Interested in animation? I was lucky enough to get an interview with animator Josh Burton of http://www.joshburton.com/, who shares his interesting story and some career advice for all of you hopeful animators. Special thanks to Josh for taking the time … Continue reading
You're a fan. You have imagination. It's what led you to make the ultimate historical fantasy baseball team. It's what let you make Steampunk Avatar: The Last Airbender fanart. You are a person that gets into information, plays with it, … Continue reading
Job Market Eight tips for on the job resume building, and while we're on the subject of resumes, A Web Resume: Unleash Your Accessibility 24/7. This old-school method of job-hunting is still relevant in the modern age, especially when given a … Continue reading
As soon as the whole Disney/Marvel mess was announced, there was talk of Fox doing a new Fantastic Four film. Of course I suspect that was a case of wanting to assert their current rights, but it has had me … Continue reading
Career: Not-to-do's in Social Media – A nice simple guide. A nice guide on telling hobbies from passions – I approve. A (sad) roundup of health insurance issues and freelance writers. Economics/Freakonomics/Geekonomics: Decline in weekly unemployment rates – Doesn't mean … Continue reading
Last column I discussed one way of dealing with stereotypes that come up in your career is to pick positive ones – and divert people stereotyping you to see you in a more positive light. You pick one ahead of … Continue reading
I'm not a Beatles fan per se – much like Elvis, I acknowledge their great music and importance culturally. I like a lot of their songs – and they made a LOT of great songs. So I write this article … Continue reading
Career: 5 steps for freelancers (or anyone) to easily use social media – Nice advice. Economics/Geekonomics/Freakonomics: Staycations are here to . . . uh stay . . . and it shows in tourism expenditures. Seems to parallel the 2001 drop … Continue reading
It's easy to figure out what we don't want in life. You can make a rather extensive list of what's wrong with your life now or what you don't want to go wrong (many of us probably have semi-conciously). The … Continue reading
A roundup of other convention ideas is here. You've gone to many a fannish convention, event, etc. There's ALWAYS tables of stuff there, from flyers for other conventions, advertisements for service,s and even giveaway/white elephant tables. So if you're working … Continue reading