Once every two years, the city of Durham hosts the Lumiere festival. For four nights (well, five if you include the preview) the city is filled with art installations designed to be seen in the dark. Being local, I've been lucky enough to attend all five festivals held so far, and it has been interesting to see how the event has evolved in that time. The first festival, back in 2009, was a relaxed stroll. But by the 2011 event, word had got out: hundreds of thousands of visit

Tell the tax man you're setting up as self-employed? Check. Think of a name for the business? Check. Buy a domain name? Check. Open a business bank account? Check. Set up a web page? Check. Write a first blog post...? Well, that's where I'm at now! But what to write? There's so much advice: write regularly but not too often. Make it relevant but not dry. Make it accessible but not trivial. Well ok, I'll bear all that in mind! But what to put in that difficult first post? Hmm,