My job hunting adventure just hasn't taken off like I thought it would. It was more fun hiking around Pack Forest than looking through a bunch of "gotcha" type links promising a bright future as a web developer. Today, bowling with our friends, lunch with my Joanne and parents was much more interesting than going through search results.
Today was a great day hanging out with friends and family. Next up is a little guitar playing then maybe a movie on the tube (I'm still digesting lunch and starting to get sleepy).
I took good advice and partied like a "Folk Star"!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Ups and Downs
Dear Dairy...
OK, I never got around to starting my "job" search yesterday. Let me take a minute to submit my first Google search to see what what kind of results I get.
This is the search text "work at home web developer". The result, About 63,600,000 results (0.18 seconds).
Wow, there is a ton of opportunity out there! I feel crazy for not doing this search earlier. OK, I'll jump ahead to page 50 and see what is out there.
The first link is, a web developer job in Winnipeg at "WorkerBee.tv". OK, now it is time to update my resume and get myself out there.
What does this have to do with the title?
Not much actually. Ups and Downs is in reverence to a hike we took today. It was a relatively easy 5 1/3 mile hike through parts of the Pack Forest. Joanne and I have done this one before. The last time was in much warmer and drier weather. It was cooler and wetter this time but pretty nice all together. This was the first "Tapestry" hike. Attended by Joanne, Leanne, Tom, Greg, and me. It was a good challenge to get out on slippery and uneven ground. My body is feeling the effects of this excursion. The distance wasn't a big factor, it was straying upright and on both feet that made this a challenge.
The point is, facing ups and downs in life makes you stronger in the long run. So, now I'll go and rest.
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
OK, I never got around to starting my "job" search yesterday. Let me take a minute to submit my first Google search to see what what kind of results I get.
This is the search text "work at home web developer". The result, About 63,600,000 results (0.18 seconds).
Wow, there is a ton of opportunity out there! I feel crazy for not doing this search earlier. OK, I'll jump ahead to page 50 and see what is out there.
The first link is, a web developer job in Winnipeg at "WorkerBee.tv". OK, now it is time to update my resume and get myself out there.
What does this have to do with the title?
Not much actually. Ups and Downs is in reverence to a hike we took today. It was a relatively easy 5 1/3 mile hike through parts of the Pack Forest. Joanne and I have done this one before. The last time was in much warmer and drier weather. It was cooler and wetter this time but pretty nice all together. This was the first "Tapestry" hike. Attended by Joanne, Leanne, Tom, Greg, and me. It was a good challenge to get out on slippery and uneven ground. My body is feeling the effects of this excursion. The distance wasn't a big factor, it was straying upright and on both feet that made this a challenge.
The point is, facing ups and downs in life makes you stronger in the long run. So, now I'll go and rest.
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Spam and eggs
Blogger added a new "spam filter" for comments left on blogs. So far even the spammers haven't found me which is nice. The goal farm used to get spam entries added but it usually took a while for spammers to find the page. It seemed that they found it easier each time after I changed the add page.
Knock wood, but the goal farm hasn't had a visit and successful spam attach by the robots since being put up a while back. It helps that the pages get changed, I think.
OK, I'm off to get my physical therapy in for today then I might be back to report on my "job search" efforts.
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Knock wood, but the goal farm hasn't had a visit and successful spam attach by the robots since being put up a while back. It helps that the pages get changed, I think.
OK, I'm off to get my physical therapy in for today then I might be back to report on my "job search" efforts.
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Let the weekend begin!
The weekend just started for Joanne and me. Today is "Furlough Friday" because we are on temporary lay-off tomorrow. This is part of the budget cuts implemented last year to save the state some money.
I came home to test my access to the credit card vendor we are working with to be able to let members pay their premium online. Access to the test sight still isn't working but I was able to test making a payment using production. Heck, shouldn't that mean the project is over?
If it were only that simple... but we still have to test all the automation around making the payment. The transaction is the easy part, it is all the stuff to automate the accounting process that is the bulk of the project.
OK, here I am, turning this thing into a diary again. I'll have to come back when I have something serious to post about. I've been toying with the idea of blogging about my quest to find a job as a web developer. It might not be very interesting and do so might make me less attractive to a new employer. I'll mull it over this weekend to see if this still seems like a good idea.
Happy Weekend!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
I came home to test my access to the credit card vendor we are working with to be able to let members pay their premium online. Access to the test sight still isn't working but I was able to test making a payment using production. Heck, shouldn't that mean the project is over?
If it were only that simple... but we still have to test all the automation around making the payment. The transaction is the easy part, it is all the stuff to automate the accounting process that is the bulk of the project.
OK, here I am, turning this thing into a diary again. I'll have to come back when I have something serious to post about. I've been toying with the idea of blogging about my quest to find a job as a web developer. It might not be very interesting and do so might make me less attractive to a new employer. I'll mull it over this weekend to see if this still seems like a good idea.
Happy Weekend!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Not much to say today.
It isn't my intention to have this turn into a diary but it was a busy day at work and ideas for a post went in and out of my head all day long. After work it was practice at the church then home to do my PT exercises. Joanne was good about using the bike on the trainer but I haven't been in the saddle in a long time. I'll have to get back at it since riding season is fast approaching.
My boss rode to work today... he has the bicycle bug big time!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
My boss rode to work today... he has the bicycle bug big time!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
It has been a while!
You are right Mike, it has been quite some time since I've put out a post!
I'm drawing a blank as to why Bob Blah Blogs has been neglected but I'm not doing anything new. In fact, I've decided to drop the idea of maintaining the "Trinity" website. The main reason is that I'm only going to keep one domain name instead of three. Google is kind enough to provide this blog and they do a good job with the software.
Come to think of it, I've been doing more web development at work so I've getting getting my "net" fix at work. We're adding the ability to pay insurance premiums online using a credit/debit card. It's been a cool project (the design is lame but the work is fun). The only thing that remains to be seen is how much longer Basic Health will be around. We're going live with e-Payment in February but the legislature wants us to cut back about 2/3 of our members by March 1st then end the program all together on April 30th.
The experience has been fun. It's weird to work on an ASP project since it is taking a step backwards but ASP is working out fine once I started to remember I wasn't using .NET.
My quest to do more web development or web related stuff should pick back up again. Thanks for checking in Mike!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
I'm drawing a blank as to why Bob Blah Blogs has been neglected but I'm not doing anything new. In fact, I've decided to drop the idea of maintaining the "Trinity" website. The main reason is that I'm only going to keep one domain name instead of three. Google is kind enough to provide this blog and they do a good job with the software.
Come to think of it, I've been doing more web development at work so I've getting getting my "net" fix at work. We're adding the ability to pay insurance premiums online using a credit/debit card. It's been a cool project (the design is lame but the work is fun). The only thing that remains to be seen is how much longer Basic Health will be around. We're going live with e-Payment in February but the legislature wants us to cut back about 2/3 of our members by March 1st then end the program all together on April 30th.
The experience has been fun. It's weird to work on an ASP project since it is taking a step backwards but ASP is working out fine once I started to remember I wasn't using .NET.
My quest to do more web development or web related stuff should pick back up again. Thanks for checking in Mike!
Take a minute to visit The Goal Farm too!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!
2011 is off to a great start!
I wish everyone the best for 2011. This is the first post for the new year and it will be brief. I really didn't make many resolutions other than trying to be better organized. Joanne and I started the new year by taking down the Christmas decorations (Joanne) and cleaning out old paper work and organizing the "office" (Duane). It is amazing how fast the stack of stuff to shred grows. Tomorrow I'll need to go to the recycle for sure!
Happy New Year!
Take a minute to visit Old iSkool and The Goal Farm too!
I am sticking with this hands-free data-entry device and still would like someone to volunteer to edit this blog. I'm doing the best I can but it's hard to catch my mistakes and all the times the software doesn't understand me.
I wish everyone the best for 2011. This is the first post for the new year and it will be brief. I really didn't make many resolutions other than trying to be better organized. Joanne and I started the new year by taking down the Christmas decorations (Joanne) and cleaning out old paper work and organizing the "office" (Duane). It is amazing how fast the stack of stuff to shred grows. Tomorrow I'll need to go to the recycle for sure!
Take a minute to visit Old iSkool and The Goal Farm too!
I am sticking with this hands-free data-entry device and still would like someone to volunteer to edit this blog. I'm doing the best I can but it's hard to catch my mistakes and all the times the software doesn't understand me.
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