One of the things about what I really want to do with my life is that it has a very high cost-of-entry. The other is that it has a very high failure rate. Thus, what I find myself casting about for these days is ideas for something I can do that’s web-based. The cost-of-entry is … Read more
unload stuff from old house into garage/appropriate places get an Ubuntu virtual machine going start getting first chapter of Blackjack Runner into Scrivener so I can, y’know, actually get this whole thing ready to rock prep for tomorrow’s work commute — bike tweaks, clean cycling clothes, etc. finish offload from old external drive to new … Read more
— John Watson, founder of IBM
A good friend responded to my Feburary 28th post with five pretty legit ideas for posts, so I’m taking these cues and running with them. 1. Dale Carnegie classes I need to look into the viability of taking a Dale Carnegie class on public speaking — it’s been highly recommended to me, and I’m very … Read more
Sometimes, being an intuition-based thinker really sucks. Yes, it’s nice to be able to leap ahead of people who are following chains of logic, but when you have to communicate your reasoning, that’s when things get difficult. To wit, there are times when I look at a problem, and just in that outward glance, I … Read more
1. Someday you will welcome the tyranny of the pants again. 2. Have a cool side project that you can run/put on your resumé. 3. You will get depressed — eating right, exercise, keeping up with personal hygiene, and maintaining social contact are all very important. 4. Take chances. I responded to ads for jobs … Read more
Been gettin’ at it hard lately. Interviewing about twice a week. Doing 24 hours a week at the bike shop. And atop all the family responsibilities, I’m even finding time to ride. Clearly, I’m doing something right, but I am also still trying to figure out a way to start tackling some of the other tasks I need to nail down regularly. The takeaway: I’m not perfect yet, but I want to find a way to get there.
So yesterday I started a new job — it’s not a full-time gig in my career path, but it does help pay the bills while I hunt for a new gig. I’m spinning wrench in a bike shop again, this time at Bokoo Bikes, not far from my new domicile. In a five hour shift, I got my head wrapped around their workflow, did some HR paperwork, did one large-scale tune-up, and jockeyed some smaller walk-in tasks. I enjoyed it, and it set the tone for the rest of the day.
1. Wearing pants. 2. Drinking a beer while wearing pants. 3. Taking my wife out to dinner, where I will drink a beer while wearing pants. But not the same beer or pants mentioned in #1 or #2, above. 4. Remembering to breathe and to stop having stress. 5. Kicking serious ass at the new … Read more
The other day, I was interviewing for a Project Manager role, and I was asked what I liked about project management. It wasn’t a question I’d ever given much thought to, honestly, but I was in a highly creative environment that valued open communication, so I gave it about two seconds of thought, and dropped an analogy.