I've created a new professional website to replace this aging one that doesn't even render properly in most resolutions. I bought the URL vancouverwriter.ca and put up something a little more modern. Just to be clear, I'm still happy in my present position at Vtech, but wanted to keep my html coding skills fresh, keep […]
Entries Tagged as 'employment'
New professional website
May 27th, 2011 · Comments Off
Tags: employment · writing
Hilarious job ad
March 28th, 2011 · Comments Off
This is a real job posting. I appreciate the brute honesty because it doesn’t sound like a job I’d be that interested in. But some sicko might be. And yes, they actually are looking for a “sicko”: We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a […]
Tags: employment · humour · writing
Two years is a long time…
April 6th, 2010 · Comments Off
To be working on a project that is. At least it feels that way considering most writing projects I’ve been involved in are over after a hair-pulling night of throwing words onto a page or two. Project timelines are a bit more distended in the technical writing world. But, anyway, enough kerfuffle. What I’d like […]
Tags: employment · technical writing · technology
21st century tips on finding work
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
You may as well recycle those newspaper classifieds, because that old school job-finding tool belongs in the 20th century. Spurred on by the recession, a number of tech-savvy people have started blogging on various “new school” ways of getting a job. Tech evangelist Robert Scoble has some crafty tips. I tend to agree with him […]
Tags: employment · freelancing · inspiration · resources
2008 wrap-up and Vtech at CES
January 13th, 2009 · Comments Off
The first entry of 2009! Granted, this isn’t the most updated blog in the world, but I’ve managed to keep wordbit going for around two years now, which is not bad. I recently tried to find the oldest blog in the world, and this site claims to have been blogging since 1987. But that’s just […]
Tags: employment · technology