I was introduced to Jean-Michel Jarre at one of the first Laser Tag arenas in New Zealand, possibly the world. It was called “Futron” and was in a large warehouse next to a popular theme park in West Auckland. It was multi-level, filled with fog machines and lasers and Star Trek style doors that opened ... Read more
My Dad died a year ago today, 5 December. My earliest memory is sitting on his shoulders watching a Guy Fawkes bonfire on one of several visits to the UK as a child. An electrical engineer by trade, he worked on some of the early mainframes before moving to New Zealand to marry my mum. ... Read more
They just want you to be real. Sometimes you get candidates who you can tell just live and breathe the world you work in. They have an opinion on tabs vs spaces, they know about the latest news in the industry, and you can just sort of tell that this is something they care about. ... Read more
There isn’t really an easy answer to this other than “try jobs and see if you like them”. Thats not super practical, so the gold standard is going to see a professional career counsellor. This is usually a qualified psychologist who has experience applying various diagnostic tools like the MBTI or perhaps StrengthsFinder or DiSC. ... Read more
I’ve seen a lot of freelancers working for pretty bad rates lately, so I thought I’d offer some suggestions on negotiating your rate. This all assumes you have discussed the project and you have the time, capability and willingness to do the work. Rule 1 You are the expert. You don’t take your car ... Read more
Spend any time doing community theatre and someone will almost always give you a stack of flyers or posters to “give out” to help promote the show. Make no mistake, this is a hugely important way of getting the word out friends, family and your community networks are one of the best ways to ... Read more
If you are even slightly interesting in computer programming, you should check out The Coding Train on YouTube. There are so many great videos to get lost in, but this was took up an hour of my time today.
Found this on Twitter today. Where has this been all my life: Web links look like rectangles, so the text is in brackets. The URL, as an additional detail to what you re reading, is in parentheses.
While I ve been on the Internet for many years, one of the stumbling blocks I ve found in making blogging a habit has always been finding ideas for content. I think I m getting better at it, so here is what I ve been doing. Ali Abdaal asked on Twitter what people s common questions about starting a personal ... Read more
In early 2021, I was invited to write about my life in travel as a way of promoting Shakespeare in the Park 2021. You can read the actual article on the NZ Herald website, but here are my answers in full. What do you miss most about travel right now? I love the thrill of ... Read more