{"id":4130,"date":"2019-01-09T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T12:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?page_id=4130"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T12:39:20","slug":"garf-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/about\/garf\/garf-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Garf Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I absolutely love my work. Trading as &#8220;<em>Garf Technology Multimedia<\/em>&#8220;, my business card reads: &#8220;<em>Freelance IT Consultant, Journalist &amp; Photographer<\/em>&#8221; but in reality my work has lead me in many fascinating directions including teaching, writing, taking loads of pictures plus plenty of &#8216;research&#8217;. I also offer an affordable data recovery service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Model MJay in a screengrab demonstrating ThumbsPlus v7 for Windows running in Linux\" href=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-admin\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=67&amp;Itemid=16\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5\" title=\"Linux screengrab featuring some of my images\" src=\"https:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/1970\/01\/www.garfnet.org_.uk_coppermine_albums_userpics_10001_normal_20070731-TP1.png\" alt=\"Linux screengrab featuring some of my images\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"1\"><br \/>\n<em>Linux screengrab featuring some of my images.<br \/>\nThis was part of a project helping former Windows users use<br \/>\nWindows applications on Debian and Ubuntu Linux.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Few points regarding how my business actually works\u2026<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>My lifestyle and my business are inextricably linked and the business forms part of my broader set of values and beliefs. It is a <a title=\"Lifestyle Business\" href=\"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/wp-admin\/content\/view\/14\/49\/\">lifestyle business<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>My business runs ~100% on open source software with a commitment to contributing positively and freely back to the open source movement.<\/li>\n<li>&gt;66% of my working time is study, reading, research and development \u2013 generating no direct revenue at all. But in the long term, I believe my business would sink without it.<\/li>\n<li>My business has a fair trade policy with a written commitment to pay suppliers &amp; contractors promptly, to avoid corporations whose business practices I consider to be immoral or unethical and to treat all concerned with my business with kindness and respect.<\/li>\n<li>&gt;99% of my work comes from word-of-mouth and|or repeat business.<\/li>\n<li>My business is based on open standards as far as technically possible, eg POSIX (software compatibility), SI (metrication), W3C (webpage design), ISO8601(date), Linux (OS) amongst many others.<\/li>\n<li>~80% of my photographic work is part of another project \u2013 in house magazines, newspaper articles, websites, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/content\/view\/47\/16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebOnCD<\/a> projects etc.<\/li>\n<li>~80% of my contracts are initially agreed on a handshake.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve traded for over 30 years and enjoy my work today as much as I ever have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Point I&#8217;m trying to make, badly I suspect, is that you need to consider your business holistically, not just as a means of flogging a product. That&#8217;s why this site was never intended as an advertisement for my business. My time is already somewhat committed! Rather, it is a collaborative tool, a means to provide some background information to those with whom I am already working and to those considering doing so. However if you have an interesting and <em>adequately-resourced<\/em> project that you think I could help you with, then I would be <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/contact\">delighted to hear from you<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I absolutely love my work. Trading as &#8220;Garf Technology Multimedia&#8220;, my business card reads: &#8220;Freelance IT Consultant, Journalist &amp; Photographer&#8221; but in reality my work has lead me in many fascinating directions including teaching, writing, taking loads of pictures plus plenty of &#8216;research&#8217;. I also offer an affordable data recovery service. 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