I’m typing this after one week at uni, and I’ve had an amazing time. It’s weird how freshers’ week sends one’s confidence levels through the roof without you even realising. During this week, I seem to have discovered my love for clubbing; it’s something that I previously didn’t care for but I’ve found that it really is an awesome way to meet people. 

I’ve also found out that making friends is a lot easier than it first sounded, because everyone else is in the same position as you. It’s exhausting, but purely awesome. 

Yep, I arrived in one piece. I usually fly fourteen or so hours straight from London to Singapore, then a short hour flight to Jakarta. This time, I thought it would be better to split the long leg into halves; how wrong I was! Sure, the seven hours from London Heathrow to Dubai weren’t too bad, but waiting around in Dubai airport for four hours gets you out of the ‘air travel mood’, which makes it really difficult to get back into it again. On the second half of the flight, I found it really difficult to relax and enjoy the flight; the severe turbulence over the Bay of Bengal didn’t help, either. 

Other than that, the rest of the journey was relatively painless, and it’s nice to be able to finally sit down and chill with my computer and cold beer. I’ll be staying in Jakarta for at least the next week, and then I’ll be jetting off to the island of Bali for a week or so. 

Tomorrow I’ll be going on holiday for a month to Indonesia; I’ll be spending most of my time in Jakarta with family (from my mother’s side) but will also be going to Bali (paradise for me) for a week during the month. Obviously, I won’t be doing any work while I’m there, but I will be producing a series of videos documenting the trip. I don’t know how often each of these will be made/uploaded, but be sure to check my YouTube channel in the next month to see what’s happening. 

You can also follow me on Twitter to keep up to date with my progress. Of course, stay tuned to this site for updates, as I’ll be bringing my netbook & phone and will have Internet access. Goodbye for now!

I’ve decided to leave my role as a writer for Technorati Tech. There aren’t many reasons why, but I’ll be starting more work with The Emkwan Project soon, and today I started work for Coolsmartphone, so something had to give. I’m going to be a busy guy this summer, for one reason or another, so I won’t be able to balance work for three websites. I also prefer working for smaller companies, as you become friends with everyone and it will probably be a much more enjoyable experience. 

I had a great time working for Technorati. The exposure I got as a result of my work there has really helped me, and as a result of it I have a pretty big following over on Twitter, and my personal website has been increasing in popularity. Everyone has to move on and try something new, and I see genuinely brilliant potential in the two projects I’ve joined, so who knows where it will lead me. Look out on Twitter to see how I’m doing with both of these new jobs. 

Sidebar: A special shoutout goes to Lynn V, who has been so kind to me throughout my time at Technorati. 

Having flu for the past ten days has given me a lot of time to think about where I want to go online. Recently, I’ve found that although my content has been popular, I’ve become ever so slightly boring. I’m not referring to the stuff I write for other websites, notably Technorati, but my own personal stuff. The Internet is all the same these days; I remember the days when writing a review of something was a big deal, but now everybody does it. I’m not saying that there is an issue with lack of creativity going on here, but that it’s getting more difficult to come up with something original that will make you stand out from the crowd. 

I don’t want to fall into the bottomless pit of being a mundane tech reviewer, but I also don’t want to continue in the direction which I am now heading, which seems to be a sort of narrowing horizon. Forgive the bullshit here, but the stuff I write about is becoming increasingly popular among a very specific type of person. My view is that in order to succeed you have to appeal to everyone’s interests, while simultaneously incorporating your own unique appeal. Broad, rather than specific, if you like. 

Influence is another important factor to consider. The majority of the stuff I write about is inspired by the style of someone else; after all, you have to draw from stuff you know, right? This leads me on to what I’m going to do next. For one reason or another, my life will become increasingly more hectic over the next couple of months, so I’ll need to start prioritising one thing over another. 

I hate having a ‘plan of action’; I prefer to let things come to me naturally, and see where it takes me next. To be honest, though, some serious shit will go down soon and I need to let that take priority over the stuff I do online. That’s why I want to revamp everything I do. That means that I’ll start working on more standalone content, such as reviews, as opposed to just giving thoughts on things. I don’t know precisely what this will include, but I might start making videos again, or I might set up my own forum. So I think the message is to stay tuned to my Technorati and Emkwan Project posts for the highest quality, professional content, and to stay tuned to this site for some more interesting and personal content (sidebar: I might start doing more reviews of films and music, rather than exclusively focusing on technology). 

Aside: I’ve also had a lot of people ask me recently about what exactly it is that I do. It’s amusing for me to sit here and read all your guesses about how old I am and what kind of job you think I have, lol. The funniest thing is, you’re all wrong. I don’t think it’s important for you to know about me; what matters is my content, and how I deliver it. I know that in order to bond with someone fully, you need to know about that person. However, an online relationship is nothing like a real life relationship, so the same rules don’t apply.