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Derek Sivers wants everyone to have a /now page. He's right to want this. You can find a little profile of me on the nownownow.com website.
An unfortunate coincidence saw me hospitalised with a serious infection in the middle of February 2020 and released just as the seriousness of COVID-19 started to become apparent. Forced to rest anyway, it was a seamless transition to self-isolation. With a bandaged foot propped up in the air I am forced to work from a laptop, literally on my lap.
While I'm lucky to work from home, I don't know how long the work will last.
Professionally, I'm consulting with three businesses, an international chandlery manufacturer, a small pet food manufacturer, and a startup that I can say no more about at this time.
For the sailing company I am:
- Unifying and standardising their product data
- Developing and supporting a RESTful API for use by other software packages and 3rd party companies
- Developing their WooCommerce website
- Building tools to help them manage their product information
- Building tools to serve bespoke adverts to partners
- Building tools to interface between WooCommerce and backend systems such as Sage
For the pet food company I am:
- Developing their WooCommerce website
- Developing and supporting a RESTful API for use by the WooCommerce website and stock management system
- Developing and supporting a DEFRA compliant stock management system
For more about this see my work page
I'm also running a photo booth business in a vintage caravan (winniethevintagecaravan.co.uk) with my business partner. However, COVID-19 has caused nearly all our 2020 bookings to either be postponed or cancelled, so we're looking forward to next year.
Last updated: June 2020