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gripe-ography: Why employers are beating down the dude's door
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Why employers are beating down the dude's door. A good friend of mine is beating the odds against a sucky economy. Without actively pursuing employment, he's had three (3) design firms personally approach him, offering him a job. Many people are having a tough time jumping out of the unemployment line and this happily employed dude gets three (3) out-of-the-blue job offers. How? I don't mean to insult your intelligence with the obvious, but what the hell: The dude knows his craft.
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gripe-ography: February 2011
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Sunday, February 6, 2011. Preparing before the big layoff. It seems that everyone knows somebody (or IS that somebody) who has been laid off. Rumor has it that when a company starts losing money, the first thing to get cut is advertising. Is that a scary wives tale to keep the designers in line? I dunno, but it's worth being prepared for the worst. As a graphic designer, are you ready to simply pick up and go at the first sign of the pink slip? What about the work process? Do I have one of those clever "...
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gripe-ography: August 2010
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Friday, August 20, 2010. Cleaning the house and blue cans. I am at a stopping point in my bathroom remodeling venture. It will resume once our relatives vacate the premises. I put my Bob Villa skills to the test and it is coming out rather well. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but as long as the grout holds the freaking tiles together, I don't care. As my wife and I were getting things in order, she asked me to make a quick sweep of the rooms with the disinfectant spray. It's not that ...
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gripe-ography: Short post: New post coming soon after I clean up this mess
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Saturday, July 31, 2010. Short post: New post coming soon after I clean up this mess. I am in the middle of remodeling the upstairs bathroom. I admit that this is my first big renovation project and I thank God that my brother (who has extensive experience in doing this crapola) is helping me out. I've learned many things while taking this wonderful journey. The main thing is that if you have eczema, wear gloves while handling hardibacker board. My hands look like those of a dried-up zombie. Same Blog, N...
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gripe-ography: Cleaning the house and blue cans
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Friday, August 20, 2010. Cleaning the house and blue cans. I am at a stopping point in my bathroom remodeling venture. It will resume once our relatives vacate the premises. I put my Bob Villa skills to the test and it is coming out rather well. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but as long as the grout holds the freaking tiles together, I don't care. As my wife and I were getting things in order, she asked me to make a quick sweep of the rooms with the disinfectant spray. It's not that ...
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gripe-ography: July 2010
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Saturday, July 31, 2010. Short post: New post coming soon after I clean up this mess. I am in the middle of remodeling the upstairs bathroom. I admit that this is my first big renovation project and I thank God that my brother (who has extensive experience in doing this crapola) is helping me out. I've learned many things while taking this wonderful journey. The main thing is that if you have eczema, wear gloves while handling hardibacker board. My hands look like those of a dried-up zombie. Sure you do&...
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gripe-ography: Esther Aarts: the Old-School iPad
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Thursday, July 15, 2010. Esther Aarts: the Old-School iPad. Turned me on to Esther Aarts. According to the Esther Aarts blog. All the "marker doodles" are done on the iPad. :D. Posted by Chicken Awesome. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Follow me if you wanna. Short post: New post coming soon after I clean up . Why employers are beating down the dudes door. Esther Aarts: the Old-School iPad. My first job: Shocked, I was. Thrash metal logos do their job. White space feels good.
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gripe-ography: June 2010
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Monday, June 28, 2010. Protect yourself from the office weasels. Unfortunately within many departments, not just the design department, there is an element which could be extremely detrimental to your employment. It's called the weasel. Or the snake or worm or any other creature used to describe a person looking to use exaggerations and manipulation to toss you and your career under the bus. Because the Weaselsnake-worm will take that information, jumble it up just enough. Such behavior perpetrated by th...
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gripe-ography: My first job: Shocked, I was.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010. My first job: Shocked, I was. My first real job was a marketing/graphic design intern position with a local construction company. Like many growing companies, these guys were sick of paying the relatively high prices to outsource their design work. They would spend a pretty penny having someone else put together their project books and print ads. So they decided to bring all their marketing and design in-house.and I was it. Design department? Who was still in school. I worked at ...
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gripe-ography: First year students and my own bad design work
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Sunday, July 4, 2010. First year students and my own bad design work. Along with my lovely wife, I gave a presentation about working as a graphic designer to a lecture hall full of beginning design students. The instructor wanted us to give a small kick in the pants to these guys and let them know how freaking cool it is to be a designer. Well, shoot, that's easy. Right? Many students related to that. Score. Sounds great, eh? Now while this might have been a pleasant eye-opening experience for the studen...
