Work

You know, the thing that brings a little bit of money to your bank account every month.

Sorry, can’t help ya, I’m reading…

:: Tuesday, Feb 12th 2008 @ 21:35 :: (Odd) people, Work ::

Just when you think — again — that you’ve misjudged someone, they remind you that you were right all along. Or maybe my sense of humour is too different from theirs. (…)

Rise and shine

:: Monday, Oct 8th 2007 @ 15:30 :: Miscellany, Work ::

Waking up is not so hard to do after all.
This morning I had to wake up at 5:30 am (we had to leave for a faraway meeting). (…)

I snapped

:: Thursday, Aug 16th 2007 @ 19:47 :: Work ::

A lot of the new employees (in the group I work in) have been young guys. And a lot of them have been the friends of a young guy who’s been working there for a while. (…)

One Pepsi, hold the vodka

:: Wednesday, Aug 8th 2007 @ 21:10 :: (Odd) people, Thoughts, Work ::

Last Friday I went out with a couple of colleagues, “for a pint.” We were walking to the subway station when the other asked me to come along and I had to make sure, “You’re asking me? (…)

Permanent for the time being

:: Friday, Jul 20th 2007 @ 22:37 :: Work ::

I signed a new employment contract today. (…)

Wandering virus

:: Friday, Jan 5th 2007 @ 23:05 :: Computer & Gadgets, Spur of the Moment, Work ::

You’d better protect yourself — by locking your computer when you leave the keyboard for even a second. (…)

3-D screensaver

:: Saturday, Nov 18th 2006 @ 12:32 :: Miscellany, Spur of the Moment, Work ::

The other day (Nov 10th) while I was away from my computer for a while, I saw my boss sit there and do something. (…)

Promotion to a superlative

:: Thursday, Oct 26th 2006 @ 19:08 :: Smile of the Day, Work ::

This post is the first in my new category, Smile of the Day, but I’ll probably add more posts to it as I go through the archives. (…)

In 7th heaven on the 4th floor

:: Friday, Oct 20th 2006 @ 21:14 :: Thoughts, Work ::

Last night I had a Moment. It was a moment when I realised that what I do at work is really really fantastic (or should I say fah-bulous).
I’m not really talking about the technical stuff. (…)

Recycling UI strings is bad

:: Wednesday, Oct 4th 2006 @ 21:05 :: Computer & Gadgets, Language, Work ::

I work in localisation among other areas of translation and I know it’s very tempting to re-use texts that one might think are “the same”. (…)