10 things that made my year (2021)
A new year is upon us. 2021 seems to have flown by so quickly for me, which has been a good thing because it means I’ve kept busy with work and family life. So for...
Journal : Personal
Returning to RSS with Feedly
I’ve been going somewhat crazy streamlining my services lately to keep things simple for myself. Last month, it started with converting my website into a static Jekyll one and hosting it on Github Pages, which...
2020. What a year it's been.
I don’t need to tell you that 2020 has been a crazy year. It’s certainly been a year of change resulting in us reflecting on our everyday lives and deciding what we need and don’t....
23 December 2020 freelancing personal business 2020
Three things I learned from working alone to running an agency
It’s been approximately 18 months since I resigned from Project Octo, the agency I co-founded back in Manchester, so I thought I’d share a few things I learned during my experiences. Project Octo was running...
Freelancing in 2018: My year in review
This year has been a significant change for me personally and a very challenging experience. In December 2017, I resigned as Director/Co-founder of Manchester-based companies Project Octo Ltd and Shopit Commerce Ltd because I wasn’t...
21 December 2018 freelancing personal business shopit
RIP Shopit - My farewell to a great, undiscovered ecommerce platform
I still remember that day in 2009, where I was sat in my tiny two desk office in the Bolton Enterprise Centre, realising I had to build an ecommerce platform from scratch. It was raining...
My Story: A timeline of the last 20 years
This year (2018) marks a big milestone in my career. It officially marks my 20 year anniversary in the web design and development industry. How time flies. I’ve created so much work over this period...
1 May 2018 personal
My work recognised in Web Design Index 8
Created by Ketan Mistry, oleniuk.com has been included in the latest publication of the Web Design Index (8). The series is one of the most important publications in its field. Since its first edition in...