Writing About My Life, Work, Creativity, and the Daily Effort to Learn, Grow, and Live 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.
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 →
In mid 2016 I created this video where I review the why, where and how of seventeen of my own photographs. By the time I decided to edit the production, I had removed a few photographs from the online photo gallery they are in - yet I decided to go forward. Finally, completed, here it... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 