Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Be Better.
Whilst editing my archives on Sunday afternoon I discovered I have written similar articles over the last 15 months. This one - Ten Years on WordPress - is a little more comprehensive. Oops. Yet I will let both articles remain independent. At least now I can easily search and find the articles (because I have... Continue Reading →
This is the original version of 'The Sound of Silence' from 1964 from the album 'Wednesday Morning, 3 AM': Just Simon's guitar and the vocals. After 'Wednesday Morning, 3 AM' flopped, they split up. Without either of their knowledge, both electric guitars and drums were added and this version of The Sound of Silence became... Continue Reading →
HTML and CSS were not difficult to learn. I achieved what I set out to do, then was able to tick it off on my bucket list.
Check out my photographs of Australian musicians at the 1992 Adelaide Grand Prix. These were photographed at my first concert, shooting with my first SLR, in 1992. I purchased a body (brand forgotten), telephoto lens, and a 40 rolls of 36 film somewhere in Adelaide - I think I had to hock something to pay... Continue Reading →
I don't mind anymore when people say, after I tell them I have a job interview, "Good Luck, I've got my fingers crossed" or "We are praying for your success!" I don't take them too literally. Anymore. Yet part of me wishes luck or prayer could be the deciding factor. But when they say "Ah... Continue Reading →
I researched this information after our rental-home smoke-detector beeping beeped at 2.30am yesterday morning. At the time I also asked on Facebook (in a KI Q&A group) what should be done in the short term: All my good friends on Kangaroo Island suggested the 9Volt battery needed replacing. Yes, there is one inside the device.... Continue Reading →
Of the nine CV mistakes outlined in 9 Common Resume Mistakes Every Job Hunter Should Avoid, I consider these two the most important: Mistake #1: Emphasizing tasks instead of achievements. Those bullet points underneath each job entry? They shouldn’t read like a list of daily duties. Instead, they should emphasize the impact of those duties. What... Continue Reading →
In an effort to clean up my office and clean out my life, and because I believed at the time we were moving to Kangaroo Island sooner, I had a MASSIVE clean up of books in my mancave/office. One year ago today (16th February 2016) I piled all these books because I felt I would... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 