My thoughts on freelancing and flexible working with supportive communities. I began freelancing after taking redundancy from my job at the Museum in 2015 — it’s been a rocky road. Suddenly I was on my own, without a team behind me, and, with web design as my specialism I felt…

After a long search on google for vector emojis — which I had previously found (and lost), I decided to write this — both as a memo to myself and to share so others can benefit too. …

“East End Indie Day” is a fantastic day of activities organised by East End Trades where independent traders & businesses celebrated with a special day of workshops, markets & performances. I created a Facebook event for this and boosted this in the weeks leading up to the event as to…

Insights from recent Social Media project for Fount London — Last month myself and fellow Digital Mum Jo (of East London With Kids) created a flurry of social media activity (what we call a “heartbeat” moment) for all the festive things going on at Fount London. Fount is a lovely family-friendly space under the arches in Hackney — with…

1. Love The past few years I’ve had tears welling up in my eyes quite often when looking at Facebook every time there’s an earthquake in New Zealand, with messages like “I’m ok. Love you.” It must be such a powerful and frightening time, a time of intense feelings as well as…

1. Wonder It was a cold night and we had only just come in and warmed up after school, when I was compelled to venture outside again, to the same park we were just at — playing in the leaves and having piggy back rides — to go back just a…