The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell
Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Be Better.
Microsoft and AMD have sent free Acer Ferrari 1000 and 5000 notebooks loaded with MS Vista™ to a group of high-profile bloggers. From Scott Beale's post, a portion of the letter sent to each recipient. Take note of highlighted text: "Full disclosure - while I hope you will blog about your experience with the... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Snook has written a great post that I have commented as a "succint statement of validation" regarding the over/use of DIV’s in a web site. Like many coders who layout their plans on paper first, I carefully decide what the DIVs will be entitled for the remainder of their lifetime online. Some have standard... Continue Reading →
According to the new CSS-validator over at w3.org, my CSS on my site validate. Some might say "So what?" What they and you don’t realise: I do not use any special software to write my HTML (eg: Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc) nor my CSS (eg: Topstyle, Stylemaster, MacRabbit, etc). I taught myself from reading and learning... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year again, where we all go to lunch with work colleagues to celebrate surviving another year in the same work environment together - where we might have to endure sitting on a table loaded with big-wigs, fat-cats, and managers. The astute employee uses this location to their advantage, wielding a... Continue Reading →
Last year I posted on a previous journal explaining the reason why "you could not work for me". It might be cached somewhere, but I hope not. This is the follow up message: Why I could not work for some businesses. Because I am not a yes-man. Because I have initiative, and I am not... Continue Reading →
The most impressive actor on television today. Considering what he has to pretend to be. If I had just one half of his knowledge, I’d be twice as smart as I am now. Wait. That doesn’t sound good does it? The simplest website on the internet. I like it. Immensely. For all you entrepreneurs out... Continue Reading →
Here is my latest web site design. [Update: Deleted in 20010] The client is the State Board of Apex SA/NT : I am the webmaster1. I was asked if I'd like to take on the challenge of bringing their website into the current century. I reckon it took about three minutes to decide how I... Continue Reading →
One of the most important things a parent can do for their children is encourage them to ask lot of questions. Just as importantly parents need to respond with logical and sensible answers. Ok, so all children need a lot of creative stimuli for their ever-so-active imaginations! But nothing hurts a child's education more than... Continue Reading →
Did anyone in Adelaide get any photographs like the Mexican's got at their U2 concert? Bono: "Wooh, Edge, He found photos of U2 at the Adelaide Concert!" The Edge: "Dang, he sure did. Check them out at flickr.com/"
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 