Family guy and web developer
Curtis McHale's blog is definitely one to watch for 2013. His post on not selling your solution is a mistake I've seen too many people make including myself. The solution is simple:
To that end, sell yourself as a problem solver.
Thanks Curtis!
Great to see one of Arthur Rackham's illustrations in my Google Reader this morning. This is from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I've been reading this book every Christmas for years and this year I decided to start reading it to my six year old son. He's loving that the story has ghosts and spirits.
via Madame Scherzo
The last few weeks have seen me attending a number of different interviews and each time it seems my nerves get the better of me. More confidence is definitely needed for any interviews I attend in January.
TechCube is a world class space for technology startups in Edinburgh. It provides affordable office space, services and community support for companies trying to tackle big problems. Situated two minutes’ walk from the University of Edinburgh and directly adjacent to the Meadows, TechCube is at the heart of Edinburgh’s rapidly developing startup scene.
— Scotland Opens First Privately Financed Incubator by The Wall Street Journal
It's great to see Scotland on the technology map once more. I'm really looking forward to see what TechCube produces in the next couple of years.
via Snook
... with Nicholas Bate.
Great advice for people like myself that edit their work wrongly! I don't how many times I have re-read back to myself my writing from the screen and failed to see all my mistakes.
Print Out Your Work
Always do this. Always. It's a pain, but when you're talking performance reviews, that 20-yard hassle of a walk to the printer could mean the difference between a 4% or a 5% raise.
Here's why: As any writer or editor will tell you, critiquing someone else's work is much easier than deconstructing your own, because outside eyes bring a fresh perspective. To approach your own work critically, you need to simulate this "outsider" perspective by viewing it in a form other than the one you wrote it in.
— How To Edit Your Own Writing by Lifehacker
... with Curtis McHale. I should do this as well if freelancing becomes my preferred alternative to a full-time job for next year.
