Category: Freelancing

  • On internet success

    What is it about the nature of The Internet that makes internet success seem so attainable? Is it the open/egalitarian nature of the internet? Literally anyone can start an open source project, youtube channel, blog, store, whatever. Is it the fact that, as developers, we know the inner workings of the tech behind the latest…


  • Want to do Lunch?

    Want to do Lunch?

    Working in a real physical office, with real physical humans has many terrible aspects. I mean, this premise is the entire concept of The Office. However, one of the things I do miss is going out for lunch. I miss the excuse to spend money on good food, I miss the escape from everything else and…


  • I’m Looking for Work

    Sorta. It’s been a while since I’ve updated my employment status in a public forum. So for the record, I’m open to take on freelance projects. Being a freelancer is kind of like the Schrödinger’s cat of employment. You can’t tell if you’re really employed or not until you open the box… maybe that doesn’t quite…


  • Freelancing: Paying for Dental Care in Canada

    Freelancing: Paying for Dental Care in Canada

    I have once again found myself in a situation without medical insurance coverage. Fortunately for Canadians really only means that I am without dental ((and optical and some prescription drugs)) coverage. For whatever reason, our utopian government funded health system does not cover dentistry. So I once again started the futile process of searching for decent…