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Family First

Founding my own business has proven to be a very fulfilling venture, but it’s also very time-intensive. Balancing my professional duties with the responsibilities of a father and partner actually is a challenge every day. Over the years, I had many opportunities to experience how much the support of my family means to me. That’s [...]

How to survive and succeed at conferences as an introvert

Hello, my name is Jochen and I’m an introvert. This isn’t easily apparent because when I meet people I can draw from enough self-confidence and eloquence to appear open and communicative. But deep down, I often feel more or less uncomfortable with people I don’t know well. As a business owner, being an introvert can [...]

Weeknote #49

Over the seas in all degrees Markus left yesterday in direction of the Pacific south east. He’ll take a few days off. Until July, actually. Taking the opportunity to get away from the usual life is a great idea in my eyes and I wish him all the relaxation and inspiration he’s hoping for. I [...]

Weeknote #46

Beaurocrat week This week, I spent most of my time doing taxes and other paper work like applying for the extension of my founding subsidies. I hate to do that kind of stuff and because in those cases I tend to procrastinate, I’m running late once again. Solar motivation On a positive note, the weather [...]

Weeknote #44

You’re feeling as if time crawls like syrup? Get sick while having a heap of work and watch time fly by! That what I did over Christmas. I got a head cold and couldn’t get any of the tasks done that I had planned to work on during the quieter days. It was really hard [...]

Weeknote 35

Wow, it’s already been 35 weeks ago that I officially started my full-time business, Freistil-Consulting. Most of those weeks were so busy that I didn’t bother to write my weeknote. Let’s give it a fresh start! DrupalCONCEPT is running smoothly, more and more clients trust us to host their Drupal websites and we’re doing our [...]

A clever idea to keep customers up to date

Wufoo greets customers who haven’t logged in for some time with a list of interesting new developments.

Weeknote #18

Organizing Man, I wish I could buy time. While the company bank account is quite well equipped, I just can’t find the time for everything that gets put on my plate by me or by others. Time Management my ass, it’s Getting Shit Done™ what it’s all about and that means: Differentiate the urgent stuff [...]