Vastly frustrating day today. I just cannot get the database on Jasons site to behave! I don’t know if this is because of the hosting, or if the DB is somehow corrupted or what!
Anyway, I got to sitting just as K came to bed. Not ideal, but I did an audio guided which helped. I still fell very self consious trying to meditate with an audience.
Tomorrow is another day and I’m sure I’ll figure out something!
Grrrrrr
October 12, 2009 By
Hold Please!
August 27, 2009 By
I had this wacky idea for hold music. After Kris searched for something royalty-free and decent, started to wonder…we have a number of friends who are musicians of some sort. If each of them was willing to submit a (safe for work — yeah GG, I’m looking at you) track, we could do a little (tasteful) voiceover every few seconds suggesting “Buy this track TRACK NAME on iTunes” and “You are hearing ARTIST NAME”.
A little advertising for your good friends, better hold music for us. I’m sure it can’t be as simple as that, or someone would be doing it already. What do you think, musicians? Good idea? Bad one? Legally insane? Interested in trying it?
Busy Busy!
August 24, 2009 By
Things have been crazy busy in the lab lately, and doing more of what I really enjoy! I’ve got some great projects coming down the pipeline as well and it looks like I could be booked through September with great stuff! I’m excited to be working with great clients on interesting projects!
Neglectful
April 30, 2009 By
Wow. I’ve been away a while. Alot has happened since my last post.
I was essentially laid off — I had been “semi-laid-off”, from full time to part time, and the part-time ended. I was ok with it, because I misunderstood the way that my employer meant to go forward. I understood that I’d continue to work with them on a regular basis, jsut instead of being a 20-hour-a-week employee, i’d be an average-20-hours-a-week-contractor. Well, I guess I was dead wrong, cos it’s been nearly a month and no movement on the contracting with them front. I’m dissapointed, not just for hte obvious financial reasons, but because I really did enjoy working with them.
It’s all good though. I think this is something I needed to get myself into the hustle. I’ve made a few more agency contacts and am really working the training thing. It’s scary as hell, but i’m doing it! I do love the face that I can take the dogs for a walk when the sun comes out, and work as early or late in the day as I like. take Tueday off, Saturday work, etc.
I’ve been trying to walk every day. Either 2-3 miles with the girls or 30 minutes on the treadmill. I really need to get some of this weight off! I’ve started loosely counting points again…nothing so strict as before, but keeping a loose grasp on where I’m making missteps.
Oh, my errors are in. Yay Magento.
lessons from the sidelines
April 6, 2009 By
Watching small business owners who’ve been at this some time is rather disheartening lately. There seems to be a tendancy to completely lose touch with what is going on “on the floor” of the shop. Then the workers find themselves on the pointy end of condescending emails and attitudes from the boss…largely undeserved! I hope I never let myself get that out of touch, and if I do, I hear it when someone calls me on it!