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Interviews, chasing money and more notes from our meet on 20th May 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 20th May, thirteen freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk all things tech, self employment and client handling. This is some of what we talked about: Unsatisfying interviews Not having used a device for 6,507 days (when interface designers don’t expect big gaps) […]
Pitching, factory resets, and more notes from our 13th May 2026 meeting
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 13th May, 14 freelancers got together in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton. This is some of what we talked about: The state of the market (still hard) Working from Spain Pitching PyCon UK 2026 cancelled Factory resetting your phone to fix persistent weird problems Clearing houses Content being too obviously AI […]
Freelancers meeting notes from 6th May 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 6th May, eleven freelancers met up in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk all things self employment, tech and a fair amount of nonsense too. This is some of what we talked about: Long term projects / working very part time for a client Using a […]
Meeting notes from 29th April 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 29th April, 16 freelancers met up in the Battle of Trafalgar. This is some of what we talked about: Timezones within Shopify Not following UI conventions is annoying! When will the LLM companies stop subsidising prices? Trying to raise investment Different types of investment Differing experiences in using AI tools in different projects […]