I’ve realized that yet another great thing about working freelance is that I don’t have to go through the job interview process. Because the way it’s performed today is ridiculous.
First of all, the answer to 75 per cent of the questions they ask are in the cover letter and resume I’d assume they’ve read. After [...]
Archive > September 2007
What’s the deal with job interviews?
I HATE WORD PROCESSORS!!
Seriously, Word, Wordperfect, even OpenOffice…they can all die in a fire!
All I want to do is writing something, it should be simple, but no! If I say, try to make an ordered list like:
1. This is the first thing
2. This is the second thing -
Well, doesn’t the fancy-pants word processor decide to be helpful and [...]
Swearing: The oldest form of communication?
Nifty little piece in the current issue of Wired.
Harvard professor Steven Pinker has written a book and language and argues in one chapter that swearing is actually an ancient form of communication.
To back up his argument, he points out that people who suffer brain injuries to the language centre of their brain and lose most [...]
Renewal offers? Leave me alone, already!
I am what in this new age is referred to as an “information junkie.”
It’s truly an addiction, whether it comes from the Internet, newspapers or magazines, I’m constantly sucking up little tidbits of info. Books upon books have been written about “managing information overload,” but me? I not only welcome, I embrace the overload!
To make [...]
