In the interest of continuing my forays into self-directed and hand-generated projects, I’ve been taking a screenprinting class at the fantastic Roberts Street Social Centre the past few weeks. It’s been fantastic, and I’m so glad I took a class instead of learning it myself—while I do love teaching myself new skills, the setup would […]
CategoryLife
I’m not sure if this category should be called “life” or “work” or maybe just “unclassified rants that aren’t about travel or design”. That’s probably why I keep renaming it depending on which seems most pressing at the time.
To Market, To Market: An Experiment in Failure
This year has marked my first venture into “selling stuff”, instead of just “selling myself”. It’s been a little hit-and-miss: my Valentines seemed popular (they were listed on Ooh! Shiny! and in the Etsy blog, and I’ve heard loads of positive feedback), which was immensely exciting, but they didn’t sell like mad. (They didn’t really […]
Chasing the elusive Sandman
The past month, I’ve slept an average of three hours a night, and have worked an average of 90 hours a week. My Valentine cards took more time to produce & prepare than I’d expected, although I’ve heard so much very encouraging feedback that’s it’s been quite delightful, especially as it’s my first-ever foray into […]
5 reasons your resume sucks (and how to make it better)
When I put out a hiring notice a little while ago, I was flooded with resumes. Now, like any business owner, I’m both hardworking and lazy, so I quickly developed a shorthand to help me sift through all the applicants. In short: if I could find a good reason to throw your resume out, it […]
6 new projects for 2010 that won’t make me any money
January marks the three-year-anniversary of the day I told my employer to “take this job and shove it” (in all seriousness, HB Studios was a fantastic place to work, but Office Space was what gave me my moment of epiphany required to take the leap). Three years seems like forever ago, and I’ve learned so […]
Sunday, Lazy Sunday
After all the hectic-ness and flurry of activity that was the big website launch, I took a whole day off for the first time in ages. I curled up with a blanket and read a good hundred or so pages of The Master and Margarita (which I highly recommend), then went out to a Christmas […]
Presenting the brand-new Triggers & Sparks!
Ready, aim, FIRE! Consider yourself formally invited to the launch of my new website www.triggersandsparks.com! The new year is fast approaching, and Triggers & Sparks will be meeting it fresh-faced and bright-eyed. A complete redesign of the old website was long overdue and now it’s time to lay my beloved, but clunky, Ruby on Rails […]
A good man is (not really all that) hard to find
Thank you to everyone who responded to my hiring notice; I’ve selected a candidate and am looking forward to being able to tackle new projects in the very near future, including the much-anticipated (by myself) and much-required overhaul of my website. More details to come soon! I received an absolutely phenomenal response, and was able […]
Looking for a good man (or woman, or child)
So, having noticed it’s been nearly six months since I last updated my website, I think it’s about time I took the plunge and hired someone to help me keep this business running better. I’ve considered this a number of times in the past, but my general inability to relinquish control, of anything, to anyone, […]
Somewhere over the learning curve
I seem to go through phases of rapid development, followed by periods of stasis. I just realized, after having worked 35 hours in the past 3 days, that I’m in a “rapid development” phase. Or I’m just working so much that I can’t help but pick up things faster. Anyway, new projects! WordPress theme for […]