference:

5 days, 4 nights.
8 try{harder} mentors who took part in the original try{harder} and want to share it with…
8 new try{harder} participants who want to level-up.
Everybody teaches, everybody learns.

Flash on the Beach 2011

This was my first ever industry conference – what a shame I waited so long!

I only stayed a day and a half – partly logistics and partly that, being autistic, I find these situations very demanding and I wasn’t sure how much I could absorb before my brain started playing up. I think I found just the right balance for a first-time, but would definitely stay for the whole conference in future.

My only regret is that I was too shy to interact with many of the other speakers. Conrad Winchester is a god send! And Seb Lee-Delisle is a really, really, really sweet person who I instantly felt relaxed with. But I should have pushed myself to talk more with some folk – though partly I was just valuing the interactions I was having with smart people around Robotlegs and so on.

Why I’m giving away Robotlegs Pomodoro Timers at my Flash on the Beach session

I’ve been using the Pomodoro Technique for a good few months now.

The pattern I use is:

25 minutes uninterrupted task-focussed activity (no IM, no twitter, no email, no internet) – this is called a Pomodoro
5 minute break for checking emails
rinse and repeat
I love it. And here’s why: