Freelancers networking notes from 27th November 2024

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On the 27th November, 16 freelancers met in the Lord Nelson Inn, Brighton, to talk about the tech industry and freelancing. This is some of what we talked about:

  • Insolvency of the Brighton i360
  • Games consoles for family use
  • Digital life balance
  • When a client cancels a project
  • Banter VR game pitching
  • Farmers and inheritance tax
  • VR and Metaverses
  • Neurodiversity – more common now or just more recognised?
  • Eco-homes and generating electricity
  • Formula 1
  • Cryptocurrency as a risky investment
  • How Mastodon is different from Twitter
  • Moving away from WordPress due to Matt Mullenweg’s behaviour
  • WordPress releasing an ACF Pro alternative for free, can you trust it?
  • AI and net zero are surely bad bedfellows
  • Haze’s Fizz Wiz
  • Thailand
  • Project juggling
  • Elon Musk’s Twitter posting frequency is looking too busy
  • How to completely screw up your career
  • The origins of thinking outside the box
  • The benefit of accumulated life experience
  • People skills and life experience
  • What was the first website you made?