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Author Archives: Ian
A Century of Job Applications
As of the 3rd I’ve hit 100 job applications filed this year (including following up on leads that didn’t involve a formal application). So that’s a thing.
Programming for Everyone
So I read a post over at Jason J. Gullickson’s blog about how FOSS Isn’t Capitalism. It’s an interesting quick history of how computers have becoming far less empowering to end users and how the Free and Open Source Software … Continue reading
Week Wrap-up: 18 June 2018 – 24 June 2018
Bits and bobs from the last week: Writing continues apace. Found a project that’s relaxing to work on, which is nice, and put in a few thousand words on it. Now I just need to figure out what length the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Technology, Video Games, Writing
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Writing Reminders
This is your reminder that: You can can be happy and still be a writer You don’t have to kill your characters to create conflict You can write happy, fluffy stories and still be a “real” writer Write what makes … Continue reading
Un-Marketable Job Skills
I applied to a bunch of jobs today, and it reminded me that I have a whole bundle of skills that, while I’m very good at them, will never help me land a job: Losing every pen that has ever … Continue reading
Week Wrap-up: 11 June 2018 – 17 June 2018
This last week was actually really uneventful? It was sort of nice. I haven’t written one of these in a while, but I suppose those other weeks will just be lost to time. How sad. Anyway: Still waiting to hear … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, books, decluttering, fallout4, games, jobhunt, linux, sleep, video games
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Liminal Life Space: Jobs Edition
This was supposed to go up yesterday, but then life happened. Whoops! I’m trapped in a Jiffy Lube waiting for my oil to be changed. The TV was an endless infomercial for a tai chi DVD set aimed at the … Continue reading
Sleeping is Hard
I’m pretty sure I’ve already posted about this, but sleeping is hard.
Holding Out for Inbox Zero
I’m not at inbox zero, but I’ve been trying to cut down on the absurd number of unimportant e-mails I get per day. Especially now that I’m trying to buy less, a lot of these e-mails are downright useless. Or … Continue reading
What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
A semi-serious list. Because it’s never too late to change careers, right? And I’ll be able to do 30 or whatever at once? In no particular order, we have: Full-time science fiction and fantasy writer Tabletop RPG writer Tabletop RPG … Continue reading
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Tagged game design, jobhunt, jobs, writing
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