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“Therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set path, because you don’t. No one does. You shouldn’t be trying to check off the boxes of life; they aren’t real and they were [...]
“I don’t care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If you’re rude, or if you speak poorly to people who don’t understand your… quirks… you will wind up being shunted to the side. No one wants to work with someone who makes them feel beat down all the time, or someone who [...]
The decrease in activity at work, which I had hoped would correspond with an increase of activity here on my blog, instead corresponded with a dramatic rise in germs. Last week there was a minor pink eye outbreak in the creative department, which resulted in an almost comical proliferation of anti-bacterial hand soap dispensers around [...]
One of our clients has a tradeshow coming up soon, so we’ve got a big push going on at work right now to get their site updated in time. Because there’s a firm deadline and a ton of work to get done before the show, I’ve been working late about every other night for the [...]
The first day back in the office after a vacation is always a bit overwhelming. I’ve been in the office for over two hours now, and I’m just now getting all caught up so I can get some work done — and this was for a vacation when everyone else was out of the office, [...]
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” – Bill Gates
On Friday, our CEO was out of the office for his birthday. So we filled his office with 300 balloons. We got the helium tank from a place downtown, and it took about a half-hour for a bunch of us to inflate all 300. We found out that 300 balloons is the perfect amount to [...]
Sorry for all the reviews lately. I’ve been meaning to get them posted for awhile now, and this week I’m pushing a big deadline at work, so I don’t have much motivation to write anything more substantial. On the plus side, when I came home from work tonight, Zoe did something she’s never done for [...]
So, I woke up this morning to a light snowfall, which was a nice surprise, since we only get snow here once or twice a year (we’re only like 50 feet above sea level). I walked out to my bus stop, and just missed my bus, which was about five minutes early. A few other [...]
Hi everyone, Just a quick informal survey. When you read a blog, do you enjoy it covering two unrelated topics or would you rather see the author publish two blogs, one for each topic? Specifically, what I’m thinking of is that my blog is pretty evenly divided right now between posts about web development and [...]
Yesterday: Coworkers discussing a big client coming to the office, who is excited to see what kind of creative halloween costumes a web design firm comes up with. It is strongly implied that we should all dress up. Lots of talk about costumes. After work, I travel around the mall for a couple of hours [...]
This was the view out my window a few minutes ago. There was a pretty good sized protest marching directly past our new office on Broadway and Alder, and I had a pretty good view, so I took some photos, which I’ve uploaded to flickr. My coworkers weren’t sure what to make of it all. [...]
We just came back from lunch, and there are like 8 trucks and vans from the gas company clustered around a manhole cover (or something) and about four fire trucks parked nearby. This is less than a block from the front door of my building. They’re stringing up caution tape everywhere, and the fire department [...]
Yesterday I left work early because I wasn’t feeling well. I sent out this email: I’m heading home early – something I ate isn’t agreeing with me. One of my coworkers responded with this: Scott, “I think the French are a sophisticated culture.” Sandwich, “You are wrong. The French degrade the very foundations of democracy [...]
Now that I’ve finally got my work setup all hooked up and working, I figured I should post a photo or two for anyone interested. Just click on the photo above to go to the popart folder in my photo gallery. On my desk are two Dell LCD monitors, one of which is hooked up [...]
There has been a lot going on lately that I’ve been holding off from posting about until it was finalized, but I’m pleased to say that over the last week, two big things came together to the point that I can share them here. First of all, Pop Art, the company that I’ve been temping [...]
I love my work, but the tasks I get are frequently of the mind-numbing kind, and if I’m not careful, my brain turns to pudding by late afternoon. To avoid turning into a zombie, I’ve learned to take a break at about 3:30 every day. I put on my coat, and go walk around the [...]
My old boss called me up the other day and offered me a job. He’s working for a startup in town, and thought I would work well for a position they needed to fill. I ended up turning it down, because it turned out to be tech support for a company that writes route management [...]
If you pick up a copy of the Sunday New York Times from yesterday, you’ll be able to see an illustration of mine on the front page of the business section! My new rusted version of the Enron logo was worked into a photomontage to accompany a followup story about the company. Sadly, I wasn’t [...]
Guess who just had delicious crab puffs for lunch, and is currently blogging from Pioneer Square in downtown Portland? That’s right, ME, baby. I came downtown at 9am for a job interview with another placement agency. I think it went very very well, and they already are submitting me to a certain job that sounds [...]
Sorry for the silence lately. With the move, and the unpacking, I haven’t had a lot of energy left over for internet stuff. We’re at the frustrating part of unpacking where it doesn’t feel like we’re making any progress at all, just moving boxes endlessly from one end of the apartment to the other. It’s [...]
“I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be.” – Peter Gibbons, Office Space That quote pretty much describes the last few weeks for me. You know, except for the whole putting everything we own into boxes and moving in 90 degree heat part. Other than that, it’s [...]
SCHEDULE I commute from Puyallup to Magnolia every day. It’s not as bad a commute as it sounds, but it does take quite awhile. I’ll post more about my experiences with Seattle public transportation later, but for now, I’ll talk about the schedule. I get up at 5:30am, exercise, and I’m walking out the door [...]
Okay, so the first week of work was a bit overwhelming, what with the multiple-hours-of-commuting (compared to the 20 feet I was used to), but all in all, it went well, and I will resume posting shortly. On a side note, is anyone having trouble with the site, or commenting? I’ve heard a few troubling [...]
I was offered a job with LuxuryRealEstate.com today! I responded to an ad on CraigsList, and they had me come in for an interview on Friday. Then today they called to see what my salary requirements were, and offered me the job! The company is based in Seattle, and I’ll be able to catch the [...]
