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Mike Rouse, of MessageSpace Creative: The Day Job
This new weekly column, where political bloggers explain what they do with the important parts of life, kicks off with an interview with Mike Rouse, who writes at mikerouse.net, and occasionally here at The Wardman Wire.
Mike Rouse used to be the IT Department of 18 Doughty Street, and was responsible for keeping the technology running among the chaos (inevitably) caused by so many “creatives”. He now runs Messagespace Creative, and looks after a number of political websites, including John Redwood’s blog and the Web Commons site.
Who are you?
Mike Rouse, Managing Director of MessageSpace Creative Limited, a website design and creative firm with a specialism in politics. I set the firm up under another name in June 2006, put it on hold for a while as I became part of 18 Doughty Street, but have since refocused my energies into the firm. I’m 24 and originally come from the great city of Coventry - home to the mighty Sky Blue army and Lady Godiva. I’m the difficult middle child of three from working class roots.
My father was a Pickfords removal man for many years until his death in 2004 from lung cancer and my mum was a Socialist Labour activist, but 3 children and 4 strokes means she now enjoys a much quieter pace of life.
In her day she was quite notorious - so much that a young Labour PPC called Geoffrey Robinson was too frightened to meet her.
What is your day to day life like?
At the moment, there is no routine. The firm is in its early stages again and that can mean it’s either an early start to meet potential clients and partners or working through the night to complete a project.
I try to take some time out during the day to watch Scrubs, but usually end up updating my own blog during that time as I’ve seen most of the episodes a million times before.
The Day Job - Wardman Wire New Column
The Day Job is a weekly column where a blogger explains what they do in the 8 hours a day when they are not blogging, eating or sleeping.
It is intended to be a relaxed read for a Monday lunchtime - an outpost of the weekend, if you will.
We aim to publish the first column on Monday 10 December.
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