Check it out:
http://digitaldawn.com.au

So what’s been happening?

I should also probably mention that its been a scorching 38C the last two days here, and will continue to get slightly hotter (41C) throughout the week. This weather is something I’m really not used to having lived in the Lake District all my life. I’m not complaining though! – I had a lovely swim in the sea on Sunday, and I didn’t freeze to death in the process!

There will be quite a lot of changes coming up as the site develops, but we’ve launched it as soon as we could to allow sponsors to look at it / get away from the icky landing page!

Quick Link: www.theendzdrama.com

Written by and starring actors who have grown up in ‘The Endz’, this exciting new drama series is a tenacious portrayal of life on the streets of Manchester. Like nothing you’ve seen before, this realistic and harrowing insight into the young lives of city kids, will envelope you into a dark and unsettling environment.

Since I’ve been back I’ve also been working on a project for a new Internet drama series called “The EndZ”.

Taken from the website:

“The EndZ” is a tenacious portrayal of life on the streets of Manchester. Like nothing you’ve seen before, this realistic and harrowing insight into the young lives of city kids, will envelope you into a dark and unsettling environment.

The site is still in development, but I hope to have it finished off within the week. In the meantime you can view the holding page and the pilot episode for the series which is very much worth a look at!

Link: The Endz

I’ve also ditched cannybill (the service I had started using about two months ago for billing clients) in favour for freshbooks. Its much easier to use & work with, looks nicer, and although it doesn’t integrate with my server (like cannybill is supposed to but i never quite managed to get working…) it sure is a better experience in every aspect.

One last mention to both The Brown Cow Inn and Janet Hampson for giving me some work whilst home!  Thank you very much!

This month has seen a 600% increase in visitors to this website – which totals more than the visitors for the rest of the year so far!

So, what I have I been up to since being in Australia? I’ve been developing a few themes for WordPress, and I also have some Invision Power Board skins in the pipeline. I’m not 100% sure where to sell the skins / themes yet. I’ve been thinking about themeforest - but I might just end up selling them here because themeforest take 60% of the sale. If you know anywhere I’d love to hear about it in the comments! Previews will come shortly!

I have also been preparing marketing materials & getting my name out on forums / websites. I hope to be marketing locally very soon too. – And if any designers / coders are reading this – I’m available for outsourcing!

I’ve also streamlined the way I bill clients – I’m now using cannybill.com – It’s super fast and leaves me a lot more time to do what I do best: design. I don’t think I could recommend it enough and it also integrates with quite a few things which I plan to be using in the coming months – so be sure to check it out!

*Update*: Okay, Im done tinkering which means my work here is done (minus keeping it up to date!) *Yay*!

Today also marks the first blog post of what will hopefully be many here on paulmillar.net. Hoorah! I’m hoping to keep this updated on my experiences of Australia (having only arrived here 11 days ago (Its great so far!)), and whatever else tickles my fancy when I come to write (probably lots of tech news). Come back soon for more!