3) If you are freelancing I recommend taking regular breaks from work. Look at it as an investment.
1) For the first time in a long time I feel completely rested. I think it’s been nearly a year since I felt like this.
8) Finally, schedule your next time off when you go back to work. Something to look forward to when you’re working again.
4) Don’t go anymore than three months without taking at least a week off.
Weekend Report #9
Is it April already? Where did March go? Yip, it's been one of them months where it's over before it's even began.
The last three weeks have definitely been like this. I've been busy working and we've been out and about a bit more now that the good weather is with us and getting the boys outdoors isn't such a problem.
Saturday was errands day. Heading to a few places to get some ideas for the garden. We invested some time and money into the garden last year and this year we're ready to finish most of the heavier work in the garden. I can't wait for the day that I can just put me feet up in the garden, fire up the grill and start on a couple of cold beers.
Sunday was Ethan's return to weekly medals at Paisley Golf Club. He's spent a fair amount of time over winter putting in extra practice and it's starting to pay off. Once the course dries out a bit more though and he's had a few more practice rounds he should start to see his handicap fall.
Easter holidays have started for the school kids. I took Ethan up to Paisley for a round of golf. Weather was favourable (it wasn't raining) and the course was in great condition. Ethan played very well as always. I was a little slower to get started and couldn't hack the pace at the turn. By that point my back and arms were tired. We're heading back out on Wednesday again, so hopefully I'll be a better playing partner!
The basics of productivity
New iMacs on the way
Great to hear that new iMacs are on the way.
Regarding iMacs, Schiller also said that new iMacs are in the works, slated for release some time this year (no specifics other than “this year”), including “configurations of iMac specifically with the pro customer in mind and acknowledging that our most popular desktop with pros is an iMac.”
— The Mac Pro Lives by John Gruber
I've been looking to replace my MacBook Pro for a while now. I do most of my work at home and it's rare that I do serious development during a client visit. While the MacBook Pro made sense at the start of my freelance career, I think an iMac would be better for myself.
The question of what to do on client visits though remains. Should I still keep the MacBook Pro for client visits? Unless I'm called on to write code during that visit (I never am) then I think it's safe to say that I can relegate the MacBook Pro to another younger member of the family who can use it for school work more effectively than I would use it as a second development machine.
I'm still debating the purchase of an iPad Pro to act as a portable device. I would use this more for admin, marketing and writing and planning tasks. Anything that isn't writing code essentially.
I'll get the desktop hardware sorted first before I go down this road though.
The Cramped ...
... gets a new curator in the form of volunteer Shawn Mihalik.
For serious tweet-storming on Twitter.
I love this idea for an app as I hate trying to condense down a single thought into 140 characters.
Hell, it might even get me using Twitter again!
Cookies and batch processing ...
... with Annie Mueller.