Well the branching off time has come (already), on February the 4th Giantpea my little web hosting service, became a limited Co. and is now offering design & web development (and a little bit of hosting).

Giantpea will also be moving out of my attic and heading into a little office of its own on the 1st of March.

So this is an exciting and also a terrifying time for me.

I decided back then that it would be fun to scan the covers from my collection of the magazine, which dates back to 2001 issue 56. Well I’ve finally got around to doing it, just a shame that I don’t have the previous 55 issues.

Computer Arts covers on Flickr

Seems this service is populating the internet these days.

On the 20th September I shall be heading up a new design service for Sigma Freight Systems. Sigma build desktop applications for the freight & marine industry my role will be to help with the implementation of their applications on to the web, as well as offering a design service.

Primary I shall be working from home with the odd visit up to the Cambridge office (beer session with the guys, also known as meetings).

For now the design side of the business will trade under Sigma Freight, but eventually branch off to stand on its own two feet as a separate company and brand.

I’m pretty excited as already we have a number of clients patiently lined up waiting for me to come on board. The to-do list has already had a number of items added to it! One of which is a re-design of their own site :)

So freelancing! Will I continue?
To start with no! As this is a new service to Sigma Freight I’m wanting to get in as much business as I can to make it work, any approaches will be directed to Sigma.

As I said, exciting times! Well for me anyway.