“I’m graduating soon, and want to work remotely; how do I get a remote job?” I’ve gotten this question for a few years, and quite a bit recently, so I wanted to write a few posts about my thoughts on this, and how they’ve changed over time. Part 1 provides some background context. Part 2… Continue reading Remote job hunting for new BA graduates, part 3

“I’m graduating soon, and want to work remotely; how do I get a remote job?” I’ve gotten this question for a few years, and quite a bit recently, so I wanted to write a few posts about my thoughts on this, and how they’ve changed over time. Part 1 provides some background context. This is… Continue reading Remote job hunting for new BA graduates, part 2

“I’m graduating soon, and want to work remotely; how do I get a remote job?” I’ve gotten this question for a few years, and quite a bit recently, so I wanted to write a few posts about my thoughts on this, and how they’ve changed over time. This is part 1, where I’ll provide some… Continue reading Remote job hunting for new BA graduates, part 1

I ran across an article from The Atlantic that suggested that “celebrities have never been less entertaining.” The article shows musicians playing online shows to fans, and movie stars attempting to engage, and mostly looking uncomfortable and unengaged. As a counterpoint to that, I wanted to identify a subset of these videos that provide more… Continue reading On lockdown and celebrity

I’ve written previously about how websites for small businesses are commodities, and how that’s changing the industry. I’ve also written about value-based pricing instead of cost-based pricing. As an extension of that, here’s a discussion of what could happen after a website launches: You’ve built a new website for a client and gotten it online.… Continue reading After the website launches

As part of the web design class I teach at LCC, we spend a little time talking about the different services that a web design company can provide, and that inevitably leads to a pricing discussion. That disussion is complicated, as you all know – there isn’t one price for a new website, or for… Continue reading On cost-based vs value-based pricing

We’ve been traveling for about a month, and while my Chromebook is good for many things, there are occasions where I wished I had access to my desktop PC. I did a little Googling, and discovered there are many options for this today. I looked at a bunch of them, and ended up using TeamViewer… Continue reading On remote PC access

I’ve taught a semester-long intro to web design course at LCC about 15 times now. That’s a lot of web design. This semester I ended up teaching an intensive version instead – 5 weeks instead of 15, with the same amound of classroom hours and the same content. Here are a few observations: First, the… Continue reading On an intensive web design course

Living in northern Europe means that light levels in winter are very low. The sun comes up after 9, sets before 5, and stays that way for a couple months. That affects different people differently, but it’s something that many people struggle with – seasonal depression, etc. Along with that, Lithuania has one of the… Continue reading On long winters

Is it inevitable that support staff within a B2C tech company end up as second class citizens, compared to developers or designers within the same company? It’s an interesting question, and one that the Support Driven community has attempted to address at some level. I think my opinion on this is ‘yes, it is inevitable,… Continue reading On Support as second-class citizen