My Egg Noodles

Friday was a crazy day… with slow internet speeds at the office I decided on a whim to move half the office to my home where the internet is much more reliable, which in turn increased the speed of the internet at the office due to fewer users. It makes sense to keep this setup until the end of October, when we give the keys back to the office building. Here’s a pic of my new (over-sized) desk set up in my spare bedroom where I’ll be working with my programmer and designer for the next month (their desks are behind mine) :

My programmer and designer have never had a proper English breakfast before, so if get the time I shall cook them a feast (and get Tom/Alitta over as well to share) :)

Saturday was spent working… I feel really focused at the moment and with taking some pressure of my shoulders due to a few changes, this has allowed me to really get my head down.  Saturday night I went to watch Eagle Eye with my girlfriend… your typical action movie but I enjoyed it. Sunday (today) I’ve been sat on the PC all day (it’s 7pm and I haven’t even had a shower yet!)

Juice Mag has been acquired. It was great fun building the magazine but at the end of the day, playing editor just wasn’t for me. I guess sometimes you just have to try new things before you know whether they are the right fit for your DNA or not. The company who bought Juice Mag is run buy a guy I have worked with in the past and ironically, we are both working on a JV together at the moment that’s been in development for 2 months now (launching Friday), so I’m pleased the mag will be in safe hands, so to speak.

We “softly” launched a bunch of new features on FeedZa – I say softly as there are still a few kinks to iron out and I’ve yet to update the FeedZa blog explaining what all the new features are. In one sentence you can expect: accountant registration, avatars, friends and the opportunity for bloggers to claim their blogs and add extra connectivity (link to other social sites such as Facebook/Twitter). I’ll be spending tomorrow working on a blog post and I’ll link it up here once posted.

From now on out I’ll be spending most of my time on FeedZa, mainly working on getting the word out there.  I know what I need to do: build a community that shares the same passion as me. If I can accomplish that, FeedZa will be rocking! I know it. In order for that to happen, I’m going to go out and seek an angel round of funding for a site redesign and marketing. I’ve been researching investors to contact and have been working on a tight exec summary, thanks to Guy Kawasaki’s guide on “Writing a Compelling Executive Summary”

I’m trying as hard as I possibly can to attend the Future of Web Apps event in London which runs from the 8th to 10th October. TechCrunch UK are running a sweet competition for new start ups to pitch their product via a video elevator pitch in return for a chance to win an opportunity to present their product to a panel of judges that includes Mike Butcher (TechCrunch UK editor), Kevin Rose (founder of Digg), Ryan Carson (founder of Carsonified) and a mystery guest. I was going to record my pitch on Friday but run out of time, hopefully I’ll be able to submit an entry in a few days (closing date is Friday, 3rd October). The conference is taking place in Docklands, which is only 10 minutes from where I grew up – How special would it be if I could launch my start-up in my home town :) Also, I can’t forget that it’s my Mum’s Birthday on the 8th October so would be great to see her for a bit (it’s been a year now – sob sob). Anyway, we’ll see how it plans out.

Good times.